"Then you are working on false pretenses," she said. "The Baron has not been replaced - he is simply a coward, who surrendered when the barbarians came knocking, and has almost gleefully given in to their every demand. I do not know where the hostages are, likely beneath the keep... but I do know a secret way in. There's a secret tunnel, up on a ridge, just outside of town, that leads to the caves beneath the fort. I don't know much beyond that, unfortunately, about the interior. As for the Pitaxans? They arrived along with the Baroness' brother, who hails from Pitax, and they've been drinking my alcohol and abusing my girls for weeks and all I can do is smile, and comfort the abused... and plot the slow and painful deaths of those responsible," she said, with a smile and a laugh, that did not hold any mirth.