To The Great White North

Glarefrost is so far away from everything, so why are we here? I'd be a terrible soldier. 

Last night, we learned about the dome that Tren gave up with no fight and went to bed. But before that, the midnight bell rings! Xero is happy because that means it's Enda's eighteenth birthday! As a surprise, we somehow found the pendent that he gave her long ago. She's thrilled, and the screen flashes to a memory. Xero is building The Spot's clubhouse with Garin when mom and Enda show up. Enda thinks it's perfect and starts to cry, which confuses the young Xero. Mom displays her useless but pretty special talent that I skipped over two days ago. 

We then cut to Slash and the general talking about war stories until the sun comes up. As they prepare to finally head to bed, a soldier comes in to tell them there's a problem with the dome. There was a door that was locked by way of melting. Slash starts to worry, thinking it's that way to keep something in. We cut back between here and the dome a few times, but Slash runs out of the room and wakes us up. We're sleepy, but we hurry to the confiscated dome. 

It's empty and only has one rat to kill. Burns is here, and Throng randomly shows up again... There's a save point, which you should use. In the next room is a path lined with the blood of our colleagues. Follow it, and we'll see a large shadow enter a back room. Inside that is the Scourge boss. 

Cerberus is weak to fire, but we're weak to him, so it's even. He likes to kill you in one hit and is the only boss I needed a guide for. Luckily, it's been the only boss that has one:

https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://foreverhome.wikia.com/wiki/Scourge_(Pt_2)

But that's for fight two!

After this, our opponent will leave. We'll return to town to see it besieged by Tren soldiers! I killed everyone outside, but you can head to the left barracks and find a key. Use the key to enter the main keep and climb up. Someone stole Asera's new stone...At the top of the keep is the commander holding an approaching Tren dome at bay with his continent wide blizzard spell. We learn this after the second Scourge fight. 

We all leave Asera behind and head to our dome. We're gonna attack them before they can strike us. Everyone's in position to charge a dome shot, and Xero fails to do what he can do. Slash aims for him, too. The five useful people charge a fire spell into the dome, but nothing happens. Of course, they wouldn't pit powder in this trapped dome. Suddenly, things start happening to Xero. 

He tries to launch his lightning out of the cannon, but it kinda sucks. And then a clock shows up on screen when it flashes. And then everything stops moving around him. Without questioning, he casts several lightning spells into the cannon, and it launches. It hits dead on, destroying the target. 

Slash is with the general, who tells us to give chase to the fleeing Tren. He gives us a snow car to make it easier, which I take for the east to a place called Central Chatisone Pass. I got lost, so I'll try to find my way...

...tomorrow. 

So is Throng an ex machina? I also tried to do an optional area, Wallstack Mountain, but it didn't go well. It was filled with hard flows and bad rewards. Maybe later.