Eighteen: Vengeance, Nineteen: Continuation, and Prologue: Retreat Summary

As the travelers rest during the day, Jimmy wakes to hear men concerned about a friend who has gone into the black building. As they wait, they fall into a reverie, and almost in dark thoughts. Jimmy determines to go into the building to check for Silverthorn. Finding several traps and the missing human renegade dead, Jimmy discovers a Silverthorn plant and a trap. On his return, the group realizes the cave system is man-made. Deep within they find the remains of a Valheru hall, eroded to dust, a remnant of ancient power remains.

Jimmy suggests looking for Silverthorn in the lake. They find three Silverthorn plants, filling Arutha with hope. As they climb the rope out of the canyon, the knife Jimmy carelessly thrust into his tunic stabbed into his...