Moving through the door, the three find themselves in a short passageway with another door at the end. With a glance over your shoulders, and a little encouraging wave from the troll (who's remaining in their own room) the far door is opened.

Something has taken considerable pains to decorate this 20 by 20 disused storeroom. The walls are covered with a plastering of excrement and bones, to form both patterns and shelf-like bone ledges. Skulls leer from these shelves — human, humanoid, dwarven, and various sorts of other creatures as well. The floor is a conglomerate of bones and ordure. A large armchair and crude table of sorts, each fashioned from bones, stand in the northwest corner. In the southwest corner is another door, almost diagonally across from the one you enter. In the southeast corner is a heap of torn cloth, leather scraps, bits of tapestries, and pieces of rugs.
Suddenly the pile moves, and something rises — a huge troll!

Brother Yew bows formally toward the troll, then rises again to address him directly.

"Oohlgrist?" he asks. "Do you speak the common tongue of humans? [Language unknown: Ri dinbuttedint e arebe com roseos'esto oresa O ainpl tedthowasvor ect manndethu chevan voril.]"

Now the huge troll was standing it was clear just how powerfully built they were. As if that weren't enough, it's tough hide was covered in bones all sewn together to make a ghastly but effective armoured coat.
[Language unknown: "Noro ousredtra nt. Rooul ne e tic ngpa ted IL!"]

Yew shook his head.

"I am sorry, I do not know that language. Let us try some others, unless Kalador or Gwythe understands that one?. [Language unknown: Nc any rionic Beteie?] [Language unknown: N es hatainoul nges loni'oube n on Stion?] [Language unknown: T aveen ngurce Mendpe?] [Language unknown: Ec leio Vorreadin eriewi allionher a ave?] [Language unknown: Oventinte nde artioueen ndepa Ouswhewithou wiltioear rutorenti?] [Language unknown: Leofou i nterutundare ndeateart wasas ndlipldi simoat?] [Language unknown: Aturce theee troflo, Mino'lieema en te predi thaicaain ofwhom Ne miof.]"

Gwythe is somewhat startled at the sudden appearance and size of the troll, and takes a step back before catching himself. He listens to Yew's attempts to converse with the creature without showing any signs of understanding, his hand hovering near his blade.

Kalador stood looking at the troll. Its armor coat was interesting. He said, "If it speaks Orc, I can translate."

Oohlgrist rubbed his bloated belly and pointed at Kalador.
[Language unknown: "Ch NCPL hiseenlar. Of us ditose isngec!"]

"We need that other troll to translate for us," Yew decided.

He tried to convey this to Oohlgrist by a short series of gestures - pointing down the corridor they had come from, then holding a hand high above his head to indicate someone much taller, then opening his mouth as if speaking. He tapped his own chest, pointed down the corridor again and made a beckoning sign.

"Wait here," he told Kalador and Gwythe as he quickly strode back to the doorway to fetch the other troll. "If you have any food or anything else to offer Oohlgrist it might help."

[Language unknown: "K! Urill LA!!!"] they declared angrily, moving to block Yew.

OOC: Oops! Posted the speech as "secret" instead of "language". :/
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Yew stopped and confronted the enormous ogre. He held up the eight-pointed fire symbol authoritatively, then tapped his own chest and pointed back down the corridor again. He raised his hand high above his head again, then pretended to beckon that tall person to follow him back again then mimed taking to that tall person and the tall person talking to Oohlgrist.

Despite the futility of it he added a verbal explanation as well.

"I go get other troll. I bring him here so he can tell you what I say."

When Oohlgrist made his  threatening move towards Yew, Kalador put his hand on the hilt of his sword.[Private to group Thieves' Cant: Calm down. I can translate for you]
Kalador said, "Brother Yew he's speaking in thieves cant. I can translate for us. I thought this one would be cooperative, but I guess not."
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Oohlgrist ceased his threatening movement towards Yew (but still effectively blocked the door) and grinned, foul spittle spraying from between his yellowed teeth.
[Language unknown: "T tilo mica tiotedvir, ulevad hoeclo?"]

Yew glanced sharply at Kalador then nodded.

"I am relieved that one of us is able to speak with him. Please tell him the fire priest Alrrem sent us to ask him to help us with some important tasks he wants us to do together. To weaken the Earth Temple and Water Temple and make the Fire Temple stronger. What reward does he want in return for assisting us?"

Kalador replied, "He wants to eat me first. I think I'll deny him that." Looking at the troll he said, "
[Private to group Thieves' Cant: The fire priest Alrrem has sent us to ask your help with some important tasks. This will make the Earth and Water temples weaker and the Fire temple stronger. What reward would you want for helping us]?"

"Good choice," Yew agreed. "Unless you are offering him one of us instead."

Said with an almost perfectly straight face. Almost.

Kalador looked back with a raised eyebrow and a slight grin. He said, "You never know Brother Yew, I just might."

Oohgrist paused in thought.
[Language unknown: "Reek con elthe? Werbleent i caic, inacil re us nte. Essoerhas allpa mo, th, mail te."]
He pointed in turn at a ring on the little finger of his left hand, his necklace of gold with four small rubies, and jewelled belt (silver with four nice emeralds).
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