Current Timeline

Party all arrive at Konkraimor. Fight breaks out at the docks when cargo from ship is about to be stolen, but the theft is prevented by the party. Cargo owner offers a new job, getting rid of some unlicensed toll collectors up the road.

The Party, deals with the toll collectors, who turn out to be followers of a new goddess Timora, here to recover stolen ore of religious significance. The faithful are defeated and Blazh rides away with the ore, as the party realizes that there is more to this than meets the eye and prepares for a journey to Konskirav, to get answers.

The Party, begins their journey to Konskirav, learning more about each other along the way. Eventually they run across a saddled horse and begin searching for its owner at the small hovel down the road. After meeting the hovels owner - a suspicious tabaxi called Rosa, things escalate, as the evening ends with the Party discovering the missing woman in Rosa's basement, who seemed intent on feeding her to her ravenous cats.

The Party fought off the cats and Rosa, who reveled herself to be a member of the Unseelie. In her belonging a strange mimic like chest was found which gave Shiek a vision of an enormous golden eye. The chest's name was revealed to be the Hungry Twin.

The Party found out that the tremor the previous night marked the start of a Great Hunt - a race for the horse clans to defeat the monsters released by the tremor. Milivoj is excited by the possibility of participating and entering Konskirav as champions, as the strength of the tremors indicated the Party was close to the source. Camp is packed and the Party leaves Rosa's with the Hungry Twin loaded in the wagon.

The Party continued travelling, meeting a scout in search for a creature unleashed by the tremors. Later in the day the same scout was found killed, by a large puncture wound, likely by the very beast he sought.

The travel continues, until the Party runs across hunters from the Otgore clan, engaging a huger, lizard-like beast in combat. With help from the Party the beast is defeated, and identified as the quarry for the Great Hunt. The Party lears more about the horse clans and Valeyo and Cassini share what they know about Dinosaurs, the type of creature that this beast belonged to.

Deciding to finally open the Hungry Twin, the Party realizes that it is a chest enchanted with Conjuration, able to take whatever is placed inside it and transport it elsewhere. When the Party sent a note through a message came back, saying: "I am assuming you killed Rosa. That really isn't very sensible.". Unnerved by the message, they put the Hungry Twin away, deciding to have someone more qualified look at it in Konskirav.

The Party finally reaches Konskirav. In the town centre they help out a local Stone Giant by the name of Venthor, who was being accosted by a number of magically conjured rats. Venthor mentions having seen a pair matching Blazh and his bodyguard's description heading south. The Party splits up to find a place to stay, gather information from the locals, and look for jobs.

The Party explored Konskirav gathering rumors and information. Valeyo and Shiek discovered the potential material Blazh was transporting - Sky Stone. A material used to create Solar Steel and potentially serving a conduit for divine energy. Meanwhile The others discovers new job opportunities and feel out the general murmurs of the town. The Party then meets with the master of the market in the hope of finding out Blazh's whereabouts, but to no avail. Sapphira talks to Valeyo about Velinde and reveals that she is a dhampir.

A visit to the market allows the party to acquire some Sky Stone from Venthor, the giant they had helped previously. Information gathered from the captain of the guard - Nikolai Filipov, tells the party that Blazh had left town, heading south in the direction of Dragomir.

The Party leaves town to pursue Blazh, only to be met with the Face of the King, who was observing the railway construction. A short conversation reveals that she is aware of Blazh, as he is a member of a terrorist organisation known as the Downfall of the Crown. Retracing their steps, the party finds tracks made by Blazh's cart, which they follow to the camp of the Oniroden. At the Oniroden's warehouse near the market, Shiek and Cassini find Blazh and his knight tied up, having been beaten and questioned, surrounded by a group of goblins. The party gathers and bursts into the facility, discovering the identity of Blazh's knight - Simona Valova.

