35th day of Corellon's time in the 22nd year of King Ulodannan Wolfswift (Day 30)

35^th day of Corellon’s time in the 22^nd year of King Ulodannan Wolfswift (Day 30):  The cleric from Bushdell arrives, but there has been some misunderstanding.  At least, so he says.  He is upset that he has been asked to travel such a long distance to raise a known scoff-god from the dead.  For, in fact, Sjolander’s lack of faith is common knowledge, and somehow known by the cleric and his party.  He refuses to perform the ritual and seems ready to leave.  Tyrion, Keira, and Gladness do what they can to convince him to perform the ritual, but he seems only slightly less reluctant.
During the “negotiations,” Tyrion manages to “borrow” the cleric’s ritual book, which he saw poking out of the cleric’s satchel, without anyone noticing.  Thus, when the cleric is finally “convinced” to perform the ritual, despite his obvious distaste for the task, he cannot find his ritual book.  He is pretty sure that he didn’t forget it when he left Bushdell, but neither can he point the finger at anyone to accuse them of taking the book.  So, he makes up an excuse for not performing the ritual, pretending to be still unmoved in his resolve, and he leaves with his party.

After he is gone, Tyrion pretends to “discover” the book in the temple.  As it turns out, the book is written entirely in code, except for the Raise Dead ritual.  This is written in common and can, with some effort, be performed by Septon Ogrescrush.  Perhaps in time, the party may be able to decode some or all of the rest of the book, but, for now, they have the ritual they need to bring Sjolander back to life.

Ogrescrush performs the ritual, and Sjolander arises.  Unlike Tyrion, however, who had no recollection of anything happening while he was dead, Sjolander recalls a dog which he encountered in the spirit world.  It turns out there has been a strange-looking dog hanging around the temple ever since Sjolander’s body was deposited there.  The dog has grown bolder, and by the time Sjolander is restored to the living, the dog is willing to come up to him.  Sjolander believes that this living dog is the dog he encountered in the spirit world.

Also, Sjolander himself is changed.  Not in appearance, but in attitude and outlook.  Previously the happy-go-lucky bard, he now has a more serious aspect to his nature.  In fact, it is a new-found relation to nature that seems to be the change.  Alive, but fatigued, he begs the forgiveness of his friends, and goes out into the woods with “his” dog.

After the ritual, several of the villagers, including Septon Ogrescrush, approach Keira.  They tell her that they are all worshipers of Bahamut, and that they have been praying to their god about her.  They believe they have been given a revelation that she is the “chosen” of Bahamut, and they are supposed to serve her in whatever ways they can.  They inform her that if she is in need of anything, they will help her.