Off to Bolvangar - Pitch #6

As Lyra and the Gyptians set off for Bolvangar, Lyra asks the alethiometer about the security system there. It tells Lyra many useful things, like the daemons of the Tartar soldiers who are guarding the doors. It also tells her something unexpected. It tells her to go to a town nearby and rescue a child. Because Lyra has learned to trust the alethiometer, she decides to do as the alethiometer told her to.

With the help of Iorek the armoured bear, Lyra rescues little Tony Makarios. During the rescue, Lyra discovers the truth behind the Gobblers' doings. Tony is one of the children that the Gobblers had already experimented on and sent out into the wilderness to die. The experiments performed by the Gobblers left Tony separated from his daemon, Ratter. Tony was left to die in the cold, without his lifelong companion! This separation weakens both humans and daemons, and there is a high possibility that both will die either during or after the operation.

When Lyra and Iorek return with little Tony, they tell the Gyptians about the Gobblers cutting children's daemons away. This little bit of information makes the Gyptians more determined and devoted to rescue the poor children. However, before they could reach Bolvangar, the Gyptians are attacked by a group of hunters who work for the Gobblers. The hunters steal Lyra away from her group and bring her to the 'Experimental Station' in Bolvangar.

What is Lyra, known as Lizzie Brooks in the 'station', going to do? How is she going to escape with the other children?