Resolved to take the Cyrinishad to the Harpers, the party leave Arventine and travel on the north road, tailing the army that marches to lift the siege of Vos. On the way they aid the village of Pel's Hollow with a complex witch problem, and help the Arventine army destroy a Zhentarim fortress.
Upon arrival at the Direwoods, they find a modest lodge owned by the Harpers. Inside they meet Sinifae and Mendoken, two Harpers who explain that a strange entity in the Direwoods named Baba Yaga wishes to speak to the party regarding the Cyrinishad. Heading into the dark forest, they are set upon by this Baba Yaga, and she uses her fey magicks to trap each party member in their own nightmares. The party overcome each dream, and they confront Yaga.
Apologising for this 'test', Yaga goes on to explain that the Cyrinishad is not the soul of a dead god, but of an ancient Archmage named Cyric, who was killed on the cusp of achieving godhood, 8,000 years ago. She tells the party of 'The Pilgrim', the de facto leader of the Blind Varlets, who has obtained powers merely from the presence of the book on the prime material plane. The Pilgrim is preparing for something Yaga called 'The Eclipse'. The Hag then tells the party of Suzzarn, a creature who dwells in the city of Khare who knows how the Cyrinishad could be destroyed. The party elect to travel to Khare to find this Suzzarn, instead of investigating this 'Pilgrim'.
After passing through a Bel Turathi burial site, a series of underground rapids and facing a white dragon and its orc worshippers, the party make it through the Shahamunti Mountains, and the dark shape of Khare looms beneath them...
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