Aghast that his intimating presence isn't enough to deter you; the group's words and prayers begin pushing back the darkness that had begun surrounding you.  Glitter flies up and starts pouring her magic into the darkness too; soon followed by every fairy doing the same.

The last image you see is dead cold white eyes in the darkness, before the last of it fades.  The fairy king lands, exhausted, as do several other fairies nearby.   At least a hundred more fairies lay unconscious all across the ground; laying next to a dozen unconscious Orcs and one slumbering Troll.

Breathing heavily, the squirrling will look to the others.. "Well..... that... was terrifying... " He would say inbetween breaths as his tail slowly uncoils as he begins to relax. Then noticing the orcs and troll, the squirrling would quickly take a couple steps back. "Hope help us! What should we do with them.. should we finish them off before they wake up? Are they going to cause you problems if they wake up?" Kip would ask as his head moves quickly from the fairy king to the orcs and then back to the fairy and then to the troll.. and then back to the fairy.

 Penris' eyes widen as she takes in the sleeping orcs and the troll.  "Uhhh, Krythlynn - what do we do now?" she says frantically.

From your stone you each hear, from The Mighty; "Where is the strength in killing a sleeping enemy.", Hope says; "Where's the hope in dying to the hands of those that just rescued you.", Krythlynn says; "You have to decide what i...is right."

Looking down at yourself you notice how you are so covered with fairy magic, you actually glow.

Penris looks at Kip and Vanyel.  “I don’t think the gods want us to kill them in their sleep.  So what should we do with them?  We can’t just leave them here.”  She does a double take as she looks at Kip and Vanyel, and then at herself.  “Do we have magic now?!” she whispers excitedly, looking at her friends.

Vanyel looks at his companions with concern. "I hope I do not have any of that magic stuff. My own two hands are plenty good enough for me to accomplish what I need. I think we should wait for them to wake and then help them back to their homes."

"Umm, Vanyel, I'm not sure that the orcs and the troll will be too happy once they wake up.  Should we try and move them away from the fairies?  Or move the fairies away from here?" Penris says with mounting concern. 

With a heavy cough the fairy king sits up, eventually rising back to the air, looking down upon the group.   His majestic presence lessened some by his loss of glow and his dishevelled attire, as he says; "Worry not over the Orcs and Troll; we have long known how to deal with their kinds."

You each feel the magic energy on and around you invigorating you, healing your bodies and filling you with energy.  (You all heal to max HP for the next level; max HP roll.)

Realizing the fairy king has awakened, Penris almost sags with relief.  "Oh! Well, that's good, then," she says.  "So I guess we need to head out and find the hag's master now?" She looks at her companions for confirmation.

"Yeah, I am sure Hope would agree that is the best thing to do" The squirreling would say as he tries to remove some of the glowing substance from his fur.

Hope confirms, agreeing to the mission. "You should definitely do that, but the question is how?  Did any of you see any clues that could help track him down?"

Kip, some of the fairy magic brushes off; some seems to vanish into your skin.  As it does so, you get a clearer image of the woods, like you know more about it than you did before. 

(Everyone gains proficiency in the Skill Nature.  If you already have that skill, you gain Expertise in it as well; which will double your Proficiency bonus for checks.)

(Yay expertise! My int is crap though so it is still only a +4 lol!)

 "Didn't the hag say he was in a tower somewhere south of here?" Penris asks.  "So I guess we head south, then," she says, shrugging her shoulders.

"The hag did say that the swamp expanded due to the power of her dark master. Perhaps there is a swamp to the south somewhere?" Vanyel says while scrunching his face in deep thought, His predatory teeth showing in a fierce expression as a result.

Krythlynn speaks up; "Would anyone in Haven know about a tower?"

"Many of the squirrlings are familiar with much of the area around Haven... and there is a creature there... that I have captured and been working with." Kip would say as he scratches his fluffy chin. "If I could convince it to trust me.. perhaps it could help us find the man.. or creature... we are after..."

Penris nods.  "That sounds like a good plan.  So back to Haven to see if we can find more information on this tower to the south?" she says, looking at her companions.

As the curtain of vines part, you step out into the swamp around you, darker now as the sun begins to set; but with your newly gained knowledge, you feel you could find your way to the cabin near the stone path before you lose the last of the light. 

Vanyel rushes to reach the cabin as soon as possible. "Do you need a ride to keep up my small friend?" He speaks to the squirreling.