As the Gnolls and the Hyenas run away Bastion is able to ride one down and kill it. Between the lightning, the two bears and a large cat three more and brought down. That leaves two hyenas left as they take off in two different directions. They have fear on their side and soon are out of range and running without looking back.
You may be able to hit them with ranged weapons at -4 due to the range if you wish to try in round eight.
It does not take you much time to make it back to the war wagon. The driver is looking about as he is wondering when you were coming back. You see your scout sitting on the bluff waiting too. Looks like he has some blood leaking from him.
The scout tells you that he is fine it nothing serious. As you look at the tracks that the main group attacked you from you can see they seemed to be following your tracks. You follow them back to the main split of the canyons. The tracks turn into the right passage of the canyons. Do you keep following the tracks?
The scout allows you to heal him some and then heads back up towards the tops of the canyon area. The rest of you follow the latest tracks as they move deeper into the right side. You follow the tracks for a couple hours as they continue to weave in and out of this canyon and the next almost to the point of back tracking. Seems they want you to get lost in this maze of openings. It is at this time the scout above motions that he sees something ahead.
Avan flies up to the scout and looks out where the scout is pointing. Off in the not too far distance you can see a area in the canyons that has movement on it. It looks like a good bit of activity you can see a very wisp of smoke. It is carefully hidden maybe by some magical means too.
Avan as a eagle flies over the area where the movement is located. He can see many caves where Gnolls are housed. He sees gangs of women and some of children who are tied together being used as slave labor. The older Gnolls are being kept in a pen/cave at the back side of a box type canyon. There are no gnolls at the top of the canyon but rather dark cloaked objects. He can not tell what they are. The smoke shimmers as it rises and then disappears. In a back part of the canyon there is a cave half way up accessable by a series of stairs crossing back and forth along the face of the canyon until it reaches the cave. In front of the cave is a large chair. Larger than two average men. A cloth hangs in front of the cave opening thus not allowing Avan to see inside. Down at the entrance to the box canyon is a group of Gnolls and Hyenas gathered to see that no one comes into the canyon.
When Avan attempts to land on top of the canyon across from the entrance the two closest black figures move a bit and Avan can see two large bows being drawn. He can see they are targeting him. The arrows come quickly. The first arrow hits the cliff right under Avans feet the second arrow flies over him barely missing him. They are drawing another arrow each. The other black figures are moving forward too. They will also target Avan when he is flying back and forth over the encampment.