The Party defeats the enemies in the warehouse, taking additional two prisoners - a hag and a small fey creature. After returning to the Yuzhen Enclave, they question their 4 captives. The hag and the fey reveal they work for the Unseelie Queen and were sent to find the engineer who Blazh would use to turn the Sky Stone into and explosive. Blazh and Simona claim they belong to an organisation called the Independent Cities' Movement. Their goal was to blow up the train, to harm the king's pet project and get him to cancel the trainline, which would negatively impact Otusta and Stendolin. Simona reveals that she was setup by the king all those years ago, being sent to be killed by the fire giants, only narrowly avoiding her fate. Tensions rise when the Milivoj insists on putting the prisoner's to death, while Valeyo wishes to wait until morning to question them using magic.

The Party decided to keep the two prisoners under watch for the night. Unbeknownst to them, Valeyo messaged Blazh, finding out the name and location of his engineer - Vincent Atanasoff from Rekasev. Shiek is followed by a peculiar cat and the party rests for the night.

Otto is awoken, by the sounds of guards checking the nearby houses searching for Blazh. The party quickly conducts their questioning, Valeyo allowing Blazh to answer in half-truths. Through this they learn the name of two of their leaders - Vaziliis and Thatia. It also reveals the location of the Sky Stone - the Oniroden camp. Simona is untied and evades capture while, the guards arrive and arrest Blazh. She then slips away from the party. The party decides to steal the barrels by impersonating the engineer. They enter the Oniroden camp and speak with one of their leader - Miro. He reveals that Blazh was likely betrayed by one of their own, pointing the finger at a woman he referred to as the the White One. The party heads south to Dragomir with the barrels. Otto tries to use the Sky Stone , helped by the night and a ruby, but fails. Later in the night he wakes up in a cold sweat feeling his entire body aflame.

The party travels, finally reaching Yuzhen lands and Milivoj explains the history of the clans to the others. He also shares some information about his family, but closes up when asked about his position as successor. The conversation expands to Shiek and Valeyo's injuries as well as Sapphira's swarm of bees.

Shiek awakens, only to find a cat underneath his blanket. Investigating his unusual attractiveness to cats, Cassini turns into one. He finds that there was a supernatural feeling of importance that surrounded Shiek. On the road Shiek reads a strange journal that he says is not his, while Valeyo writes a scroll in Common. When asking each other about their activity they both say it is personal and don't elaborate much.

The party arrives at a tavern called "The Last Battle", the site for the final fight of Krum VII. Milivoj gives a brief history lesson on the founding of the Kingdom of Dragomir. A strange, smelly man walks into the tavern, who the party guesses could the the engineer or his apprentice. Valeyo talks to him feeling him our during the conversation. He uses the Sky Stone as bait, telling the man, Ignacy, to come meet them at their camp. Afterwards Milivoj and Valeyo talk and Valeyo poses some difficult questions to Milivoj about his loyalties to his king and clan. In the night Ignacy throws a Sending Stone to the party and him and Valeyo talk. Ignacy seems more aware of the ICM's intentions with the Sky Stoine and asks where it was being taken, to which Valeyo says the Temorans.

In the morning the group discusses the previous night's events. They begin travelling, but stop after a few hours when a cart blocks the road. Ahead of the car, stand three warriors moving unnaturally and surrounded by corpses. A fight ensues and during it it becomes clear that the bodies of the men are being controlled by strange Oozes, which the party defeats.

The party investigates the oozes revealing them to be demonic ichor. It seemed the ichor had assaulted a group of outlaws who were camping nearby. After failing to track the ichor's origin the party returned to the road and reached Krainasto, only to found the town quarantined. Gaining entry the found out that a horrible disease had swept through town. Offering to help, they kept watch through the night, finding the disease killed in the dark and was potent enough to wipe off an entire lake.

Investigation continued and with Cassini and Otto's spells it was determined that the disease had spread through the water, with the wells and the pond having been infected. Warning the townsfolk not the drink water, but soon concluding that direct sunlight could purify it. The party discovered that the source was a fiendish creature with large owl-like black feathers. With Cassinni's magic the managed to track down the creature, which was disguised as an owl in the belltower. Despite his efforts not to tip off the fiend, Cassinni gave his findings away and the creature enlarged, preparing for battle.

