And the dickhead Minotaur doofus is now suspected to have a GOP. On one hand that is good news, as it is additional treasure, on the other hand it is treasure that we cannot decide for ourselves what to do with! I, for one am sick of this routine, so I am going to suggest the following course of action: 1) request permission to dispose of the rods as we see fit (read sell some), and 2) assuming we actually obtain this GOP, and for some reason the Belar have not allowed us to have the rods, to then demand (politely) some sort of compensation for all of the shlepping we have done for them, and if they refuse again, I for one am off the Belar team. This form of indentured servitude displeases me greatly, and all the lure of Belar pussy in the world is not enough to sate my greedy need for gold. They are just willing to drop 100k in gp just to get another GOP, and they don't seem concerned about the price, but help out the slaves who have been responsible for all this progress, not a chance. Hopefully I am wrong about their apparent miserness with us, but we need to make it clear that the promise of some academic position in Pavalar is now beneath us, and we need real, material rewards if the Belar want to continue to have use of our services.