After having defeated all the tower’s denizens the heroes face off against the mighty sorcerer Zandikar and after defeating him learn he is an apprentice to the Jade Sorceress, He used elemental shards to make him self more powerful at grave cost to his body, the attacks on Harting were to distract the rest of the Bransi County and that 30 years ago bones were planted in the middle of the city to lure bowar into destroying it.
Before returning home the heroes attend Lord Gainus’ Funeral & Miralec’s coronation, enlist 10 loyal guards & steal away Alek’s sister Viccia. En-route Jeb is again contacted by the elementals to spy on the dark mage & learn one of the heroes is a spy, 7 of the guards are under the dark mages influence, Gallious Du’cote & Miralec Calvert are the conspirators & Harting is over run with grendle. In preparation for their arrival they recruit druids to save as many victims of the disease as possible. Nearly half of Harting’s populace was infected and only the town itself was secured from the madly infected. The heroes begin the monumental task of hunting down & saving or slaying the thousand or so grendle.