The party fought and defeated the owl-creature, which turned into a young boy. When question he revealed that him and his friends had performed a ritual from a book called "How to Manifest Luck", which they had bough in the local book store. The storeowner was a old halfling woman, who seemed to know more that she let on, directing Sapphira towards a man named the Baron of the Deep, who suffered a condition similar to hers and providing Shiek with insight into his old journal, while also giving him another one written in even older script. The group then visited the location of the ritual, performed by the boys. There two more of them lay dead, while the other two had had their bodies melded into an abominable monstrosity. Nearby puddles of glowing green liquid stood, from which demons appeared in the midst of combat. After defeating the monster, with the exception of a quasit who ran away the party found themselves surrounded by bodies in the middle of the forest.

The party investigate the area near the ritual circle. They found the book the children had used and destroyed the circle. The corrupted mud was found to be highly combustible, so they left it alone opting not to alert the guards instead. When they returned to town, the party was determined to confront Alina, holding her responsible for the tragedy. When they talked to her however, she seemed not to know anything about the true contents of the book. Even after Valeyo forced her to tell the truth, using magic, she still made the same claims. According to her, the book was left in the shop when she first moved to the town centuries ago. Valeyo proposed that this might have been a long-con by a demon to get itself summoned by an unsuspecting person.

The group headed south and on the way, they found the Quasit that had escaped had followed them. It tried to explain itself, but they decided not to risk letting a demon free and killed it.

The journey continued with the group eventually walking into a storm, where Valeyo and Milivoj caught a glimpse of a legendary creature - the Storm Roc. A few hours later, the party reached the great brdige constructed by Dragomir I, where they turned in for the day.

The Party wakes up to find a griffon knight dispatched to spread word of Blazh's escape offering a 1000gp bounty. They cross the bridge arriving at the inn on the other side where they rest. Shiek notices a suspicious man with a slender build and flowing green robes, who had been travelling in the opposite direction earlier in the day.

Travel continues, with Shiek looking out for the slender man, who had continued following the party. As it comes time for rest, Cassini sets up his telescope, pulling out a second secret one and gazing through it. Shortly after discovering an abnormal magical aura in the sky, three ghostly figure apparate and attack him, deeming him unworthy. In the fight he is struct and releases a burst of radiant energy, transformed into a luminous form with a star pattern etched into his back. After the ghosts are defeated they scream the name "Arvandor". Cassini then shares more if his story with the party. As he finally falls asleep he hears an ominous voice call out "I can see you now!"

The party continues travelling, uninterrupted.

Finally they reach Dragomir. Milivojs switches to a more inconspicuous outfit, sharing that the clans are not well thought of here and he didn't want to attract attention. Eventually the party makes their way to a large park ,where they were told the Timorans congregate, just in time for a sermon.

After listening to Natasha's sermon, the party meet with her and her attendant in the Timorans' headquarters. They return the Sky Stone asking to keep on barrel of it and share how they came upon it. She reveals some delais about a source she had in the ICM and offers to help them make contact, referring them to a professor Krissa, who could help. Otto asks after the ritual that they use the Sky Stone for and she demonstrates. Later the party heads to the university, where they discover a number of things. Shiek learns more about his journal, Valeyo and Milivoj arrange for a meeting with the ICM, Cassini steals a partially destroyed boon on "Arvandor" and Otto looks for a priest of Sardior.

The day begins with Cassini showing the book he had stolen. He is advised to return it and ask around, in case anyone at the university had read it. Later in the days he attempts to return it without being seen, but is caught by one professor Berkinsail. After being sent to the Dean, a deal is arrange, where Cassini would collect the new copy of the book from Skalenvru in a few week's time. The others visit the market, where Sapphira makes friends with a Frost Giant hunter called Scholt, who is on the hunt for a dragon spreading propaganda. Shiek is directed to the Conclaive to find scrolls and Sapphira tags along. There they have their magic items identified. Come the evening Valeyo and Milivoj meet with professor Krissa, who give Valeyo a prosthetic for his leg and tell them of where the meeting with the ICM would take place. The party prepares for it and they meet at the Ioun gardens dock. With Valeyo Milivoj and Shiek following the contact on the river, while Cassini snuck around as a frog and the others watched. The man they meet is a half elf who ask why they wanted to meet. Him and Valeyo proceed to argue about the ICM's approach, with Valeyo ultimately saying that while he wished to join and help them change their ways, he sees it is not possible. As they row back to the garden, Cassini recognizes the man as the same one who caught him earlier in the day - professor Berkinsail.

