With Eric's disappearance Kada, Musa, Thavar and Mortem press on driven by hunger and fear of the harsh freezing winter. Hoping that the information Garrick had provided them with was accurate and that a farmstead wasn't too far off. Information that was in fact accurate and wherein the ragtag frozen band encounter Hunter Aram, an Ardorian and former Royal Guard of Athelen. Now a farmer and his wife Clian having settled in the northern reaches of Talan.

Welcoming the party into his home as is the Ardorian way Hunter offered shelter and aid. Only for tragedy to strike and the merciless and brutal realities of life as an adventurer is made all to clear to them all. As grief and a sense of loss weighs heavy on them.