Freeing the Train Goddess
Brine's Vision of the Great Old One mentioned freeing a Yearling, being kept by some force making power grab that the The Great Old One deems insulting and distracting
A recovered note indicates the human empire and their pantheon leader's church, the Church of Alfadir , are invested in keeping something bound. They are working to recover the items that might be used to break the bindings- a hammer, anvil and tongs. The note was found among a huge collection of magic items the Church of Alfadir and the Paladins of Atli had gathered, hoping the needed items were among the collection. (They weren't).
Prophetic dream A Train to Ahnk Dracas - the goose god offers some direction
Talking with Fragrant Cloud - there are changes in how the Faithful Quartermasters of Vanir have been acting of late.
Murtagh's Epiphany:
A recovered note indicates the human empire and their pantheon leader's church, the Church of Alfadir , are invested in keeping something bound. They are working to recover the items that might be used to break the bindings- a hammer, anvil and tongs. The note was found among a huge collection of magic items the Church of Alfadir and the Paladins of Atli had gathered, hoping the needed items were among the collection. (They weren't).
Prophetic dream A Train to Ahnk Dracas - the goose god offers some direction
Talking with Fragrant Cloud - there are changes in how the Faithful Quartermasters of Vanir have been acting of late.
When pushed on what was different lately, Fragrant Cloud seemed mostly bored by the topic. She said that normally they had more interesting orders- traveling to new places, making specific trades, perhapse swindle someone who had offended the Quartermasters. Instead, they were now disrupting the orders of Alfadir, transporting goods to various non-human groups, and railroad maintenance, of all things. It was boring, and not what she signed up to do (manual labor, can you imagine), so she left. No, no one tried to stop her- they're an association, not a cult.
Murtagh's Epiphany:
The human expansion exploded in speed after Dreka, the goddess of Industry and trains, was born. Human texts and accounts called it 'harnessing' and 'utilizing', but reading between the lines, Murtagh realized that Dreka had been captured and subjugated. The prodding and needling from Vanir have been to push people into freeing his daughter. The items the party is looking for (hammer, anvil, tongs, and fire) were brought together to bind Dreka in the first place, and need to all be used to break her free of her chains.