Wooden Shekels, Ivory Talismans, Fitful Dreams
New 5, 6105 RTR (2 Jan 2002) Alptraum must make a choice about which direction his quest takes.
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Alptraum's dreams are disturbed again, on New Year's Day, as he witnesses the Dream Realm destruction of Gorphat by Elise de Bellefeuille – though he does not yet have a name to attach to her. Alptraum finds that he's caught a throat infection, and Autumn-Storm isn't faring well in the weather, either, though Nekara offers some treatment for their ailments.

They set out again on the road, traveling northeastward, and stopping at various places along the way, encountering greatly varying degrees of hospitality. At last, they reach Bridgeport, a riverside town in Draco County, where Nekara buys them all rooms at the Leaky Keg. Alptraum heads to a local store to try to buy some goods, and opts to use one of the cursed "gold coins" he's carrying to make a purchase … but when he draws it out, he discovers that it's not gold at all, but wood. He settles for purchasing a few crossbow bolts and heading back to the inn, where he meets Agatha the Red, a Rhian mercenary heading eastward to see if she can hook up with Countess Draco's forces.

Alptraum's time with Agatha is interrupted as Nekara shows up again, indicating that she has arranged for passage downriver, northward to Northern Shore. This would take them further along the route to Babel … but quite off the path to pursue the sorcerer. Alptraum argues with Nekara over this point, and then consults with Autumn-Storm. Realizing that neither of them is equipped to go it alone through the winter and face this sorcerer just yet, they finally agree to go with Nekara to Babel … on the understanding that they can complete unfinished business later.

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