Students of Life & Death #18

The Students of Life and Death followed Roach into the cave to find a a group of four-armed ape creatures with white fur had made their home in the abandoned nests of some very large birds.

• The apes also seemed interested in something within the walls of the cave, though it was difficult to determine what that was

The group saw Roach's ability on full display as the apes attacked the party, as he turned into various animals throughout the encounter

After the battle, the Students found an egg within one of the nests, and determined it was the primary reason Roach had wanted to evict the apes from this cave -- it was the egg of a Barrow Hawk, a rare bird capable of riding the line between the planes of the living and the dead

Roach claimed the egg could only hatch if taken to Sinner's Peak, a volcano on the island north of Cypress, and he needed to see the Barrow Hawk chick to add the creatures to his repetoire of animals

The group decided to help bring the egg to the volcano in order to hatch it and save what may be an endangered species of rare bird.