Having returned to Cherville after their battle with Melisende Sylvia organises a demonstration to some of the villagers to teach them how to make charms to protect their homes from the fey in the same way the Castillion family use. Sylvia is also introduced to a new villager that Gwynn thinks could be a possible companion for her and who might be someone they could teach the fundamentals of magic. The party also hears a story from Du Bois of an animal attack he witnessed and which he claims was by a deadly monster.