"Oh, you mean the sacrifice?" said the man with a cackle. "Someone stole her, did they? Keheheh, that's going to get someone in trouble! If they'd just asked old Onenon...." he said, indicating himself, "....then there wouldn't be any risks. Any girl that might appeal to their god, delivered straight to their door. But no no, they've got to look for local women to get sent down, and then this is where it gets them!<br/><br/>"Between you and me....there has been this new gang coming ashore, looking for slaves. Quite a troublesome bunch--they just don't understand the<em>rules</em>. They grab farmers, hillfolk, lizardmen, guests of the city....the Good Kings make a lot of noise about finding them, but no luck. I've heard some people say they set up shop somewhere out in the shadowland out to sea, but there's no way they'd last long in there."