COMPLETE BOOK: 107 PAGES

Viresse spends a day in the New-Santhalan Library before setting out on her research journey, together with her colleagues of the Great Santharian Compendium.
 

Viresse plans on embarking on her research journey to the Paelelon, but unfortunately she hits a bump in the road before she has even began moving...
 

Viresse finds herself in a comfortable familiarity. Which means only one thing - something is definitely wrong. But soon after her frightening encounter with both her future and her past, reality comes and shakes her world up a bit...
 

Settling into camp for their first night abroad, Viresse and Rube begin to iron out the rough patches over a tarep and a chill. And finally Viresse begins the first signs of work - recording the trip in her own notes.
 

The dream of the dark forest happens again to Viresse - though with a twist. But her fears of the dreamworld seem to breach over into the waking when an unexpected reaction causes Viresse to fall into a snare of confusion...
 

While the passage to Tyr Thromgolin is not a dangerous one for the most part, the caution of travellers is intensified as things beyond their control fall out of place. Viresse steps up to take action - to deter her thoughts away from other things...
 

Viresse is in awe of the dwarven world of Tyr Thromgolin, but is quickly pushed from her mind as the reality of the surface world comes down on her in a hard way.
 

Viresse writes some more in her private journal, sorting out her thoughts. But yet more questions arise out of these, and Viresse cannot answer them... or at least she isn't willing to.
 

After a few difficult days, Viresse finally comes to grips with what's been at the back of her mind - and it seems someone else wishes to do the same.
 

Viresse, finally having admitted to herself of her love for Rube, departs quickly to save face, and perhaps pain. But still more surprises lay ahead on the road to Elsreth.
 

After a long wait, the slow pace of Viresse's trip begins to quicken as she enters a world wholly unfamiliar, and both interesting and deadly.
 

Viresse is greeted into the small dark elven community with a degree of hospitality, but an edgy tension looms over all she encounters.
 

Viresse's encounter with the trio of drow made her only more curious. And as she habitates with them, more questions arise - not of herself, but of the others around her.
 

Another dream of the forest causes Viresse to ponder what truly occurs in the woods of the Paelelon... and her encounters with two of the other elves makes her believe that even here, all is not well.
 

Viresse, her mind astir with the information from the boys, sorts her thoughts in her journal. Asking Sifl raises a lot of answers - some she does not wish to hear.
 

Viresse devises a plan to assure that Rube will be safe - though she is not sure if he is even in danger... until she speaks to Taluen.
 

The Arvins Festival is about to begin, and Viresse sets her plan in motion. But an easily recognizable unpredictability rears its ugly head - sending all of them into the eye of danger.
 

Terquan's worse half rears its ugly head and the three drow and Rube fight for their lives to fend off their friend... but not without consequence to themselves.