heh, yeah. i was going to mention Conlan's chest, but i put a bunch of weapons in there once and left town; when i came back the chest was locked! that sneaky Conlan was trying to pull a fast one on me. Thank goodness my Bard was able to Knock it open. (i dunno where i put that key!)
thanks to smart stashing and some ironman endurance fighting in the fatigued state; i've managed to get to Lower Dorn and into Marketh's chambers in only 48 days! and this is in fury mode! or course, my 4 player party is pretty powerfull, though the fury encounters are not quite hard enough. However I did notice that the Orog cave with the umberhulk wizard is now noticeably more populated