Their Submission Only Shames the Victor - Third and Fourth Days on Brythwin Island

When last we left our intrepid heroes, they had set up camp on the storm-locked island of Brythwin, clashed with and murdered some of the locals, and scouted and mapped the surface ruins and buildings. More and more the various entryways down into the underworld beckon - but first, the Swallows decide to send a diplomatic delegation to the local cat population, whose base they had discovered on their arrival to the island. Curiously, in the tumult of the storm, a perpetual sunbeam shines down in the vicinity of the cat fort - what might lie at its terminus?The away party, which leaves in the afternoon of the second day, consists of Gwynnfain the Errant, Deaths Adorn Her the Terror Bird, CCC the Cat, Yseult the Mentat, and 'Professor' December August, the Academic. They prepare food for offerings of peace, and trek into the northern swamps of the island. The going is arduous and boggy, but they make decent time - as they approach the northern shore, they realise that they are being…