Pen & Paper Bullshit

The party finally has the upper hand over the Ebon Gauntlet and Aerun and they plan to take advantage of it, at the ruins outside Candlewatch; stopping them here means preventing them from interfering on the Isle of Fire against the Hunting Beast that lies dormant under the massive volcano. Of course, this raises the question of how the Empire knows of the Hunting Beast and what they want to use it for, but that's a problem for another day.