Arriving to the mines soon enough, the goblins seemed unaware of the following woman on their trail. The larger goblin got off his chair lazily, waving a hand in the air seeming important to the others that seemed to wave knives in the air excitedly at something the bigger goblin was saying.<br/><br/>There was a full dozen of them, if not counting the bigger one, and they seemed to be readying for trouble. Leather outfits donned, sharp knives at their sides, and bows and stacks of arrows nearby, the goblins seemed to be preparing something.<br/><br/>Then one more goblin emerged from the mine. Scrawny and thin compared to the others, this goblin wore no leathers, just a ragged loincloth, but in its arms it carried a box it set down before the large goblin. Picking up one of the bottles inside, the large goblin raised it. It was a simple, small bottle, full of black liquid and a picture of a fire drawn on a note nailed to the side of the crate the scrawny goblin had brought.<br/><br/>"Fire-Oil!" The large goblin shouted, the others shrieking maniacally. "Yes, and more." A man spoke up, emerging from the mine's entrance. Clad in a black robe, the man was a bit hunched over, a hood covering his face, but the rasping old man's voice was still loud enough to be heard without trouble. "I have kept my end and so far you have too. I will prepare you oil, tangleweed and fire arrows to use against other goblin tribes, until yours is the only one with power, Chief Kurgutskatko." The man pat his hands together. "I want my payment."<br/><br/>The large goblin shouted something in goblin, and four more ragged looking goblins left the mine, carrying sacks that looked like they were loaded up with rocks. Opening one, the man lifted a large quartz crystal on his hand, dropping it back into the back and then lifting a black opal fitting in his hand. "Perfect. I knew there would be some. Bring me many more and I will reward you handsomely. You will be ruler of all goblin kind, and I will supply you with weapons that no other goblin would have dared to dream of having." The man cackled, as the large goblin spat to the ground and seemed to be threatening the man based on his gestures, but the man did not seem afraid.<br/><br/>"I'll leave with my take then, have fun destroying those<em>others.</em>" The man turned to leave, the goblins in rags following, along with two of the armed goblins. Ten armed goblins and their boss remained at the mine entrance, chattering together for a moment, before the large goblin gestured at his chair, and the crate, and then the mine entrance. The goblins moved to pick things up, two for the crate, and two for the now empty chair, six more guarding as the large goblin headed at the cave, leaving two goblins outside the cave to watch it. The old man heading off further, where Marric could spot old wagons waiting on what must have been the mine's 'access road' before getting partially forested over.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">There's about a 80 feet wide 'empty area' before the mine, the mine entrance is against a mound of earth, but leading a tunnel <em>down</em> at angled dirt floor quickly. There's 10 feet wide entrance, the two goblins standing besides it, 10 feet empty between them. The old man left to your left from your 'hiding spot' following the goblin group earlier to the edge of that clearing, the town lies somewhere behind you. The old man's wagons are some 30 feet into the sparse woods around the mine (110 feet from mine entrance), at an old access road on that side. <br/><br/>Confusing? Uuff, I should try and craft a quick map, I can try if you wish, but let me know.</div></div>