The slaver-women of the mine

The slaver-women were a group of women who enslaved others for the purpose of toiling in a mine. Shasta is attacked by the slaver-women and imprisoned in their prison-carriage for the journey back to the mine, in the process meeting Rin, who reveals that she is the last member of her village to be captured. The pair escape and make their way to the mine on their own, where they hope to free the workers. However, they are re-captured and draw the interest of the slavers' leader after Shasta's manner of speech reminds the leader of someone else.

As Shasta learns, the slavers are using the women of Rin's village to mine crystals on behalf of others.