C2 Session 8

General Summary

They make their way through the city which takes roughly an hour to do
  • [[Vaz]] knocks on [[Tek]]’s door and speaks in the native yuan-ti tongue
  • Tek opens the door and welcomes them all in, looking at Vaz as if he is not enthused to see him
  • Tek and Vaz begin speaking in their native tongue before saying they can have the belongings of an aarakocra that died about a week ago
  • Koin makes a gesture towards their rings, and Tek apologizes before the rings snap off of their fingers
  • They all huddle and chat about plans for the rest of the day
  • Vaz and Tek talk about the group, Vaz in a tone favoring them and Tek not so much
  • A half human half snake man walks in the room and says something to the guard
  • Tek says that he has matters to attend to and that they can show themselves out
  • They leave the room and Tek locks the door
  • Tek, Vaz, and three other guards rush off quickly
  • Immediately after, [[Xodon]] tries the mystery key on the door, but to no avail
  • He can’t tell if it’s due to the failure of the key or if the door has special properties
  • They leave the door alone and begin walking to leave the [[Black Suns]]’ city
  • A lot of the people are looking at them a bit weird
  • [[Koin]] opens the bag from the dead aarakocra, finding a couple items
  • There is a very intricate waterskin type thing, transparent but not glass
  • A pair of goggles
  • And a jar with something with a type of aloe vera scent in it
  • Koin’s claw snags a secret pocket opening while removing his hand from the bag
  • Inside there is a letter with the mark of the [[Heirloom Order]] on it
  • The letter is telling the recipient [[Dowaqu]] to infiltrate the suns and destroy the ruby to let the suns fall
  • The letter is dated from about a week ago, when the aarakocra spy died, and is signed by [[Beeratoli]], the Heirloom Order’s grand sage as his last words
  • Captain Ildrae is a captain of the [[Dragol Armada]] and specializes in water based attacks
  • The Fleet Captain, [[Harold Waydrane]], left Ildrae somewhere in the middle-eastern part of the ocean, which is near [[Thera]]
  • It seems that [[Einhor]] is planning an attack on the black suns and is expecting the help of the armada, but there are no visible ships in a 100 mile radius of the coast
  • Beeratoli was supposedly alive and sane 3 days ago examining Earnhardt’s finds when the group entered the order with [[Rafwar]], but letter is from a week ago as his last sane words
  • Koin wants no say in the matter of war, but Xodon surprisingly informs Vaz and Tek of the [[Silver Masks]] and their plans to drive the Dragol armada out of [[Aezraghn]]
  • With this new information, they decide that they definitely need to figure out how to accomplish that goal
  • They talk and strategize more but can’t make a decision
  • They investigate the other items in the bag and find that the goggles allow the wearer to gain darkvision, and the waterskin is a container of infinite water
  • They trace the steps of Tek and Vaz and the path points towards The Fold, the suns' prison
  • They make their way to the fold, and upon arrival they see a dozen or so yuan ti staring at all of the cells, which are all open
  • There are bodies and blood scattered along the floor
  • They walk up to Vaz and he says that there were some escaped prisoners, but one of them they were specifically worried about
  • Looking in its cell, there are a lot of chains, and a lot of broken chains and shackles
  • Says it was [[Razni]], the son of their boss, and that Raska, the third general, is with Razni on a campaign to kill his father
  • They know that he is headed towards a pyramid where their boss is and a place where they used to do experiments
  • Vaz and Tek then have a short argument about how to prepare for war
  • Henry proposes to Tek that they take the ruby and use it to kill Razni
  • Tek accepts the deal and they leave
  • A yuan ti guard gives them the directions and description of the pyramid
  • They leave while the yuan ti people begin coating everything with oil to keep people out and themselves in
  • They make their way out of the underground and head towards the pyramid
  • Arriving, there are four entryways at the bottom, four more half way up, and another four at the top, totalling three entryways on each side
  • As they enter, there is a large chamber going forward about 60 feet, and can see the northern hallway from their spot at the southern hallway
  • There are miniature hallways off of the main hallway
  • Floor is filled with dried blood and written in blood on the walls are the words: "Even in matching, enter the belly of the beast. The blood of Three is unlucky and the Blood of me is deep"
  • To the north are the numbers 3 on the left and 4 on the right, behind them 2 on the left and 5 on the right, and behind them 1 on the left and 6 on the right
  • The numbers are written on yuan ti corpses hung from the ceiling
  • In the middle where are the hallways connect, there is a deep red obelisk with a circle 10 feet in diameter surrounding it
  • They walk over to two doors and open one of them
  • A pile of limbs fly out, same for the other door
  • Koin and Xodon try to see if any of the corpses have blood left, but none of the ones they check do
  • Koin tries to climb one of the hanging corpses to cut it down from the chain
  • His claw rips the stomach and a bit of blood comes out
  • They walk west and into a room, the door now locking Koin and Xodon in and Henry out
  • A spout in the ceiling begins pouring deep red blood into the room
  • Henry panics and struggles on what to do before running into the only room they haven’t entered, finding a lever which he pulls, draining the blood and letting Koin and Xodon out
  • Koin rinses himself off with some water and goes back into the room with Xodon, but nothing happens
  • They struggle with the riddle for a bit before ripping open the stomach of the corpses with number 2 and 4, finding vials of blood in each
  • They pour one of the vials on the obelisk, and the platform they were standing on began to rise
  • They pour the second vial and it elevates them to the next floor

