Episode 102: After meeting briefly with Chieftain Tef, Gwenlaryn goes to speak with her uncle and ask his forgiveness for leaving without saying goodbye. He is understanding, but warns Gwen that Theo is not as forgiving and is rather angry and hurt at her abrupt departure. She then goes to attempt a reconciliation with her grandfather, which starts rather rockily but smooths out when Theo realizes that Gwen has no experience having a family, and thus knows none of the social responsibilities, etc. Meanwhile, back at Bundrigo's tavern, tensions mount as Athgarr remains sullen and mostly silent, to the point where Aribell must step outside to get away from the toxic atmosphere. She encounters Theo and Gwen headed back to meet back up with everyone, and once they all go back into the tavern, a silent battle of wills begins between Theo and Athgarr, culimating in Theo asking Athgarr to step outside for "a talk." Gwen tries to stop it from happening, then Aribell does stop it. Shortly thereafter, the Four, Athgarr, and Gaygo leave to pursue the caravan. After finding it some days later, and choosing to pass it, they reach the fabled Dunemount, and discover some strange magical behavior once they reach its summit.

Episode 103: The morning dawns with Gwen finding Athgarr in the throes of a nightmare. He awakens violently at her touch and, while she tries to get him to talk, he is sullen and non-communicative. Gwen brings food and the others of the Four to try to bring him out of his brooding, to no avail. After Zorith receives a message from Master Obras, she and Gaygo utilize a teleportation circle and arrive at the Tower of Azinor. Zorith retrieves their new Amulets of Proof Against Location and Detection, along with spare clothing should the Four encounter any additional slaves to rescue, and teleports back to the Dunemount. The first night past the Dunemount, when Tasha attempts to cast her mansion, something about the area causes a very painful backlash, injuring her for half her health, but she is able to get into the mansion with her comrades and the group manages another peaceful night's rest. The next morning, Aribell tries to cure whatever is affecting Athgarr, to no avail. Leaving the mansion, they find themselves surrounded by undead, which attack en masse. After the battle, they departand the desert gives way to hills, which later gives way to prairie grasslands. Toward the evening, they see a newly-built wooden-walled city in the distance. Athgarr uses a Legend Lore spell to learn the name of the city and something of its purpose, which is not at all good, and the group tries to decide what avenue to pursue from this point on.

Episode 103: The morning dawns with Gwen finding Athgarr in the throes of a nightmare. He awakens violently at her touch and, while she tries to get him to talk, he is sullen and non-communicative. Gwen brings food and the others of the Four to try to bring him out of his brooding, to no avail. After Zorith receives a message from Master Obras, she and Gaygo utilize a teleportation circle and arrive at the Tower of Azinor. Zorith retrieves their new Amulets of Proof Against Location and Detection, along with spare clothing should the Four encounter any additional slaves to rescue, and teleports back to the Dunemount. The first night past the Dunemount, when Tasha attempts to cast her mansion, something about the area causes a very painful backlash, injuring her for half her health, but she is able to get into the mansion with her comrades and the group manages another peaceful night's rest. The next morning, Aribell tries to cure whatever is affecting Athgarr, to no avail. Leaving the mansion, they find themselves surrounded by undead, which attack en masse. After the battle, they departand the desert gives way to hills, which later gives way to prairie grasslands. Toward the evening, they see a newly-built wooden-walled city in the distance. Athgarr uses a Legend Lore spell to learn the name of the city and something of its purpose, which is not at all good, and the group tries to decide what avenue to pursue from this point on.

Episode 101: While resting in anticipation of breakfast with Athgarr, the Four (and Athgarr) are shunted into a strange dream-world of talking bears, mermen, a baby pegasus, a smoke dragon, and the dreaded Frempermen! Fortunately, it turns out that a friend is responsible, and the waking world reasserts itself in its normal fashion. Unfortunately, that's where things begin to take a turn for the worse. Athgarr is not at all as the Four remember him, and the only way he will accompany them on their continuing mission is as hired help. After negotiating his fee, the group heads to Thunder's Edge to pick up supplies. Zorith spends the evening with Oloric at the Ivorys Wrath, after which everyone gets a good night's sleep with no more strange dream adventures. In the morning, after gathering up everything they'll need, Zorith teleports the group back to the Firefly Oasis, in preparation for their journey farther into the unexplored reaches of the Godswrath Desert.

