"Join us?" Anevia says, shocked, "She's lucky we're worth our word."
"Evil needs to be rooted out. She will stand against us again" Aravashinal says. "But right now, it's best to let her off."

The cultist woman scurries off. That leaves the two mongrelmen down below. They seemed willing to give up before and remain so now.

Under the watchful eyes of the party, they climb out, and Hesper climbs down to gather the other scales. She returns with them, and a bag full of other loot, including an ornate, locked wooden case as tall as the dwarf. It's slender, thin, and looks fit for shielding a blade. The mongrelmen say that it was also delivered from the surface, some time after the scales. For examination, like the scales.

"I wonder what's inside?" Horgus says, eyeing the case.