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Miscellaneous

The party enters the volcano in search of The Tome of the Gods and a way to keep the world from falling apart.

Once the party reaches the island they attempt to travel to the volcano at its centre but, frustratingly, find they continue to be shunted to the edge of the island no matter how direct their route. On a whim, they instead look for a celestial creature and discover an angel living alone in a cabin. After a brief discussion, where they find the angel is lying to them, trying to convince them nothing is wrong; the angel attacks, seemingly unwilling to let them leave the island alive.

The fight is difficult but eventually they are able to defeat the angel, though Dendri perishes during the fight. This appears to anger something and they notice a bright ball of fire streaking down towards them. The party runs. They run from the thing that impacts the ground and chases them. Just in time they make it through an archway in the volcano as they discover The Prophet was the one chasing them.

They talk to the god and find compassion instead of hate. The Prophet returns Dendri to life and does not try to stop them from entering the mountain.

Within the archway the party finds a wall with names written on it. They realize these are the names of the gods and as they speak their own names, they are carved into the stone. Once everyone's name is spoken the wall opens and reveals a tunnel into the mountain.

The party enters the tunnel and the wall closes behind them. They walk for some time before finding themselves in a vision of a burning city. A great dragon made of a collection of bones is burning the city to the ground. Before they are engulfed in flames the vision disappears and they find themselves standing in a small library without exits. In the centre of the library, a skeleton stands by a pedestal reading a blank book. The party talks with the skeleton while some of them try to read the book, finding it either blank or filled with words describing their worst fears of what might happen in the future.

The skeleton tells them that he is The Betrayer, who's real name is Glo Terberis. He tells them a shocking story: that he was tricked by The Prophet (Lumir) and The Seraph (Gomir) to believe that the other gods were plotting against him. He did instigate the gods war, and he's regretted it ever since. Now he is bound in this place, guarding the way to the Tome of the Gods. He tells them that when Valvaris saved the world, she bound him and The Mother to their representations: Order and Law for him, Chaos and Magic for her. He politely answers their questions then regretfully informs them that he has to kill them, for this is the duty the Seraph bound him to.

The party defends themselves against the Betrayer, who reveals his true form as the Bone Dragon, and they manage fight their way past him, breaking his binding to the doorway that leads to the Tome, and taking one of his teeth on their way.

Finally inside the Tome's chamber they discover the truth: The Tome of the Gods is not a book or scroll, it is the Mother herself. The Seraph and the Prophet did not gain godhood from reading untold knowledge, they ripped pieces of the Mother off of her, leaving her a shell of herself. Now this decision has come back to bite them. As the Mother's power fades, unable to sustain itself, magic has begun to fall apart.

Before they can approach and try to help, the Seraph appears in front of them. She looks to be in great discomfort to be in a place she created to dampen the powers of gods. She declares that she cannot let them get to the mother and she attacks. The fight looks doomed, with the party unable to damage her in any way, until Dendri takes up the tooth of the Betrayer and it forms itself into a whip. The godslaying weapon allows the party to get past the Seraph's defences and damage her until she falls unconscious.

The party takes the spark of divinity that was ripped from the Seraph and returns it to the Mother. The Prophet appears and offers up his own spark if the party will let him take the Seraph far away. Instead the party convinces him to stay with them, reenter society as people instead of gods. The Prophet agrees and the returns his spark to the Mother. She appears before them, thanking them for what they have done and tells them that the world can finally begin to heal.

The party returns home, overjoyed to be alive and succeed in their task.