Episode 100! An evening in Duneshadow Manor results in some interesting scuttlebutt about the actions of the Aecathan Army. A visit from General Warbender confirms that a major offensive is about to launch from Aermagh's port! After a restful night's sleep and a leisurely breakfast, the ladies of the Four head to Strafsoman's Dawn to check in with Tasha's Aunt, Lady Leena, the leader of the city in the midst of re-building after Yaesef's decades-long mismanagement. After a long talk, a tour of the renovations taking place in town, and a hearty dinner, Lady Leena suggests the Four head over to the newly-named "Sunrise Temple" to Tiraura that is almost completed, to meet its new high Priestess. Upon arriving, however, the four are attacked by fiends and a Jogravanan High Inquisitor armed with a bandoleer of Kylandril sticks! It looks like the Four may have finally met their match... until assistance comes, unexpectedly, from none other than the dawn's boogie man, The Doppleganger. But that's not the biggest surprise in store for our heroes that evening!

Episode 99: The ladies of the Four begin their day in the Faelifiri Sanctum, where Tasha has an early-morning meeting with High Artist Boffin to advise that the assembled clerics, bards, and paladins make certain that each slave is as they seem, and not a Jogravanan spy. Then it's off to Thunder's Edge, and a leisurely early morning reunion with Oloric at the Ivorys Wrath, where they hear of Lord Tremane's continued decline in health. Shortly thereafter, Aralahkis arrives to consult with the group, and leads them back to his office in the Lord's Keep, explaining along the way what he's observed regarding his ruler's behavior. Once in the building, Aribell gets in to see Lord Tremane and attempts to diagnose his ailment. Following a hunch, she casts Remove Curse and is somehow able to free Tremane from his confusion. Afterwards, the group begins to suspect the Thuilnu of causing his decline. Gwenlaryn provides him with some magical protection, at least for the next 24 hours, against a recurrence of his malady, after which he requests they continue on their mission to discover what has captured the attention of the Jogravanans. After returning to the Wrath, addressing Wiggy's faux paux with Cannath, and saying their farewells to Oloric, the Four magically transport to the capital city of Aermagh to bring their new from the Oasis to Lord Bonethane. After setting up an appointment with the Lord's seneschal, the ladies swing through the Shouting Pirate and witness a truly stupid bet. After drinks with Jojo, the Four return to the Keep and meet with his Lordship, bringing him up-to-speed on the Oasis, Western Aecathan, and the malady Lord Tremane was suffering from. After asking them to check in on Strafsoman's Dawn before they return to the desert, Bonethane drafts a quick proclamation identifying Aribell, Gwenlaryn, Tasha, and Zorith as official emissaries of the nation of Aecathan, in case it will be helpful. The Four retire to Duneshadow Estate for dinner and preparations for a quick stop in the Dawn before returning to the desert to continue investigating the Jogravanans' intentions and activities.

