Speaking with the adviser and explaining the situation proved little difficulty for the group.  Even those with only a rudimentary understanding of the magical arts understood that if such a ritual were to work successfully, it would have to be done on the night of the Festival.<br/><br/>So it was that the group went out, illuminated by the soft sliver of moonlight peeking out from the pitch black above.  Stars did almost nothing to illuminate the way, but the uninhabited island was sufficiently known in order to locate it for those with enough elven blood to give them excellent night vision.<br/><br/>It was not quite midnight when the shore to the island was finally reached, and people began to leave the ship to set up a perimeter and watch for monsters.  The queen herself had to be carried out on a palanquin.