Having gathered the gifts and performed the second ritual as outlined in Occultus Metamorphosis Avangion, the party will gather together four companions and try and hunt a Nightmare Beast.
If they try and recruit Sitar she will come and leave the siege of Raam by the forces of Dregoth as she sees that it is more important that she also continues on the path to becoming an Avangion with the party.
The beast has made its lair near Giustenal currently occupied by the forces of Dregoth. The lair is in an outcrop of rocks within site of the city.
On the way to the city when they sleep, the beast will enter their dreams and cause them to have a restless night - they see their former loved ones from their previous lives - they are happy - out together with their families and then they watch as the beast massacres them and drinks their blood.
The party will encounter a large Dray patrol as they get near the lair.
If they integrate the Dray they will discover Dreagoth has retreated to the ruins of Guinstinel having had a large amount of his Dray army defeated by a combination of the armies of Raam and the Veiled Alliance. He has decided to return to his subterranean base to use his defiler powers to rebuild the forces he has lost.
When they get to the lair - the creature isn't there. But when they sleep that night it enters their dreams, exhausting them for the fight the next day. This time they see the creature killing other members of the party in disturbing ways.