The party returned to Majirah with the brass vessel, unsure of its safety in the desert kingdom. Ardeshir Rouhani offered that the vessel be brought north to his patron and liege, the silver dragon Amon-Bal.
Before they departed Majirah, Ardeshir was attacked by a possessed city guard -- the guard had been sent by the Naga envoy Shanya, whom the party had chased from the city before their adventure to the Gardens. (This is the same Naga who almost killed Ichirou and had been controlling Abanazzar the vizier.)
At this time Suha had left the party, saying she would travel east back to Ubar, the home of the nomadic djinn.
The party traveled east to the Giant's Way, the great stone bridge that separated Majirah from the vast, harsh Wasteland desert. There they found guards also under Shanya's influence, but were able to cure them and then learn that Shanya was moving east to the Empire of Taishan.
The party traveled north to Ardeshir's home of Koso-Mehr to relieve themselves of the Air Djinn Lord's brass vessel before pursuing Shanya. After spending time in the temple-city of Koso-Mehr, and the party being asked to speak of Ardeshir's character and journey (and explain his early return from his pilgrimage), the group traversed the pass to Ghabrin, the ancient fortress where Amon-Bal dwells high in the mountains.
Amon-Bal was pleased with Ardeshir's decision to entrust him with the brass vessel, and tasked him with returning more such relics into his protection. He smelled the stench of his rival, Annayur the Gold, on Maru and even more mysterious dragon-blood in Anden, but he was welcoming to the party.
After returning to Koso-Mehr, Ardeshir asked the town clerics to partner with their allies in the Dwarf city of Garm to send a scouting party north to the volcanic lands of Mount Mu, where the brass vessel containing the Fire Djinn Lord was rumored to be hidden. The party would vneture east to Taishan, to enlist the aid of Emperor Nobukazu against the Naga and learn more about the Djinn.
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