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  • Henry casts ray of frost at the door, cooling it down slightly but it just heats back up
  • The door is continuously heated, and is currently almost white hot
  • The floor underneath them is also getting increasingly hotter
  • They decide to walk down the diagonal hallways splitting off from the main room
  • They walk down one of the hallways into a near identical room with another door, except the door is very cold and the floor is getting colder
  • Koin rips the door open and only takes a bit of frost damage, and they all run through
  • There are more stairs leading up to the final level of the pyramid
  • They walk up the stairs to see a snake man wrapped in bandages, holding a sword and sitting in a chair, his reptilian body leaking out of the chair
  • There is a snake woman beside him, assumed to be Raska
  • Razni slithers closer to them and asks why are there
  • They say that they want to help him take down his dad
  • He says “[[Masla]] will fall”
  • They propose that in exchange for killing Masla, he must fake his death
  • Raska whispers in his ear, he says they have now lied to them twice
  • They debate that they would rather work with him and compromise rather than kill him
  • He slithers a bit closer, saying that he is not stupid
  • He looks over them, says that they do not believe in the words that they are saying
  • In fact, he can see that they would rather kill his father and then him
  • He rises up, says that now that they have seen who he is, they act like he will give them forgiveness
  • Xodon disputes his claim
  • Raska says that they are the ones who rescued Vaz
  • The group want to kill Masla
  • Razni says only thing standing between him and godhood is his father
  • Says to aid him or die
  • They make a decision to fight him
  • His eyes glow red for a second, he says they have decided, and they all prepare for battle and throws a fireball at them
  • Koin runs up to Razni and disarms him of his blade 
  • Xodon quickly engages with Raska 
  • Henry Prepares himself for battle
  • With Xodon in from of her Raska looks at koin and puts him under a spell, then her eyes glow 
  • Koin sees an illusion of Sun in front of him causing Koin to walk back in fear, he then throws the sword
  • Raska on her last legs uses a spell to give Razni his sword
  • Razni retreats and the group focuses Raska
  • Raska uses her last bit of strength to cast a spell putting the characters into the void.
  • Razni comes to Raska and gives her a magical shield around her body
  • Koin comes out and vigorously tries to break this shield in a last attempt uses a smite to carve her in half
  • The group Razni and grievous wounds him. 
  • Razni teleports and Knocks Henry unconscious with a Firebolt. 
  • Xodon and Koin run to him after reviving Henry
  • Razni teleports back to Henry and uses his flaming sword to Cut down Henry, delivering a Final blow that nearly puts Henry down for good.
  • Xodon runs and begins to tear apart Razni but leaves him Just barely standing
  • Koin has to decide between saving his friend or killing Razni, HE chooses to save Henry
  • Razni looks at them and Laughs and begins to cast a spell
  • 5 rings of magic are seen and he's struggling to create a 6th, then he pushes himself further wounding him and cast 6th level fireball
  • This knocks everyone but Xodon and Razni unconscious 
  • Xodon has a Flashback and Becomes enraged then Finishes Razni off in his anger 
  • Blue energy leaks from around xodon, reviving his friends 
  • After a long and arduous battle, they successfully eliminated both Raska and Razni
  • Report Date
    04 Aug 2025


    Cover image: by Joe Kitchen (Ai)

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