The History of the Fire Wasps

After hosting the Winterbright celebration for the staff of Road's End, Kidalis Havengard and the rest of the Fire Wasps become embroiled in a battle with Goblinoids who invade the castle. After an initial skirmish, they follow the fleeing ones to their old hideout, the Castle of the Old Ones. There, they find the Goblins enacting a ritual to the Far Realm. They defeat the Goblinoids, but their victory has two prices. Tristan Holdfast reaches out for the first time and makes contact with the various voices he's heard in his head all his life. They empower him as a Warlock, but at the cost of doing tasks for them when they ask it. Also, Brom Furrow, in some ways the group's leader, is killed when it's discovered he does not possess Pneuma, the touch of destiny that empowers many Adventurers. The group is briefly aided by a strange entity made of green crystals, which then returns to an inert state for 4 years before joining them more fully as the Shardmind later known as the Shaper.

The Adventuring Company known as the Fire Wasps become an officially chartered group, petitioning their patron, Baron Kadran Greenfields of Silver Falls, to sponsor them. At this time, the membership consists of Brother Eustace (who will later be known as Natharios), Ghost, Kidalis Havengard , Tilly Thistleshanks, Tristan Holdfast, and a nameless Shardmind (who will later be called The Shaper).

At the ruins of the village of Three Rivers, Ghost, along with her companions in the Fire Wasps, slew the Barghest Brekhu and avenged her people. She was able to claim her mother's enchanted kukri, the Frostfangs, and, with it, the responsibility for rebuilding the village and reuniting her scattered people.

Naali Chamond and Rubicus Chillbrow join the Fire Wasps in order to destroy the Fire Giant King Jorgensturm the Cruel and protect Crown Prince Harbryn Thonwyr from an assassination attempt that Naali had uncovered.