Editing Drake's Company (section)

===A Circle of Flame===
Though they planned, to travel to the Sacred Stone Monastery and deal with the earth cultists, a new caravan brought rumors that suggested Bastian Thermandar may be traveling to the same tower that Bran had flown over after burying Waedin. When they arrived at the tower, they found several camps of druids outside who explained that a druidic order known as the Circle of the Scarlet Moon had called upon fellow druids in the region to join them in performing the Rite of the Wicker Giant to help restore nature's balance. Drake led his companions up the slope to the wicker giant, where a pair of robed figures asked them to leave. When Drake asked about Bastian Thermandar, the figures revealed themselves as members of the [[Cult of the Eternal Flame]] and attacked before summoning a fire elemental within the giant and releasing their kenneled hellhounds to attack the party.

As the wicker giant burst into flames, chaos erupted amidst the camps as fire cultists lurking among them in disguise attacked the real druids. While the druids fought back, including a pair who were secretly werewolves, the party destroyed the elemental but found themselves at a disadvantage with the fire, smoke, and darkness and retreated alongside the surviving druids. The next morning, the druids left to carry word back to [[Underbough Temple]] while the others returned to the tower in search of Thermandar. Unfortunately, the fire cultists anticipated their return and, using the narrow walkway along the outside of the tower as a chokepoint, conjured a stinking cloud that obscured their vision and assailed them with fire spells. Driven back once more, they decided that even if Bastian Thermandar were in the tower, they would be unable to get to him. Instead, they turned their attention back to their other goal: defeating the Cult of the Black Earth.