It doesn't take long for her to learn from the washer-women and older kids helping load things at the docks that the Fire Demon known was Wan-Chin had gathered a band of two-dozen bandits and was hold up in an abandoned mining settlement.<br/><br/>Rumor had it the mine had struck silver before being swarmed by bandits trying to take control.  Several rival bands would love to take control of the area, but the Fire Demon's dominance kept them in check.  As to whether there was ever really any silver or operations had resumed, well, there certainly were no new shipments of silver out of the area.<br/><br/><strong>Appeal to the Elders to send some militia to clear the bandits: Diplomacy 14<br/>Trek to the location without companions: Wilderness Survival 4<br/></strong><strong>Make your way there slowly, undetected: Wilderness Survival 4</strong>(if passed, then)<strong>Stealth 8<br/>Improv (always available)</strong><br/><br/><br/>