Magun welcomed the party into the town and gave them their own home.
The party were able to enjoy light for the first time since they extinguished their camp fire when they met Chaaya.
Magun explained that the town was separated mostly into the Shepards, the Scouts, and the Hunters.
The Shepards were the leaders of the town,
the Scouts mapped the changing landscape, and
the Hunters killed monsters that got too large or plentiful.
The party then spent the next few weeks in Umber, learning about the town, their history, and getting to know the people.
Maeve spent some time with Chaaya, learning how to the Scouts track and map the changing terrain in their head.
While out scouting, the party came across a large group of Undead trudging towards somewhere Chaaya called the Giant's Graveyard.
Having spent so much time with the Chaaya, Maeve learned how to navigate the land of the Darkness like a Scout.
Moira and Ragnar spent some time with Irdreth, an Umberan Hunter.
They went out on a ranging party to defeat a large infestation of worm-like monsters.
While out, Irdreth explained that the monsters come from the Black Sea, and that they grow and become enraged, so the Hunters kill them before they become too plentiful.
Marcus also spent some time with Mother Magun, and learned of the History of the Dark Elves.
The short history of the Darkness was that, there were once stars in the Sky, until they met the Light.
The Light seemed good, but from the Light the Black Sea was born.
Marcus also learned about the dark secret that the Shepards will only tell one person at a time.
Apparently, Terra and the Light came together to create the Moon. But the Light betrayed Terra and both it and the Moon were killed because of the betrayal.
Mother Magun also told the party that if they wanted to return to where they were from, they could ask the White Shade how.
The White Shade lived in the Black Sea, but the people of Umber didn't go near the Sea because it is the source of the monsters.
Later, Chaaya returned with information as to where the Black Sea was currently.
As the party was gearing up to go, Marcus said that he wanted to stay behind.
Even if they found a way back, he was happy in Umber and decided to stay permanently.
The party, plus Chaaya, left Umber to find the Black Sea.
After about a week of travel, the party came upon a purely black sea.
Maeve looked into the sea, and eventually found a being of white swimming inside the water.
The being, calling itself the White Shade, explained a few things to the party.
White Shades are created from the Pure Darkness being missing from the Black Sea.
There were currently two White Shades, he who had existed for a thousand years, and another just recently created.
He appeared to be benevolent, saying that he was the absence of evil.
He told the party that there was a way out of the Darkness, if they traveled through the Tower of Thorns.
The Tower was locked, however, and would require a key to open.
He told them, “At the Heart of where Giants lie, is the Key.”
The party then left to find the Giant's Graveyard.
The Giant's Graveyard appeared to be home to hundreds of bones and human skeletons.
The found it, and proceeded to leap down the spiral chasm.
When the entered the bones came alive and began to fight them.
Ragnar, having yeeted himself down to the bottom of the Graveyard, found a giant crystal heart embedded in the wall.
After a close encounter, the party managed to free the heart, and slay the skeletons that fought them.