06/04/2025
Knowing now where the final resting place of Bane was, in the middle of Torn's Rest, the Students of Life and Death left Heron's Harbor and traveled to Wilder with Roach in tow. With the Crown of the Kindred in their bag, they knew finding an appropriate leader to give the crown to was paramount to stopping the rot.
Arriving in Wilder, the group traveled its myriad limbs and balconies until they came upon a concert being given by one of the throne hopefuls, Shaka.
After hearing her song about a bright future for the Kindred on distant shores, the group approached her to start vetting her as a possible leader.
Shaka saw in the group a retinue of combatants whom she needed to protect her in an upcoming meeting she'd setup with emissaries from the land of Ziggurat.
The group agreed to protect her during this meeting in exchange for introductions to the other Kindred vying for the throne of the island.
The meeting between the Kindred Isle and Ziggurat was attended by many Kindred, all of whom wanted to see Shaka use her charismatic charm to establish a new home for them in a new land.
However, when the Zigguratian contingent arrived via a primal portal spell, they immediately attacked Shaka, causing the Student of Life and Death to leap into action.
After defeating the Zigguratians, the Students realized this entire meeting's outcome had been known ahead of time by Shaka, and she had setup the meeting in order to prove that she had powerful friends who could protect the Kindred, and that she was just as capable of a leader as the warmongering Doxx.
The Kindred ate up the show while the Students were nonplussed about being used and put in harm's way, despite Shaka's gratitude.
Shaka gave the group her back up plan: a necklace of Fireball.
With the meeting done, Shaka left, encouraging the group to follow her to the place where they could meet some of the other Kindred in line for the upcoming election.