144: Ugoreth Rises!

Experience: pending completion, +99,771
Time Frame: Early Morning of Talsil 13th in the 21st year After Shalraza

Session in a Nut Shell: Oublivae proves a greater foe than her two brothers and an exponential challenge for the depleting party. When forced back into the bottomless pit of Ugoreth, she sends her ancient generals and lowly spawn to divide and conquer. In the sudden blitz, Tyvis, Kaern, and Widofa are drawn into a desperate battle in Oublivae's stormy demonscape, while the rest of the defenders are left to deal with the threat to Saspien and the greater kingdom. Meanwhile, the great powers and game-changers the worlds over watch closely, gauging just how powerful this handful of terrestrial scions and planar misfits have become.

143: Brutality, Hunger, and Ruin

Experience: pending completion, +99,771
Time Frame: Early Morning, Talsil 13th

Session in a Nut Shell: Through the combined efforts of the Champions of Creation and a handful of Saspien's finest, Kostchtchie and Juiblex were defeated, but at the cost of the Saspish temple and the lives of both Mara and Renato. Oublivae stands the last and perhaps most-challenging lord.

Player Death: Renato Ruiz was impaled on the end of Oublivae's tail, then used as a shield to deflect the blows of the party (unbeknownst to them). He ultimately expired from a potent blast of hellfire unleashed by the witch-queen.

• Kostchtchie has been soundly defeated and relegated to his Abyssal domain known as the Harrowbleak for 101 years. Woe to your descendants...
• Laan has all but turned his back on Isabella, leaving her to live or die without any divine aid. The prophet has had quite her fill of awakened divinities, especially one so confrontational and inconsiderate to the needs of his flock. But what to do about it...
• Kaylan's use of a miracle spared many from Juiblex's fate and weakened the Faceless Lord enough to be drawn into Narra's portal, however Widofa denied Kalia the sacrifice necessary to see this wonder paid. There is no telling how the goddess might instead exact her toll.
• Juiblex was jettisoned into deep space, where he quickly froze. His fate and whereabouts are now completely unknown, but it's highly unlikely he'll be back anytime soon.
• Oublivae killed both Mara and Renato, and now has Mercy, Thamior, and Kaern in her devastating aura. Banishment is the last resort, many fearing her ruinous aura will force them (and the church) to suffer even further.
• Various party members are subtly aware that this battle is being watched,observers including Jeda, the Angels of Death, and the Queen of the Universe. No doubt Heaven, Hell, and select demon lords are also being kept abreast of the situation (and, who knows, every other major cosmic power).

Returning NPCs: High Priestess Widofa Lorein, Sire Kalfar al'Zareef, Archmage Ayasha Malhotra, Spymaster Stefano Il'spana, Mara (dead), Kaern, Kostchtchie (defeated), Juiblex (defeated/dead), Oublivae

Next Session: The party rallies to avenge the deaths of Renato and Mara, and to drive the last great evil from the mountaintop. Bloodied, Oublivae is hardly bested. Then comes the difficult choice of what to do next. Expend Isabella's ritual magic to replenish the party's strength and push on against Jeda? Concede the pursuit to finish Yathnoc before he single-handedly destroys the north? Reequip the magics lost from Oublivae's presence? Or perhaps seek a means to restore the lives of the fallen?

Are You Ready?