The Monastery of Four Winds

Salix and Kendell go and find a stream to wash up a little. Kendell asks Salix about her bonding with the tree, and whether there was ever any doubt in her mind about it. He feels like there's a lot expected of him now, and he doesn't know if he can do what he needs to.

Back at camp, Dev notices that Kyrie's body temperature has dropped a lot, and stokes the fire for them. Dev also spends some time working on their map. Sura gives Salix a healing potion, which she takes. Sura also tells them that Larkin is the one who told the cultists where to find her, and that Larkin works with the Mad Lich King. Larkin is working with a dedicate group of people who want to take down the gods. Sura had a vision of her once, helping to burn down a Sun Tree.

Sura says she is feeling drawn to Azmarin, and her path will diverge from theirs. She goes and performs a ritual to summon a horse. Kyrie takes Sura aside and shows her the Godfall book. She is stunned, and gives them a bag of holding to put it in. She tells them that the book was written by the Mad Lich King, and is very powerful and dangerous. Kyrie tells her that the four of them should not have the book, and gives it to her. They also tell her about the army the group learned about, which she guesses is the undead horde protecting the Well of Wonder. She takes Kyrie's hand and tells them that she believes that they will go back to the Feywild one day, and will see their queen again.

Sura returns to the camp to see Dev huddled under one of the Giant spell scroll. She offers to make use of the spell scroll, and applies the Protection enchantment onto Dev. Salix, seeing this, is able to do the same with the Might scroll on Kyrie. Sura then also applies the Wisdom one to Salix.

Sura pulls Kendell aside, asking him about the book with the note about the army. She confirms that it's the Dark Prince's horde. Kendell mentions the Godfall book, and she tells him that Kyrie gave it to her. She says that she can keep it safe, but offers to give it back to him if he wants, which he accepts. He says that he needs to start embracing what he's called to do. Sura says her goodbyes to the group and rides off.

The four friends return to Ilverness, making their way to a bath house. They enjoy the bath, noting their scars and improved bodies. The attendants bring them some refreshments. They discuss what their next move should be, deciding to visit a nearby monastery of Kord. Kyrie also wonders if they should take a bounty while they are in town.

They head to a tavern called the Salty Sow, looking for bounties. They find a call for people to sign up to be imperial soldiers, and a note about distant screams from a nearby abandoned mill. They head to check out the note about the screams. They find the mill, and assess it, and decide to come back after resting up a bit.

They come to the Monastery of the Four Winds, and convince the headmaster to let them come in. Salix asks for access to their library for some research, which is granted. He introduces himself as Master Jeremiah, and takes them to the library. Kyrie looks for information on elven and halfling anatomy, while Salix looks for information on how to defeat a lich, and on the history of the Raven Queen.

Kendell goes looking for information on different factions, particularly the symbol from the cave (which he learns belongs to the "Sons of Vecna" - necromancers who are looking for ancient artifacts of Vecna and attain lichdom). Meanwhile, Dev is researching elven wars and history. Kendell and Salix do some research on the royal line, finding information on Quan Mal Macierre.

Before dinner, Kendell pulls out the book that Sura gave him, telling her what happened. They decide not to tell Kyrie that they have it again. Meanwhile, Kyrie gets a visit from an old Eladrin friend, Allinae.