<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/srLzVfT.jpg)</div><br/>Paladin Etron scowled slightly at Miyuki's question, though not at her specifically.  Clarifying he answered,<strong> "Unfortunately not, Sil was the only one who had any interest in this particular mission, mostly because of her own personal desire for knowledge of Laelith's ruins, and not monetary gain."</strong><br/><br/>The eladrin woman scoffed,<strong>"Short sighted, the adventure seekers who worry about trinkets and coin, and eschew the value in knowledge and lore of the stones beneath their very feet."</strong><br/><br/>Etron nodded his head in agreement,<strong>"Most adventurers who join the guild are concerned with making a fortune.  They wish to delve into the ruins and mysteries of the jungle while ignoring the ruins just beyond the west wall.  Commonly held thought goes that after the last few decades, the ruins have been explored and stripped of any hidden riches that might remain on the canted slope Laelith rests upon.  But every day ruin rats are able..."</strong><br/><br/>Miyuki had to interrupt,<em> "Ruin rats?"</em><br/><br/>The shifter paladin smiled,<strong> "Sorry, a derogatory term, but one that is appropriate.  A ruin rat is a less then kind name for those who don't belong to the guild, but sneak into the ruins and scavenge, usually under the cover of night, and try to find any valuables to get them through the day or next few days.  Any of the small trinkets or oddities you might find at a street vendor that are ultimately worthless likely were snatched from the ruins by one of those men, women, or children.  As I was saying, they do manage to occasionally stumble upon some forgotten treasure of small value, a few ancient coins squirreled away in a pile of rubble, a bit of well preserved statuary, the like.  But nothing that would bring an adventurer of high quality much interest or wealth."</strong><br/><br/>Sil snorted,<strong> "Of course, they don't realize that the catacombs beneath the city travel down beyond our measuring or travel outwards into a vast network that stretches leagues outward from our city.  Perhaps even reaching down into the underdark and all the way back to the faded lands?"<br/></strong><br/>Etron seemed uncomfortable at that thought and switched the topic,<strong>"But Magus Theros has uncovered a reference in one recovered book, and if we can locate the ruin that she thinks it was referencing, we might find something of great interest indeed.  Tell me, as a traveled story teller, what do you know of a creature called a 'kyton' ?"</strong>