"Where we are is a bit of a loaded question, lass." Geradin said, having seen fit to take out his pipe and smoking it, seeing as everyone else in the group had opted not to ask the cleric for help with healing. Of course, the sun of the upper world was shrouded from them, but it had been after midday when the Rogs had battled them, and that had been many hours ago. "Ah' can tell where we are as in, where we are compared to th' upper world. The caverns out of here ah' can help with as well. But couldae draw a map?" He shook his shaggy head. 

Geradin was just about to settle on a stone when he saw Lizardfolk of the group smelling one of the larger mushrooms. "Oi! Don't touch that!" The Dwarf said, springing up from his seat. Argon seemed perplexed, and licked the mushroom. "Thissss seems edible." 

"It's better for burning." Geradin replied, and pointed the end of his pipe at the mushroom head. "Ye see those purple markings? That shows this has sleeper ink in them. Eatin' it will put ye to sleep faster than you can say 'I just ate a mushroom'." 

Beren had seen fit to start hacking away at one of the mushroom stalks, its texture surprisingly rigid as he chopped away with his Baldr axe. The cavern wasn't necessarily cold, but he figured cooking for once wasn't a bad idea. They'd not really touched some of their sit-down foods in awhile. Not that there was much. Just some venison, some onions, a pot and maybe some potatoes. As Beren chopped down the mushroom, Calanon and Brogach rode back down from the raised area of the cavern, the Elf hopping off to address the others. 

"The room is like a small valley," Calanon reported. "It would take a minute or two to traverse to the otherside without the mushrooms, but with this ethereal forest I can't say. I think I saw a small river up ahead." 

Beren had just finished hauling the mushroom 'tree' over and placing it in the middle of the group. "You guys start a fire. I'll go see about checking the water out." He said, holding up his pendant to show he still had the moon-lit vision they had been gifted back in RiverDale. 
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[i]Meanwhile...[/i] 

Two female Dorcha, along with three male subordinates surrounded her. Bound and bruised, the edge of the river was mere feet from her face. In their snarling tongue, they had debated on whether they should behead her or simply drown her, and were now flipping a coin over the problem. That is to say, the males were. The two females simply watched. One looked to be a sorceress, with a wand that bore a tainted sapphire at its head, bestial claws clung to a necklace that hung about her neck. The other female did not seem a soldier as the men, but she had twin curved blades, dark as obsidian. Her chainshirt seemed even higher quality than the male's, and their armor was fit for professional soldiers. 

All of them had longer, light hair, with eye colors that ranged from indigo to silver. They were attractive in a dangerous fashion, and their pointed ears pierced their thick manes of hair. It was after the sorceress began to get impatient, that the Dark Elves felt beheading was quicker.

Despite the danger, the bickering, the ringing of her head, the cold feel of steel on the back of her neck...Aeryn would hear a rustle across the water. Something the other Dark Elves were too absorbed in their own conversations to notice. If she looked up, the small span of shallow water divided her and the face of a young human, tan skinned and scarred, with dark eyes that were steeled for combat. 

He placed a finger to his lips to tell her to be quiet, and oddly enough gave her a wink. 

The following moments were when the shouting reached the ears of the group around the fire, for Beren's axe had been launched with deadly accuracy, splitting the skull of one of the male Dark Elves. Bewildered, the Dark Elves still shouted orders and called for the head of whoever dare attack them. The sorceress immediately sent a fireball that tore through a section of the forest, Beren needing to dive into the water to remain alive as the other Dark Elves withdrew their swords.
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