It's the night of the party at the Rebullian Estates. We go with Oswald Taney. We all bought fancy duds, so we fit in pretty well. Rowan is there and starts introducing us to people.
We were introduced to a young noble named Harold Costigan. He wants to be an adventurer, and he was a fencer. He challenged me to a fencing match, and I whooped his butt. Everyone was really impressed by me. He offers to join our crew for free!
We meet the famous retired adventurer Silvius Bereld. He's the special guest here to tell the tale of his adventures trying to cross the desert. He mentioned giant alligators and bugs the size of houses. He said that they used horses and made it across to jungles on the other side. But when they tried to return, the oases were missing, as if the sand had shifted them away. He said that some of his scouts mentioned a ruined temple. Some men simply disappeared. The caravan broke up. They left a flag in the jungle to lay claim. That was four years ago. He postulates that there's a reason that the oases shift.
Ham told the stories of our adventures and wowed the crowd as well.
The next day, we held interviews for the caravan's travelers.