Manus's council discuss the Battle of Liscor and the fall out. They are going to respond to the north in someway. A grand threat, a Witch from Terandria is moving and they are worried where she may go.
Durene is trying to recover in Riverfarm, continuing to wake up delirious. After about 5 days as she sees it she has started to recover, she speaks with the healer who is impressed with her constitution. It turns out Durene has been recovering for 51 days, the battle with the goblins is long over as is the battle at Liscor. Laken is not back yet, though he is headed home. Riverfarm has grown 3-4x in that time.
Wiskeria has resigned as Riverfarm's general is morning the losses due to her order, and is being pestered by a witch to join her. Durene and Wiskeria argue and get understand each other better.
Lady Rie discusses problems brought on by the expanding Riverfarm, not least of which is a possible revolt of people from Lancrel who seem to believe that Riverfarm and work are beneath them.
Octavia is being shaken down by a rival alchemist with a gang.
Numbtongue starts his day mining and testing out his skills, he found a large nugget of gold. A day after Erin's introduction of Pallass to Liscor the Inn is still packed and Numbtongue feels unwelcome, he is still not allowed to enter Liscor.
Painted Soldiers are still clearing out Shield Spider nests, one soldier falls into deep mud and starts to drown. Numbtongue is able to get to the soldier and detonate a tripvine bag on the two of them allowing other soldiers to pull them out saving the drowning soldier. Numbtongue and Yellow Splatters meet and connect over the Battle of Liscor.
Numbtongue and Yellow Splatters have lunch in the Inn, comparing and mixing foods. They have a discussions on small things and on how neither Goblins or Antinium really have a concept of friend, its either those in the Hive or Tribe and those outside of it. They end up talking for hours.
A drake guest goes off insulting Numbtongue Erin gets Relc to throw him out. Numbtongue and Yellow Splatters speak on matters like how other races view them and fighting techniques as Numbtongue teaches Yellow Splatters about goblin traps.
Numbtongue tells Yellow Splatters he should try using potions, they decide to visit Octavia.
Octavia is being attacked by the other alchemist's gang, going to drive her out of town. Numbtongue and Yellow Splatters fight the gang, it goes ok until the gangs reinforcements show, a Brother of Serendipity helps them out as more gang members appear. Pyrite's memories come to Numbtongue who starts using Pyrite's fighting style and abilities and the fight goes their way. The Celum watch finally appears and want to arrest the two. Erin comes in furious at the treatment of Numbtongue and brings leaders and gold ranks of Liscor and Pallass to Celum.
The Brother of Serendipity speaks with Numbtongue and learns that his associates died when the goblins saw them stealing from the inn. He says he has no quarrel with them then but is interested why his people were not warned of a goblin threat, the Sister of Chell is less forgiving.
Erin works to settle thing positively for her friends and apologizes to Octavia for not listening to her or taking her concerns seriously. She has lets Octavia stay in the Inn for now. Keldrass still does not appreciate goblins him and Numbtongue get into an argument with Numbtongue telling everyone they can have the golden nugget if they fetch it, like a pet. Numbtongue starts writing a new song and levels up, now able communicate with Pyrite.
Durene and Wiskeria go around Riverfarm seeing it as it is and seeing the unrest bellow the surface.
Ryoka and Charlay find bandits on the way to Riverfarm. Alevica takes down the bandits.
Wiskeria tells Durene a bit about Witch magic and brews a magic stew to help people in Riverfarm, a citizen ruins the stew and Mavika arrives matching discourtesy with discourtesy.
Witches are arrive in Riverfarm, Califor teaching Nanette as she interrupts some bandits as Alevica brings the Darksky Riders to finish the bandits. Eloise conducts a tea party between disparate factions in Riverfarm.
At Elmmet's trial an Hedag comes and reveals Elmmet's sins, they are horrible, then executes him.
