The Mothers rested for eight hours in the barracks area with Fonesca and Levi regaining some of their spells. Guthranka did most of the watching as she was sustained by her ring. Gaspode made sure that there was a constant two person guard. The Mothers then explored the rest of the courtyard finding storage rooms and a kitchen area. In a pantry they found steps leading downwards. The rest of the western area was badly damaged by flame and smoke with some of the charred rafters hanging down into the hallways after having collapsed. There was a coating of ash and sludge on the floors and many surfaces. The Mothers did spot a bastard sword which had survived the flames, stuck into the wooden wall like a sconce. Guthranka took this with her. Not wanting to leave any area unchecked, the Mothers went down the stairs that they had found. On the way down the Mothers were not too happy to find that the passageway was neatly paved with stone. It opened into a large room with a number of doors and passageways leading off it. They went left. The northerly passage took them through a number of areas that seemed to be under construction. Returning to their main route they came across a dead end room that was occupied by a trio of stone giants. While combating these, a group of bugbears, apes and hill giants, including an impressively ugly, hunched and one-eyed specimen, came upon them from behind. While the fighters in the front killed the stone giants, Fonesca killed most of the first wave of bugbears with a falling wall of ice. The hills giants and the apes retreated, leaving the remaining bugbears to be slaughtered. Once this was complete the Mothers hurried after them, back into the original large chamber on this level. Not knowing where to head to, the Mothers chose the widest passage, a twenty foot wide one, leading to the south. As they reached the end of this, they were engaged with another force of bugbears. After some time killing these, two of the giants again appeared from behind. Fonesca was ready, and this time cast a wall of ice vertically, cutting the giants off from the combat. While Levi, Jito, Guthranka and Gaspode cut left and right around them the giants must have circled around, as they joined in the fray once most of the bugbears had fallen. This time the one-eyed giant and his apes were with them. But even this mighty force could not stand against the Mothers and soon the enemy were all dead, and the Mother's feet were wet with the runoff from the ice-wall and the gore of their opponents.