A Hidden Ally

Miscellaneous

The party speaks to an elf in Harwood Citadel who tells them a truth they were not expecting.

Aurora and Maria Dengra discuss with the party that they have sensed a disruption in the flow of magic, like it's falling apart. Prakash confirms he feels it too. The party decides to investigate.

Following threads of magic shown to her through the motes of magic, Lydia leads the party to Harwood Citadel and Gulrig Brawnbeard. They discover Gulrig has a red thread leading directly to him, one of the many millions Lydia can see through the ball. One of two white threads Lydia can see also leads to Harwood, but it leads into the library, directly to the librarian: an elf named Valvaris. After some prompting, Valvaris breaks down and tells them the story of how The Mother fell in love with an elf and used part of her power to make the elf a deity. She tells them how things were great until the gods war began and near the end when the mother was injured this new deity had to use the powers granted her to bind the Mother to Ovenica, using her body to fix the world.

Valvaris reveals that she was that elf and she has been in hiding, hoping no one would discover her identity as the Lover.

The party assures her that her secret is safe with them. Valvaris confirms with the party that she's sensed the magical disturbance as well. She says she believes that magic is tearing itself apart and if that happens, the world will undo itself and become something unrecognizable. Determined now to fix this the party sets off towards the other white thread, their destination: The Silver Islands.

Intent on showing he wants to help, Gulrig sends an inquisitor along with them, an Afe named Pandoer.