Seeing no real reason to hang out in Ossel any longer, our brave adventurers leave early on a dreary, gray morning for Adelain. A steady, light rain falls on our heroes for the first two days, but otherwise the time passes uneventfully. By the end of the second day, the rain has increased to a heavy downpour and the group is forced to take shelter in a burnt out shell of a church, located a little ways off of the road.

While settling in for the night, Iliyana recounts the tale of how the church came to be in the condition it is in. A couple hundred years ago, a group of brigands were chasing a young woman across the countryside until she tried to take refuse inside the church. The priest of the church, being a True Cleric of Ioun, gave her sanctuary and shut out the brigands. But, near midnight, the brigands broke into the church and killed the poor woman. Discovering this, the cleric set upon the brigands and was doing fairly well against them until someone knocked over a brazier, engulfing the room in flames. No one made it out alive.

The rest of the party greatly enjoyed the story and most settled in for a bit of sleep before their watch. Andina and Iliyana kept watch during the early part of the night. As midnight approached, Andina began to hear a mournful song, just on the edge of her perception. When the song began to get louder, she began to awaken her companions just as the spirit of the young woman appeared. Serideon was the first to become lost in her melancholy tune, but several of the others soon followed. As everyone began to investigate, the spirit of the cleric appeared by the young woman, seemingly defending her, as a group of spirit marauders attacked the party from behind. After a slight misunderstanding that resulted in the cleric attacking Nerantha, the party quickly mopped up the outlaws. The spirits of the cleric and the young woman faded away after revealing a hidden stash of magical items as a "Thank you" for defeating the brigands, once and for all.