Damp, silent and intimidating. We sit here in wait while Tholdurin and my father are trying to find a way out of here. Our tunnels, our gold and our wealth had become our prison, it has been two days since the dwarrows of Goldthumb locked us up in our own mines. How? I keep asking myself this. But this entry makes little sense if I dont start from the beginning.
Well where did it begin? Many stories I heard about this Ebenizer Goldthumb of the GMC, he was supposed to be a smart, wealthy, cunning and greedy old man who cared only for his own enterprise and his own glory, or at least as far as the stories go. I finally met him at the central plaza of Othrikar. Not the most pleasant meeting it was, he threatened the DFTC members, he said he knew about all our schemes and wicked plans. Throwing all kinds of accusations. Intimidating he was, yet I expected a dwarrow of his stature would not resort to violence and cruelty. He must have known we knew about the father-lode, and our plans against his corrupt company. But how? The only comfort I get from this, is that the old man is scared, only that would explain his behavior. He is desperate now to retain his gold lodes, and I fear what other means he would use to stop us.
So our group went into our tunnels looking for the thief that kept stealing from the DFTC. The DFTC miners Ullfar and Tholdurin, scout Skaril, hunter Fryjpora and myself found the crooked thief trapped at the end of a tunnel. He hurt his leg, but was tossing threats at us just like his old master did. There was hardly any conversation possible, his vile words would only lead to more strife between the companies. Fryjpora came running back at us with grave news, the entrance got blocked and Tholdurin who guarded the door would have been knocked out and tossed inside the mine. Everything went rather fast afterwards. The trapped thief was getting on my nerves with all his wicked words, so my father knocked him out with a shovel. I know this may work against us, but it was a desperate choice in a most stressing moment. It was as the maiden told us we were trapped. Left to starve.
Now we wait, until we have found a way out of here. We must decide what to do with the thieving GMC miner. We will make him a proposition to make amends with us, he may show regret when he learns Goldthumb has forsaken him as well. But how? How did Goldthumb know?
*signed
Hilfar
