02/04/2026
The Students of Life and Death met the captain of the ship they'd escaped Heron's Harbor on, an orc named Karna. She seemed to be perpetually inhibriated, and condoned the use of her ship for whatever use the group wanted.
The Students decided to return to Trine in an effort to use the teleportation circle there and gain easy access to Jawhara via Jemenda's teleportation circle.
The group dropped off most of the refugees from Herons Harbor in Wilder before leaving the Kindred Isle, and then made their way towards Core Vandal.
Along the way, they needed to stop to restock in Venture Ridge, and noticed a lot of bonfires burning near Queen's Meet, as though something important was happening, though they didn't stop to discover what.
At Venture Ridge, they found a group of rather powerful individuals had taken up residence there, calling themselves the Harrow Guard.
Upon learning the group's name, the leader of the Harrow Guard, a man named Ezekiel, claimed he was once a part of the Students' sister group, Star and Scale.
Ezekiel asked for the group to deliver a message to Zeb, a Star and Scale member, via the Dream Tether, telling Zeb he'd arrived, and he and Druvigan, another leader of the Harrow Guard, were figuring out duties and next steps.
After discussing with the Students of Life and Death, Ezekiel decided it would be best for the Harrow Guard to travel to Heron's Harbor and help the kindred rebuild after the devastation of Thrax and Gift's battle.
The Students resupplied and left behind the remaining kindred refugees who wanted to be a part of the community the Harrow Guard was building, renaming Venture Ridge to Harrow Hall.
The group left on great terms with the Harrow Guard, and arrived in Trine days later, deciding to visit Gwenna's fathers first, to ensure they were doing well, and giving Gwenna a chance to say goodbye before heading to Jawhara.
Upon arriving at Gwenna's home, they found it abandoned, and someone keeping watch on it from a neighboring rooftop.
When that watchperson ran off, Brynn followed them via the air, and found them enter into a repurposed old cathedral, now under the ownership of the Church of the Sacred Flame.