[@KabenSaal] roll old fashioned and make foxfox a npc till pyro does come back. We knew her motivation, so just assume she carried on. 
As for what you can do? There are people in the gorge now.
Why don't you emerge from a dark hole covered in dirt and tattered clothes punching things in the face.
You could be undisputed ruler of the gorge with a full map of every inch of it.