My Pleasure Ghul, glad you enjoyed it. I remember an old T&T story of long ago that influences this story a bit, from Sorcerer Apprentice and how a doomed group of adventurers entered Gristlegrim. Robert Funk, Oscar Kay, Tamara the Small, etc. And how the writer added a small ending of how some wizard wanted to buy the dead body of the Hobbit back and how it added a certain "what going around," not just the delve, but other things in life that will affect the characters. So, was quite glad the Assiminik the Esquimaux had the notion to sway Kilopho to assist in helping his fellow countryman!