The Heroes returned to Whispers Tower to find her apologetic about the last few moments they had spent together. Although she had to stress to them that what they did (referring to inviting "guests" over) could not go without some sort of punishment...of course. So that in 3 days when Juan returns and so would Karranna they would all tend to a matter of some pre-spring cleaning! They'd clean the outside of the tower, the inside and organize her safehold! The weather outside is freezing cold, snowfall had been heavy this year and there is at least 3-4 feet of snow on the ground and the tempartures outside the tower were below freezing!
    3 Days passed awfully quickly, with everyone resting after such a adventure that they had gone through over the last several months. Valaria spoke to her mother about her pregnancy and very remotly of Han, but left out all the details of his  death. Whisper is very concerned for her daughter and has done many things to make sure she would not attempt anything stupid.
    Jaun returns back to the Tower as does Karranna. Whisper relates to them both fo the cleaning fun they will be undergoing.... as well as the matter of payment Juan must pay off for her having someone enchant his "bony hand" for him. A small price of half the total cost of the item (which she graciously paid the other half from her own coffers) 10,000gp. Jaun not having nearly that much offered giving to her his suit of dwarven plate armor, which shocked her grately, but after hearing him talk of it in  terms of not caring about its symbolic/racial/history and simply its pricelessness she could not live with herself if she didnt take it from him and give it to a being that would care for such a racial relic.
    Well after spending a day cleaning the outside of the tower...the grounds around the tower, the tower walls and the roof of the tower. They all moved within the tower and cleaned every floor of the tower! Then a day later moved into the safehold where they would spend many long hours cleaning and organzing! However, figmund decided to grab a little glowing globe atop a shelf that seemed to be beckoning him to touch it, then foolish little dragon he had to drop it.....next thing gas fills the room and suddenly everyone finds themselves falling  into an enchanted slumber!..........................................>>>>>>>
    Upon awaking from this slumber, the memories of the dreams they all witnessed slowly vanished  from their minds. They awoke in bed in one of Whispers Rooms in the Tower. Marylax woke everyone and when asked she told that Valaraia and Whisper were gone to the Tower of the Weave on personal matters.
    Later in the day Valaria returns to the tower and gathers everyone and tells them that she is 3 months pregnant with Captain Hans child. She explains that something had happened to her in the Castle of the Vampires and her pregnancy had been acelerated without her consent, and she and Whisper had gone to see the clerics of mystra to halt that "curse". The priests had succeeded.
    The next days pass without anything, and the heroes grow ready for travel, but Whispers pleads for them to stay in Shadowdale for just a trio of days and she promises she would have some great heroic quest for them to keep their minds alert!
They agree'd, and Whisper also  managed to get Throgs help in building an outer wall around her Tower, and he told her  that he would happily stay in the Dales until he saw the tower wall fully built!
    Karranna made a soujourn into the woods and sought herself a Holy Mount of Mystra. Hours after she began her prayer to the goddess, she heard a neigh from overhead, she gazed up through the clearing of tree's overhead and witnessed a beautiful white pegasus flying down to her side! She named  her newest steed Ishtarr!

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