A Growing Shadow

In this arc, the characters are introduced to each other on the road to Winterhaven.

Episodes
The following are the rough breaking of episodes for this arc:
 * Welcome to Winterhaven
 * It's (Not) a Small World After All
 * And now... South!
 * At the Crossroad

Character Levels
The characters began this arc as Level 1 4th edition characters. They attained level 2 and were on the verge of advancing to Level 3 when a rift to the Shadowfell was opened by Kalarel at the beginning of Welcome to... Thurley?, which moves the characters into the Things Always Change arc.