Edane, Oervind, and Gâshek took the Eyetalon in search of her father’s story, and learned that the ship on which he served, the Skraemir, sailed south from Pokrantil to engage in the reconquest of Sea Rune twenty years ago. The Eyetalon sailed south, and stopped at a mist-shrouded island where elven druids and Skandik women sworn to Iðunn, goddess of immortality. They confirmed that the Skraemir, under captain Gaerlingdagr the Woodwose, stopped on their isle for blessings before sailing on Sea Rune.

The Eyetalon approached Sea Rune from the north, and made landfall a half dozen miles north, to cover the rest of the way by foot. Along the way, they found an elven pilgrim (Valess) who appeared to have dropped in from the plane of Entropy. They invited her to accompany them on their journey.

Sea Rune turned out to be a rough place, and wary of strangers. Edane’s natural charm, knowledge of the language, and ability to drop the right names assuaged their suspicions, and the local “greeters” escorted the party to the pub where a toothless old human (Þórbrandr) recounted memories of his time serving under Gaerlingdagr and Afvaldr the skald. The last time he had seen Afvaldr was a few years after taking the town, at a celebration in Bragi’s temple.

A trip to Bragi’s temple brought the party more of the story:

The ship and her officers survived the battle, and Gaerlingdagr received a section of the town as her trophy. Afvaldr apparently retired to the newly-erected temple of Bragi, Iðunn’s husband. He and Gaerlingdagr both disappeared from public view within a few years of the conquest of Sea Rune. The temple has a small shrine to Afvaldr, where a few offerings have been left over the years.

The company lodged overnight in the temple, giving Edane time to embroider a little memento to leave at her father’s shrine.