The party returned to the barn, following their meeting with the ICM and discussed it's disappointing results. In the middle of the night, they were awoken by a shaking of the windows. An investigation revealed the city on alert, with the guards having closed the bridges using searchlights to find the culprit behind an attack near the university. Deciding to investigate it the next the day, the party returns to bed.

The city is ripe with gossip following the attack at the university. Some claim it was a terrorist action, others a fight between mages. The party arrived at the university and discovered that a building on the north side was the source of an explosion, which left most of the windows in nearby buildings shattered. After being denied entry into the house, they entered the university. There they were threaten by the faculty, who revealed that professor Berkinsail was dead and saw the party as the culprit. After a long talk, it becomes clear that the party didn't kill the professor and the faculty was a ware of his involvement with the ICM. The lightning jar is brought up as the source of the explosion and Professor Krissa reveals that it sounds like the invention of one of her best students, who died 5 years ago. - Vincent Atanasoff. Vincent and his grandfather were obsessed with a material coming from Moratop, which could unleash magical energy. Using a legal loophole, the party were allowed to investigate the Berkinsail's house and found signs of a struggle as well as his attempts of recreating the Lightning Device.

The party talks about their next steps, Valeyo and Milivoj suggesting a visit to Rekasev, where the Professor was sending letters, while Otto pointed out that his vision directed him to Akulavod. After considering their options, the party decides to head north as both towns were in that direction and figure it out on the way. Shiek finds out that the jug of smoke they had acquired could be used to summon a magical hound capable of tracking anyone, while Sapphira collects a number of bounties from a tavern. The group heads to bed, but do not go undisturbed. Otto is faced with another vision, of being surrounded by sharks, this time however, the peaceful water he was standing on, was rapidly freezing towards him. Shiek was woken up by a Dryad sneaking into his room. He alerts the others and battle ensues. The Dryad is captured and Shiek reveals to the others what she was there for the item in his chest. A black and gold, hilt of a dagger stabbed into his heart despite which, he was somehow alive.

In the morning the Dryad comes to and she reveals, that she is an Unseelie, sent to find the object in Sheik's chest. The Dryad tells them that it is a vessel of an archfey called Malakagata or Dirlagrauna - the mother of displacer beasts. Dirlagrauna had a falling-out with the Unseelie Queen, long ago and she wanted to keep an eye on her. The party lets the dryad go and prepare for their trip. A pair of Sila approach and reveal that two figures were seen fleeing the town after the attack last night - a presumed mage and a man wielding a rapier, matching the description of the slender man who had followed the party for the last week.

The group prepares to leave Dragomir, stopping at Himmel's knick-knacks to buy a pair of Sending Stones. Before departing they speak to the university faculty sharing their findings and then headed east. On the way, Otto brings up that he would prefer if the party visited Akulavod first, as he had another vision. In this one, the draconic figure over the shark infested waters was in more danger as a creeping layer of ice was headed for it, potentially indicating the Frost Giant, who we knew was hunting them. The group agrees and decides on Akulavod as their first stop.

Five days into the travel, they reach a fork in the road. The eastern path they ended up taking is significantly less well-kept and patrols are few and far between.

The party comes across a overturned wagon. After an inspection, Milivoj is ambushed by a group of Kobolds, who the party quickly defeats. The one remaining survivour is questioned and reveals that they serve a being called Hopper. It describes him as a a "Giant blessed with the horn of a blue dragon, who appeared a few weeks ago and built an impenetrable fortress". The Kobold leads the party to the fortress, which turns out to be a rudimentary fortification made of carts and barrels. The party issues a challenge for this Hopper and he appears, revealing himself as an Ogre with a horn. After a quick fight, the party defeats Hopper and the Kobolds.

