Book 1 Chapter 2

The group of adventurers collect themselves after their battle, and they run for the exit. Outside of the arena, they find 8 horses as well as a dark-skinned man named Vore, who seems to know the Mysterious Man. The Mysterious Man introduces himself as Feyaro and says that he is the leader of The Resistance, an organization which is devoted to opposing King Trafire. Feyaro explains that his organization got word that the party was going to be executed for treason, and he hurried to save them. As he mounts his horse, he tells the party that he will answer their questions later, but they have to go now.

The party agrees and everyone mounts a horse and sets off to the east, but something spooks a few horses, sending Skamas, Gulfnarqwa, and Venkra off in the opposite direction. With the guards hot on their heels, the remaining members of the party agree that they will have to meet up as a group later on. The party tries to escape from the city by heading down a smaller road, but their path is blocked by city guards. The guards, armed with crossbows, shoot at the party killing several of the party's horses, forcing them to go on foot. Vore leaps off of his horse and charges at the guards, quickly killing them. With the threat eliminated, the party heads into the alley, towards the Temple of Bahamut, because Feyaro says that he knows someone who will hide them there.

They are able to get there without any incidents, and after a heated discussion, a dragonborn priest named Medrash lets them inside. He tells Feyaro that this is the last time he can do this, that Feyaro has been taking advantage of his good nature. The party decide to wait until nighttime to escape from the city. A couple minutes before they leave the temple, guards come knocking on the door. They ransack the temple and beat up Medrash pretty badly, because they're looking for the party. They don't find anything, so they leave the temple, in shambles. Despite the party's offer to help Medrash clean up, he just wants them to leave. They comply with him, and they discuss their options outside the temple, where they finally settle on trying to navigate through the vast network of sewers underneath Avorakka.