C2 Session 27

General Summary

They are all at the top level of the castle, at hear a faint beat of a heart
  • Ahead they see flesh like tendrils that have attached themselves to the root of the doorway
  • They check for traps but the room contains none
  • Walking forward, the enter a normal chamber that is covered in red viscous material
  • There are several viscous walls in front of them, bits of feathers, an anchor axe, and garments in some of them
  • The tendrils are coagulating into one hole, there is a faint translucent glow on the other side
  • The tendrils are pumping material from the pods to the hole
  • They examine the structure further, and all but Koin notice that it is similar to the portal that brought them to the plane of water
  • They infer that it is a portal to a level of hell, and is the source of the enemies they have been fighting
  • Koin and Xodon take their swords and cut the tendrils around the pods
  • The others pipe in and help to peel back the viscous material, revealing their friends and another unknown person
  • They attempt to wake up their friends, but are unsuccessful
  • Koin heals Dara slightly, and she suddenly wakes up
  • She wonders what has happened, and Koin fills her in on what happened to Henry
  • Koin also heals Whitefang and wakes him up, who does not look so well, and fills him in as well
  • Whitefang says that it is too early and he needs something to eat, even though it is actually very late in the night
  • Dara heals Rafwar as Koin goes over to heal the unknown person
  • The unknown person wakes up and looks around to see a room full of people that he does not know at all
  • He sees Adrezill holding him and uppercuts him before yelling at him about how he left him for half a year
  • They all notice that he is a half-elf, and from Dragol
  • They discover that Adrezill is his friend, which makes Xodon Suspect Adrezill of also being from Dragol, which Xodon
  • They all turn to Rafwar, who is beginning to grasp his surroundings
  • Koin hands Dara the rod of resurrection, and the cloak of protection to Rafwar
  • Koin quickly sprints around the castle to see where they need to go to fight Siren and Paragon
  • He finds a lever that they missed and pulls it, revealing a cellar
  • He sprints back up and gets the rest of the group, leading them to the entrance of the cellar
  • They sit down for a while and talk strategy. Koin looks at the new guy, whose name is ardreth, and learns that he has swords and a bow with magic arrows
  • He also has tough skin, which Xodon would like to test
  • They form their squads and enter the cellar
  • They all enter to see a fiery bridge leading ahead
  • Koin dashes ahead, spotting a pack of rats and waiting for his friends
  • Zoroc moves up slightly behind Koin, and Xodon moves up ahead of both of them
  • Whitefang, Rafwar, and Dara move up a bit, Ardreth follows, and Adrezill maintains a safe distance
  • Koin moves up slightly further and notices a spectral being,or a ghost, floating a small distance away
  • He moves up to it, and questions what it is doing here
  • It stands there for a second, before saying “this world” and staring off into the distance
  • Koin ignores it and walks past, but as he does the ghost says “this world is wrong” and stare at him intensely
  • Koin is a bit freaked out, but walks a bit further, managing to spot a bone snake off in the distance, which he will wait for everyone to ambush with him
  • Adrezill begins moving up, with Dara, Whitefang and Rafwar following suit
  • Xodon walks up to the ghost, and questions it, but it does not answer
  • He walks past it and looks it in the eyes, but this time the ghost disappears
  • Ardreth sprints to catch up with everyone else
  • Koin decides to fight the bone naga by himself, moving up and seeing both Siren and paragon standing in a crater
  • Siren is covered in ritual paint, summoning a large beam of light that is almost locked in to place
  • Everyone catches up and also sees the sight of the ritual
  • Paragon walks up and says he is surprised that they lived, before throwing a fireball at them
  • Zoroc dodges and brushes of the fire, while everyone else gets hit
  • Koin rushes at Paragon and slashes at him, then moving in on Siren
  • Paragon looks at Zoroc and sends him into a vision of henry dying over and over
  • Zoroc activates his rite and then shoots Paragon
  • Adrezill casts a lightning bolt at him as well, striking down on him
