Burn it Down

Kendell sees a figure holding him in the palm of its hand. She tells him she is the Raven Queen. She tells him that she will give him the ability to know the exact location of both his sister and a particular sword until he finds both. He gets a vision of the sword.

Kendell opens his eyes, and the woman who ran him through with the sword withdraws it from him. He focuses and knows that Salix is about 5 miles from him. He wants to go immediately to rescue her, but Dev convinces him to wait until they can rest for a little while. They rejoin Kyrie while they wait. Kyrie uses their Sending Stone to contact Allinae to ask if they have any horses and/or healing potions they can provide.

Salix awakes slumped against in a cave, still badly hurt. The woman interrogates her about the book, wanting to know who had the book the most, but Salix refuses to say.

Kendell, Dev, and Kyrie finish resting, and get ready to head out for Salix. Allinae arrives with horses and a single healing potion for them, telling them to "make it count".

The woman interrogating Salix wants to know one good reason why she shouldn't kill her immediately, and Salix points out that that won't give her the information she wants. The woman says that she knows of the Evertree Grove. She asks who will protect Salix' tree if she dies. She introduces herself as Maud. She offers Salix a single-use item that will let her get back to her tree, in exchange for Salix' word to destroy any copy of the Godfall she finds. Maud pulls down the scarf, revealing herself to be an Eladrin. She tells Salix that the tree that she is sworn to protect, also protects a sanctuary of the Seely court in the Feywild. Salix agrees to her terms, and she gives her a necklace, letting her go free.

Salix heads toward where she was supposed to meet Kendell, but runs into Sentinel. He walks back with her until she meets up with Kendell and the others. Sentinel recommends that they get out of this area, and Kendell checks to see where the sword is, getting a vision of it on a pedestal and a flash of green scales with a smell of acid. They decide to head to Azmarin, since that's one of the nearest cities.

On their way, Salix decides to ride on a horse with Dev, since she is still pretty injured and tired. Dev tells her about what happened with the woman who ran Kendell through with a sword. She thanks them for telling him, and for making sure Kendell didn't go off on his own while injured.

After a few hours of travel, they come across a huge clearing with a cottage in the middle of it. Outside, they see a lot of kids running around, and a human woman. The woman quickly invites them to stay there for the night, introducing herself as Tesselle Tallstag - whose name Dev recognizes as a famous bard. When the group tell her their names, she recognizes Dev's last name, telling them that she sees the resemblance.

Kyrie, Salix, and Kendell go hunting for some food, leaving Dev with the Tallstags. As they go, Kyrie shows Salix some pages that they copied out of the Godfall book - information about the Summer Court and the Evertree glade. Kendell asks angrily if they were willing to get rid of the book because they got what they needed, but they point out that they didn't think the group should have the book from the beginning, and Salix points out that they did give it back. Salix destroys the pages that Kyrie gave her. Kyrie explains to her that, given the choice, they would burn Salix' home to the ground. Salix walks off wordlessly after Kendell in response.

Kyrie returns to the house, while Salix tells Kendell about their conversation. Kendell and Salix catch each other up on Kendell's interactions with the Raven Queen, and Salix' new way of getting back to the Willow Tree. They wonder if they should just go back to the Glade, but they decide to keep an eye on Kyrie.

Tess tells Dev that she knows their dad, Clark. She saw him a few weeks ago in Grassgrave. He's been traveling around hunting dragons, and he's quite famous. She asks how long it's been since they saw their dad, and Dev admits it's been 20 years. Tess tells them that she's sure they will find home one day, even if that's not where they expect. She also tells several stories of her own adventures, including of her group known as Death's Chosen, who saved the Raven Queen from Orcus.