The merfolk turned towards Anna.<br/>"Then you will not set foot in our marketplace, land-dweller. There is no war here and we will not let anyone bring it here either. This condition is nonnegotiable. You may stay on your ship until you change your mind. The rest of you are free to go back and forth as you please, as long as you take no arms or spellcasting items with you."<br/><br/>The shipwrecked sailors were glad the party approached them and could hardly contain their excitement.<br/>"Ye hear lad? The elven capt'n wants us aboard? If she's askin' for semen, that she will get, aye!" the dwarf said, his accent thick enough to mask the obvious joke, but his human companion elbowed him in the shoulder nonetheless.<br/>"Aye, just take us away from here. Haven't seen land or eaten normal food since our ship went under. It must have been months, but thanks to our fish-friends here we survived. Heh, we managed to trade with them even, what we saved from our ship and wasn't essential for keeping us alive..." the man hugged himself, wearing about six jeweled rings and a dozen gold chains around his neck. The dwarf was similarly shiny with the riches he obtained, but had no value on the open sea. "My friend here is Bazag, I myself am Stuart. We were sailors on a marine ship before it went down in a nasty storm, but once we get back home we will be famous and rich... take us to shore and we will reward you handsomely..." the human said.<br/>"Gettin' lazy already lad?" the dwarf laughed "Well, either that or we can work for passage. Though I myself wouldn't mind if a nice lady would...let me work<em>her </em>passage! For a reward perhaps? Bwahahaha!"<br/>Stuart elbowed him again. They were sailors allright, rowdy ones too.<br/><br/>They explain to the elven captain, that while the merfolk trade mostly curious or practical items, they can search the seafloor for sunken vessels, and according to the two sailors, "leave all the valuables there". The two managed to convince a few merfolk to bring up treasure for them in exchange for what they had left, they only kept a net to fish with, and a few bottles to help clean water so they can drink and a broken knife. Apparently the creatures have no use or see no value in coin and jewelry, so the two managed to trick them into an unfair deal and obtained a lot of gold themselves. Of course they couldn't spend their riches...until the Dusk Strider came along offering them a way back to the lands.<br/>They also reveal that the merfolk use the curious contraption in the middle of the floating ring as a device to lower or raise goods in a cage from the seabed. The two had no way of going down to check things out themselves since they lack the means of holding their breath or breathe underwater.