The group loots the impenetrable fortress, acquiring a magical longbow and some potions. Milivoj detaches the horn from the ogre's head which was nailed down with 2 metal spikes. Having confirmed that it is likely a real dragon horn, the group continues travelling.

Uneventful travel.

The group arrives in Akulavod. People in the tavern are unwelcoming, but mention that a King's Guard recently visited. In the Town Hall a young guard gives the party more information, revealing that the King's Guard in question was Zelik Chernov, a man of great renown, who even Milivoj admired. He was there to boost recruitment and was also looking for Blazh as well as a fiendish individual, which bore resemblance to Simona. The guard also mentions that a dragonborn woman came into town a few weeks back, now living in a cave to the north. The party visits the cave and finds Eletheria, but are attacked by Sahuagin, who they defeat, bringing Eletheria back to town.

The group talks with Eletheria and she explains that she had been sent to town looking for a girl called Nikoleta, who Sardior believes could be a force for good. The girl was taken by the sahuagin and she asks the party to recue her. The group agrees and goes into the sea. They convince some sharks to help them and eventually find that the girl is being kept in a chasm, where the high priestews would perform a ritual to make were into their new champion. The group rushes over to stop the ritual seeing that Nikoleta, was in fact a Young Black Dragon.

The party defeats the sahuagin and speaks to the dragon - Nikoletta. She is soon convinced to go with them to the surface and meet up with Eletheria. Once there, the group is surprised to find Milivoj's retainers waiting for them. Ysomir tells them that Shuult, the Frost Giant that Sapphira had met, was in town with the cyclops. Eletheria reveals that Nikoletta is only a couple weeks old, having hatched very recently and can't yet shapeshift. They agree to a plan - the party would distract Shuult and the two of them would hide underwater until Nikoletta can change shape. After that they would accompany the group to Rekasev. Having finished planning the party returns to town and meets Shuult, who tells Sapphira that he sent Hund looking for the dragon, using his keen sense of smell. The party wats Eletheria, before going to the tavern to keep an eye on Shuult's movements.

The party follows Shuult and Hund back to the cave, where Shuult discovers that a Black Dragon was in the area. Unable to follow it into the sea due to his inability to swim he offers the job to the party who decline.

The party waits out the next day and finally regroups with Eletheria and Nikoletta the morning after. Nikoletta uses her new shapechanging ability to assume the guise of a sahuagin as the group journeys west. In the evening Otto and Eletheria use the Sky Stone to commune with Sardior, bringing them into a shared vision where they have three questions answered - "Where is the ICM?", "What should Eletheria do next?" and "Where is Otto's helmet?".

The party discuss the visions and travel onward. On the journey Cassini repairs Eletheria's broken staff, although only partially. Eventually they reach Krainasto, where they are greeted like heroes for saving the town from the demon. They spend the night there in the tavern.

The party keeps on travelling west, when Cassini notices that there is a giant eagle following them. They decide to ignore it, but upon seeing it again the following day, Sapphira elects to shoot a few arrows at it, hitting it twice and causing it to fly away. On the way Cassini and Otto learnt a new spell from Eletheria's staff and as more and more farmland could be seen the party felt that they were approaching Rekasev.

The party finally reaches Rekasev where the address on Professor Berkinsail's letter leads them to a large house with 2 towers - one square and one round with a telescope coming out of it. There they are greeted by Vincent Atanasof - the ICM's engineer. After a long conversation with him many discoveries are made - including that he is unaware of the ICM's uses for his technology, his discovery of Sky Stone's property to form composites and store magic when liquified, the fact that Cassini's glasses are also made of a Sky Stone glass composite and that he has been living with a woman called Mikaela who is a member of the ICM. A revelation is reached later when a enchanted book in her room reacts to Valeyo's presence and a magical message addresses him directly. He then admits to knowing the Mikaela and her being the reason he is on the continent to begin with. This conversation is interrupted by Cassini asking for the group's help with an experiment. The experiment involves making a compound of Sky Stone and Ruby, one that could be related to Sardior and it results in the creation of a magical ruby-like gem with a red glow.

