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Wed 5th Apr 2023 02:17

Session: Apr. 4, 2023

by Eirlyssia Tsurovitchna

We're alive. I'll be honest, I can't quite believe it. In the last five days I have questioned whether I would survive more than I care to admit. But this one...facing down a demon lord or whatever he was...there were times I thought we were goners.
 
I knew when Tilly showed up that it couldn't be her. I do believe she's in town with Malzod - Mud literally scried her - but it seemed WAY too convenient to offer to just "take the axe for Mud". This being said, I did NOT expect it to be Yll'sid THE BLACK KING, BROTHER OF D'JOLEN AND LEADROS. I'll be honest, I didn't even realize the axe belonged to him until he showed up looking for it. We really should have done some research on that axe when we got it, I suppose.
 
The entire battle was a rollercoaster of emotion. I thought at first it was going to be tough, but we could take him. We were still damaging him, just not as much as we wanted to. But then he started siphoning off large amounts of our health at once. And stealing healing spells. And not being effected by lower level castings. I got nervous - but we were still wearing him down. Until all of a sudden he healed himself completely. At that moment I had the thought that maybe we wouldn't succeed here. That we were going to have to hand over the axe. But then I remembered I could cast Mental Prison, and somehow, miracle of miracles, it caught him. We could just wear him down in there, and be fine. I did not anticipate his trick of creating shadow versions of us. Nor did I think that Leadros was just going to casually tell us "Sorry, I can't help, but he's being pretty reasonable, so just do what he asks". Fiends. Here I was trying to defend him to people earlier, and it turns out he's not only a womanizer, but he doesn't care about helping us either.
 
When the shadows began chipping away at our health, and Yll'Sid asked for the axe again, I thought maybe that was it. We should just hand over the axe and be done with it. We wouldn't be able to survive the onslaught if we couldn't heal. I could feel myself getting lower and lower in health as the battle went. Enough that I had to call in Mortalis for a hail Mary and just hope for the best.
 
And somehow, while Mortalis had control, we won. It was wildly satisfying that Mud got to kill The Black King too. Or at least, send him back to his plane. I don't know if he's actually dead or not. It would seem we just keep creating enemies but not actually being able to fully kill them.
 
Also to my satisfaction, Mortalis kept our agreement yet again, meaning I could rub it in Zun's face that Mortalis is, in fact, a good patron to have. Not a "good" patron, to be clear, but one whose goals currently align with mine, and who is willing to make deals instead of just steamroll over me. I honestly don't see why people are so nervous about me being close with Mortalis. That's the second time he's taken over my body and nothing bad happened. In fact, he helped us win the fight, AND did more damage than I could on my own. I need to remember to thank him later, before I go to bed tonight. It is not lost on me the luxury of actually being able to go to sleep, NOT afraid for my life for once.
 
I just hope whatever is happening with the Vorestheira sorts itself out soon. We're leaving in just a day or two, and I want to solidify some things. One - what happened that shut everything down inside there? Two - is there a way for us to stay in contact with Garrin so we can know how the "execution" goes? Three - what does Garrin know about The Black King's Axe? I feel like I'm forgetting something else...hope I remember it before we have to leave. I also hope we get to fight Malzod before we leave. What a great way to end an exciting and yet terrifying stay in the city.

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