Hrm, hrm... Hey, welcome back, Tiv! Strangely enough, I've begun to develop the Alabaster Monolith (White Bastion) for my story, since the issue was left unresolved years ago. I currently have plans for a direction to take with them, and some corrections to your information will need to be made.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Oor-Tael sent Master Sunset and some extra help with you to your return to the Valley of Thorn and the Alabaster Monolith. Because the story was never really continued, and Sunset eventually returned alone, I took some liberties to describe what went on there. Currently, I've introduced the idea of the Wraith-kin and a strange illness also associated with them, both originating from the powers of the Alabaster Monolith. Right now, none of the other members of that expedition survived, and presumably that included you, though we never resolved that you had truly died (I had planned to explore that later, but your return makes that irrelevant). Presuming you lived (as it's obvious you did), one of two things now you must deal with (and probably both). But more background.

The Wraith-kin and illness (according to what I've made "public knowledge") are both derived back to the original Atog Wars, and the need to seek balance in atonement for the evil deeds done back then by Jake the Atog God and others. As a result, both have been seemingly unleashed upon the world to hunt down and kill the last survivors of that ancient conflict. At this point, they have very nearly succeeded. I don't remember exactly, but you probably were around during AW3, so you'd have some connection. Even if you weren't, the fact remains that you were with the expedition that sought out the Alabaster Monolith, and so became an extraneous (but also marked) target of the Wraith-kin and the illness. I'll leave it up to you whether or not you caught the illness, but the Wraith-kin will be angry at you for "violating" their "home," and will hunt you until your demise.

As for what you found in the Valley of Thorn, e-mail me more specifics of what you're building on, and we'll do some continuity fixes on things, since you've been gone a long while. If you have time, I strongly suggest reading the Role Playing Mill home page (http://www.elrohirs-elaborations.com/rpmhp/), as I've massively updated it (admittedly, not recently) since you las were here, and it's current up to the middle of summer, though things have slowed down and I've been without internet for a couple of months.

Anyhoo, glad to have you back, and I look forward to working with you once more. If you have any questions, please ask me.