07/09/2025
The Gaping Maw of Sound, along with Tatta, Syd, and Havyn, arrived in Wilder, much to the happiness and satisfaction of Havyn, who was returning home after almost two years away.
The group decided to split up and pursue different ventures, agreeing to return to The Bark and Bite Inn in the lower boughs once they were finished.
Kaos, Oby, Kit, Syd, and Tatta went to find some food and drink to celebrate Tatta's release from a dimensional prison, and to seed to notion of the Gaping Maw of Sound playing a show in Wilder soon.
Havyn and Yaen went to find an area of Treespeak to Havyn could commune with Wasacha once more, as she once did long ago.
Many of the denizens of Wilder were more than surprised to see Havyn wandering its roads once more, and word quickly spread that the Essencer for Doxx the Dire had returned.
Meanwhile, Tatta's group met Shaka during an impromptu concert in which hundreds of her adoring fans were listening to her music as a testament to her plans for leading the Kindred.
The group approached her afterwards, somewhat starstruck, and were amazed to learn she knew of them as well, and had actually attended their concert in Caim the previous month.
The group told her that Havyn had returned and encouraged the two to meet, so they set off to find Yaen.Â
Oby discovered that she too could commune with Wasacha through the Speak with Plants spell, and as they were looking for Havyn, Wasacha called out to her for help.
In the high boughs, Havyn and Yaen had found an area of Treespeak, and Havyn went in alone. When she emerged, the rot began to creep from the spot, having finally found an in-road to Wilder through the corruption of Havyn.
It turns out Havyn had some of the rot still within her, and when Yaen made her drink the last of the moon water from the spring, Havyn expunged the rot, and lamented that she had bought an idol of rot in Torn's Rest and brought it here, sickening Wasacha.
The rest of the group arrived, and Havyn explained the only way to stop what she had done was to crown the new leader of the Isle with the Crown of the Kindred, and she intended to be that person, as she felt she was the only person powerful enough to fix what she had broken.
The group rested for the night, and the next morning heard the bells tolling that called the election for the leader of the Kindred Isle to order.