About two days journey from the Amazon Nation, Pantariste stops by the Red Falcon Inn to buy supplies. The innkeeper explains that his business is down because Tiamedies and his thugs are making trouble. A very rude man is heard calling some woman an uppity little bitch. Pantariste turns around to see what is going on and the clang of steel is heard. The man cries out and he falls to the floor. Barkida the Amazon plants her foot in his face. The innkeeper warns Pantariste that a Minotaur is in the area. Barkida joins the Amazons on their quest.