| 009 |
The party and King's Swords regroup after the fight. Mikhael Fedorov escapes while Lan Hazal is apprehended. The party updates Captain Buchanan, emphasizing: (1) there was a blood ritual involving Vampire Mommy; (2) Lan demanded secrecy in a coming "war"; (3) the ritual to enter the Bloody Blade Shrine blasphemed the Sovereign Host; (4) the Shrine is a Mabar manifest zone; (5) the cultists mourned Wultram Kazkov. |
| 009 |
Lan Hazal implores Lark (as "Vlad") to find Jessel Tarra'az and preserve the Mabar manifest zone. Alastair Buchanan thanks the party for infiltrating the Bloody Blade Shrine and promises a good word for Pyramus. Nazari apologizes for calling in the King's Swords early, but is reassured by Captain Buchanan. Lark is arrested alongside the rest of the cultists as the party leaves. |
| 008 |
Lark aids a cultist in killing some undead. After passing a few statues she finds Olladra and stabs it. She gets a vision of a wasteland with obsidian spires, reminiscent of a feyspire like the elvish birthplace Shae Tirias Tolai. Lark realizes the Bloody Blade Shrine might be in a Mabaran manifest zone. She drinks more blood and sees a vision of the Court of Thalia with its flowers wilting and creatures turning to dust. Nazari arrives and stops her from stabbing the statue over and over again. |
| 008 |
The party all present their bloodied daggers to gain access to a central cloister. The doors shut and undead can be heard gathering outside. Lan Hazal leads a chant and everybody drinks their dagger's blood, clearing their mental fog and the darkness of the Mabaran manifest zone. |
| 006 |
The following day, Lark heads to Morgrave University library and researches the Blood of Vol and the Bloody Blade Shrine. She doesn't find out much regarding shrines in Sharn but learns about the importance of blood in Blood of Vol rituals. She also learns that Seekers rituals manage the destructive impact of Mabar manifest zones. |