With their plan set, the tall dark folk would first usher their two remaining servants into the hole in the wall before beckoning Elli to follow them. They would enter a pitch black tunnel, though the the two short ones and the tall ones have no trouble navigating the turns. They all would shy away from the sunrod Elli carried; while it didn't appear to incapacitate them by any means, they were clearly discomforted by the presence of the light. The path they took would gradually lead them further and further down into the earth, taking so many turns that it might have become disorientating to keep track of the path they had tread.<br/><br/>The reliance on the sunrod for light would become unnecessary for Elli after about a half hour of walking. The section of caves and tunnels they entered had a vast among of strangely shaped and glowing mushrooms, emitting enough light for Elli to see, but not enough to irritate the dark folk. The fungus filled tunnel would open up into a large cavern, utterly filled with the glowing mushrooms and other non-fluorescent cousins. The village the dark folk spoke of was located in a depression in the great cavern, the sprawling mix of stone huts and more prominent illuminated by the great collection of light-emitting fungi.<br/><br/>It was into the village the dark folk brought Elli. Emerging from the huts would be more of the smaller folk, dozen of them in fact. They would welcome back the two surviving servants, but practically bowed before the returning presence of the taller ones, as if they were gods. From one of the more prominent houses, a manor compared to the simple huts, came out a few of the tall folk, wrapped up in leathers and cloth, their faces masked with black. From the look of the short swords at their belts, it was clear that they were also warriors of the village.<br/><br/>The spokesman of the group Elli was with greeted one of the men from the house emerging group. The greeting however turned quickly into an argument in their native tongue. More than a few times, the other man would gesture towards Elli angrily.