Avan talks to senior cleric who takes him to a room that is a bit more private and talks to him about his wishes. Once it all on the table he will guide Avan in locating mr Fluffles from the beyond. Fluffles tells Avan he is in a good place and free from pain even though he is sorry to have left him soo soon. Fluffles will tell Avan that another can take his place and once again he should feel whole.
While Rivorli is out and about he finds a adventuring cleric in a tavern that would not mind coming with you. She tells you that she is not very skilled in adventuring but she can help with undead if that is what you are looking for.
You go to the money changers and deposit your money. The gnome behind the window gives you a metal disk with a number on it and some other scratchings on the reverse. If looked at with a detectagic it will give off a faint magical signature. You are told you can access your account at any city or town that has a money changer just give them this disk.
As you prepare to leave the next day Rivorli does not have any luck finding another who is interested in joining you.
Avan you find the following.
Stone of Alarm,. A strand of prayer beads,. A scarab of protection +1, periapt of Wisdom +4, a pearl of Power (Third level spell), and incense of meditation.
Once everyone is ready to go the cleric will meet you at what is referred to as the East gate. She is riding a donkey and has a backpack along with splint armor.
Avan leaves the prayer beads without purchase he is able to secure the purchase of three flasks of holy water.
The party heads out towards the eastern village of Swaith. The journey takes two weeks with the last few days you entering more and more uncivilized areas.
Soon you top a hill and look down into a valley. Before you is the valley of Swaith with the village about half a day from you. Across the valley about a day and a half from the village is some ruins of a large city with a graveyard to the North. Even in the bright daylight you can see and sense a cloud of forbidding over the graveyard and part of the ruins. You can also see that many of the fields between the village and the ruins seem to be more and more untended the closer one would get to the graveyard and the ruins.
As the party heads into the village of Swaith they find people avoiding them and heading into their homes and shutting the doors. You see a inn at the center of the town. The inn seems to be in good repair but you do not hear any normal sounds that one would expect from a inn. The party is avoided at the present.
Avan is able to see a church building a block away and heads that way as Rivoril and Arilynia walk into the inn. Inside they see a man who is human standing there. He looks at you and says, "More outriders I presume. Go tell your boss that we already gave this week and will not be able to give much more as their presence are scaring off travelers and some of the local farmers are no longer working their farms. If this continues this village will be as lifeless as the city he has gone to."