What has gone before: After scouring Dredgehaunt Cliffs for information from the Shamans of the Spirits of Wolf, Raven, and Bear, the Remnants fought through a legion of Sons of Svanir only to arrive too late at Leopard's Snarl Shrine. Snow Leopard's shaman had been abducted and the Svanir fled back to Snowden Drifts, but not without leaving a substantial rear guard to trap and delay our heroes. By the time the Remnants had punched through to the portal, the trail was lost.
A cold night's camp welcomed a frosty pre-dawn, and Luna, Crimson, Gossame, Erin, Zyrre, Tomb, and Argus were joined by a wandering ranger, Wynn of the Snow, in their search for clues to the whereabouts of the Svanir and captive shaman. Sharp-eyed Argus spotted snow leopard tracks -- unusual for that area -- and the Remnants followed these to an unsurprising end, Jormabakke, the same steading they had attacked earlier. It soon became clear that a major gathering of Svanir Shamans and their forces was in progress, and that an outnumbered Order of Whispers band was hoping to spoil the party. With so many different forces involved the conflict was long, confusing, at times desperate, but the Remnants and much-reduced Whispers agents eventually won out -- despite the appearance of an Icebrood Shaman.
Secreted in the back of the steading they found Ildara, Snow Leopard shaman and acquaintance of Tomb, badly beaten and misused, intended for sacrifice. She was able only to say that the Svanir kept demanding information about havrouns and a sacred totem which they expected to have soon. She had resisted telling them that the Kodan might know more. When she lost consciousness, Tomb scooped her up in his arms and took her to Remnant Base infirmary for treatment and recovery, as the other Remnants and Zyrre collected the spoils due them and headed to the rendezvous to await Tomb's return.
A subsequent interview of the Claw of Koda -- after a short interruption by a Largos assassin, driven off by Claw and Remnants, minus Zyrre -- yielded alarming information. The sacred totem could be used to communicate with and perhaps influence a spirit's havroun. Owl's havroun is known to have survived Owl's death. The Claw suggested that perhaps the Svanir shamans sought to understand and use the havroun's ability to reside in the Mists and travel to and from the Mists without need of a portal. The implications of Svanir and/or Icebrood being able to travel through the Mists unimpeded sent a shiver through the group.
What faces us now: Now we know why the Totem must be found but neither Zyrre nor any of the Remnants know its location. Zyrre seems irrationally anxious and jumpy. Tomb is unusually pale, alternately depressed and driven to action. What's going on?
((Join us in the Council Chamber ((War Room)) of Remnant Base ((the Guild Hall)) at 8:00 PM to continue the search for the Sacred Totem of the Spirit of Snow Owl. Reinforcements welcome. NOTE: Level 80 is recommended, if possible.))
