8. Wildday/Disorder Week to Wildday/ Harmony Week Sea Season 1618

Temporarily stunned by the unforeseen presence of the Lunar sorcerers, the heroes remained transfixed as the cheers of the crowd surged around them. Looking for anonymity in the crowd, Randel moved away from his companions, uncomfortable as he was with the attention he was attracting. Ignoring the hearty congratulations and pats on the shoulder, he tried to spot Eirissa in the crowd. Meanwhile, Bofrost struck up a conversation with a group of Llankor Mhy sages and managed to impress one of them with his unexpected level of knowledge. Terrastal and Yrsa, however, chose not to lose themselves in the crowd. Instead, they headed for the high table where Terrastal proceeded to offend King Kangharl with his views on the occupation. Although many in the hall were horrified at this breach of protocol, there were many others who sympathised with his views, and marked his face as a true Orlanthi. With a face like thunder, Kangharl stalked out of the hall followed by a mystified Urhi-Teshup; he wasn't sure who this young Orlanthi was who had singled him out, but he was certainly going to find out...

As the feast drew to an end, the heroes left the hall where they were met by a Lunar slave and a group of Silver Shield soldiers. The slave delivered a summons from his master, requesting that they attend a meeting. Although they were suspicious, they went along with the slave, escorted by the soldiers. Entering the Upper Town, the band were taken down a series of side streets to a nondescript merchant's dwelling. Entering the building, they found a room decorated with fine frescoes of Lunar heroes. From behind a curtain came Soshona, the Lunars they had met at the Silver Shield fort. Imperiously, she asked what they knew of Gringle Goodsell and Apple Lane. Although their knowledge was limited, Soshona informed them that she required them to travel to Apple Lane and convince Gringle to hand over his treasures whilst preventing anyone else from capturing them. As Soshona seemed to be toying with them, withholding information apparently on a whim, Terrastal in particular became angry. Before he could act, however, Soshona cast Befuddle on him, leaving him a drooling wreck until the end of the meeting.

When Terrastal recovered, the heroes agreed that they would wait until after the impending Feast of Beasts before leaving for Apple Lane. In the meantime, they decided to find out more about Gringle, as well as find a group of travellers heading north that they could accompany after the celebration.
Over the next several days, the companions went about their own business. Randel sought out his old friend Intagarn the Merchant, helping him sell his wares and requesting he sponsor him as an Initiate of Issaries. Overjoyed, Intagarn made him a gift of 50 silvers and immediately sold him a fine new cloak. Yrsa met with Morganeth White-Eye, the chief priestess of Ernalda of the Ernaldori, to learn more about her encounter with the spirit foal. From this meeting, she learned that the cult of Redalda and Elmal are strong in a city named Runegate and that more information may be available there. More importantly, perhaps, she learned that many forgotten myths were making themselves known as the power of Chaos seemed to be growing. All true heroes of Dragon Pass were seeking out these myths through dangerous Heroquests, to strengthen the power of the Storm Tribes against whatever the future holds.

Terrastal made a point of visiting his Chieftain Baranthos, to make clear his unease at the hold the Lunars seem to have over King Kangharl. Baranthos was sympathetic, but also adamant that the time for action was not yet at hand. Instead, he offered to make sure that Terrastal's views were made known to people who felt the same. Terrastal then travelled to meet with a group of Grey Sages, who were in Clearwine for the festival. He hoped they might be able to identify an item he'd retrieved from Idrima's ruin. At the Sages' lodging, he met up with Bofrost who was keen to meet up with a Grey Sage he'd befriended named Askula, who was also a friend of Gyffun the Wise. They did indeed meet with Askula, who identified Terrastal's item a powerful healing artefact. Almost immediately, Askula and Bofrost fell into deep conversation regarding Bofrost's hoped-for initiation into the cult of Llankor Mhy.

As the date of the Feast of Beasts drew near, the companions found themselves together once more towards the northern edge of the camp ground, talking of their experiences and admiring Randel's cloak. From the north a rider came, an old cottar named Branduan. Calling out to them for help, Branduan told of a group of Broo that had come upon his flocks from the north and were committing the unspeakable acts of their foul kind. As a crowd formed about them, the heroes leapt astride nearby horses and set off to kill or drive off these beasts of Chaos. As they rode, Branduan said that he had feared the forces of evil would try to disrupt the Feast of Beasts, and that his fears had been confirmed.

Arriving at the meadow where the beasts has been spotted, the heroes shouted their war cries and rushed into battle with the foul, misshapen Broo...