  • Paragon is no longer floating above the ground, but is on his knees, clothes burnt and bleeding
  • Whitefang walks up and shoots his harpoon at Paragon, directly hitting him, but not being pulled in by Whitefang
  • Dara casts a spell to assist everyone, and Rafwar gives Koin some inspiration
  • Xodon attempts to escape the terrible vision, but fails
  • Ardreth shoots an arrow from his bow, damaging him
  • The wounds on him begin closing his wounds and he heals up
  • Siren continues to concentrate and notices Koin approaching
  • He bends his blood Koin feels it writhing around in his body, but nothing else happens
  • Paragon reaches his hand towards Koin and prepares an attack
  • The ground begins shaking and spinning round Koin, and a small sinkhole forms around him
  • Zoroc tries to attack Siren, but misses, and he puts a strength curse on Paragon
  • Adrezill casts chain lightning, but it is quickly counterspelled
  • Dara supports, and Whitefang begins swinging at Paragon, hitting once
  • Xodon attacks, and Ardreth attacks but misses, and enters his rage
  • Siren disappears from the middle, appearing next to Adrezill and applying a brand of control to him, forcing him against his friends
  • Paragon casts a spell, but nothing happens immediately
  • Koin toughens himself and prepares for defense against attacks
  • He then goes in for some attacks, hitting multiple times and striking with a flurry of blows
  • Adrezill launches a large lightning bolt at everyone, and everyone dodges it, only taking a small amount of damage
  • Dara heals everyone a little bit
  • Xodon runs past Adrezill slicing him quickly with a dagger, knocking him out of the brands control
  • They all notice that the moonlit circle is close to lining up, and Paragon casts a spell
  • All of them except Koin become stunned or incapacitated
  • The circle turns red and Paragon hops in, taking a bit of damage from Zoroc’s brand, but is still allowed into the well of souls by way of legendary resistance
  • Koin is very angry at this and rushes at Siren, slashing him
  • Siren moves himself over the portal to the well, and Koin attempts to jump at him, smacking him as he leaps across the portal, and stunning him in the process
  • Siren bends his own blood to cleanse the stun on him and everyone around, then runs after Koin and puts both his hand on him, barely managing to brand him, making Koin defend him at all costs
  • Koin immediately runs over to Ardreth, attacking him heavily
  • Zoroc tries to knock Koin out, but gets his bolt deflected back at him
  • Adrezill drinks a potion, then throws a spell at Siren
  • Siren takes some damage, and Koin gets knocked out
  • The brand comes off of Koin and floats on to Dara, who then uses her rod to heal Siren
  • Whitefang walks up to the portal, looks at Siren and says that he’ll be back
  • He jumps into the well after cleaving the portal, creating a massive rift, and he falls in, calling Henry’s name as he falls
  • In the rift, spirits are noticing the opening to the living world, as they wander out, tendrils wrap around them and give them bodies
  • Various figures wondering about their past, and suddenly a loud chant in unison, chanting the name Verdith
  • Paragon emerges, controlling a spectral chain and lifting up a black box
  • He opens the box, and a regal man in spectral robes emerges, and there is silence on the battlefield
  • The sound of bagpipes sound off, and a kobold emerges, blowing into his bagpipes and bringing down the wrath of the gods smite onto the visage
  • Paragon is shocked by this, and bursts in laughter
  • Siren is very angry that paragon didn't bring his people back
  • He massively widens the portal to the well, and Siren and Paragon float towards each other
  • Blood begins pouring from everywhere on Siren, and it streams into the well
  • Paragon tells him to stop, and they begin fighting inside the well
  • Their energies of yellow and red mixing, and thousands of spirits and souls flowing towards the battle
  • The souls are gunking together in the energies, forming into one amalgamation
  • Koin disarms Dara and cuffs her
  • Whitefang emerges from the well, and he comes out between the two energies, and spirits begin hitting him like punches, as he gets continuously hit, and now spirits are channeling into him and his body is being deformed
  • What was Whitefang is now a spiritual body of a powerful being
  • Report Date
    04 Aug 2025


    Cover image: by Joe Kitchen (Ai)

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