Before the group could take off from Farpool and start their adventures, they needed a few days for Shivani’s new arm to be finished. True to themselves, they spent their time in their own ways…

Captain Kinnon helped them learn the basics of running a ship and helped them hire the crew of  the Dragon’s Fury.  We know many of their names and stories now, but back then, they were all unknown to the world…

They had met Gavin Caskbow, a smug—yet helpful—minister. It’s true, though, he did agree to get our people out of the ground. But of course, my daughter, nothing is ever quite so simple in politics

They made their way ashore and for the first time since they had set out from the Undernation, they were in a place where they could easily blend in with a crowd. … the group set out into the City to see what other wonders it held…

However, what they found was much worse than that. Blazh was a powerful Paladin who had sworn a Sacred Oath to the Empire, revering it as many Paladins might revere their own gods. And for his strict devotion to the Empire, the Empress had bestowed upon him a magnanimous and terrible gift: A vorpal sword, magically hone to such an impossibly sharp edge that it could slice through steel like a warm knife through butter…