Year 7 Day 118 -122
Weather: Warm, cool breeze
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders re-position their troops. Two units of infantry leave South Cross and make their way to Drelev. Upon the arrival of the infantry The Elite Cavalry leaves Drelev and rides for South Cross.
The centaurs of the Nomen tribe leave South Cross with the thanks and gratitude of The Founders to begin their journey back to their tribal lands.

29th Sarenith 4718 (twenty-third day of The Invasion)

Year 7 Day 117
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
At dawn The Founders use magic to teleport in two groups into South Cross intending to open both the city gates simultaneously. Both groups are successful although the team of Lynessa, Alex and Sergei are be-deviled by the wizard Stroon (who escapes once again).
The Stag Knights, The Elite Cavalry, Kundal’s Commandos, The Nomen centaurs and three units of Aznagarian infantry (lead by Alex, Kesh and Tamary) pour into the city to engage the Pitaxian forces in South Cross. Nine hours of bloody street-fighting ensues. The centaurs take heavy casualties and towards the end of the Aecora is forced to remove her forces from the battle. Despite this the forces of Aznagar are victorious with The Stag Knights and Kundal’s Commandos proving their worth yet again despite the dis-advantage of being inside a city. The Pitax commander Garrick Vein and his remaining forces surrender.
For the first time in twenty-three days Aznagar is free of invaders.

Year 7 Day 120 and 121
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders wait outside South Cross. Late on the 28th Aecora Silverfire arrives with a war-band of her centaurs. Plans are made for a new attempt to re-take South Cross.

Year 7 Day 119
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
Using Windwalk spells The Founders fly into Pitax and approach a unit that they have identified as mercenaries in order to parley. The mercenaries at The Cat’s Paw Marauders commanded by a were-tiger called Alison. King Aldous and Alison meet face-to-face but Aldous is unable to convince her to break her contact with Pitax. Alison does tell King Aldous that she believes that King Iraveti would break-off hostilities if Aznagar renounced its claims on South Cross and Drelev. She also shares her belief that King Irovetti ultimately answers to someone else.
The Founders return to South Cross.
That day three units of Aznagar infantry arrive in the vicinity of South Cross to reinforce the cavalry units already there.

Year 7 Day 118
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
In the form of an air-elemental Josiman flies across the Pitax/Aznagar boarder and scouts for the Pitax forces.
Sergei cures Kesh of the Filth Fever she contacted in the Abbey.
Alex finished training Eleyna and they enjoy their first flight together. A tandem flight with Alex and Tamary goes less well.

Year 7 Day 117
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
Kesh, Satinder and the Numesti sisters ride out from Drelev. Sergei Sends a message to Elmsburg to forewarn them that The Nomen centaurs will pass through in the next few days. At Josiman’s request the message also contains instructions for “Elmo” the Awakened Elm tree to accompany the centaurs.
Kesh’s party arrives at noon. The Founders prepare to depart for White Rose Abbey. Tamary asks to accompany The Founders on the expedition. While Alex is in favor of Tamary’s presence King Aldous rules against it.
Using Wind Walk spells cast by Sergei and Josiman the Founders fly across Pitax at great speed to the area they believe White Rose Abbey to be. Because of this method of travel all Animal Companions are left behind.
White Rose Abbey proves easy to find as it is on a prominent hill. Several of The Founders sense supernatural forces at work in the region; the air seems thicker and hotter, the grasses of the Abbey’s grounds move as if blown by a phantom wind, a mysterious bell tolls and Willow-the-Wisps prowl the ruins. Lynessa deduces that the area is closer to The First World then is normal.
Entering the Abbey The Founders find a deadly welcome committee waiting for them consisting of a booby-trapped ceiling, were-rat assassins, a gigantic swarm of diseased rats and Pitaxian Wardens. After a hard-fought battle the Founders are victorious although all but Kesh have been infected with Filth Fever. The Founders manage to take two captives who claim that “The Poisonous Horn” does not exist and is only disinformation spread to lure the Founders to their deaths. Despite this The Founders decide to continue to explore The Abbey as, at the very least, it is the home of the water-sprite Evindra who is the guardian of Briar.
Exploring the abbey itself The Founders find grizzly signs of the murders that took place there long ago. They find a haunted room where an unseen force tries to slit their throats while in the wine cellar they are ambushed by willow-the-wisps.
Starting to explore the abbey grounds The Founders are puzzled to find the ruined remains of the bells at the bottom of the bell-tower even though they can still hear them tolling.
As they pass the graveyard on their way to investigate the well The Founders are attacked by a pair of massive shambling mounds that have been augmented by the remaining willow-the-wisps. The Founders have no sooner dealt with this new attack when they are set upon by the ghost of Yustavon, the hunched-backed, Halfling gardener who murdered the other monks at the abbey.
Exploring down the well The Founders find a partially flooded cave. In it are more willow-the-wisps who retreat when they discover they cannot hurt The Founders. Exploring the cave The Founders find the imprisoned nereid Evindra. Once released she agrees to tell them about Briar if they recover her stolen shawl.
The Founders search the remaining buildings associated with the abbey but find nothing of practical use and so teleport back to their forces outside of South Cross.

