I would pretend to be on the side of anyone who could make passage for everyone a little easier later on. This man has brothers that rule the other places we might go to, if I'm understanding correctly, yes?
I present to you a scenario: We help Mr. Anurr take down the mines and help us leave. They launch an attack on Mr. Unhalad and lose. Mr. Unhalad finds out we helped Mr. Anurr and sends word to his brothers in the other lands to look out for us and make our lives very, very difficult. At best, we become outlaws. At worst, we're enemies of the realm and they're told we're to be killed on sight.
Another scenario: We tell Mr. Anurr of Mr. Unhalad’s propsal and ask for him to relocate his troops or whatever elsewhere and bring back some sort of proof that we've "wiped them out," so to speak, thus giving them the element of surprise. Perhaps a small group of us secretly go and shut down the mine operations in the meantime, but in a way we can deny culpability. After all, we're helping Mr. Unhalad! We're on his side, are we not? Perhaps it's Mr. Anurr who did it, but worry not, for we have wiped out his people!
Mr. Unhalad thinks Mr. Anurr was the problem and that problem is gone. He sends word out to his brothers that we are friends and to be helped. We leave. Mr. Anurr can then launch an attack and, hopefully, take Mr. Unhalad down due to the element of surprise being ultimately on their side. We get to enjoy the hospitality of Mr. Unhalad’s brothers for quite some time before word gets out perhaps that oh dear, he's fallen, or very nearly! How dreadful, good luck Mr. Unhalad’s brother in this land, we shall continue our journey onward but will gladly carry the letter of Mr. Unhalad’s fall to the next brother for you, don't worry yourself!
[She smiles] And who knows what might happen to that letter? Lots of things could prevent it from ever getting out, delaying any help he might have hoped to gain.
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I present to you a scenario: We help Mr. Anurr take down the mines and help us leave. They launch an attack on Mr. Unhalad and lose. Mr. Unhalad finds out we helped Mr. Anurr and sends word to his brothers in the other lands to look out for us and make our lives very, very difficult. At best, we become outlaws. At worst, we're enemies of the realm and they're told we're to be killed on sight.
Another scenario: We tell Mr. Anurr of Mr. Unhalad’s propsal and ask for him to relocate his troops or whatever elsewhere and bring back some sort of proof that we've "wiped them out," so to speak, thus giving them the element of surprise. Perhaps a small group of us secretly go and shut down the mine operations in the meantime, but in a way we can deny culpability. After all, we're helping Mr. Unhalad! We're on his side, are we not? Perhaps it's Mr. Anurr who did it, but worry not, for we have wiped out his people!
Mr. Unhalad thinks Mr. Anurr was the problem and that problem is gone. He sends word out to his brothers that we are friends and to be helped. We leave. Mr. Anurr can then launch an attack and, hopefully, take Mr. Unhalad down due to the element of surprise being ultimately on their side. We get to enjoy the hospitality of Mr. Unhalad’s brothers for quite some time before word gets out perhaps that oh dear, he's fallen, or very nearly! How dreadful, good luck Mr. Unhalad’s brother in this land, we shall continue our journey onward but will gladly carry the letter of Mr. Unhalad’s fall to the next brother for you, don't worry yourself!
[She smiles] And who knows what might happen to that letter? Lots of things could prevent it from ever getting out, delaying any help he might have hoped to gain.