The party departed from the town of Red Larch after a full night of rest and laden with fresh supplies.  They took with them a number of prisoners that were formerly part of The Believers, a group of city leaders from Red Larch that fell into cahoots with a cult that worshipped elemental earth.  The party delivered the prisoners without incident to Feathergale Spire.  While at the Spire, Temmie inquired about a possible squireship for Braelen, the young man from Red Larch that was discovered under a pile of rocks by the party.  The day's watchman agreed to take the request to the Spire's commander, Thurl Merosska.

The party then returned to largely-abandoned monastery from which they freed the slaves, with an eye toward exploring the dark depths beneath the monastery's basement.  Upon arriving at the monastery, they found most of the doors and windows had been bricked over.  The front door seemed to be available, but the group decided waltzing in the front entrance was probably not the best bet.  They instead decided to see if lightning would strike twice and attempted to break into the monastery through the garden as they had previously.  Upon entering the monastery, they found it largely abandoned.  That is to say, not entirely abandoned.  The group encountered stiff resistance from an earth golem and the black earth priest that controlled him.  They quickly found themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, but they managed to overcome their attackers and march triumphantly toward their destination.