Noticing Koreshian's expression to the horn but waiting for him to finish Gerald says, "I know it does not seem the wisest choice but a horn would only be used to summon a large force to a single area so let them think we a greater number than we are. It will make them cautious and slow." Gerald felt a little wrong leaving the barbarian by himself but his words were true. "Very well, but don't feel you must stay indefinitely, I'd rather you fall back down the passage to me than to die alone in this hole." Gerald took a moment to salute Koreshian not that he was sure Koreshian knew or cared about the meaning, "Fight well my battle brother, and may your enemies clog the gates of hell."<br/><br/>turning Gerald made his way down the passage, though it had many turns and corners it seemed to be a straight shot down to its end. As he neared the end of the passage though he began to smell blood and death as it was carried on a frigid breeze. either the mountain had a hole in it or he was coming out one of its sides. Before he found out though he found the bodies of several dead orcs. The warrior in him took a heightened state of alertness. Slowly he made his way to the mouth of the passage as it emptied into a pit with a single ledge with a set of manacles hanging from a 'T' bar. A short investigation told him that the prisoner had been freed somehow and had lain in the now gelled pool of blood for a time before getting up and moving back into the mountain. There, it was a hand print smeared on the wall, it was certainly not a orc hand nor any of thier barbarian partners it was to small and thin. He moved to it and saw it led down a different passage, he would have run on following the markers but he felt the need to grab Koreshian first... They knew we were here and this new passage was red with blood it was unlikely that any threat would come from that way. Taking several paces back down teh path he came from Gerald shouted, "Koreshian!! To me!! She is not here!! There is another path, red and bloody!!" The large man was quick for his size so Gerald waited for him at the intersection knowing that if he could it would not take him long to arrive.