Although they expect to see a large contingent of soldiers there, they find barely a dozen actually present. Prepared as well as they can, the party packs their things and follows Arlyn to the wall of the Oakguard fortress, finding a slightly collapsed part to climb inside. Ivan has also returned with a young elven girl, who he introduces as Arlyn, their guide through the Rift. Nellie recognizes the sword he brings back as the Swift Blade, once belonging to the legendary Keyl, The Brave. He makes his way back to Ivan’s tent, where the rest of his party waits for his return. Sillo grabs all the magic items and sneaks away, undetected. It looks like there’s room for more: Sillo suspects the Denmother has been selling off magic items she takes in order to take care of her people in the camp.

Sillo sneaks in to investigate the chest, moving it to reveal a lead lined box with a sword, a set of studded leather armor, a ring and – of course – their staff. He can’t help but making some noise on entry, but inside he spots two people in bed – thankfully otherwise preoccupied to notice.

She sends her Message to Sillo, who casts Invisibility on himself this time and uses his dagger to cut an opening into the tent. In the fading daylight later that day, Nellie sees a young elf heading into the Denmother’s tent. With this information, a new plan is made: Nellie will keep a lookout and send a Message to Sillo Amon as a cue for him to turn invisible and sneak inside. Ellie points towards the linen chest and conveys that the magical items are kept underneath the chest. Some time later, Ellie returns and they all reconvene at Ivaran “Ivan” Vasandoral’s tent, where Ametrine Rain uses the knowledge of her earlier exploration to draw a map of the tent including its backroom. Releasing the tiny water elemental into the tent with Invisibility cast upon her, the party hangs around the market stalls waiting. This time, Nellie instructs her friend Ellie to sneak into The Denmother‘s tent and keep a lookout for where the magical items get stashed.

Given one last chance to get a hold of the precious staff given to them by the infamous Brann “Greenstaff” Kreel, the party decides on a new approach.

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