Awakening after The Heaton Inferno, the party gets their bearings and heads to Nerwen's Grace in order to provide whatever help they can. Meeting Doctor Weissknoch and then Mara Roland, it is Klirr who informs them that they are to obtain mystical water from a fae shrine deep in the Whisperwoods.
Setting out on their quest, the party encounters Aloxo, a Lotlite shepherd looking for his lost badger companion. After solving the ancient contraption that had trapped the creature, The Raven Shield enters the Whisperwoods proper, where they soon find Springdew Shrine, guarded by Ser Perrin, the shrine's mortal guardian. After making their introductions to the shy paladin, the shrine's Fae guardian appears lady Copperbeam. She proposes a deal: Enough water to douse the wounds of those afflicted, in exchange for getting Ser Perrin...
...a date.
Ser Perrin takes the party to a large clearing in the woods, where Galameda grazes. After some contemplation, the party settles on an approach where Nova Amaril acts as if she's chased by Silaqui and Maloc, for Ser Perrin to save her.
The plan goes off with a few hitches, especially thanks to the area's magic aura causing a few magic surges. Ser Perrin reveals that he is, in a sense, bound to the shrine, as
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Galameda seems suspicious for a moment but is then happy to spend an afternoon with Ser Perrin, exploring the forest together.
Returning to the shrine, the Raven Shield is granted the water they seek. Maloc, however, smells a deal and gains a curious dagger out of the deal. Nova, too, strikes a deal, but forgets about it soon after. Silaqui is handed a smooth, dark stone.
Being offered a shortcut, the party is transported back to Heaton - arriving a few minutes after they left.