As you walk back into Azamire, you feel a swell of pride at the number of newly constructed buildings. They're small, and you hardly takes you long to count them on two hands, but still, Azamire is rebuilding, bit by bit. Your delight is interrupted by a shriek as you hear a... Golbin run by, chased by the newly appointed Militia Captain - Jass. The chase doesn't last long, and Gloob is held down while Jass berates it, talking about how she's no fool and knows a trap when she sees one.

You manage to pull Jass aside long enough to get her to calm down. She apologies, first to you, then even to Gloob, and says that when she learned that they were capturing people to 'send them somewhere' it sent her over the edge. She asks Gloob to fill you in on what he told her. Every full moon, a bunch of robed figures end up coming to the Ringleader's fortress within the Elder Grove. They come with large, wooden wagons, and leave with people that the surrounding Golbin tribes have captured. He goes on to say that the Golbins at the fortress leave with the robed figures, escorting them... wherever they go, he doesn't know. With the nearing full-moon, it'd be a great chance to get a peek into the fortress, and that he'd even go, but that he'd need some climbing gear and hooks to scale the fort's outer wall. Either hopefully or foolishly, you decide to trust him, and he details how he'd go about making the equipment. You and Jass decide it'd be good to bring Companion Name along as well, and that they'd go over Gloob's memory of the fort to plan the scouting mission while you make the gear.

You, Gloob, and Companion Name set off into the Misty Thicket on the night of the full moon. Gloob brings you through the woods quickly, and it's tough to keep up with his speed. You and Companion Name find yourselves huffing and puffing just outside of the Ringleader's Fortress. In the moonlight, you all see a train of wagons and hobgolbins heading to the north along an old dirt road, but quickly lose track of it as they slip into the dense thicket. With them gone, the three of you use the gear you prepared and scale the walls, landing quietly on the other side. Gloob brings you to several spots throughout the relatively open grounds. A small, ramshackle prison, with several ents patrolling just outside. You pass by a handful of sleeping areas for the fort's living guards, until you reach a large wooden hut Gloob says is the Ringleader's home. Finally, he leads you to a stockpile of various bits that a Golbin would find valuable, taken as tribute or looted from nearby towns. Hides, half-rotten food, weapons and armor, gold, and most notably, dozens upon dozens of caskets of flammable oil and booze. You and Companion Name wait for Gloob to lead you into an ambush, but the trap never comes. True to his word, once he finishes with the important parts of the fortress, the three of you scale back over the wall and head back to Azamire. When you return, you immediately begin talks with Jass about launching an assault on the fortress with what you've learned, and set plans into motion to get the town ready. Clearing a path to bring wagons to the fort, and securing an exit route for prisoners will be essential before launching an attack. Plus, it gives Jass more time to get her people ready, too.