The party begins their journey towards the gates to Thorbardin. They stop for the night and have nightmares. On the way, Verminaard confronts the party, recounting their nightmares to them and rambling about dreams, etc. At first confused, the party resorts to just heckling and Diesa yelling at the guy, leading to him flying off.
The party eventually reaches the gates of Thorbardin after a night of nightmares, finding them sealed. The party works out how to open them and continues into the gates into Northgate, finding everything ruined after the Dwarfgate war. They encounter several Theiwar (Dark Dwarves) along the way, eventually reaching the city of Hylar within Thorbardin.