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The [[Danger Gang]] is awakened in the wee hours by the approach of a carrier gryphon who bears a peremptory message from [[Jack IV]], hereditary monarch of the Castle in the Clouds. He's an ungracious host, and pretty much twerpiest of the twerps--his giant subjects' sycophantry seems born of fear rather than genuine admiration...likely due to the giant-killing sword bequeathed to him by his great-grandfather of beanstalk fame. He also seems to know things he shouldn't, like the names of the party. And after a half-hearted tour guided by a towering gentleman named Humphrey, the DG accepts a ride down from the clouds in big ol' baskets carried on a yoke by a levitation giant, only to be DROPPED still 200 feet above the ground. The nerve!! [[Zombres]]' quick teleport and [[Arben]]'s wind dagger manage to save the day (though there's still some damage).

One impossible task no closer to completion, they decide to pursue another--finding the indestructible cup of Llyr son of Llyrion, tracing its path from its last known whereabouts in the ash grove of [[Chibbyr Unjin]] on the Isle of Man. Luckily (or not, since it's got to be done eventually) there are no run-ins with aqua-boars on the way, though they do run into some friendly Norsemen during a rest stop on the Isle of Mona. The grove itself features a healing well with an arduous process involving sucking water through your clothes and then tying a strip to a tree, thereupon to maybe be healed when the cloth rots and falls to the ground, as well as a crazy-eyed hermit-y type called Urig who's seriously racist against elves (including half-elf [[Marcella]], who's distinctly uncomfortable in a location that it turns out is instant death for elves). He tells them that the Llyr family left with their cup and moved to Dyfed in Wales, where they built a castle--last seen after a lady called Cigfa went into it and it disappeared, likely taking the cup with it. Well, at least that's a next step.