- The group left the keep and returned to the abandoned village, setting up camp for the night in the empty Dark Pine Inn.  During the night, they were visited by the strange old woman looking for her son, whom they'd seen at the keep some weeks ago.  Kael tried to get her to leave, but she appeared inside his room, near the injured Rothan.  Unnerved by the intrusion, Kael called for the others and continued to yell at her to get out.

- The group found a wagon they could use to transport their unconscious patient, and started off toward Rolessi in the rain the next day.  When they made camp that night after a hard day, they found that Rothan's corrupted injuries seemed to be worsening.  Afraid he wouldn't make it to the city, Kael and Ravina wind-walked to the Temple.  Ravina brought one of the priests back while Kael attempted to retrieve horses but found that the gates were being barred and reinforced - and the guards were refusing to open them.

- After arriving, the priest consecrated the area and suggested the use of a magical artifact to concentrate their healing magic to a potency that might be sufficient to clear the cursed wound.  As they began, however, they found themselves attacked by demons, and the writhing wound itself seemed to be resist their efforts.  The ritual was ultimately successful, healing the corrupted wound and bleaching everything in the area a brilliant white.