Duncan, Torman and Wagner

You've made it to a hunting lodge after tracking the destruction left by another group of adventurers that seem to have the same goal as you thru a castle in a swamp to a valley of worlds. You find yourselves in the presence of a woman dressed in white in a hunting lodge after witnessing two adventurers leave hurriedly with a human male and a dwarven male and a young woman. Fleeing for their life.

Inside the kitchen a somewhat Civil 4 armed troll along with 4 cultist accompanies the woman in White as well as 4 guard drakes you can see outside through the open kitchen door.

Somewhere along the way you both picked up cultist garb. So when the woman addresses you she says "My name is Talis the White. Hail Tiamat. I take it your the new guys sent to help. I have a deal for you"

Kat and Azure 

She also adds loudly "You guys can come out wherever you are! I've been watching you since you've been here. Lucky for you I need two more."

"Hail Tiamat," Torman replies with a cough. "Talis was it? A deal you say? What sort of deal would you offer us, milady?"

Kat looks to her companion. She gives a shrug of one shoulder, clearly indicating that they didn't have much choice regardless. Squaring her shouldres then, she strides out to where the white-haired woman waits.

Wagner, back to using his disguise kit to make himself look haggard and typical cultist material, says, "Hail Tiamat! I'm interested in hearing what you propose."

Duncan:

After the harrowing adventures that got them to this point, Duncan knows better than to speak too much and risk blowing their cover as they are trying to pass as cultists.  A competent warrior, he has more than held his own in their battles to this point. Seeing the adventurers running for their lives, though, the veteran mercenary gets some second thoughts about their mission.  Still, he did make a deal with the Harpers, so he keeps moving toward the lodge.

The experienced mercenary in heavy, gray armor and voluminous loose-fitting cultist garb looks steadily at this new arrival styling herself "the White", then folds his arms over his chest and bows deeply, letting his more charismatic companions guide the conversation.

Azurre

He comes out or makes himself seen. He just grunts and shrugs.  

The woman with brown hair and light gray eyes wears robes over white scale mail, and she holds a wand set with a blue gemstone. “Welcome. I consider you to be my guests. Perhaps we can do business I need something from Skyreach Castle that's rightfully mine and need you to go there and retrieve it. I'll provide the transportation” 

"And what would we get in exchange for retrieving this 'something from Skyreach Castle'?" Torman asks the woman while keeping an eye on the troll and preparing one of his favorite fire spells just in case.

Duncan:

The seasoned warrior bows again, this time a few words accompanying his gesture..."By your command, Lady of the White Scales."

"Transport to the castle, and You'll be my trusted advisers in the glory of Tiamat!" Talis states wondering why you're not that receptive. She steps back but she's not threatening. "You get to keep any treasure you find of course"

She's joined by 4 more well armed cultist. 

Azurre

The Dragonborn knows basic mathematics and realizes it could go south quickly. At the mention of treasure he snaps his gaze from the 4-armed abomination, promising to deal with thing eventually. “As you wish,” he says glancing to his comrades. 

"So be it," Torman replies, fully aware of his companions subservient attitude. How deep do the Harpers want us to go with this? he thinks to himself. "Hail Tiamat!"

You are lead to the room to the south where the stout beams overhead are stained black with smoke. A comfortable table and chairs, a small wardrobe, and suit of dull black armor stands in the room with a large carpet underneath a five foot area of floor is not covered. Talis tells you "Do not to walk on the carpet, its trapped." A large tapestry shows three hounds dragging down a white boar, and it shimmers with strange light. In front of a tapestry Talis speaks a word, and the scene turns to a town.

"Go with my men. They will help you secure your mounts and fly you there. Hurry or you'll miss the castile."  One of the four that joined her earlier walks into the tapestry and now he looks like part of the scene. The other three motion for you to enter. The troll watches from the doorway.

"Here goes nothing" Cat says as she enters, and you see the same effect. With her looking back waiting on you.

Duncan:

Nodding, Duncan goes through without complaint, either transporting himself to a faraway city to embark on an adventure or willingly succumbing to a clever Tapestry Trap.

Azzure goes through. 

Torman shakes his head, wondering What have I gotten myself into? then enters the tapestry.

Wagner follows.

She adds just as you go thru the porthole before you can reply "What I need from Skyreach is a white mask, shaped like a dragons face."

The village of Parnast looking back towards the hunting lodge. It looks to be a five-mile hike from the lodge, on the far side of the mountain, You think that through forested hills, over logs and rushing creeks, and along muddy trails. It would of been at least a half day’s walk

One of the 4 cultist points towards the sky and you see a white dragon circle about a floating castle then disappear behind it not to be seen again your passive senesces tell you that the castle may be its lair. 

"That's our goal." He says as they lead you to a large barn two other cultist stand guard your escorts flash the gang signs normally used and they open the sliding doors slightly only wide enough to let you in you look inside to a scene of Wyverns in stalls being fed at the moment. Whole cow carcasses being pulled by the keeper.

"Should be interesting, I've never ridden a wyvern," says Wagner.