Episode 15

The party was able to retrieve the belongings of Denis Platt. With Lilith finding a circle of teleportation and Cade finding the big tarantula guarding the exit of the ruins, the party attempts to find a different exit by moving towards the location Taman feels he heard the metallic sound originate.

The party finds a stone archway with runes carved into it. Kaldur and Mera aid Lilith in reaching the Stone archway after Cade and Taman scan through the area to secure it from possible surprises which may be hiding in the dark.

As Lilith attempts to touch one of the runes, an unfamiliar voice frantically yells out for her to stop. The party turns to see one of the spiders on the ceiling behind them fall to the ground while changing into a female half-elf. She introduces herself as Galhaphé. Shortly after the big brown tarantula follows her to the floor turning into a female human. She introduces herself as Natara, a druid from The Watch, a sector of The Wardens who specializes in the gathering of information. She also scolds Galhaphé for not listening to her command to observe and not interfere. Taman recognizes The Wardens from his time in the military and greets them both with a gesture used by The Wardens. He recalls how they were responsible for cleaning up and restoring nature after battles took place and that they are not a threat.

Natara explains that they were fascinated by the group who wandered into the ruins and only took a few hours to release the prisoner they have been trying to free for two decades. Galhaphé apologizes for startling the party and explains that she only wanted prevent Lilith from disappearing the same way a sorcerer, named Sagarus, from The Wardens did eleven years earlier when he too touched the arcane symbols on the archway. Natara explains that the ruins belong to a very powerful and important sorcerer, Collard Orinoth who disappeared without a trace some 200 years earlier. She goes on to explain that since his disappearance The Watch has been tasked with discovering the reason behind his disappearance which is why they are in the ruins.

Galhaphé notes that she has been tracking the party for a while before they reached the ruins. She explains that she was out gathering food supplies when the harpies made the tower ruins their home. She saw them ambushing two humanoids and decided to enlist the aid of some spiders in the area to help drive off the harpies so she could safely bring the supplies into the ruins. While making her way back to the ruins she saw the party camping and tasked some of the spiders with her to keep an eye on them and inform her should they be heading to the ruins. She also notes that she is very unhappy with the way Taman treated them by throwing rocks in their direction. Taman tries to explain why but Galhaphé is still angry with him.

On hearing the name Collard Orinoth, Denis realizes that his capture is the reason why Collard was able to discover time travel. The Collard Orinoth Natara is referring to is the same sorcerer who invented time travel from Denis's time in the future, who's time travel incantations is the basis of the tools Denis uses to travel through time. It would seem that if Denis did not become Collard's captive two hundred years ago, Collard would never have found his crystals and he would not have reverse engineer them into a portal which he accidentally used to jump into the future, to Denis's future.

With the mystery of the disappearance of Collard Orinoth solved, Natara feels that it is time for them to head back to The Wardens. Galhaphé Informs her that she promised the spiders she would help them in return for their aid with the harpies. Natara allows her to stay and complete her task but points out that she will inform Galhaphé's teacher about her lack of discipline. Lilith decides to stay and study the ruins and asks if Natara could perhaps ask some of the spiders to stay and protect her while she studies. Rawlin and elf druid appears from the ceiling and reluctantly accepts the charge of watching over Lilith at Natara's request.

With the party's goals aligning with that of Galhaphé's, Nok-Nok allows her to join the party, under contract of course. On their way out, Cade stops to fill three vials of the heavy white liquid they found pouring from the stone pillars. Lilith provides the group with some useful items and returns to studying the arcane runes.

On the way home, Cade finds some herbs and manages to create two draught's of sleep. One he attempts to combine with the heavy white liquid, but fails in his experiment. After studying the heavy white liquid, Cade and Galhaphé manage to learn that it is extremely heat resistant.

The party reaches the outskirts of Wharram.

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