You assemble in the dining room of the castle Keep for breakfast. To your neverending pleasure, Yuri has returned, and he welcomes you all.
"Happy Humphrey!" he exclaims in surprise. "Have you hooked up with this crew? You could do worse, I suppose!"
With a yawn Illyana appears the next morning, dressed in a simple yet elegant white dress. She stands at 5'5" has brown eyes and soft colored brown hair which extends a fair length down her back. A rather different change from yesterday. "Hello, Humphrey, I've seen you around town at times but as this castle is my home I don't go to Sandas that often usually. Every time I come home my friends keep me up late with gossip about what happened, since our group is pretty much based here now."
Bel announces he will take his share of the loot and return to Strabath for training.
Farad asks Raz. "I will enter training as a warrior now. I understand you'll probably be training as a magician. Do you need any extra funds to cover the cost of this? Once we are both trained, I would like you to again train me in my magical skills so that I can better serve the party."
"Yes, I'm about to make my way back into town to see if I get get some training in at the Mage's guild. I'm not sure of I'll need extra funds or not...why don't you give me what you can and I'll return to you what I don't use when I come back."
After a moment of though Raz continues.."I guess I will need some extra money. I hate to ask this, but could I take 8,000 gp from the community chest? I ahh...am very short on cash, but I do think that it would benefit the party a great deal if I could get the money to train up another level." Raz does not look very happy with himself at the moment.
"The community chest doesn't have that much anymore, since we used the excess to insure everyone had a fair split of the money."
"However I have realized that I can't train fully to the level I wish. Thus I will give you the money you need out of my own pocket, and forgo training at this time as it won't be as beneficial as your magic."
Farad hands the gem that is his share of the loot to Raz. "Naturally you'll take the time to teach me some of what you have learned when you return."
Raz says, 'Thanks Farad...I will be sure to train you upon my safe return from town."
Illyana says, "I need to train as well.. although I will not be actually going anywhere. I will do my training here at this Castle as I have always done."
Humphrey puzzled asks the others,
"Why is everyone wanting to go into town invisible? It seems that would be wasting a spell that could later be used in an emergancy."
Farad frowns. "The thieves guild of Sandas is not partial to our group. A member of our party turned in a member of the guild, resulting in his death. Now the guild has pledged to avenge it, and will attack any of us. You are safe, so long as it is not known you are with us. But that should not take long to spread."
"Execuse me, I need to announce myself to Sir Yuri. I hope that you will allow me to be apart of future adventures."
"No need for formalities at my breakfast table, lad!" exclaims Yuri. "I know your father and brothers well enough."
"Indeed. We welcome you to the group. We will spend the next few weeks in training, and then head back to the dungeons."
Aldarin: "Illyana, would it be possible for me to train with you as soon as I am feeling up to it?"
At this point a servant enters with an envelope on a silver platter. He whispers to Yuri for a moment, who takes the letter, opens it and reads it aloud.
"I have left to find a reason for living. I think she went south. Do not follow me. This is something I have to deal with alone."
"signed, J'Harast"
"P.S. Please feed Jaramir every now and then."
Yuri puts the letter down.
"So...he's gone." he says, and sips his tea.
Illyana shakes her head. "Those two will never get themselves straight.. ah well. One day, perhaps."
Farad sighs. "I hope you rangers are skilled at skulking about in the tunnels. J'Harast was the only one we had trained for such things."
After breakfast, then, Raz and Farad leave for Sandas...Bel departs for Strabath (travelling with Raz for part of the way), and Illyana begins her training here at Castle Yuri.
Grinning happily Pillar potters around this Castle of Yuri's, making a nuisance of himself until he can leave to go and train at Sandas.