The journey through the caves of the Green Dragon Lord were a success, on recovering the dragon scale the group discovered a large amount of treasure, they soon became wealthy and went on a spending spree. They returned to the North East Kingdom to retrieve their prize for fetching the dragon scale, only to be tricked by the crafty cleric of Verginvine. Tossing the group a mysterious key and speaking something about a vault, led to numerous ideas in the group. As the group brainstormed, the crafty cleric made his escape leaving the group to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
Traveling to Nerano after hearing a vault located somewhere in the capital or the Forest of Chaos(Despair), the group found themselves stranded in a run down port town. Thinking with their pocket money in mind, they killed the stable master and made off with his steeds venturng off into the dark Treant Jungle. Traveling through the dense jungle, they had the strong suspesion they were being followed. To their misfortune, they were being followed by at least fifteen vampire spawns seeking out blood in the eternal darkness of the jungles dense canapoy. Barly escaping with their lives they found themselves at the clearing of the jungle, only to run into more Treants. But these Treants turned out to be the original inhabitants of the jungle until the Vampire lord took over the land a decade ago. Healing and guarding the group during the night, the Treants told the heroes of the numerous lores of the land, telling them they can reach the forest of chaos by crossing the Eternal River on the east coast of this pennisula.
Taking the Treants advise, they ventured out to the East coast to find that the Treants information was accurate. Pondering for two hours on how to cross the river with the wagon and horses, they finally came to the conclusion that it was not possible. Destroying the wagon and making it into a raft was the only possible way for them to cross the river without envoking a magical spell. As the last team mate crossed the Eternal River, the rafter suddenly exploded by a blast caused from deep withing the water, no one took any mind and went on their way into the forbidden Forest of Chaos.
Inside the forest of Chaos the minds' of the adventurers began to fizzle, they soon found themselves almost deaf and blind. Guided by the Cleric Ostian who carried a lantern, the group ventured on. Mysterious creatures lurked within this different land, it was as if someone had purposuly casted an illusion spell on the outside, to lure others in here to die. Booby-trapped and filled with cyclopes, kobolds, and other creatures the group barely escaped with their lives. On exiting the Forest of Chaos the group found the main road to Nerano Capital. Rejoicing they quickly scrambled toward the road.