I doubt this "split" will last more than a handful of episodes.
Yep. I enjoy the character interplay vastly more than the unfolding storylines.
The whole plan seems kind of dumb to me....
And the NPC griping about the wasted teleport scroll...has the thought of looting his captive high level adventurers not crossed his mind yet? A scroll of teleport's peanuts compared to their gear, surely.
That would be awesome!