The undead grew ever more powerful.
Meanwhile, far away in the City of Radiance, near Wind Valley City, a great battle erupted involving the Lord of Radiance's church. After days of tracking, the paladins finally found the evil Winter Wight. But their enemy had already raised vast numbers of undead. They finally routed the undead after suffering severe casualties, yet killing the Winter Wight came at an even more devastating cost. Despite the divine power granted by the Lord of Radiance, one of the Church of Radiance's strongest paladins, Silver Hand, who had once met Soren, fell in the effort to kill this terrifying foe.
A legendary paladin with a class level above 27 had given his life to destroy the terrifying Winter Wight. This was a heavy blow to the Lord of Radiance's church.
The Winter Wight was dead.
But none of this was cause for celebration. Shortly after they killed this Winter Wight, traces of deaths caused by wither fire appeared near Wizard City. This meant that more than one Winter Wight had entered the Material Plane. Someone had awakened them and sent these terrifying creatures into the Material Plane.
It was already mid-September.
The outbreak of the undead scourge brought some unusual visitors to Port Nyanzaru.
Inside the temple.
Soren appeared upon his throne. He nodded slightly to the three ladies before him and said softly, "Welcome, Lady of Firehair!"
The beautiful woman standing before Soren had gleaming, fiery-red hair of breathtaking beauty. Her beauty was difficult to describe in words, somewhere between a deity's lofty majesty and a mortal woman's utterly captivating allure. She was Sune, the God of Love and Beauty, and the Goddess of Love of the Material Plane. Soren had interacted with this goddess before, but none of those encounters had been formal.