On the 21st of Suntide's Rise, 99 PRH, the party devolved into shenanigans with the occupant of a small shack by the lake. There they met Casper Reapy, a very creepy, old, human man who really made them think he was a cannibal (he was not; it was chicken pie). The party promptly fled.
party then found a shrine dedicated to Veil. Not all left offerings, so a large group of tiny, childish kodama spirits emerged from the trees to 'banish you for your own good'. Mordus got banished, but only for 1 minute. They managed to persuade and intimidate the spirits to leave them alone, after wounding only one of them.
After finding a dead peacock aarakocra messenger with a soaked satchel of letters, they were attacked by a group of five Owlkocra bandits with 'greetings from Master Gondrick'. Thinking the fight was desperate, Zephyr chose to pray, which succeeded. In darkness and formation of black tendrils, Julian Groon - champion of Veil - appeared and helped slay the remaining bandits. After introductions, Eliath Groon (champion of Peios) appeared in a flash of brilliant light, and a battle ensued, dividing the party with one half on the side of Eliath, the other with Julian.
In the end, Eliath Groon managed to take down Julian, muttering the words, "one-hundred-and-fifty-nine." Julian's body slowly faded into blackness, and Eliath Groon vanished in a bright flash.
Going just a bit further north, they found a rest stop before a bridge. Looking into the satchel they found, that most of the letters were ruined and turned to mush, but Devinn was able to get the name of just one sender, "Duke."