07/22/2026
The Belligerents met with the leader of the Order of Last Rites on the shores of Bahr'Anima, learning more about their group and why then attacked Flapjack without provocation.
Theirs was a group dedicated to fending off the powers of chaos that have manifested in the world, and especially in Jawhara. While Flapjack was under the influence of that power, they had to see him dead.
The Order claimed that chaos was brought into the world by their enemy, a creature known as Vast the Immeasurable, which Flapjack assumed was the name of his creator and the creature he spoke to when he'd died.
They also spoke of a great war happening on the shores of the Final Sea, in which the powers of chaos were raging, and could only be quenched by the violence dolled out by their desert mother, Orga.
Unfortunately, the Order did not know the location of Orga, but were constantly seeking her shades, manifestations of her power in Jawhara, that could lead them back to her.
However, these shaded were hunted and killed by a group known as the Sky Lights, which the Order of Last Rites considered their rival and enemies.
The group went back to the ship and consulted with Naukar, who confirmed he was part of the Sky Lights, and that their organization wanted to see Jawhara move into a new era by burying their violent history, like the city of Jemenda exemplifies.
It was assumed that Naukar's journey to deliver his zombies to the pit with the creature at the bottom was indeed the location of the desert mother, Orga, that the Order of Last Rites was seeking, but Naukar would not give up that location.
The Belligerents decided to not help the Order, but knowing they were all vampires, introduced them to Vainya
During their conversation, the group learned Lexxia, who had turned Vainya, used to be a member of their order, but had left them and went north.
This also apparently happened at the same time as the disappearance of the Damiya, leading the group to believe Lexxia was behind that disappearance.
The Order told the group Lexxia made her lair at Muja's Respite in the middle of the Glass Dunes, and so the group set off, making an empty promise to meet the Order of Last Rites in Mawrid, where they made their home.
Taking Naukar along with them to drop him off at Old Anima to repair his staff so he could move his zombies, the group bid goodbye to Carmello and Paddy and the Exquisite Dessert.
Along the way, Flapjack gave his Hellfire Glaive to Hukbi.
The Belligerents soon came to a pass outside Old Anima in which they found life-like statues, each of whom had a small hole punctured in their chests or backs.
They soon found the origins of those wounds, as a wolf-like beast with many spear-like tentacles attacked.