Not every story in the Forgotten Realms ends the way we would wish. Drizzt or Elminster aren't always there to step in and turn the tide. The Harpers don't always pass heroes secret information to turn the right ear at just the right time. No, the Forgotten Realms are harsh lands, full of as much disaster as adventure.
In the Dessarin Valley, five heroes entered the Sacred Stone Monastery, and never left. What tragedy befell them, the false monks of the Cult of Elemental Earth do not say. They have great plans for their greater masters, and nothing could be allowed to interfere with those deeds.
Will they succeed? Perhaps, perhaps not. But that would be a different story.
