Kierro asks Kyrian and the others with them: "Do we have a way of talking to them? I doubt they speak common."

Kyrian frowns. He starts speaking in a guttural tongue that you all recognize as draconic "Greetings. We were sent here by the people who live above the ice. They said you may be inclined to help us."

Leto leans back and crosses his arms watching the toads as Kyrian attempts to speak with them. He's looking to see if any appear to be leading the others at all ((insight 20)), as well as to see if they appear to understand what was just said to them (even if they do not respond).

No one would recognize the writings. It is all in the toad's unique language.

"Speak yes..." One of the toads answers in strangely accented draconnic. "What aid need you?"

((Boop))

Kierro, following Kyrian's lead, replies in draconic:

"There's several pieces of treasure deeper in the caverns - frozen within the ice. They happen to belong to us, and we're here to retrieve them. Is there any way you could help us get through?"

"Unwise us." The toad says as it turns to Kierro. "No good come..."

Kierro give me a persuasion check.

Persuasion: 15

The toads speak together in their own language for a moment. The speaker then turns back to Kierro. "Dragon strong." It says. "No aid can do. My people suffer if do."

Kyrian speaks again "What if you don't? Does the dragon here not affect your lives? Seeing as you are holed up underground, I would assume you are at least cautious of the dragons wrath. Would you not like to be rid of him?"

"Um... I don't think we're going to be able to get rid of the dragon," Naivara says quietly

"Dragon let work." The toad speaker says, turning its head towards the many strange words written over the chamber. "Do as will, we no aid." The creature then turns its back on you, clearly indicating the discussion is over.

"Well, as long as they don't interfere either, let's be on our way," Honor murmurs.

Kierro nods, taking the lead as the group moves back to the divide in the tunnel, then down the other way toward the treasure hoard.

Leto checks in with his imp, who should still be floating around the treasure room, one more time just to be sure nothing has changed, as he walks along with the group.

Naivara takes up a position near the rear, keeping alert for any threats that might appear behind them.

Leto...
Give me a perception check for the imp.

The imp does not notice anything out of the ordinary...

You make your way to the ...

. Scriptorium


Though this chamber is deeper than the adjacent caverns, no mist hangs in the air here.

Three shelves stand in this otherwise empty cavern, cobbled together out of salvaged wood, whale bone, pieces of giants’ armor, and even the frozen limbs of yetis. A number of scrolls, books, parchments, and folios are carefully arranged on the shelves, all bearing the markings of magical writing.

Near the western end of the scriptorium, a 15-foot-wide chute leads down to Arauthator’s lair.

Leto pops his imp back into the room with him, since he’s clearly useless at spotting things in the dragons chamber, and then points to the tallest shelf, directing his imp to grab a book at random to bring to him. He has the imp open the book and then hold it for him to scan through the pages seeing if any of it is intelligible.

Latrius prowls around the library, searching for any secret stashes or such.

Perception: 26

Investigation: 11