09/12/2025
Tough as Dirt asked Graelish, sitting outside the blood covered steps of Ar'Vayn, what he meant by the group having missed the party
Graelish explained that there was a person inside the temple who knew the location of a precious treasure, and he was a treasure hunter. He'd needed Tough as Dirt's help all those weeks ago to dispose of the Sorrow Mother, an incredibly powerful wielder of death magics, but she'd left the temple a couple days prior, so he'd launched his attack to find the person the followers of Thrax were hiding within
Worried that this person was also Winslow's sister, the group entered the temple with Graelish, and snuck off in search of her before Graelish's "companions" could find her -- those companions being monsters Graelish was using to extract information on his target's whereabouts through violence
The group found Molly, Winslows's sister, attempting to escape through an underground tunnel, though her escort had been killed and she was cornered by Graelish's monsters.
Tough as Dirt destroyed the monsterd and reunited Winslow with Molly in a touching moment, where the two siblings hadn't seen each other since they were young children.
They all made their escape from the temple, leaving Graelish to continue his search for Molly not knowing Tough as Dirt had already spirited her away.
Back aboard the Gateway Clipper, Molly explained that the day she disappeared from Lantern Light all those years ago, she'd got lost in a cave near the Mythrasil Forest, and followed it into the forest. But when she attempted to return, the cave was gone.
She'd spent years in the forest, avoiding its many dangers, and making friends with a pegasus.
One day she'd found a group of eggs with shiny silver scales on them, and after seeing them, the forest became increasingly aggressive, to the point where here Pegasus friend got her out of the forest and on a ship to Core Vandal.
Eventually Molly found her way to Ar'Vayn where, upon learning of the eggs she'd discovered, the Sorrow Mother told her she needed to join the priesthood and stay put, in order to keep her safe.
Tough as Dirt considered those eggs may in fact by Lithenlight's Clutch, and if so, could be one of the most important discoveries in the history of Vault.
The group decided to handle that later, and instead made their way towards Sophivitas after a divination spell told them it was the better option, to help Gideon's sisters with a possible rebellion.