Six large fire beetles leap out at Zendril as he steps into the room. He quickly fends them off, receiving only a minor burn from one of their bites. Inside is a large room with racks of rusted mining equipment, and the other end of the room contains a large square mine shaft leading straight down. There once was a winch and pulley system which was used to move a cargo lift up and down the shaft, but the machinery is no longer usable.

With no other way to go but down, Zendril uses his extensive climbing skills to climb down the shaft, testing its depth. The shaft continues down 100 feet to a small mine below, lined with natural ledges about 1 to 2 inches wide. Before Nataya and Theranion can pull out their lengths of rope to climb down, Silver makes a daring (although naive) attempt to climb down the rough sides of the shaft unaided.

He gets no more than a few inches down before he loses his footing. Theranion sees him start to slip, and makes a desperate grab for his Rope of Entanglement. In his haste, however, he fumbles the rope and entangles himself instead of Silver's outstretched arm. A second later, and Silver plunges down the shaft, unable to reach the sides to grab onto one of the tiny ledges. The sounds of a loud thud and snapping of bones is heard coming from somewhere down the shaft, followed by the voice of Zendril, uttering shouts of shock and surprise.

By the time Nataya and Theranion rappel down to the bottom of the shaft, the grim reality sinks in; Silver died on impact, and Nataya's attempts to heal him are in vain. The group at first makes preparations to hoist Silver's body up out of the shaft, and find a healer capable of resurrecting him. As they remove his equipment, however, they come across a parchment written in his handwriting. It is a simple will (of sorts), stating plainly that a resurrection should not be performed in the event of his death.

Respecting his wishes, Zendril and Theranion look on as Nataya performs a simple funeral service and buries him with his personal items. After the burial, they begin climbing back up the shaft. Nataya next has the task of calming Silver's cooshee, Rage, who is anxiously awaiting its master's return. There are a few sad moments while Nataya tries to comfort the Cooshee, knowing full well the animal can sense its master isn't coming back.

They next distribute his remaining items amongst themselves, as they were the closest thing he had to a family. Theranion sits down with Silver's spellbook, carefully copying into his own book the spell that Silver recently created, but never named. As Theranion finishes the transcription, he names the spell "Silver's Shockwave", in remembrance of his fellow spell caster. Eventually, the group exits the dwarven outpost, and collects Silver's two war hounds and mule before heading back to their keep...