Adventurers wanted to find out what Rawal is doing.

Adventurers find drakons (not dragons. Stop getting confused.) have taken over the portal hub to Jaern. They accept the drakon's offer of hire to spy on Shaper doings.
Adventurers invaded Rawal's keep. They kidnap his secretary and psychologically abuse him for answers.

They find out that Rawal is currently gone somewhere, so through magic and magic they track him down to the Ashen Isles, where he was busy attempting to conquer the island chain there, for reasons of his own. Our adventurers did not attempt to stop him, but did steal Litalia, the leader of the islands and disguised a poor bystander as her to die.

Hum de hum, lots of people die in fighting, but adventurers have moved on and returned to their base of operations.
Having nothing better to do and considering that they were in the region, they decided to go kill Monarch. So they did.

They report back to Astoria, including of the takeover of the portal farm, and shiny things are acquired.