After arriving in Riverend the party discovered the city being empty apart from its Redmond occupiers. After some careful and some not so careful planning, they eventually managed to reach the Karlstain Manor. There they ran into Ivon Eisenhorn and a group of Bison Knights who were preventing the party from reaching Lord Karlstain. As they fought Varis rushed behind to reach the hallway where the Lord was presumed to be. As Varis came around the corner of the hallway he quickly dodged an incoming arrow and got a glimpse of a young lady and the dragonborn Tyranoth Redgast before they vanished into thin air from a teleport circle. After the others had fought and bested Ivon they had a moment of clearity and settled that they were on the same side.
They found out that William Karlstain had been taken to Redmond by orders of the Baron Oliver Rocks. Afterwards Ivon left with his men and the remaining Redmond forces from Riverend. The party discovered some letters from Oliver which indicated that this was all planned. Everything appared to have been staged as a kidnapping to hide their true intent. William had been warned about Oliver's plan and had evacuated all citizens from Riverend to avoid any unwanted conflict. The plan worked out as intended as work reached other Lords and the Church about William's kidnapping.
Later on in the evening the party gathered supplies in the city before leaving Riverend and found themselves back on the road.
