Before Corina enters the room, Allustan gets one more question out.<br/><br/>"Very interesting. Have any of your boys considered taking some time to travel to Fairhaven to become certified by the Hostelers Guild? I hear that House Ghallanda is always looking for elves among their licensed workers to make business easier with the Houses of Shadow."<br/><br/>Now that the young cleric of Dol Arrah has arrived, Allustan sets about explaining his purposes in gathering you in the overgrown and moldy hall.<br/><br/>"Excellent. Six missives and six responses, I could not have hoped for more."<br/><br/>"I expect some of you are wondering why I have gathered you here. Not all of you are local to the area, so just bear with me for a second. To the North and East of Diamond Lake, we are surrounded by the Whispering Woods, and one of the peculiarities of our stretch of forest is that it is filled with cairns and burial mounds. As I indicated to you in my letters, there is a particular tomb that I have an interest in. Most of them are from Galifer's Unification Wars when he strode out of the cold of Thronehold, or prior to that during reigns of Karrn the Conqueror or Malleon of the Reaver. Some even date back to the Age of Monsters, built by the hands of Dhaakani goblins and hobgoblins. This one I believe to be even older by far. It is known as the Whispering Cairn and I believe it to date back to the end of the Age of Demons. Obviously, such a site is a rare find and while it is little more than hunch, I do not believe this one has been fully explored."<br/><br/>"This is my proposal to you. Find what secrets are hidden in the Cairn. I am most concerned with knowledge, any treasure you find is yours to keep, although I will buy anything of archaeological value from you for 10% above the market value. I neither wish nor expect to you to antagonize the three "explores" who have come to town, I just ask that you do not make them aware of where you are searching. They have targeted other ruins, so I doubt they could stumble upon this one. Besides, quarreling give the town a bad image and as far as I can tell, they are all fairly decorated veterans of the Last War."<br/><br/>"Anyhow, there is no immediate reason to rush this job, so if you need to recuperate and restock at some point, you can. Now I imagine you still have questions, so feel free before you are on your way."