Among the Mages

 - They arrive in the village of Siannodel, and Sariel finds that there is a large wooden wall around the village. - Sariel takes everyone to her parents' house and there are introductions - Zaril casts the Mansion in Sariel's old room and they treat her parents to a lavish dinner - Half the village turns up before they can head out to see if Sariel has really returned home, and she is then is able to introduce her brothers to her friends. - Sariel then uses the great Ydriselm in the center of the tree to Transport Via Plants to take the group to the place she met Silvana and gained her powers. There are a lot of large webs like those of spiders in the trees at the edge of the clearing. - She Communes with Nature and can tell that Silvana is nearby. - Sariel then casts Speak with Plants on the Ydriselm then stepped out of into this grove who says that Silvana is nearby but weak. It suggests Sariel can get her attention by calling on the bond between them. - While she is doing t...

 - The group says goodbye to Gerard and thank him for his hospitality. - They BAMF to the Holimian forest.  - They arrive outdoors in a forest clearing and it is dark. It is overcast and very dim. - They start to hear chittering noises coming from the forest, which Sariel does not recognize. - Zaril flies to the nearest tree to try to hide, and she hears a chittering very near her. - Neil casts Lightning Arrow in preparation for a fight. - There's a creature hovering just on the other side of the trunk that's nearly as big as she is that looks like a cross between a dragonfly and a praying mantis. - Sariel casts Tongues and then walks towards the tree where Zaril went. She calls out in a friendly manner asking if they can hear her. - Other creatures start coming towards them out of the forest look like a cross between a beetle and a scorpion. There are at least six of them.  - Sariel says they are looking for Silvania, and they do not respond. BATTLE of BUGS - Neil shoots...

 - Over breakfast, Neil tells everyone that Ellilune dream contacted him again. Apparently, she only has the resources to keep Agrexost under her control for about two more weeks. They plan to spend one more day with Gerard doing research. This time on the iciest, coldest, bleakest plane to try to offer as a destination for him to go live. - After they finish their research, they will experiment with basic intra-planar teleportation by going to the coast of Lionhead Island and summoning a water elemental to see if it has any information on the exact whereabouts of Agrexost. Then they will Wind Walk back to Gerard's house. - They plan to teleport to the Holimion forest to ask the nature spirit who grants Sariel her powers if she has any advice on talking to titans.  - From there they will teleport near Ellilune's tower and Wind Walk the rest of the distance to her. - So Sariel casts Wind Walk on herself, Zaril, and Luca and they fly to the southern coast of Lionhead Island. An ...