09/11/2024
The Gaping Maw of Sound met with Elm'Orth in his home, where he begrudgingly thanked the group for their rescue of the citizens of the town, but was especially hard on Obie, whom he called Ara, for bringing Kit, a Fire Genasi, to a city which had a history with fire.
Obie took the verbal assault from her grandfather, but also stood up for herself, pointing out that fire was as natural as anything else, and was a part of the natural order of destruction and creation; an argument Elm'Orth simply was not hearing.
After the group left, Kit and Yaen returned to Elm'Orth's study, disguised as the Elder of Ghostly Communion, Jarrow, to try and get more information from him.
They learned Elm'Orth had exiled Obie's mother due to an argument over lineage, and felt a lot of regret over it. However, the gig was soon up, and Elm'Orth attacked Yaen, who narrowly escaped back to Obie's old house where Syd and Rock were waiting
Together, the Gaping Maw of sound and Jarrow identified where Jenniver, Obie's mother, may have gone -- an old cave on the outskirts of Galdarion Forest.
The group left Govvanath and sought the cave, which they found when they saw a wall of flame surrounding an area of the forest, and a smoldering fire genasi woman standing at its entrance.