Here's the Thing...
The party splits up, heading in two directions to two different cities, desperate to not just be sent right back in to the Underdark just because someone thinks it would be a dramatic turn. But, of course, this has been considered.
A crow lands on a post ahead of the two of us who chose wisely, but still not quite out of reach of the plot. As we pass, it speaks in a gruff voice, telling us to meet with the Dwarf King.
'What foul wizardry is this?!'
'It's corvid wizardry, not fowl.'