In the morning, Constance wakes the group up to introduce them to her friends; the Urban Cohorts. As part of training, the group will battle them. The Cohorts choose wooden swords as their weapons so as to give the adventurers a fighting chance. The training for the day is "Capture The Flag". It turns out to be entirely tiring and tedious but in the end, Guy manages to grab it for the win. Due to some slight miscommunication, the group thought that the captured flag had to be returned to their end (doh!). Constance comments that the group's fighting is not bad but their tactics, well, suck...BIG TIME. A student comes up to Constance informing her that Cerian wants to have a word with her. The rest of the party return to the dorm to wash up before joining Constance. In his office, Cerian pulls out a letter with an Imperial seal from Tribune Paulinus Grecus offering a transfer to Carsis Imperial Bardic College (C.I.B.C), an imperial military college. As Cerian is not all that happy with the group, he suggests that they take up the Tribune's offer. They decide collectively (save for Richard) to sleep on the decision and leave Cerian's office. While doing so, a bewildered boy with a wolf asks for Guy. Apparently, his name is Tannic and he seeks Guy to tell him his father is dying. Constance overhears this and compassionately gives everyone two weeks off to follow Guy to Vredi. Cierra apologises to Guy as she is not able to come along as she has to speak to her own father about the school thingy. Constance also gives them a homing pigeon and reminds them to feed it and give word when they are safe and sound. The guys and girls prepare their equipment before heading to The Silver Medallion (it took over The Cow's Coin). They see Tannic (was brought up by Ulfsarks but is Richesian) at the tavern who regretfully cannot join the group but begs Guy to thank his dad for his letter of recommendation at the imperial stables. They drink the night away, possibly trying to drown out whatever individual sorrows or burdens they might carry.

Next morning, some nursing hangovers, they travel forward. After not a short while, they reach Richese and try to buy supplies but nearly get into a fight with.....gasp!.....a SEVEN FOOT EARTHSHIELD! Luckily, they aren't very smart and they manage to flee and go hunt for warg's blood for Crummy. In on of the caves, he finds a dead warg but a sleeping dreg. Rayne squeals and stupidly shoots at it, much to the horror of everyone else. It, of course, wakes up. Richard uses his weapon to slice his paw in half and everyone makes a hasty retreat.

The group eventually reaches they point where they split up; Cierra, Solaris, Jesse, Rayne and Quin (notice how Quin goes with the girls? he's no playa, he's GAY) in group A while group B consisted of Guy, Crummy, and Richard. The three reach Guy's old farm and see that there are quite a few tents scattered around the house. A Denmother strolls up to Guy and says that they've stayed on the lands since she last saw him, which was when he left. It seems that the group was too late and Guy's dad is already dead. Denmother Chenin hands Guy a letter marked with the family seal and a ring bearing an inverted family crest (which is a round shield with two swords, one pointing up, the other down, with spiked chains wrapped around it). Meanwhile, back with group A, reach Cierra's father's house. A servant tries to stop her from going in but she just rushes past muttering that it wasn't a good time to stand in her way. Upon entering, they see her dad looking perplexed with the back of someone's head facing them, sitting on the couch. "I believe I deserve it after what they did to me", a voice says. Rayne's guns make a sfot clink when they try to inch closer thus giving their position away. The father stands up hurriedly and looks shocked to see them, especially when he sees his daughter. He blurbs: "I sent a message telling you to not come back...." They guy in white robes with a balck stripe stands up and turns around and is none other (dum dumn DUMMMMMMNN!!).....JON STORM! He has a scar on his irregular head, pale pasty skin and limps. Badly. His three "brothers" wearing brown robes with white stripes continue sitting at a nearby table nursing mugs. In a thin raspy voice Jon says that he wants everyone to be here before he doesn't anything. Back in Vredi, Guy reads (just barely) the letter and although not previously known, his father is very proud of him but wants him to find his mother who works at the Court of Law in Corrin. The letter reads that she never really wanted Guy in the first place and is in posession of a foot locker that now belongs to Guy. Her name is Lisen Redmane. They key to the locker is around one of the posts of Guy's dad's bed and Guy takes it, later hanging it around his neck.

Jon cackles with glee and calls Kanly (oh, how cuntly it is) Vendetta against all their families (and i mean EVERYONE) and leaves the household with the brown robes. Cierra's father, in dismay, moans that Jon might have a fief backing him and Cierra bursts into tears. The next day, Cierra's father urges them to leave while he tried to settle things down here. The girls and gay ask him about what can be done and he encourages them to join CIBC as it is a good offer; start off as officer instead of a grunt, good pay, protection. In the Vredi fields, Guy with nothing further to do, bids farewell to the Denmother and gets a blessing from an Ulfsark Shaman (he has yet to find out what it does). They all meet back at Venmoor where they catch up with Dwyrin and Constance who both offer their condolences. It seems that Dwyrin is being called for Kanly Vendetta as well. Guy speaks to Cerian and explains rather adamantly that he needs to follow Dayrin to Corrin Central to find his mum and is allowed to, on no pay leave of course.