The group wakes up on the beach after being part of Azura’s ritual. Azura is crying, and Myriany is unresponsive.
Myriany collapses as the group tries to wake her.
Lirithyn senses tremors in the ground and alerts Fang. Together, they carry Azura and Myriany back to camp.
Brynn takes Azura to her tent and consoles her.
Lirithyn realizes the tremors seem to follow Myriany.
Myriany is warm to the touch, but not feverish.
The group notices that time appeared to stand still during the ritual.
Attempts to cool or wake Myriany fail.
Myriany stops breathing entirely. Flint attempts resuscitation while Fang pours a potion into her mouth, causing gills to form on her neck.
Myriany relives a recurring dream, but this time, it is different.
As her mother lifts her from a cradle, the cave reacts as if alive.
Using Detect Magic, Myriany sees the crystals radiate powerful, intelligent magic of unknown school, reflecting like a rainbow.
The dream shifts to potion-making with her mother; crystals begin forming behind her and slowly creep closer, unnoticed by her mother.
The dream shifts again to the garden. When Myriany touches two vials, the glass melts and spills.
She uses Produce Flame to reshape the melted glass into crystal. Her father tends a crystalline garden instead of vegetables.
The dream shifts to a field near Yddelia with Ember. Instead of the Archangel of Hope, massive crystals crash down. Ember teleports them away just in time.
A crystal shard strikes Myriany’s cheek, and manifests physically in the real world, seen by Lirithyn, Flint, and Fang.
Myriany flees to a cabin; upon entering, it disappears and the crystal barrage stops.
A voice speaks to her:
“Daughter of bloom and ember. You are not of flesh alone.”
“They took you from the forge.”
“They gave you not enough time.”
“Awaken… and remember, my daughter.”
“Find a statue of one of the gods here on Thal'Azrith, and pray to it.”
A massive 12-foot crystal erupts from the ground, lifting Myriany’s body.
She awakens, lying in a comfortable indent atop the crystal, with Flint clinging to it.
The crystal pulses softly when she touches it.
The group discusses its strange structure and possible purpose.
Magister Darcy and a bearfolk magister arrive, equally confused, along with other prisoners.
Fang and Lirithyn attempt to break the crystal but fail, no damage can be made.
Darcy orders the group moved to a new tent, suggesting this may be related to the island’s curse.
Myriany shares the message from her dream about finding and praying at a god’s statue on Thal’Azrith.
Flint and Myriany discuss investigating the island’s history further.
From atop the crystal, Myriany spots a speck of blood near a tent.
During dinner, Jaylienne appears extremely nervous and retreats to her tent. A nearby magister also leaves their post.
Myriany tries to speak with Jaylienne, but she dismisses her concerns.
The group investigates the blood-marked tent.
Upon entering, they are hit with the smell of blood and death.
Inside are four dead men arranged in a ritual circle, with cuts on their arms, and a mysterious book.
Myriany detects no magic from the ritual, the circle, or the book.
Lirithyn retrieves the book titled: “THE TRUE TRUTH OF SOURCE AND THE GODLY VOID.”
Carmen arrives and reads the clean portions of the book.
The group concludes the author was likely an extremist.
The text references a vague but important ritual for “Grand Intervention.”
They consider asking Ishmara for insight into the ritual.
The group discusses how to dispose of the bodies and clean the scene.
Carmen notes there should be five cultists: Skimpy, Ba’tengo, Abraham, Maxwell, and Davidson, who is missing.
She explains the group had been working on a boat and later searching for a cave.
Carmen suspects Davidson found the cave, which may explain his disappearance.
She leaves to prepare graves on the beach.
The group covers the tent and returns to plan how to move the bodies unnoticed.
Flint struggles emotionally at the mention of a cave.
They decide to move the bodies at night and bury them with Carmen.
They consider informing Brynn, but doubt her ability to keep it secret.
Before burial, they choose to say a few words.
Fang says:
“May Rhadamanthys judge them on their truths and ideals to their right place.”