Jumping from the kettle into the fire

Upon reaching Grymnon, we went to the Abbott for guidance on the book and our next plan-of-action. Patience informed him about the book, its affect on the Archduke, and Tyrion's change from human to a tentacled creature.

The Abbott was unable to determine what kind of creature the sheriff was / had turned into on the basis of the pieces Patience and the Archduke brought; he said he would check with his superiors from the South.

Patience and Max retrieved the book and entrusted it to the Abbott. Due to the possibility for a panic, the Abbott instructed us to not mention the book or the tentacles specifically when talking to the townspeople regarding the sheriff and events of the past couple of days.

We still do not know what has caused the apparently sudden interest in the book. What brought both a kobold spellcaster and a previously human (seeming) sheriff to both seek the book? The spellcaster suggested that it was a source of power that called out to him, while Tyrion stole it and headed out Ardheim.

Due to this latter concern, the Abbott instructed us to go to Ardheim to uncover more information. I am tasked with informing the Ardheim leadership of the recent events here at Grymnon. Before heading out, I claimed my needed rest while the others worked as guards for the town (including closing off the underground temple's entrances).

We headed out and on our second night outside the town, two hippogriffs attacked us. One grabbed and flew off with Hunolt ("food for bird horses," much to the worry of us smaller folk). Patience and the Archduke headed off after them, leaving Max and myself to dispatch of the other beast. Both were successfully incapacitated (though nearly with the loss of our token human member). We kept both creatures alive and continued on the next day.

Eventually, we reached the overbuilt pass guarding the entrance into Ardheim, where the Archduke pulled off a ruse as a merchant (dealing in miscellaneous items as well as exotic beasts) with the rest of us as his retainers.

The Ardheim authorities permitted us to enter, though we are restricted to the Outer hall, which appears to be designed for those of us who are light sensitive.

Due to my obvious alignment with the All Father, I was interrogated separately and will meet with the leadership or their representatives in a few days time regarding the Grymnon - Olaf'ian heresy.

Well within the hall, the Archduke secured us a magnificent price for our newly captured beasts (as well as the tobacco we brought from Grymnon) and we have begun re-equipping ourselves for the dangers to come.