In the Spider's Web - part V

More formally clad guards lead our adventurers back into the dark, damp bowels of the arena. Instead of the narrow cell they were kept in before the fight, they are now presented with an actual room with both benches and simple beds. Although barred by wooden beams, there's a small window that offers a view of the feet of passers by. They are well guarded, with two beside the door, two more beyond it and one patrolling outside the little window every now and again.

Dar'Charrim is curled up into a ball, shivering and mewing silently in pain. Two women visit their cell, an elderly human female followed by an ageless, slender female altmer. The old woman tends to their aches and wounds with the help of her apprentice that is more occupied blushing at Einhard as the nord tries to charm the young elf. Both women take their time in healing the victorious combatants. As they leave, they are briefly exchanged for two other women that leaves two baskets in the cell. One is full to the brim with various foodstuffs and the other filled with bottles of water and spirits, not the most luxurious wares but still better than water and bread.

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All five of the adventurers remains oblivious as sand trickles into the room from between the slabs of stone and at the edges of the window. Most of them are asleep. Without warning a cloud of dust erupts and is soon follows billows of flame. The four guards by the door thud to the floor, singed and covered by a thin, crystalline layer. Spears of glass have shattered the wooden beams covering the window and allowing access to the alley beyond.

A broad-shouldered khajiit peers into the cell. Despite much of his face being covered by fabric, there's still some facial scarring visible and Dar'Charrim grasp their general meaning the instant she spots them. The feline stranger prompts that the five imprisoned ones should leave end their captivity swiftly, before the patrol returns. Before leaving as suddenly as he appeared, the khajiit asks the adventurers to meet him in the abandoned gardens to the west.


Question of the "day" - Who do you think the unknown khajiit is? And why does he seem familiar to Dar'Charrim?