Editing Halrac Everam (section)

=== Volume 7 ===
During their month of travel, they met with Elm, a former member of Griffon Hunt, to make amends. However, the meeting doesn't go well and ends up with Halrac putting Elm headfirst through a door. As such, Halrac is in a worse mood than usual. While traveling to [[Invrisil]] in a caravan with a family, they chance upon a gang of [Raiders] trying to rob and kill Lacel the Leaper, who is delivering [[Bein Terland|Lord Bein Terland]]'s amulet on behalf of [[Hetessana Wellfar|Lady Hetessana Wellfar]]. They fight the [Raiders], with Halrac shooting the [Raid Leader], and manage to kill them all. After verifying their identities with a patrol of Invrisil's Watch, they claim salvage rights, looting and burning the bodies before continuing on their way riding the [Raiders'] horses. While Revi and Typhenous are delighted having been involved in the Izrilian drama between Bein and Hetessana, Halrac is oblivious, having not paid attention to the news. 

Upon arrival, Revi and Typhenous head off on personal business, while Halrac is stuck selling and stabling the horses and finding an inn. When they arrive at Invrisil's Adventurer Guild to meet another former teammate, they run into [[Todi]], a senior Gold-rank adventurer, who introduces them to [[Jewel]], a rookie Gold-rank [Swashbuckler]. They tell Griffin Hunt about the new [[Wyverns|Wyvern]] bounty, posted a few days ago, offering two thousand gold for each kill, and eighty thousand for the [[Frost Wyvern Lord]]. Halrac thinks the bounty is fake, though Todi affirms its legitimacy, claiming the gold had arrived in First Landing via spell transfer. Jewel and some of the other Gold-ranks asks Griffon Hunt for advice on Wyvern hunting. They tell them that larger teams are necessary, not to mention the dangers of the [[High Passes]]. While scouting the other adventurers for potential teammate, Typhenous reveals to his teammates that the [[Players of Celum]] are currently in Invrisil, which amazes them both, at which point their former teammate [[Briganda Rishaw]] shows up with her son [[Cade Rishaw|Cade]]. After moving past the initial awkwardness, Halrac and the others offer Briganda several thousand gold for compensation and the chance to rejoin Griffon Hunt. While Briganda accepts both offers, she adds a nonnegotiable stipulation that her son accompanies her. While Revi is sympathetic, Halrac is uncertain, citing the danger. With Typhenous listing the pros and cons of Briganda and her son joining, Halrac initially refuses Briganda, telling her that she could join on a provisional basis after the team returns from the High Passes. However, Typhenous suggests that Briganda could leave her son in Liscor after the magic door arrives. Though Halrac is hesitant, he eventually relents and welcomes Briganda back to the team. 

While Briganda is putting her son in bed after catching up with the events in Liscor, Halrac, Typhenous, and Revi decide to go to the [[The Player’s Retreat|inn]] where the Players of Celum reside but barred by the [[Redit|[Bouncer]]]. Unfazed, Typhenous uses his underworld connection to get an audience with [[Grev Redigal]], who is pleased to see them. Meeting up with Briganda, who is starstruck to hear that they are going to see the Players, Grev gets the team into The Player's Retreat, where the rest of the Players are delighted to see old friends from Liscor. They are shocked to hear from the Players about the destruction of The Wandering Inn by Crelers from the Bloodfields, and also about the Horns of Hammerad rising to Gold-rank after defeating an Adult Creler. After watching a performance of Lady Macbeth, Griffon Hunt is invited back to the inn, where Halrac and Revi astounded to see [Actors] playing them. There is some brief tension after meeting [[Eltistiman Verdue]], an enemy [Magician] that Typhenous met in Liscor, now working with the Players of Celum. While the two call it evens, they later sense an [Assassin] attacking Lacel, who is also staying at the inn. Griffon Hunt is forced to let the [Assassin] go. Halrac receives some bad news about his hometown attacked by Goblins, but everything is overshadowed by the arrival of a Flesh-Giant attacking Invrisil. With some struggle, Invrisil's adventurers bring down the Giant. Todi organizes a posse to hunt down the creator of the Flesh-Giant, but Halrac elects to [Message] his former teammate Cassielle in Noelictus's Hunter's Guild for information. Cassielle confirms the attacker as [[Belavierr Donamia]], a powerful [Witch] and a Named-rank threat. Halrac and Griffon Hunt ride to stop the adventurers who left after Belavierr. However they are too late. Belavierr takes no damage from their attacks, using her magic to control the string and stitches of everyone's clothes and weapons. Halrac manages to land a few arrows on her after stripping the fletching off them, but the Stitch-Witch ignores the damage, and leaves, telling the adventurers to spread word of her.{{ref|7.15 R}}

At ThePlayer's Retreat, Halrac and Briganda are discussing a strange request posted by the Unseen Empire. Despite it only promising "minimal payment, the fact that the location is near his former home town and the "no killing Goblins" stipulation intrigues Halrac, reminding him of Erin. One of Grev's friends runs into the inn, claiming to have seen the Horns of Hammerad enter the city. While Griffon Hunt is initially excited, they soon realize that the Horns would most likely attempt to enter the Gold-rank section in the Adventurer's Guild, which, due to the unofficial hierarchy in place, is something they're technically not supposed to do. When Griffon Hunt arrive at the Guild, they find Ceria and Pisces talking to Todi and [[Elia Arcsinger]]. Assuming the worst (which is not far off from the situation), they drag Ceria and Pisces out of the Guild, with Halrac apologizing to Todi. After hearing that the other members of the Horns, [[Yvlon Byres]] and [[Ksmvr]] went to [[Hedault]], an [Enchanter] without scheduling an appointment, they chase after them fearing the worst. However, due to Hedault owing the Horns a favor thanks to Ryoka's previous negotiating, the touchy [Enchanter] changes his schedule for both Gold-ranked teams. After meeting up with the Players of Celum, everyone heads back to The Player's Retreat. Some of the other Gold-rank adventurers such as Todi and Jewel try to enter the inn as well, but Halrac shuts the door in their faces.{{ref|7.20}}

After [[Magnolia Reinhart]]'s unexpected visit to Liscor, the rest of the adventurers and guests from Invrisil file into The Wandering Inn. Much to Briganda's amusement, Erin and Mrsha end up tackle-hugging Halrac, with the [Shieldmaiden] joining into the group hug. [[Jelaqua Ivirith]] also tries to hug Halrac, but he kicks her away. Later, when Briganda tries to attack Numbtongue, mistaking him for attacking Cade when the [Bard] was trying to help me, Halrac forces Briganda to apologize to the Hobgoblin. Later, Halrac is among the guests affected by Erin's invisible flames of hatred, elevating their negative emotions and causing them to bicker and argue. Fortunately, thanks to [[Maviola El]]<nowiki>'s intervention, Erin is able to negate it before the room escalates to open conflict. {{ref|Interlude - A Night in the Inn]]</nowiki>

The next day, Halrac is present for breakfast at The Wandering Inn, trying to make an effort to look less intimidating while in front of Cade. He witnesses the conflict of wills between Erin and Lady [[Pryde Ulta]], being one of the few who can see their auras clashing in the air. When Magnolia's Earthers and Erin are under attack from [[Rock Crabs]], he is one of the adventurers to intervene, exploding one of the monsters with a glowing arrow.{{ref|7.23LM}} He is present for Mrsha's birthday party, refusing a slice of cake though is bullied by Erin into ordering onion rings.{{ref|7.24}}

When [[Ryoka Griffin]] returns to Liscor and The Wandering Inn, Halrac and Griffon Hunt are the only ones who aren't as happy to see her, as they still remember her being somehow responsible for the death of their former leader [[Ulrien Sparson]]. Later Halrac is playing in the impromptu game of football started by [[Joseph Ortega]], though is seemingly unenthused about it.<ref>[[Chapter 7.26]]</ref> The following day, during breakfast, he and everyone else are astonished when the King of Destruction sends a [Message] to Joseph about the rules of football. Later, Revi is teasing Halrac, testing the limits of his attention by joking about fabricated events that occured while at Hedault's, with Halrac only looking up when the [Summoner] asked him about when "Hedault proposed to Ceria." He decides that the team would be heading to Riverfarm soon, though he and the other members of Griffon Hunt are reluctant to leave The Wandering Inn.

A few days later, after saying goodbye to Erin and everyone in The Wandering Inn, Griffon Hunt, the Horns of Hammerad, and Ryoka are traveling away from Invrisil, with Griffon Hunt headed towards Riverfarm. When Ryoka asks everyone about the most recent time they had sex, Halrac refuses to divulge his answer. When Ksmvr asks about Ceria's engagement, revealing that the Antinium has unknowingly overheard Revi's joke about Hedault proposing to Ceria, Halrac and Griffon Hunt pretend they don't know what is going on.{{ref|7.28}}

Much to Halrac's dismay and grief, when Griffon Hunt arrive Halrac's old hometown of [[Windrest]] they find only burnt remains. Fortunately, he reunites with most of the surviving population at Riverfarm, who are glad to see the [Scout]. Griffon Hunt meets with Laken Godart, the [Emperor] of Riverfarm, and go over the terms of the request. While Halrac is polite, he candidly states that the offer is too low to justify staying to work, and questions about Laken's intentions towards the Goblins currently ensconced in their own territory within Riverfarm. Laken reassures him that he does not plan on executing the Goblins and offers Griffon Hunt a compromise of staying a week for five times the original rate before considering if they were going to stay. When Halrac accepts, Laken assigns them their first mission of wiping out a Creler's nest. They are able to do so efficiently with no casualties, impressing Laken and some of the other Riverfarm residents. The next day, the [Emperor] tasks with investigating certain areas on his lands. While thinking the task to be a fool's errand, to their surprise, in the second spot they find a [Thief's] safe room twenty feet below the ground, filled with magical items. Although they initially believe that Laken will confiscate the items as they were found on his lands, the [Emperor] reminds them as per the contract, they can negotiate for half the items found. Intrigued by this new opportunity, Griffon Hunt asks to go see the Goblinlands for themselves. Unexpectedly, they find [[Pebblesnatch]] amongst the Goblins, who hugs Halrac, and decide to stay for a while.{{ref|7.40 ER}}

During their stay in Riverfarm, Griffon Hunt picked a few magical items, with a pair of Boots of Stability going to Halrac. Thanks to Griffon Hunt, Pebblesnatch is allowed over the boundary between the Goblinlands and the [[Unseen Empire]], and cooks them egg drop soup for breakfast. They discuss about telling Erin about the Goblins in Riverland, though they are wary of the possible repercussions. Laken soon arrives to inquire about the magic door in Liscor, which they answer readily about (though they neglect to mention they are friends with the owner), and asks them to investigate the issue of ''more'' Goblins sneaking into the Goblinlands. Halrac and Griffon Hunt arrange a meeting with one of the Goblinlands' leaders, [[Ulvama]], whom Halrac shares a mutual animosity with. During his interrogation, Ulvama discreetly tries to hex Halrac with a flea hex, though Typhenous intercepts it with [Hex Eater]. With her bluff callled, Ulvama unwillingly divulges that the migrating Goblins are [Miners] and [Smiths] attracted by the potential of safe lands. Afterwards, Griffon Hunt discusses Pebblesnatch's situation, and decides to bring her back to The Wandering Inn, though Halrac is adamant about not mentioning Erin Solstice to the [Emperor] and vice versa. Later, Lord [[Gralton Radivaek]] arrives in Riverfarm with a pack of puppies, and inquires after the griffon dogs that Griffon Hunt bought from him a few years back. Halrac reassures the [Lord] that the dogs were passed to a [Hunter]'s team.  

When news of Erin Solstice's assassination reaches Griffon Hunt, Halrac goes missing. He resurfaces at the Solstice party, haggard and looking like he hadn't shaved or washed in a week, and asks Ryoka how Erin died.{{ref|Solstice (Pt. 1)}} Later, he is among those who react with shock when Ryoka asks the fae for a method to bring back someone between life and death.{{ref|SOlstice (Pt. 2)}} When the [[Dead Gods|dead gods]] are trying to assail the party-goers, Halrac shoots an arrow at the [[Cauwine|huntress]], who intercepts it, and fires it through one of the faerie warriors.{{ref|Solstice (Pt. 8)}}