Looking for Mary

* After looting the bar, Mal conveniently popped back up and announced that Mary was missing and we had to go find her. He then ran back off again.
 
* Swinging my Bag of Holding at Tyrian, I shouted "Let's go, brother... I got the good stuff!" then ran off after Mal.
 
* Mal was on a hill, standing near a campfire. "She was taken... look!" He pointed to some adult-sized tracks, "I'm going after her. Who's with me?"
I looked around and noticed that Struth was not with us. "Where's Struth?" "Ahh shit!" Mal shook his head, "Who is going to get him?" I simply nodded then ran off back to the tavern. Peeking my head around the Mal-made hole in the wall, I could see Struth standing there. "This way Struth!" "I'll be there shortly," he said, as he began pouring alcohol around the tavern.
 
* Heading back to the campsite I told the group that Struth would be with us shortly. Once he joined us, after setting the tavern on fire, we realised the horses were still in the stables. "Ahhh shit!" Mal said, "I guess we're on foot from here. Who is coming?" It was decided after some debate that we were all going with exception of the dwarves that Struth had freed, they would be going to the tavern at the foot of the mountains to wait for us.
 
* Mal did point out that there was a light in the distance but it was decided to follow the tracks. Struth tracked them to a river where the footprints then stopped. We split up (Mal and Struth downstream and the rest of us upstream) and searched upstream and downstream on both sides of the river. Mal and Struth were the first to find something and had signalled us with a fire arrow. Tyrian, Petros and I then head back downstream.
 
*Reaching Mal and Struth, I could see in the moss hanging above a hanging that there was some missing. It was a small area almost child-sized. I pointed this out to Mal. Struth then corroborated this.
 
* Mal went first down the watery slippery dip into the mountain. Part way down we could hear him scream then nothing. I looked into the hole but could not see or hear anything. Struth then piped up he could just hear Mal but from the direction of the light source, Mal had noticed earlier.
 
* "Well, let's go!" I jumped into the hole and rode the watery slippery slide down then came out of the bottom and hit the ground. I was wet but not hurt. Tyrian followed shortly after. Mal was just standing there and looked relieved to see that some of us had come. He asked about Struth and Petros but I shrugged.
 
* Shortly after I could hear Petros faintly in my head... "Is that you Petros?" I asked. "Yes it is, who else do you know who can do this? Is it safe?" "Yes it is, we are in some ruins" "Ok, I am coming."
 
* With a woosh, Petros then popped out of the watery hole and hit the ground as we all had. Shortly after, Struth also popped out with a groan. He was not happy to be wet.
 
* I had spotted adult-sized footprints and pointed them out to the group. Mal then affirmed we needed to go in that direction as he could hear Mary with a man.
 
* Trying to walk in that direction quietly, the male voice boomed, " Come into the clearing... I can hear at least 2 heartbeats.... show yourselves I know you are there!" Mal and I looked at each other and the plan became for us to go into the clearing while the rest went around.
 
* Coming out, we could see that there was a man but he was covered in shadow, and Mary was kneeling before him. He had a spear in his right hand.
 
* Mal and I moved forward and the man gestured, "Ah, there you are but you are not the one I am after." "Let Mary go," Mal said firmly. "I will but only in exchange for the man that I want. Bring me Struth!" "Why do you want him? He's gone. He disappeared after he burned down the tavern." "Well, find him and bring him then you can have the girl." "I can offer you gold for her." "Gold is of no consequence to me... I want Struth... we have unfinished business." I took the opportunity while the two spoke, to move closer to a wall for cover. I don't think that this conversation was going to go in the man's favour.