In the middle of the night, Shiek hears a noise from downstairs and goes to investigate. There he sees a group of masked people dragging an unconscious Vincent away. Everyone is quickly woken up and combat happens, where it becomes clear that three of the assailants are much better trained and equipped. One of them going by the name Viper, shoots Cassini in the chest, almost killing him instantly. Through the use of some clever Silence and Spike Growth spells, the enemies are delayed enough for the front liners of the party to reach them and the party emerges victorious. Of the 3 elite enemies, two are dead and Viper seemingly commits suicide by ingesting a poison before she is captured.

Otto faces another dream, which gives him some guidance, as to the use of this Ruby created by Vincent. In the morning the party discovers Viper's body is missing, before heading into town to shop. On the way, Shiek discovers that the tattoo on Viper resembles a depiction of Dragomir on the map. An apothecary identifies the substance used by Viper as Death's Kiss - a poison used to fake one's death. After the party gathers in the Roundhouse and picks up some potential work, Valeyo explains his history with Thalia to the others. He tells them of their similar ends but opposite means and confirms that he is committed to stopping any I.C.M acts of violence, over finding her. The party then heads to deal with the weird noises coming from a farmer's sinkhole. The source of the noises is revealed to be a demonic beast, which the party defeats.

The party returns to the farmer to get their prize for defeating the demon and head to the Roundhouse tavern. Outisde of it a crowd has gathered and people talk on a King's Guard being inside. In the tavern the party meets with King's GuardMarta Grabow. They find out she had been sent to investigate demonic incursions in the area and they share the details of their recent fight. She offers them a job of going down the tunnel, potentially into a Fire Giant cavern. As the group returns to Vincent's they decide to decline her offer. At the house Vincent is out of his mind, scared of Nikoletta. The paty calms him down and offer for him to come south with them, which he accepts. During the evening they perform one more test using Cassini's lenses, which causes a voice to reach out to Cassini. Introducing himself as the prince of the Moon Arvandor, he asks Cassini to find the other Observatory and free him.

The party procures passage down the river, by hiring a flour barge. Meanwhile Shiek has been sent to inform Marta that they would be passing on her offer. As he approached her he overhears speak of a creature called the "Glistener". which may be responsible for the incursions. He soon rejoins the party and they board the boat to sail south.

The sailing starts peacefully with the first day being uninterrupted. In the morning of the second day, Shiek feels something move in his pack. Expecting another cat he opens it and is instead faced with a piece of paper that the Hungry Twin had just regurgitated on which it said "I hope you know how to swim.". The party were then attacked by a three-eyes frog creature that they defeated, before sending on of its eyes back using the Twin.

The party reached a few miles north of Dragomir, where they all disembarked and began their journey west to Stendolin. After a couple days of taking in the views of the massive mountain rages and forest, they entered the valley proper and expected to see the remains of the walls the next day. On the fourth day, they saw the ruins of the walls and an old watchhouse. A hundred feet from the watchtower was a massive boulder, under which was a rider, squashed recently. As the party wondered what to do they saw the silhouettes of 2 giants behind the watchhouse towers and heard voices call out asking "Toll or death". The party turned to ride back and as they did a boulder flew through the air slamming into Ysomir, killing him. Shiek and Sapphira began riding towards the watchhouse before another boulder was thrown, as Milivoj looked at the giants in anger and charged.

As Milivoj charges at the giants, his steed and he himself engulfed in flame, leaving a trail of fire in the field. The rest of the group followed suit and eventually defeated the giants. As the final one falls, the flame around Milivoj extinguishes and he passes out. Shiek and Øtto notice Milivoj's skin turn a translucent purple before returning to normal. The party rests and prepares to continue their journey west.

The party continues their travels in a more somber mood. Milivoj and Valeyo talk, with Milivoj promising to explain things once they have brought Ysomir back. On one of the days they are faced with a group of Sila and the Boyar leading them, who Valeyo confronts about their failure to keep the roads safe. He is told to take it up with the First Boyar of Stendolin.

Now half-a-day's travel from Stendolin, the party reaches the Atanasoff estate, where they find out that Vincent's birth name is Enreldus. His family is massively wealthy and they are greeted by an older tiefling man, Vincent's brother - Ruben. Inside it becomes clear that Vincent has been gone for years. Picture of the family show that Vincent's sister is also a tiefling indicating that their wealth my have a more sinister origin.

