Journey to the Tower of Stars
A celestial waterfall was spotted at the Tower of Stars, near our starting town of Bluewick. Volunteers were taken from those among the Lycaeum and the town capable of setting out, and a party of 5 was settled on — magical scion Cynthia Schreiber, her attendants Lucas and Elma, disgraced scholar Irving Glenn, and Serafina, a mysterious newcomer from beyond the mists.
The three of them ventured southeast towards the stars, carrying the town’s water vessel with them and dealing with monsters along the way, most notably a trio of horse-sized cutterpillars. On reaching the Tower, they found that a red drake had made a home of sorts inside the abandoned mountain shrine; however, stealth won out, and the party not only filled their water vessel, they made a new friend — the extremely mellow slime, Mero.
On the way out, someone inspected what clearly used to be a sapling of the World Tree here, and found that the remaining root structure was blackened and withered — with the damage patterns making it seem as if it had been drained from below, not burned from above.
With their water in tow, the party headed back towards town and found their way back to Bluewick with the necessary water for the town’s tree.