As Ryoka gets near she meets Belavierr, around dead bodies presumably bandits, and asks Ryoka for directions to Riverfarm.
The witches convene a Coven telling Wiskeria that 20 witches were murdered not too long ago and their bodies/ clothes were used in some ritual, someone is hunting witches.
Erin is still trying to get people of Pallass to connect with her friends and help them. Grimalkin is the first to notice her manipulation of the situation, then Xif uses a skill to force her to sell a Faerie Flower that she did not want to, Rufelt and Lasica admit to having noticed as well, then Chaldion appears and beats Erin in chess, with a skill.
Grimalkin agrees to give the Horns of Hammerad a consultation and has them attack him.
Grimalkin bout with the Horns of Hammerad leads into him discussing their issues and how they can improve, leading to him and Pisces trying to boil Ceria to force her to improve her ice magic.
Prost settles down the crowd, declaring the execution of Elmmet just, and allowing the witches to stay in Riverfarm and practice their craft as long as they obey the laws and don't injure citizens.
Ryoka speaks with the Riverfarm leadership, gets a feel of what is going on from Durene.
The Witches convene and discuss their issues. The Circle of Thorns is hunting witches, the witches in the Marsh Coven refused to help them hex Magnolia, the Circle have killed many witches in the past. The Witches are hoping to get Sanctuary in Riverfarm from Laken.
Durene shows Ryoka and Charlay around Riverfarm, they visit the farms and Witch Mavika comes to the farmers with a bargin, Ryoka help get it done. Lady Rie meets with Eloise who is trying to coax Rehanna to her, however Belavierr gets to her first and offers her a deal.
A suspicious stranger is outside of Riverfarm asking and warning about Witches.
Ryoka gets some ideas of things to do while talking with the people of Riverfarm. With Lady Rie and Charlay she starts a runners guild, allowing for more commination between Riverfarm and the outside world. They send Charlay to Filk to announce the change and get information on the witches. Durene is upset as she is expecting bigger ideas.
Ryoka decides she should speak with Belavierr, she speaks with Wiskeria, Califor and Eloise beforehand they give her a primer on witches. She speaks with Belavierr, she does not get much but fear.
Ryoka runs to the near by small settlements and sees the results of bandits and the people's fear, she decides to convince Riverfarm to help them out. She also tells Durene that she needs to think for herself that if she is nothing without Laken, she cannot give him anything.
Ryoka convinces Riverfarm to send aid to the surrounding settlements they convince many to move to Riverfarm, the final wagon is attacked by bandits, they are targeting Wiskeria, there appears to be a bounty on witches, Wiskeria, Durene and Bismarck destroy most of the bandits, Beniar's riders finish them.
Fierre learns the information broker that in Charlay visited in Filk found information on Belavierr and is worried how he will use it.
Laken is still traveling back to Riverfarm, he is roughly 2 weeks away but weather is slowing them down. He is trying to get to know the golbins, they will not speak with him, but he gives them his iPhone and sees what music they play. Laken ponders over the witches and what Belavierr has done.
Fierre is worried over what the information broker has found and what he may do with it, in case it puts Ryoka in danger. She hires thugs to beat him, they find him dead by a curse, having told some one about Belavierr.
Talia returns to the Order of Seasons's headquarters after the Games in Daquin. She arrives to the Grand Master's office to find that the Order believes they may have located Belavierr.
Fierre spends 2-3 days worried about Ryoka and seeing the Order of Seasons bounty rising, she does not go after it for fear of the curse getting her. After so many days awake she while updating her notes on Riverfarm she accidentally triggers the curse she survives, thanks to being a vampire, and sends the message to the Order. They decide to send Ser Raim and a small team to hunt the witch. Laken gets a burning vision of destruction and knows he will return to late.
All of Riverfarm is on edge due to Rehanna's deal. A witch hunter approaches Ryoka while she is on a run, while talking she teases out some is odd about him, she is ambushed as he has a team with him and they decide to kill her. Califor saves her, the leader escapes the rest die.
