Off to a Hell of a Start

Starting out under fire the group kept it's collective cool and was able to talk down the individual, Nicholas du Pierre who was shooting at us and using some interesting magical items to attack. Thankfully talking him down without too much pain and recovering another medal like the ones he was wearing/using. Mairii was able to identify the medals as something from an age long past. Three golden icons, one of Nem (shadow), Urem (stone), and Avalona (air).
 
We were able to take a rest, get some info from Nicholas and set Burton's leg. From there were able to move to the closest village where Aeldreth was able to talk to some ghosts, and found that most of the villagers were taken to the fortress. Moving to the next village found much the same, though there was a group of villagers that tried to stand up to them...but were not successful.
 
We got to the ruins and encountered a group of the Duchesses soldiers. We were able to find and talk to Licette and convince her that we were here to liberate the island and stop a war. Hopefully she can be of use.