The party awakens to the “innkeeper” unconscious from what is assumed is an overdose. After the party relieves him of his weapons and pocket change they make their way to the militia encampment. Upon arriving at the encampment they find that Lt. Colonel Forsyth has his men on parade in a clear show of force to intimidate his Lakota prisoners. When asked to demonstrate their arcana, he tells the party to kill one of the imprisoned Lakota warriors. Without hesitation, Chow volunteers and blasts the prisoner with a fiery blast of pure light that completely engulfs himself and the indian in an explosion. When the dust settled, Chow remained unharmed while the indian was all but consumed by the nova.

Being impressed by this spectacle, Lt. Colonel Forsyth detailed a problem he has been plagued with within the Dakota Territory. It seems that a mysterious “ghost army” has been ravaging the lands and leaving whole settlements in smouldering ruin in its wake. Lt. Colonel Forsyth asks the party to reconnoiter this army and report back to him. He offers the party all the provisions that his encampment can offer and after little deliberation the party agrees to this mission. After provisioning with the encampment quartermaster, the party once again heads West. Crossing the Missouri proves only a slight challenge for the party but they make it into Indian Country unscathed. After about a half day's ride on their now fresh horses they are struck by a blizzard. Seeing the need to find shelter as soon as possible they decide to press forward in hopes of making it to Sedalia before dark. Upon arriving, they stumble across what appears to be a moonshiner operation and the proprietors attack the party on sight.

As bullets flew and magic singed the air, Grimm cast a spell that went wild and the party was pulled from this reality into the spirit world. While there their consciousnesses merged and all their secrets were lost to each other. After what seemed like ages, they were at last released back into the world exactly how they left it, only exactly one day had gone by.