Burning down the house

The group returns to the Citadel of Tears hide out. The place appears to have been cleared out. The only thing the thieving bastards appear to have left behind where their women and children who appear to be frantically running around in a panic. Cooper bars the door and the group leaves to go get their constable friend. They find him in a peculiar position on the floor of his flat stabbing his wife to death. He is no help to the group though, he is in shock.
The group hides the body of his wife for him and returns but he is too far gone it seems. The group then meets what Cooper still thinks is a ghost. He looks like a twin of Percy except for minor differences in hair and clothing color. They befriend this lad and tell him of the demise of what can only be his twin brother. He introduces himself as Nigel They tell him of the his fathers skull and return to the Exileton flat so he can meet Madame Tessa and retrieve his brothers things. But alas, the place is in flames. They ask around and no one seems to be helping to put the fire out. They don't even know if Tessa was inside or not. They head to the bizarre and to their relief find her alive and well shopping away the day. They immediately get her out of the city and head to their friend Holly's hunting camp in the woods.
Garridan sneaks back to the city and retrieves Percy's items from the burnt down flat. After presenting the items to Nigel, he produces his old scepter that he has had for as long as he can remember. Just as he brandishes it forth, it magically attaches itself to the skull and the gem finds its way into the left socket. The item appears to point north
The group procures some cold weather and adventuring supplies as well as some horses and decides to help Nigel uncover the mysteries of his scepter. Sherrell and Tessa decide to head back into the city and begin to rebuild.
The group heads north along the river for many days and then, once they found a secure location, cross the river. The group now can tell they are no longer in their native Kingdom. They are now in the Kingdom of Portlund. They continue North and enter a small village known as Southdown. They head to the Screaming Wolf for a pint and some lodging.