Having descended into the whirlpool aboard Aster's Boat in a Bottle, the party travels for what seems like an eternity in the pitch black of the watery darkness, finally emerging into the light again at the southern edge of the Nerra Tu Forest just a few short miles from the sizable city of Klurss. Almost immediately, the party catches wind of a tragedy at the Second Shrine. Dru'Dalimar, the Second Deacon has met a suspicious death! Is this the trail of the elusive Aster? Is a political coup brewing? Has the conflict between the Seven Deacons and the Monastery of the Fifth Wind finally reached a boiling point? Is there more to be learned from the mysterious Book of Waterfalls? And what of the newly obtained crystal orb? Is this just a mere bauble collected from the Wyrmling's lair, or is it perhaps more deeply connected than anyone suspects? Tensions are on the rise as more questions than answers appear in the path of our mighty adventurers on this continuing sag of The Crystal and The Maw!!!