One thing I forgot was to let the hero recall that the princess said she would be gone for two days. About half that time seems to have gone by now, so The Plan had better reach that crucial point soon!
By the way, the Star Wars reference is not meant to suggest that the witch and the princess are conspiring with the Empire, I just wanted a foreign sounding fictive title, and Grand Moff was the first I thought of.
To avoid starting a new thread just for a single question, in one of the NEQ chapters I did earlier I let Astra claim to worship Crom. Just another on-the-spot improvisation. If she's been established as worshipping a different god earlier, let me know before the edit cookie expires. (However, if her official god does manifest as a lion I think I'll just leave it as is...
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I thiink it all fits, except for one very minor thing: