The Party of Adventurers, once townsfolk and now slayers of the Set Cult, and the destroyers of the nefarious Green Lotus, find themselves daring to cross the Northern Woods past the "Unknown Wasteland", a mysterious open plain of fallen trees and singed earth, with one lone cave entrance upon its scarred face. The crew crossed crashed coniferous trees and approached The Keep, a once magnificent castle of respite, reward and renown, now a husk of what it once was; with tattered banners, and fallen walls. A line of merchant await the party, waiting their turn to sell their wares. The portculis gate is semi-lowered causing man and beast to bend neck and heads to pass through. A band of men, some looking disfigured in tattered clothing now man the gates of the once great fort. The Party, attempting to find information, found little, with the exception of one merchant attempting to sell the Green Lotus at the Keep. Instead, his cargo was taken and he ran.... ONLY to be shot, pinned to the ground by the arrow of ATHENA! GORHAM, freed the man, only to see him later SHOT DOWN by a great bolt, from a great and giant crossbow! The Party, at a loss as to what was going on attempted to parley with a group of HOBBITS with RAGNA attempting some DIPLOMACY that was not taken well by the GUARDIANS OF GLISTA, GLISTA, a HOBBIT PRIESTESS mistook RANGA as hostile do to their PTSD they had from roving LIZARDMEN. RANGA, disarmed one HOBBIT's spear only for GLISTA to turn it into a snake that RAGNA promptly through at her, striking her in the face and poisoning her. FREYA attempted a HOLD PERSON but was unable to cast do to the SILENCE spell on her and the area around her. Two HOBBITS attempted to escape were summarily SHIELD BASHED by GORHAM, stopping them in their tracks. Eventually an agreement was come to and the HOBBITS licked their wounds and brought their priestess into The Keep to cure her poisoning. The Party too, slunk off into the woods to rest, keen on hunting game, and approaching JENTILAK HILL to aid the WHITE APES, and engage the LIZARDMEN hold.