C2 Session 35
General Summary
Koin snatches the ring out of the air out of instinct, and he looks up at his companions and the ring melds into his palm
A band burns into his ring finger, and purple cracks begin forming from the finger, spreading down his arm, tearing it apart
Everyone else sees Koin’s now purple arm flexing and the entire area around them begins glowing eerily and darkening
The sting reaches his upper arm and stops, and now his whole arm feels ethereal, like it has no weight to it
Koin can see that although his arm is attached as if it was on the material plane, Koin can sense that his arm is also elsewhere
Above them outside the cart, purple spires recede, leaving cracks above them
They all get out of the cart, and in the fields in the distance, a massive creature leaps into the sky, and people around scream and run for safety
The lightning around them swirls and cackles, and in the grey, streaks of orange fire spurt up
The grass turns back and a sludge like substance begins creeping in towards them
Adrezill knows, this is the hollow, home of the hollowed gods
The storm begins swirling inwards and as the smoke touches the ground, lightning strikes, shocking them
Ash and embers rise up around them, and through the flame, a massive horizontal shadow breaks through
The bat that Adrezill saw lands near them and shrieks loudly
Behind the bat, four figures walk towards them
One in black armor with the sword named avenger
One in orange and black, his eyes corrupted with the hollow energy
Another with grey hair in grey attire, a weapon with claw marks etched into it
And the last with purple electric hair, cracks and lines in her skin as if she is merely dust, and sickles in hand
They all drop into a formation, and the man in black armor walks up steps from the cart
Koin walks up to greet them, and they hear a slight tune as they walk towards them, bagpipes in the distance
A Kobold lands in front of the warriors, and dances in front of them
A beam of light crashes down on the main man, but it bounces off
He grabs the kobold and strangles him before plunging his sword deep in his chest\
The Dark Mage rebounded with his own smite, splitting the clouds and causing an earthquake
He walks up to Koin, and when their gazes meet, shivers down his spine
He raises his sword, and plunges it into the ground in front of him
The other three slowly do the same, and look at his arm, which continues to glow purple and orange
They are the dark avengers, the dark avenger, dark mage, dark claw, and dark assassin
Xodon walks up, and begins thinking about grabbing the sword, but before he can move, the dark avenger throws the sword up and punches Xodon, then grabs the sword and swings it around, leaving the tip within an inch of his neck
He looks at Koin, who signals not to kill Xodon, so he sheathes the sword
A civilian in the distance gets very angry and runs at the avengers
The dark assassin turns to him and begins spinning a karambit blade around, making her whole hand a blade
Vale grapples the man with her whip, but then the assassin throws the blade, decapitating him, then traveling further and slicing up ten or so more people before returning to her
Koin tries to shut it off, and the sphere begins receding as well as the hollow, and the dark avengers look at Koin, before vanishing to dust
Koin tries to cover his arm in bandages, but it turns to ash
Xodon throws a knife at him quickly and it goes through the arm
He grabs the door to the cart and it turns to ash
Zoroc throws a bagel at his hand, and it disintegrates
Xodon tells Koin to look away, and pokes an arrow through his hand, but it disintegrates
They discover that he can have the arm exist on the material plane, where it will disintegrate anything it touches, or the ethereal plane where it will go through everything
They all get back in the cart and begin moving again towards the monastery
As they move, they notice a small building, temple-like in nature a few miles off
They reach the monastery, and it appears abandoned and decrepit
As they walk in, everything inside looks burnt and broken, vaguely humanoid statues spread around
In the center are three stone bowls
There is nothing in them, and Koin walks up to them and touches one
Everything goes dark suddenly, and a mostly blue light surrounds him
A voice says “a challenger, it has been some time” and an ancient dragonborn steps out
He introduces himself as the high priest of the reapers
Koin says his father didn’t talk about the reapers
The priest says his father was a mediocre student, but Koin is much more promising
He asks why Koin came, as he obviously needs no training
Says that Koin has already mastered the last technique as he points to his arm: “a finger of death makes the most powerful reaper”
After long conversation, the priest tells Koin there are likely more pressing matters to be dealing with than speaking parables back and forth
He exits the dark plane, and tells everyone that Koin is dead, he died when Sun did, and his new name is Smoke
Smoke then details a plan to return to Aezraghn and fix its regions, then align with Harold Waydrane and take on Dragol
Smoke attempts to summon the dark mage and tells him to bring Daemon to them, but he can’t do that
He finds that the dark avengers cannot leave the domain that Smoke creates
He disapparates the mage and floats the idea of going to the fire plane for the keyshard, but decide to instead travel to the platinum tree, then Xiria to deal with the corrupt queen
They teleport to the platinum tree, and Koin disintegrates his name from the stone, as well as the insignia on the large stone marking the location
Adrezill then attempts to make a large wind platform for everyone to walk on to get to Xiria
They slowly descend to the viewing balcony of the castle, where the guards and Reimun stand armed to defend
Reimun says they have come a long way, and asks where Henry is, but Smoke tells him he has been corrupted and is too far from saving
He asks Reimun if he knows where Daemon is, and he says he does
Reimun says they can’t be here, but they can do whatever they like, and he opens his arms and braces for the impact of Smoke’s fist
Smoke leaps at Reimun, and a black hole in space opens up in front of him
At the last second, Adrezill casts dispel magic, but fails to dispel it
Smoke is tossed into a space of nothingness, a realm outside of everything, what Reimun is known for
His body goes incorporeal, and he begins moving not on his own, a mixture of falling, flying, and moving at the same time
In a split second, Smoke vanishes, and he tries to summon the dark avengers, which he does, but there is no domain
A bronze armored plague doctor-like figure reaches out and grabs the dark avenger
They reappear and are bloody and worn
An infinite amount of wardens start coming after them
Smoke tells the warden he will leave him alone if he gets him out of there
He agrees and Smoke and the dark avengers reappear in front of Reimun
Smoke tells Reimun it’s over, and he grabs Reimun’s head, crushing it and turning his whole body to dust
The dark mage turns all of the guards into hollowed dragonborns
The queen comes out with her tigers on their leashes
Smoke grabs a couple chairs and tells her to take a seat
The dark claw tames the tigers, buffing them up and sending them to Smoke’s side
Smoke asks her to tell him everything, and she refuses, sprinting towards the compartment in the back
It is magicked, but the right thing has to be dispelled to reach the contents
Adrezill and Zoroc work to get it open and do so successfully, revealing the small pocket dimension which is large enough to enter, but they do not know what is in there
Zoroc asks what is in the space, but the queen refuses to speak and would rather die
Smoke mentions King Oshron, and the queen says that her parents are dead, even though they all know that Oshron is very much not dead
Smoke questions this and the lies that Daemon told her, and she hangs her head, broken
Smoke tries to somewhat comfort her, then she says that Daemon has the shard and it is in the pocket space
Adrezill can tell that she is being truthful, but there is something she’s not telling them
As they are all hesitant to enter, Vale jumps in without concern
She falls to the ground and an arcane sigil on the stone floor activates
Vale grabs the keyshard and leaves, describing the sigil to Adrezill
He recognizes it as a divination spell, which has just pinged their location to Daemon
They look outside, and the queen tells them they are too late, and that he’s already coming
Around them, the sun is covered up with blackness, the water turns red and fiery, and miles away, Daemon and his crew stand looking at them
Adrezill realizes why the keyshards have never been on the same plane, and that’s because they can’t be
The apocalypse has begun, and the final fight is upon them
Report Date
04 Aug 2025
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