"Before I send you back, there is a warning I shall give you," the voice of the Game said "The Transformation Sorceress and her forces lay siege to the Citadel of the Silver Sword. Her shapeshifters are already within their walls. If you wish to defeat her, you will first need to reveal her shapeshifters in the city, and prepare the city for a siege from without after crushing the siege within. If you do not defeat her, you will be trapped within my domain forever."
"Why would you want to trap us like that?" Sadie asked
"I'm not an entirely benevolent entity," said the voice of the Game "But Listraya, the Transformation Sorceress is much like you: an entity I created, but instead of being a boon granted for entertaining me, she was designed to be the ultimate enemy within the world you have all found yourselves. She has set her sights on my position, as ultimate controller of my reality. Your group is not the only one that I have sent to solve my problem, but you are certainly the most capable. I want you to succeed. As such, if you succeed, I will offer each of your party to make one of their transformations permanent when you exit my world."