Dad and Bazelstein (session 22 or 35)

Dear Nori,
I have bad news. I found dad. I know you've fought him. Or a debook demon in his body. I found his soul. His essence? I saw a devil who had his face. It was in the watchtower I told you about in my last letter. He is Bumbos boss. I don't understand how he became a chain devil in just a few months time (Bumbo is a few centuries old, so it would make more sense if he would be higher ranking). I'm kinda wondering if that means he was a very good person as a human (and therefore "worth" more) or if he was a horrible person and that made it easier for him to climb the devil ladder. I guess the first, since I don’t remember him ever being cruel or unjust or evil. I’m not sure how to deal with this information. On one hand, I want to look him in the eyes and tell him I’m his daughter and he wasn’t a bad person and to take him somewhere safe. But I’m pretty sure he doesn’t remember his past life. And he seemed content with his current state. He isn't gonna help us, assuming I could actually take such a high ranking devil somewhere. But doing nothing also doesn't feel right. I'm lost, Nori. I wish you were here and tell me what to do.
Anyway, "dad" didn't want us in the tower, distracting Bumbo and everything. It was at this moment I realised I saw dad, and didn't want to leave, but Ron used all his strength to pull me outside (I kinda let him win, but don't tell Ron). In the meantime Leo looked at a map in the hall, and figured out a few more locations where we could go. There's the Modron outpost (which is supposed to be a neutral place), the Circle of Flames (which sound like a place Leo is familiar with, if it wasn’t in hell) and Zariels bridge (which is probably raised in Zariels name after a great battle or something. Or built by someone kissing her ass. Maybe both?).
After we left the tower we met a horned devil named Bazelstein. Bazelstein needed some new guinea pigs for his project. We weren’t really sure what he was talking about, but he promised to give us information about Fort Knucklebone, he guaranteed it was safe and he would even toss a soul coin in. Not really having any better options, we reluctantly agreed to help him. Thing is, his project was a few miles down the Styx, or as Bazelstein put it, a half hour drive away. So he brought us to his workshop which was filled with machines, all of them the size of a horse or bigger. They don't have the same charm as horses, but I still thought riding them would be amazing. After figuring out how the machines worked (which took Fenrir and me longer than I'm willing to admit. However, it came very natural to Bertha and Ron) it was a relaxing ride to the project. Bazelstein hadn't told us what the project was just yet. You see, sometimes, souls flowing at the bottom of the Styx will get stuck. He wanted us to get in a glass bubble thing and use his devices to suck all the stuck souls away. Because we didn't look forward to getting our memories erased we asked for a contract. You know, to protect ourselves. Bazelstein was okay with this, but we had to make the contract ourselves (which Bertha did. It looked great! I'm pretty sure we get better at this with every contract! Who needs Garrix?). So we went into his boat on the Styx. Fenrir, Leo and Lulu went into the bubble, while Ron, Bertha and I stayed on the boat with Bazelstein. We played some cards while Bazelstein told us about how the afterlife works, or mostly, what happens to the souls in the Styx (If no god claims your soul you follow the Styx till the end and you become a brick in the wall of Kelemvor. Ron and Bertha thought it sounded very peaceful, but I think it sounds boring as fuck). After that lovely conversation, Ron had to use the bathroom and flew back to the shore. I think he saw or was looking for something. Anyway, while he was at the shore we saw two vroxes flying towards us. Bazelstein quickly started the machine to get Fenrir and Leo back up and then beat one of them to pieces. Ron hurried back, as quickly as the flying booties could carry him, forgetting vroxes have a stunning scream. Luckily the booties kept flying while he was stunned. Bertha kept the last vrox busy, while I decided I had to get Ron back in the boat (so he wouldn't lose his memories in the Styx). Only thing is, in the heat of the moment, I couldn't think of another way to get Ron than throwing the harpoon at him. I mean, I succeeded at getting him in the boat, it just wasn't without hurting him (which I feel very guilty about). Once I had the harpoon removed from Ron we managed to kill the last vrox before Leo, Fenrir and Lulu came back above the water.
In the bubble, Fenrir and Leo had a contest to see who could get the most souls (this sounds really bad written down like this, but according to Bazelstein we were helping because those souls were stuck, sometimes for years). Although both of them got more than 30, Leo was the clear winner. So Bazelstein got him a soul coin. I kept talking about the vroxes so Bazelstein gave me 2 soul coins to get me to shut up (I won the contest without even entering).
Before we left Bazelstein told us about a rock formation that looks like knuckle bones. He doesn’t know anything about a fort, but was pretty sure this is the place we are looking for. He also offered to give us the bikes IF Bertha promises her soul to him after she dies (he doesn’t have a soul quotum, but he likes collecting souls from people who helped him). It was kinda interesting since the bikes are worth 40 soul coins each. I guess that means that not all souls are equal. Or it is a matter of pride, which is not impossible since we’re talking about a high ranking devil. Bertha was seriously considering his offer, since Bazelstein is quite nice for a devil and he won’t enslave her (us) or do some other tricky devil shit, but eventually denied his offer.
So, we are on our way to Fort Knucklebone.
I hope you are still okay, despite the bad news about dad.
Hopefully your days are less eventful.
Your loving sister,
Caja