The people escape down another hill and out of sight easily enough, leaving the 4 of you to ponder and argue and insult. When you do move forward you see more and more peasants homes on the wooded farmlands, the trees cleared long ago for fields in these hilly lands. A few of them with smoke still coming out of them, but a quick peek inside yields no humans inside.<br/><br/>It will take another good half hour to reach the first village of a reported three in this area, that take care of the population and the miners needed for the mithril. Once you come up to the village, it is your standard collection of houses neatly arrayed in a chaotic manner, with some very poor looking wooden defenses and a shallow pit. Up front and center, in front of the gate, is what looks to be most of the people of this area, all carrying various tools of pointy and stabby death.<br/><br/>While that is interesting in and of itself, behind the line of men is a gaggle of girls and older woman watching the soon to be fight. Even from this distance (150 feet), it is quite clear that all of the girls at the gate are not humans, due to their kitty ears or bunny ears. With a few in sight that can be seen to have tails as well.<br/><br/>Which is more interesting, the mob of angry peasants or the appearance of exotic girls in the back? In any case, one of the village men is screaming and waving a polearm as best as he can, his fat rolling back and forth as he is red in the face from screaming. Some nonsense about kidnappers and bandits and sorceress someone or other, blah blah blah.