Mystery Boxes

Before Fate's Chosen head into the jungle, Kesra mails off a small package. They also take Leona's Sending Stone, put it in a box of horse shit, and mail it back to Roman. They also discuss trying to disguise Leona's hair, and she focuses on thinking about sad things, causing her hair to turn blue. They make their way out of Azmarin.

Their first day of travel is through miserable rain. Kesra asks Red for some information about the Grim, but doesn't get any information. That night, as they are going to bed, Kesra asks Leona how long she's known about the two of them, and she tells her that she learned it from Zanelor in Fieldcrest.

As Leona falls asleep, she has a vision of Venvyre, in Spring Eladrin form, holding a baby girl. Venvyre calls the baby "Daella", and tells her that she will "save us all". The vision starts to fade, but she stays in it, seeing that she is in an arcane laboratory. There's a human man there, in his 60's, who asks her if she's sure this is what she wants to do. Calling him Azarkai, she tells him she doesn't want his help. She tells him he's there as backup, in case "the spell consumes both of us". There's the sound of a toddler crying and Venvyre goes to check on Veara. Venvyre tells Azarkai that, if the ritual doesn't work with just Daella's power, she will need Veara's too. Leona notices that both babies look far more elven than today. The vision fades away, and she allows it this time.

Leona briefly gets sent to the Abyss before waking up screaming. As she tells Elden about the vision, he recognizes the name Azarkai as a necromancer. They discuss the meaning of things a bit as she writes down and sketches as much as she can remember from the vision. The next day, they arrive at the tiny town of Tindell, finding an encampment of imperial troops there.

Leona contacts Aureo to find out if he knows why the troops are there, but gets no response. Elden contacts Val, who tells him this is the 5th battalion, mostly magic users. They decide to skirt around the town. Alexander messages King Theo, letting him know about the troops.

Leona contacts Aureo again to check on him, mentioning the vision to him. They all make camp for the night. Kesra takes a bag of holding from the vampire house and turns it inside out, finding:

* a bunch of swords and arrows
* a blod stone, which identifies the location of the creature nearest to you that is related to the creature whose blood is in it.
* Magical boots are good for being in a cold area
* A deck of many things, which Alexancer hides away
* A jug of alchemy
* Some dust of Sneezing and Choking
* Horseshoes that make a horse go faster
* A pearl of power.
* A healing potion

Leona really wants to investigate whose blood is in the blod stone, but the rest of the group outvotes her. Elden asks Alexander about the Deck of Many things, and he explains what a dangerous item it is. While they're talking, Elden asks about Lorekeeper, which Alexander tells him about, along with the trip to the Well of Wonder. Alexander asks him what he would have asked the well, and he says he would have asked who his parents are.

While Elden and Alexander are talking, Leona tells Kesra about what she knows about the ritual Venvyre used on them, along with the vision. Afterwards, Red warns Kesra that the more stones of the Veldehar that they get, the more attention Asmodeus will pay to them. She tells her that Quan Mal saw his own death at the hands of Asmodeus, which is why he scattered the gems, to avoid Asmodeus destroying it. She tells her that Asmodeus is the one who killed the god of humans, now just known as He-who-was.