- The next morning, the Watch Prime came to escort them to the White Hall.  Once there, they met again with Mayor Dale and Lord Magnar as well as a couple of the Talonwings who had recently returned from a scouting mission.  After reports were exchanged, the Mayor asked if the group had any particular advice with respect to where to focus their energies.  While the party admitted the rise in recent violent crime was troubling, they felt that ensuring the city was as prepared as it could be to deal with the orc horde was the most critical concern.

- The group then went to the Iron Hall to speak with the assassin they'd captured after the previous night's ambush.  He didn't have much info for them, other than to say that they had been hired by someone called Black Shade specifically to kill them - and that he expected additional attempts soon.

- Meanwhile, Kael had received a letter from an elder in the elven settlement of Velgrin detailing a past relationship and a clue as to the possible whereabouts of Kael's father.  Kael told the group he would be pursuing this lead, as it was his reason for being in the region in the first place.  Lily, however, saw another troubling aspect to the letter: it mentioned a great "mother tree" with large, reddish, 7-pointed leaves.  Leaves identical to the one the pixie had shown her which was starting to become brown and brittle.  If the corruption was also in the south forest, that would suggest it was nearly everywhere.

- Feeling there might be some connection between Ver'Sheole, the events at Saint Orvusk, and what they first encountered at Fort Kelsguard, the group decided to return to the latter.  Within the bowels of the keep, they found a green, glowing icon of a two-headed serpentine creature shimmering before an iron door.  As they approached, the walls around them began to crack and decay, and, just before it lashed out at them, they heard its words: "My power is growing"...