2x17: A Shadow in the Stall

The Saints of Emon traveled through the tunnels running below the forest floor, accompanied by fleeing elves and tabaxi refugees. They passed through a cave that had recently been claimed by a wild Behir, which they tried to sneak past before is swallowed Frovroth. They killed it and went on to see the Warden of the Rifenmist, an emissary from Syngorn, to speak about travel to Vasselheim. After eventually divulging to him their plans with the Vestiges, and the threats facing the continent, he agreed to send them to the city in Issylra, provided they help him investigate the disappearance of a priest at the small temple to the Archeart outside the city. They agreed and were sent through either druidic or divine magic from the center of the jungle to the Abundant Terrace. They sought out the elven contact, who informed them of his theory that the disappearances were tied to a possible resurgence from the necromantic remnant. The party then stopped by the Slayers Take to speak with Osysa about the vestiges she had sent them to find through Aelar, and afterwards learned of a few contracts that could be completed in the area. They then investigated a nightclub in the quadroads where the missing priest was last seen, and found there was a scuffle between him and an old, wealthy human man. They located a magical device that had been planted in the wall of a bathroom, and were then attacked by several shadows. Red was then killed by their undead strength drain. After dispatching the shadows, Tannin brought red back from the other side, and the group went to the slayers take to rest. There they learned from the artifact that it is part of a dark ritual to bring something into the city from some plane beyond.