'We need to draw the attention of its defenders so some of us can get inside and cause some trouble! Who volunteers? Imák? Bróin? Will the two of you blast a great signal upon horns of battle, drawing forth the hobgoblins that reside within the city?'0/1
1.2) Speak toImák (Show dialog)
'If you need a distraction, I am your dwarf. I can make enough noise the defenders of Shakhajât will think five armies approach, and all of them dwarves!'0/1
1.3) Speak toBróin (Show dialog)
'I suppose I can cause a distraction... if I must. Yes, I can... I can do it.'0/1
2 Speak toBósi (Show dialog)
'What's that, Player? You wish to draw the eyes of the defenders away on your own? We do not need three teams to do this.
'Very well, you and Imák will fashion a suitable distraction, and the rest of us will sneak into Shakhajât as a group. Climb either the left or right slope that extends around the fortress and find one of the discarded horns of battle with which to draw hobgoblin attention.'0/1
3 KillStrakhbuk0/1
3 Use itemHorn of Battle0/1
4 Enter areaMeet up with Bróin inside Shakhajât0/1
5 Speak toBróin (Show dialog)
'Our fellowship is not the only one to have infiltrated Shakhajât, Player. Other dwarves have arrived, including a dwarf-woman of no small ferocity! I watched her engage in combat with a hobgoblin and as I beheld her prowess my own fears evaporated! Will you make sure she fares well enough in the courtyard ahead?'
You assure Bróin you will find her, but if she is as fierce as he says, you are certain she will be fine.
'Aye, she was most striking... and struck her foes with abandon, too! Impress her by slaying the hobgoblins, our shared foes, and making the Pit of Stonejaws safer for all of us!'0/1
6 Speak toFastrith Hawkfeast (Show dialog)
'Hearty greetings to you, Player! Can you imagine my brother Eskil in such a place? I can... but not for long. It is better that I am here!'
You tell Fastrith that she has an admirer in Shakhajât, and he sent you to check on her.
'An admirer? Well now! I trust that he's no Orc or hobgoblin? A fine dwarf, you say? Better and better! But this is no place for such idle talk. I will meet you outside the city once your business here is concluded, Player.'0/1
6 KillHobgoblins in the Pit of Stonejaws (x/8)0/8
7 Speak toFastrith Hawkfeast (Show dialog)
'I am glad to see you made it back outside, Player, as did these others!'
You ask Fastrith why she ventured inside Shakhajât, and whether she needs your help escaping the contract with Stáli, as did her brother. She laughs in response.
'No, my droll friend! My master Stáli did not send me here. His instructions were simple: \qFind me the Zabad'ibîn,\q he said. I reckoned they would be more likely found in dangerous places than in peaceful ones. A search of the chief-stead seemed in order. I found no gemstones, but there were plenty of Orc-skulls against which I tested the sharpness of my axe. Would that I had replaced my brother in his apprenticeship before this! Such fighting really gets the blood flowing, doesn't it?
'Perhaps Stáli will eventually teach me the ways of sculpture, but until then I think I will adopt axe-handling as my trade!'0/1
8 Speak toBori (Show dialog)
'Did I hear her correctly? She is apprenticed to Stáli the Hewer, the sculptor from Erebor?