The Ears Have Walls

As Talathel and Gurkirat crept through the sewers, they came to intersection I without any incident. As they turned the corner, Gurkirat motioned to everyone that they should be extra careful, and then motioned for Talathel to check around the corner.

Talathel peeked around the corner, and though he couldn't see anything, could faintly make out the sound of squeaking rats. From what he could make out, it sounded like they were probably about 50 feet away, but the echoes in the sewers made it difficult to tell how accurate that was.

                                                                                      

Grumbleshanks found that below the surface, there was a rougher wall than normal at intersection U, and someone had carved out hand- and foot-holds into the wall. "Not a true ladder, but it will work," he said to himself. He climbed down, took a look around and called the rest of the gang down.

The sewer appeared to be empty. The carved hand-holds could have been used by either the denizens of the sewers or a thief trying to create a convenient escape route. The work was somewhat crude, and looked to have been made by using some sort of sharp blade to widen the gaps that already existed.