<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">A brief recap[/spoiler</div><div class="spoiler_body">To date, our heroes have been hired by Val to find her (and Valki's) adopted father, Khonnir Bane. The Town Council is also extremely interested in Bane's safe return, as he was investigating why the Torch that gives the town its name and allows them to forge Skymetals has gone out. The party has thrice descended under the Black Hill and cleared out the natural caves, returning the bodies of two slain members of previous expedition to Torch for burial. They have just uncovered some decidedly less natural looking caves, and met battle with another robotic automaton before exhaustion has forced them to return to the surface again. Each day's progress brings them closer to finding Khonnir Bane and uncovering the mystery of the extinguished torch...<br/></div></div>Valki is unable to salvage anything from the robot's remains, it is too far gone.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/790038JoramKyte.png)</div>The group retreats to the surface and both Val and Joram Kyte greet them.<br/><br/>Val immediately asks "Any sign of Dad?" but gets little in the way of satisfaction. Kyte consols her briefly before noting. You've come back to us alive twice now. That's better than anyone else has done to date. What did you find down there?"<br/><br/>He pokes and prods at the technological devices as they are unloaded to be examined. "Ah... the shining disks! Such a marvellous light. You  do know you can use these as platinum coins instead of gold? Very handy. I can't say that recognize the rest of this stuff though. If you are going to be in town for the rest of the day, it may be worth your while to seek out Sanvill Tret. He's a travelling merchant, but he's in town enough and he knows a great deal about technology. Without Councillor Bane, he is likely your best bet in getting these identified, although nothing comes free with him. Alas, my Leige, the Whisperer in Bronze, has not revealed their secrets to me yet, but the time will come!"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OCC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Let me know when all of your character sheets are updated and we will hit the caves again. If you wish to seek out Sanvill Tret or go shopping for supplies, we can cover that in the Secondary thread. Also, please let me know if you are using a light source when you go back to the caves, and if so, what kind. The Map Making has got an upgrade :)</div></div>