Pondering what's happened to all the other birds while Lup is working for the Big Bad.

Magnus meets and marries Julia, of course. But he gets the chance to save her at long last. She's right behind the barrier that is created by the Chalice.

Merle is a busy dad raising two kids by himself. Sure it's hard and he stumbles at it, doesn't get to adventure or preach as much as he used to but that's fine.

Davenport is Davenport. Davenport! (Or so he'd have Lucretia believe...)

Barry is a scholar who specializes in collecting tomes and doing field research in whatever capacity that will keep him from settling down. He's gotten a little rough around the edges being on the road all the time but he makes do. He sometimes works with a secretive colleague named Lucretia and her associate Maureen.

Lucretia has more on her plate and less resources to work with. She is trying so hard to find and contain the Relics before Lup can get her hands on them. She knows it's only a matter of time before the Hunger touches down...