Vincent and his brother catch up and the party is told the story of their family. Their father coming from little wealth and buying the poorest mine in the region, only for it to come to light that the mine is close to a elemental rift leading to the Plane of Earth. This proximity caused the caverns of the mine to endlessly produce precious stones, making their father the wealthiest man in the region. The party leaves Vincent at his home and heads into Stendolin, where they find a place to rest. Before bedding down, Otto searches the town for his helmet and feels it's presence from a tavern called the Dragon Slayers.

After a short goodbye, Eletheria and Nikoletta take their leave from the party. The group does some shopping, meeting Vincent's sister Diane. They acquire a diamond large enough for Otto to bring back Ysomir. The ritual is performed and Ysomir is left to recover his strength as the group heads to acquire Otto's helmet. In Dragon Slayers they are met with a Minoaur man called Tomo, who says the helmet was left my some mutual friends of theirs indicating a connection to the I.C.M. After taking the helmet, the group makes their way to the Atanasoff townhouse, where they were invited by Diane to discuss a potential job. As they are negotiating payment the door opens and Tomo enters, revealed to be Diane's husband.

Following a brief introduction, Tomo awkwardly leaves the room, allowing the party to continue their negotiations with Diane. A bargain is struck for them to clear out one of their mines, wheee some creature from the Plane of Earth have been causing trouble. The party takes their leave, after receiving a small advance payment. The revelation of the connection between Tomo and Diane. leaves the party pondering a potential association between their marriage and the I.C.M's involvement with Vincent, further reinforced by the fact that Diane was seen with a different man in their family portraits. Regardless, they rest for the trip the following day.

The group does some last minute shopping and heads to the mine. After a day and a half of travel they arrive and some of the private guards of the Atanasoff family explain the situation. Some of the miners had been turned to stone, while other had been killed an only 1 made it out. Feeling ready, the group enters the mines, where they soon encounter a Basilisk as well as some living stone statues, all of which were infused by a mysterious green glow permeating the mine. The enemies are defeated they continue journeying deeper.

Further down into the mine, the group reaches the large Jeweled Chamber. There they are faced by a massive elemental made of green gemstones as well as more stone miners and weird three legged creatures. During combat, a second earth elemental appears and grapples Cassini dragging him to a glowing green pit filled with sharp crystals. As he is thrown in there, the crystals began to spin, lacerating his entire body. The group eventually defeats the enemies and rescues Cassini, before starting to collect some of the gemstones from around the room.

The party finishes collecting the gemstones and wonders about the origins of the crystal hole. Some investigation determines that any item dropped into it melds into the stone and the entire are around it is infused with the most powerful magic Otto had ever seen. After returning to the surface, the guards explain that the hole is the rift to the Plane of Earth and hand the party a letter to deliver to the Atanasoffs.

Returning to Stendolin, the group visits the Underhill district of town, before arriving to the Town Mansion to collect their reward. They are paid in full and thanked for their assistance by Diane. Upon returning to the Golden Circle, they find a letter atop the chest they were paid with. It warned them of a fae spy following them. Shiek and Valeyo headed into town, where they gathered information on Tomo and the First Boyar. After Valeyo was told that the church is pulling the strings and making things worse for the First Boyar, Shiek notices a man leave the tavern and follows him to the temple. There he is confronted by an elderly lady, who warns him to avoid the Emissar for his own good. Before she could explain further two armoured guards leave the temple together with the informant he had seen before. Using the sending stones, Shiek warns Valeyo to leave the tavern and they both regroup with the others at the Golden Circle. While sharing their story, Valeyo spots the fairy spy using see invisibility and they capture it. The fairy, Axi, reveals that it was hired by a general of the Queen to keep an eye on the dagger in Shiek's chest. Some more information is extracted, before the party agrees to keep Axi around as a double agent. In the middle of the night, Shiek reaches for the dagger and his mind is transported to a dark realm, where he is faced with Dirlagrauna herself.