Act 3: The Aberrant Monument

After teleporting from Bing's Orthomancer Camp to an unknown place, the party gathered their wits about them and began to trek toward where they hoped the Aberrant Monument would be.   Along the way, they met the Bounty Hunter Finnic, who was looking for Groot, Root's brother. Most of them had very intense visions or dreams the night before approaching the monument (which are given in Session 14: Visions and Dreams), which appeared to give some vague idea of where to venture forth once Lee was found.   Eventually they discovered the Aberrant Monument, a landmark now governed by Declan the Mad Mage and his militia of mercenaries. Upon meeting Declan, the party learned that the Chaos orb was indeed important, they handed over the Wand of Tiberius to Declan, and through clever deception were able to escape the facility with Lee Aflawn, Laws Cordial, and Clawdia's captured husband.   Travelling far away, the party stopped to consider their options and situation. With Laws Cordial to help fill in some of the missing pieces, the party learned that Declan's goal was at the very least to open up the Vault of Tiberius, which was locked away in the Monument. Retracing their path back, the party was able to sneak their way into the facility, while Goblin Ramsey rode a wild wolf as a destraction to many soldiers in the area.   However, it appeared that their waiting for an opportune moment may have been in vain, as a rift in the sky opened up and began to do its work upon the Vault...