Then Success!! Finally after a little more than 12 months months of imprisonment, Whisper breaks through the last layer of spells and the blocking of gate and teleportation type magics is lifted! On Eleint 12th 1370 the characters accompany Whisper through a WorldWalk spell and re-enter the Realms, fearing that they would find a world under Lord Drakhons rule or one devastated by wars.... What they saw shocked them.

 1370 Year of the Tankard (Elient 12th onward--Elient is the equivalent to September) ;)

 Late Fall
    The heroes pass through the WorldWalk spell to the outskirts of ShadowDale to gaze upon the majestic beauty of the Cormanthyr woods and the normal peaceful hustle and bustle of the Dales. No war strewn streets or carrnage...peace and harmony. Whisper removed he beholders eye magic from Regelan and were assaulted by a million questions from the kender about what happened, then Regelan skips off to find how his shop was doing all of the year he had been trapped.
    The heroes later meet at the Old Skull Inn with Whisper, Valaria, Alexius, Storm Silverhand and Elminster. At this evening feast, it is found out that Lord Drakhon died in one of the lower planes at the hands of some powerful Lord or entity residing their that the Lich Lord attempted to manipulate into forming an alliance it did not wish to form and the archmage angered the beast and a battle errupted which the powerful being one. Elminster said he saw this through a spying upper planar creature that Elminster had contacted to spy on Lord Drakhon's involvement in the lower planes. Also it is found out from Alexius that this year has been yielding a record high for harvest, thus the Dales folk this year were making quite a bit of wealth fromt heir farms...also the natural realms were at a never before seen high as far as animals and plant life! Then a  major final announcement was to be made! Elminster and the Queen of Agralong; the Simbul were to wed the following month on Marpenoth 25~! After this announcement, the Witch Queen herself appeared within the room, it turns out she was the fork Juan had been using to eat, she changed back to her normal shape. Then the powerful Archmage joined in the festivities of drinking and celebrating...the heroes remember tales of this womans powerful sppell might and even worse temper...then realize that she bears silver hair just like Storm....then it dawns on everyone that the Simbul is one of the  7 Sisters....

    Next Juan and Karranna travel up to Waterdeep for completely different reasons. Karranna to pay homeage to her Temple and Juan to pay homeage to his coin purse! Meanwhile in the Dales Lorthois studies some magic under Whisper, Throg learns some skills under the blacksmith in towns teaching and also learns to use the bow under Storm Silverhands watchful eye. Valaria leaves town to go off on harper buisness.