☀️ Arselia and Akonia

Can you come up with some excuses for Erephir, explaining why the second party didn't arrive with the main one.
Like, they were definitely following the main group the next day))), but their ship was immediately attacked by harpies(((, and then they crashed(((, wandered through the mountains(((, fought lizards, and searched for civilization(((, and had to return to that cursed Margel and stay home instead of completing the quest(((