The party find the raiders at the Tiller home/

Civil action

The party arrives hastily at the Tiller home and looks around, eventually discovering a hidden compartment under a rug. Maerayla gathers them to discuss a tactic on how to breach and enter in the event of enemies inside. They gather again into a formation as Maeralya leads the charge into the small, rocky basement, where she immediately sees four men with similar equipment hiding behind crates. A small fight ensues before Ruben jumps down and kills one of the men with a frost spell, later noticing it was the one from the Dipton Farm. The men attempt to relalitate with their bows against Ruben, who manages to block all of their shots with a shield spell. This leads the men to promptly surrender. The party then begin to attempt to negotiate with the men for information. They tell them that they are from Scortchton but manage to negotiate freedom for two of the tribal raiders, while the third, Britevny, will stay behind to share what information the party requires. The party agrees and hands over eight rations for the two men so they can travel safely home without weapons. They then begin to speak to Britevny. After the conversation, which is documented better in the "read full story", the party give Britevny food and let him leave.

After the other leaves, Britevny speaks to the party and begins to talk about why the raiders have come so far north, basically stating that it is much harder for the Scorchers to gather food recently and insinuates that it is due to stepped up defences in Oakenfield. They speak some more and negotiate his release back down to Scorchton, as technically, the only men who murdered during the raids are both dead. Eventually, after a lot of back and forth, Britevny spills the following information: