Aryn,
Sorry I've been unable to post. Moving is taking longer than anticipated (and it's quite draining with 7 kids

). Over the next three weeks, I foresee myself being quite tapped out. My work gets a little crazy through September, and I am away for a week vacation as well (starting on Friday).
My suggestion would be to continue to move the game forward without Almerin and my characters. I don't know about Almerin's wizard, but I think we'll be able to work Kit in later in the story.
I suspect some off the other players are eager to get into the adventure part, so... yeah... keep the game alive!! I'll be watching and, if possible, will still try to post some silver screen moments of Kit and Almerin's wizard and the blacksmith and the ridiculousness of all that.
Thanks!
Ayrn