After a few days of battling roaming grendle surrounding the walled town of Harting, jeb is contacted by one of his elemental spirit allies who reveals himself as a pixie, who then leads the young warden to again spy upon the heroes enemy, “the dark mage”. The mage enchants a large shard with obviously demonic energies (green flames) and proceeds to commune with “his master”. The dialogue mostly consists of the mage reporting the heroes’ actions over the past few months (see summaries 1-9) ending with his plans to eliminate them & propagate conflict or destroy many factions around the ormaden vale. Afterward the pixie leads Jeb to a serene glade & introduces himself and his three fellow fairies, proclaiming their assistance to the warden’s quest against the evil forces threatening his country before returning him back to the besieged town.
The heroes, after reviewing the situation decide upon a course of action, beginning by heading to the feywynn of Rhanelm (wood elves) to request sanctuary for the people of Harting from an advancing army of Si’duthan (aquatic elves). The feywynn deny their request choosing neutrality over the conflict & are skeptical about their accusations against a band of warriors (sent by jade) who’ve settled nearby and aided the fey against manticores in the heroes’ absence. Disheartened they head back to Harting only to spot an advanced scouting party of Si’duthan and choose to ambush them. Once there they recommend the populace of the imperiled town flee south to the barony of Lingle After sending the seven suspect “loyal” guards east to Rasont.
Once the town’s march had begun, the heroes’ teleported to Rasont in hopes of warning a force of Dynarr from Drullthrom to an appending attack by a monstrous army. They convince the dynarr to hold their advance, allowing them to try & save the dynarr fleeing south from Gerimyth. Discovering that the manticores that were plaguing the feywynn are heading north to devour the refugees, the heroes join the ragtag band of dynarr in battle against the fearsome beasts. After a brutal clash, they stood victorious at only a score of survivors. The heroes teleport the survivors & join the Drullthrom army, who’ve magically constructed a walled fortification. Eventually the monsters arrived and instead of attacking the dynarr en march they were forced to assault their stronghold in failure. In victory the Dynarr head off to return to Drullthrom while the heroes to Lingle, to failure. The people of Harting were caught by the Si’duthan & hunted all the way to Lingle, at great loss.
