The Mountain Bandits were once part of a large criminal syndicate but they had not heard from any of the guild master leadership for months.
So, feeling abandoned, they slipped, bit by bit, towards now being independent.
A new leader had arisen among them and had now taken charge!
The bandits were now at war with the deep goblins.
In the past hey had simply ignored or even hired each other.
Occasionally, they would even trade goods.
The bandits took the near-surface caves and clifftops.
The Goblins took the deeper caves.
But the flying “Prey Monster” now meant that the cliff tops were no longer safe.
The bandits were now trapped in their surface caves.
They could not safely leave to either escape or raid traders.
The trade routes were just outside the Prey Monsters staked
