Before waking up from sleeping, Glittr awoken from his half-sleeping dream state. Lliira takes Glittr to a plane that appears to be floating above the Earth. He recognizes a tower from Baulder’s Gate along the sword coast. She says “prepare yourself” and then red bolts of lighting strike down on the Earth in the vision she is presenting to Glittr. “Be strong in your devotion. I'm sending you a messenger, listen to them.” and then she disappears.

• The next morning, Yrdlyn and Brylwynn go hunting for herbs for Yrdlyn’s Druid kit. Yrdlyn finds non-psychedelic mushrooms.

• Caulkin investigates a trap door he came across earlier in Cragmar Castle.

• Pearl casts Identify on the Sun Elf Statuette (worth 100 gold each) that Ari gave her earlier. It is imbued with divination magic. Anyone holding it can ask a question and receive a telepathic answer. One use per person. [This is similar to the Augury spell]

As we head back to Phandalin, Brylwynn hears a voice in her head that states “I am tired of you running. The longer you are away the more irritated I become.” She recognizes the voice as the wizard elador who taught her dark magic. She knows this is the Sending Spell which has been casted upon her. She can respond in 25 words if she chooses, but she declines to respond.

• She shares that the wizard is looking for her because she was going to expose him for using dark magic. She expresses feelings of guilt for staying in the group and potentially bringing danger to the group.

We arrive back to Phandalin safely and visit Samantha in the Townmaster's Hall. We receive our payout from Harvey and then visit Sildar and Gundren as they reunite for the first time in months.

• Gundren discusses that The Black Spider came up during his time prisoner at Cragmar Castle. He offers to pay us 10% of Wave Echo Cave’s wealth perpetuity which we can pick up in predetermined locations.

We visit the Lion’s Shield Cistern and shop for weapons. Caulkin visits Sister Areola. She shares that there are some rumblings along the Sword Coast and that a the Harper's will likely be looking to recruit Caulkin for a mission soon. She identifies the Ariana Grande Cloud perfume as A Potion of Flying.

• Flying speed equal to walking speed for 1 hour. Don't fall if the spell wears off while you're in the air. He convinces her to not disclose the identity of the potion to the rest of the team. Caulkin switches the potion out for a fake one in his poisoners kit. 

• Caulkin shares the story about how we obtained the potion but does not reveal there is a dragon at The Thunderdome.

As Caulkin enters the Stone Hill Inn he fakes a trip and falls down and spills the fake vial of poison he swapped out. Ari suspects that Sister Areola did in fact know what the potion was. Ari and Caulkin return to her shrine and Ari attempts to cast Charm Person on her. She convinces Ari that she is only proficient in health potions and Ari believes her.

We all visit the Stone Hill Inn. Brylwynn convinces Toblerone to make a signature drink for us that we craft as:

• Bourbon with lemon peel, dash of honey, wheatgrass juice, topped with a paper umbrella. (Also a splash of baby tears) “The Backpack.”

• We commit Tomfoolery in the Hill. Yrdlyn goes home with a miner, Brylwynn plays music for all, and Caulkin regrets lying to the team in the bathroom but knows he lied for a good reason.

Ari leaves to Talia’s house. At her house, she gives Ari 50 gold pieces for us clearing out The Red Brands. She inquires about Ari’s dragon scales and then places an invitation to her for The Zhentarim. They are a clan organization, a mercenary company. They like to be secretive, and consist of great thieves, spies, and assassins who do not always play by the rules.

• Back in the bar Brylwynn, Pearl, Glittr, and Caulkin make small talk

Sildar walks into the Stone Hill Inn and speaks to Glittr about The Lord’s Alliance. He introduces Brylwynn to Sildar. Glittr opts to join The Lord’s Alliance and joins as a Cloak member. Brylwynn opts to hold off for now and make a decision at a later date. 

The next morning Ari divides the gold she received from Thalia. Brylwynn asks Toblerone who shares that a man, her evil magic teacher, was looking for her recently at the Inn. The Lord is on his way north to Neverwinter.

• Ari has a positive exchange with Droop and then Gundren shares that his brothers' names are Tharden and Nundrow. 

At the mouth of Wave Echo Cave, Pearl’s older sister, Faelaryn, appears from behind a bush. She shares that The Ice Prince asked her to come to the cave and intercept Pearl. They speak and discuss that Pearl obtained magic while her sister was jealous about not being granted magic powers, but The Prince offered her magic one day and she accepted his offer. Pearl shares that she accepted this magic originally in order to save her sister and the Faaldintharrun clan, but is worried that their lives are in danger.

• Fae shares that she is not worried about Aural’s wrath as her sister materializes a sword in her hands. She joins us on the journey into Wave Echo Cave.