The Time Skip

Life, Identity

The group (now just Shin and James) reevaluates their priorities after seeing the power of what they're up against. They take time for personal growth and to plan for the future. Shin goes back to Crystmas and starts to train a town guard to prevent another Medrash incident, and James stays in Feyreach to mind his shop. While in the city, James collects various poisons and looks into ways to overcome a Yuan-Ti's poison immunity.

James decides that a Zealot's Blade poison would be the ideal catalyst in ending Zhalsuth. Additionally, the research he does into this matter involves killing an unsuspecting and inconsequential Yuan-Ti.   Note: Zhalsuth is a Yuan-Ti. See The Life of Zhalsuth