The gangplank hits the dock with a loud thud as the passengers line up to depart.
Most of them give the rather large golem a wide berth, as he is carrying a dead wolf, it's fur coated in blood, its body smashed, and on his other shoulder is a human male, wearing the colors of the forest, he passes in and out of consciousness, his body also bloody and broken with several wicked slices from a sword. Both of them appear to have been very recently in an altercation.

As the golem moves down the plank, the man on his shoulder whispers "Grove" to him.
"I am not very welcome there." replies the large creation. "I will fetch Zoe and we will go to your Grove."
The man, broken of body cannot take the jostling any more. He just says "this..is fine."

The golem puts the wounded down unceremoniously and turns to purchase a return ticket.

The man struggles in his weakened state with the wolf and makes a slow and staggered path to the entrance to the Temple. A trail of blood is left in his wake, both of them losing it freely. Once inside, he would implore the priestess on duty to heal his companion, and possibly himself if there was any available after. He would not make it much further, as the shock of death and raising takes its toll on his torn body and soul, he slips into unconsciousness at the feet of the priestess on duty, next to the blood soaked wolf.

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Not long after, the construct informed Malandria of Crows fate and she made her way to the Salandran Temple. When she realized his wounds were already treated, she simply took him along to the Grove so he may get the proper rest he needs.

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// Unrelated incident. Crow arrives with Malandria and Elana at an ungodly hour, the man is without his head, and quite dead.

The priestess at the Salandran Temple was successful in her casting of the Resurrection spell. (DM approved)
Crow is at the Temple Recovery Wing, somewhat restless and quite quiet, barely a whisper comes from him.
He makes his appreciation known to those in attendance, he is courteous, and spends time reading.
Sometimes he can be found sitting on his bed, with his sword in his hand, staring out the window.
He does not look at all happy.

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As Crow looks out his Window, he may see a somewhat familiar figure wandering the Temple grounds. A dark woman in a long coat occasionally walks by. However, she doesn't seem to notice Crow from across the waterway between the Recovery Wing and the main Temple. Instead, as dusk approaches, she heads to the Southwest, towards a plume of smoke rising a short distance away.

//I will try and find Crow properly when I next see you online sometime, if you're sticking around up there.

Crow, weakened and sore, remains inside and quiet, he would read for the most part.
He has a quiet conversation with his one visitor, the drowess Elrien, who saw him as she stopped in to return bed sheets. She can be seen walking away with a sad face and dried tears upon her cheek, though not seemingly directed at Crow.

Upon his release, Crow goes outside, still in his Salandran shorts, and breaths in the fresh air of a new day. The slight smile lasts only a fleeting second, and does not reach his eyes, as he grabs a familiar wand and activates the command. The man steps into the magical rift and is gone from the Temple grounds, the portal flickers and closes behind him.

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// Unrelated event //

Crow arrives at the Temple by ship, looking green enough before he boarded, let alone after the miserable journey, miserable to him anyway.

He enters the main hall and approaches the priestess on duty.
He tells her that people are complaining that he has short term memory loss, and that he was seen in Cordor wanting to kill someone. He explains the little situation of his old armor and how he's not sure when or why he had it on.
He tells her of the fights he's gotten into recently, and his violent thoughts.

He tells her he doesn't feel right, but cannot explain what it is.
He checks himself in.

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"The world takes and takes, even things that aren't offered. Finally, it gave us something back; I wish he was here to share it with me."

Crow spends a couple days in the Temple area, mostly alone, waiting for his Psyc evaluation.

One afternoon, he's sitting in a conference room looking over a book when Malandria walks in and closes the door. They sit for a time in discussion. He tells her things he perhaps would rather tell no one, she tells him a thing or two that he perhaps would rather not hear.

Malandria gets Crow released under her care and they leave for Oakmist Vale.
Crow would seem distant and contemplative the rest of the day, some personal decision working through his mind.

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