Durene and Ryoka discuss therapy and debate the Rehanna deal, Wiskeria goes to check on Rehanna who is truly happy, speaks with Belavierr tell her that she hates her. The next day Beatica tries to confront Belavierr about Rehanna with a crowd, she unwinds all of their clothing. Ryoka tries to speak with Belavierr, Belavierr sews her mouth shut.
Insite into Hedag's and Califor's crafts, showing in some ways Califor can challenge Belavierr.
A day later the Order of Seasons do their Grand Ritual sending Sir Raim and 6 hunters to Riverfarm. Belavierr just walks off as they attack, until one hunter takes Wiskeria hostage, against the honor of all the others Belavierr turns and duel Raim, while the Fae watch.
Raim and Belavierr fight, in the first exchange Raim is able to burn through enough of her defenses and immortality and are able to mark her.
Belavierr summons a horde of stich monstrosities to attach the hunters and calls two Terandrian kingdoms to attack the Order of Seasons. The Order decides to send 32 knights to support Raim.
Durene supports Raim. The witches force the Hunters and Belavierr to safeguard Riverfarm, and Belavierr and Wiskeria have a bit of a heart to heart.
The battle goes through the night with the hunters and Raim sleeping and the Order reinforcements holding Belavierr at bay. Belavierr had a deal with a hunter who betrays the hunters killing all but Raim. Raim confronts Belavierr threatening her daughter, the loss of the hunters and the press of Kaliv forces the Order to stop their attack on Belavierr. Raim forsakes the Order to attack Belavierr burning the rest of his life in one final attempt to end her. As he dies she mentions there is another death coming for her.
Despite the season Riverfarm has not seen rain in a while, while the lands around it are in constant rain. Tyrion gets his people to cast a weather change spell, but it is undone within a day.
Clean up occurs around Riverfarm after the Order of Seasons battle with Belavierr, Belavierr says another trial is coming.
While Belavierr and Wiskeria have an argument about her lack of a craft when a magical arrow hits Belavierr.
The next day the odd witch hunters poisons Alevica, she is saves as Wiskeria grows on her path. As the days get worse Laken gets close enough he can see his lands, he cannot find the witch hunters but does find a winged drake, with many scrolls, burning a village.
The drake around Riverfarm starts setting fires all around creating giant wildfires as other's in other noble's lands start causing similar havoc.
Wiskeria declares justice to be her craft, Laken sees there is nothing for him to do but watch his people burn. The witches decide to try a grand working in hopes of saving Riverfarm, the witches are able to call great rain but magic called in from Manus ends the rain and leaves Belavierr very injured, but a day is gained till the fire will reach Riverfarm.
Many discussions about the situation, Califor stifles many fires but it is not enough.
As the next day dawns Califor flees with Nanette as does Belavierr, Wiskeria does not and the other witches try too late. Califor and Belavierr meet outstide the fire both say they know only one way to stop the fire but neither is willing to pay the price, they clash as Belavierr wants to force the issue to save Wiskeria.
Ryoka runs at a fire tornado to divert it from Riverfarm. Califor dies drawing all the fire to her, having been forced into a deal with Belavierr who was threating Nanette. Belavierr declares herself to be the opposition that will drive Wiskeria forward to greatness.
Laken returns to Riverfarm, everyone starts rebuilding, Laken sends witches to help Lord Gralton and his dogs.
Laken and Ryoka finally have time to talk, they speak of what has happened, goblins, plans for the future and Laken mentions that Ivolethe is alive.
Laken decides to allow witches sanctuary. The witches conduct a ritual to contact Califor's spirit, they do, she tries to console Nanette and tells the witches that something is wrong in the afterlife, something is praying on the dead.
As Ryoka leaves, Belavierr reaches out to Ryoka to offer her a deal to get information on how to see Ivolethe again.
