The Eye of the Storm  The party journeyed to Quan with the
emissary of Luix and petitioned for aid from Daimyo Garlon. The
party had prepared the terms of a cease-fire between Luix and
Quan, one that would allow the nations to stand against Zu and
aid Castelon. Garlon was aloof and unimpressed with the party,
noting that Zu was focused on building their new alliance with
the Coalition States diplomatically and offering them aid as
opposed to waging a new war in te Western Kingdoms. Garlan was
sure that Zu would turn against Quan and Luix in the future, but
for the time being there was no reason to draw their attention.
The party continued to plead their case and Garlan offered to
agree to the cease-fire if the party would accomplish a task for
him. The party readily agreed and Garlan wanted the heroes to
recover a lost artifact.  Garlan explained to them that the
Order of the Shattered Star, the arcane order of the Chimera
Dynasty, had long studied an ancient artifact “The Eye of
Zorlan”. This artifact was be