Episode 98: All but four of the Jogravanan slaves are safe! Now comes the task of taking care of them, and that falls squarely on the shoulders of Aribell, Gwenlaryn, Tasha, and Zorith. After hastily reconfiguring her enchanted Mansion, Tasha is prepared to house all of the refugees. Unfortunately, it turns out that none of them speak Common, so they're forced to resort to miming their intentions. Aribell's healing moves the former slaves a step closer to trust, and eventually they get them all into the mansion. Chieftain Tef searches the Oasis for spare clothing and, hopefully, someone who can interpret for the Four, finding 12-year old Nessus, who learned the speech from his Grandfather, who was himself a Jogravanan escapee. After a few missteps, the Four, Tef, and Nessus manage to get everyone cleaned up, in clean clothes, fed, and bedded down for the night. A surprise multi-person message comes in from Obras, although it doesn't work quite as planned, he reveals he's working on an advanced sending spell. A message to Aralahkis gets his agreement to meet the Four and their charges at the Faelifiri Sanctum the next day, and reveals a message (of sorts) from Athgarr. The following morning, the entire large group take their leave of the Firefly Oasis and teleport to the Sanctum, where the living are fed and sheltered, and the dead are brought back to life. Aralakhis arrives with supplies from Thunder's Edge, and teleports back a while later, taking the recalcitrant Canaath with him. That night, the Four meet with the High Curate and the paired leaders of all four temples for a dinner and so the assembled clerics, paladins, and bards can hear the story of how so many slaves came to be rescued in the first place. The adventurers end their day back in the mansion after reassurances from the powers-that-be at the Sanctum that the former Jogravanan slaves will be taken good care of, educated, and trained to live a life as a free individual of Aecathan.

Episode 97: After a lovely breakfast with Gwen's cousin Arona in Tasha's mansion, the Four go out to find the Chieftain of the Oasis in his home to coordinate meeting with representatives from the Jogravanan caravan and informing them of the change in procedure for securing water. After Tef picks up the potions that allow access to the Oasis water, and Drigo sets out tables and chairs, the Jogravanans arrive. The meeting between Tef and the squad of guards sent in to secure the water purchase ends with the guards leaving unsatisfied. Tef informs the Four that there will be another delegation, likely the leaders of the caravan, coming back to 'discuss' the demand that the Jogravanans pay for the water with their slaves. Tef and Drigo come up with a way to disguise the Four so they can be there at the second meeting. The guard captain, a priestess of Gedola, and a black-and-red-swathed figure arrive to negotiate, only to end up being forced to accept the Oasis' offer. They settle on an exchange process, letting in one slave for every water-bearer allowed to leave. This does leave 3/4 of the slaves outside the Oasis, however, and the Jogravanans prove true to their reputation as they attempt to kill the remaining slaves as retribution for being forced to release them. The Four spring into action and attempt to save as many as they can but... how many lives will be lost to the Jogravanan betrayal?

Episode 96: Arona Duneshadow takes the Four on a tour of the local shoppes that sell enchanted items and, after a few purchases, they all return to Rynaald's place for a homemade meal. They also meet with Glintefkaem "Tef" Yus, the elected leader of the Oasis community. After bringing him up-to-speed on many of the events of Central Aecathan, including the fact that there IS a functioning Central Aecathan, they turn their attentions to the incoming Jogravanan caravan, and Aribell and Gwenlaryn's intent to free as many of the slaves as possible. Rynaald, Arona, Gaegho, Tef, and the Four cook up an ingenious plan in which the Four will be pivotal players, but will (if successful) cause no violence whatsoever, and will likely result in the Jogravanans experiencing some significant discomfort as they continue their journey to wherever they're headed!

Episode 95: After a day's rapid travel, the Four and Gaeghointulth arrive at the lush Firefly Oasis. They head immediately to the water, but choose instead to take their ease in the Delirious Traveler, an Inn run by the obsequious Bundrigo Jamarre. While there, Aribell tests out a method of tracking the elusive Cannath and succeed, although she fails to convince the elf to join them again. Afterwards, Bundrigo sends them to someone named Theo for answers. After encountering a laconic desert panther along the way, they find an elderly blind ranger who ends up asking them more questions than answering theirs. After turning his attention to Gwenlaryn for a period of time, he sends her to get him water from the lake and, when she returns, learns her face with his hands. He then asks her full name, and begins to choke up before revealing that he is Gwen's grandfather. He also reveals that Gwen has an Uncle and a cousin living in the Oasis as well. After several minutes of coming to terms with this new information, Theo and his panther companion Preez take them to meet Gwen's cousin Arona the Alchemist, and her Uncle Rynnald who is a master bowyer and fletcher. After making arrangements to meet back at Rynnald's for dinner, the Four set out to explore the rest of the settled Oasis.