Year 7 Day 116
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders begin their plans to contain the Drelev army within South Cross while they look for White Rose Abbey.
Lynessa teleports to the libraries on Candlemere Island and is able to narrow down the location of the Abbey to 12 miles south-east of Mount Branthlend. She visits Stag’s Fort and speaks with Akiros from whom she learns that The Nomen centaur tribe have honored their pledge of friendship with Aznagar. Next Lynessa teleport to Varnhold were she speaks with first Raol and then Aecora Silverfire. The centaur cavalry will leave Varnhold the next day and should arrive at South Cross 9 days later on 2nd of Erastus. Finally Lynessa teleports back to re-join the troops at South Cross.
Kesh flies to Drelev and speaks with Satinder Morne and the Numesti sisters. Satinder agrees to return with Kesh to South Cross where it will be her roll to use sending to notify King Aldous of any developments. Tamary and Kisandra insist on accompanying the pair.
Josiman teleports to Stag’s Fort and obtains several scrolls of Sending (for Satinder’s use) before teleporting on to Drelev. As he cannot teleport with Kesh, Satinder and the Numesti sisters all in one go it is agreed that he will return to South Cross alone.

Year 7 Day 115
Weather: Warn but rainy
Hexes Explore: None

Before dawn Lyenssa and Josiman teleport themselves and the rest of The Founders into South Cross. Their objects are to neutralize the threat of the creature in Madam DuClarian’s menagerie (and possibly turn them against the Pitaxian forces) and to open the city gates to Aznagar’s forces can enter the city.
Madam DuClairian and her ogre bodyguards are slain. The Terrible Lizard, the raptors and the roc are released.
The Founders are unable to get the gates open due to the magical interference of Imeckus Stroon and are forced to teleport back to their own forces.
The Founders fiercely debate how to proceed.
Alex befriends the roc who he names “Eleyna” after his fallen comrade.
Kesh flies over South Cross that night. She sees the corpse of The Terrible Lizard felled by hundreds of arrows. It is unclear how many people it killed before it died.

Year 7 Day 114
Weather: Warn but rainy
Hexes Explore: None

The Founders ride with The Order of the Stag and Kundal’s Commandos to South Cross. On the way they catch up with the Pitaxian supply train (also heading for South Cross) and force it to disperse.
That evening The Founder’s and the forces of Aznagr make camp within sight of the walls of South Cross.

Year 7 Day 113
Weather: Warn but rainy
Hexes Explore: None

Overnight the Pitaxian supply train is seen leaving Drelev. Josiman uses teleportation to visit Tatzleford and Elmsburg and set the infantry units there moving to South Cross and Drelev (the later via Wyvernstone).
The Founders ride into Drelev and reclaim it for Aznagar. At the gate they are met by Tamary Numesti and a small band of resistance fighters loyal to the King.
From the resistance The Founders learn that Imeckus Stroon was commanding the Pitaxian forces left in Drelev. His current ware-bouts are unknown.
It is decided to spend the rest of the day in Drelev but on the morrow The Founders, The Order of the Stag and Kundal’s Commandos will ride to South Cross and reclaim it. In preparation for this Josiman flies to South Cross and discovers that, rather than being empty, it is occupied by a large Pitazian force. Madam DuClarian’s menagerie is also in the city. From captured documents found in General Jurrg’s tent The Founders know that Madam DuClarian is an agent of Pitax.