That works for me, Shay. You can have Thorn discussing matters with Springseer,or you can just have her sit around, waiting. Or you can do anything else in the world!
Additionally, here's an update from my Sunday night home game: The adventurers made it to Imperia, where they were confronted by a squad of Munsu's monstrous charges. The heroes barely survived, but they pressed on into the temple, where they met a trio of Blackmoor's holy warriors.
The warriors were impressed that the heroes made it that far, so they simply stood by and let them pass.
Then, they found a small cabal of Ayur's undead mages. They killed the mages and found a secret passageway to the summoning circle for the Unmaking Ritual, which was guarded by a powerful rogue angel.
The party's rogue and druid flanked the angel, allowing the rogue to get a critical sneak attack, then the barbarian rushed in with a lvl. 9 rage strike, which also critted.
That's right, folks. They killed my boss in one round. It was beautiful.