Session 08
General Summary
Examining the book they discovered it was a ritual which the marilith was trying to use to realign
the old gate to point to the realm of Orcus, the Demon Prince. She was obviously trying to enable
the Demon Prince to make his way here to Death's Reach. Magma Force then used the ritual the
Raven Queen had given them and they summoned a vision of her. She told them that the Demon
Prince's forces had breached the Reliquary of Timesus - the place where an ancient and extremely
powerful primordial had been imprisoned in the Dawn War. She wasn't sure what these forces
were doing there but she didn't think it was anything good. Realizing that time was running out
and that they needed to get to the Reliquary of Timesus as fast as possible, Magma Force retrieved
their map and thought of this location - which then shone bright on their map. With more phantom
steeds summoned they flew off towards the Reliquary.
Presently they reached the spot on their map. Steps led down to an ancient looking stone vault
door - now ajar. Camero sensed the lingering presence of powerful protective magic, recently
shattered. Elder Arantham and his forces had clearly beaten the heroes here. Moving inside they
found themselves in an ancient looking vault. Scenes painted on the walls depicted the Dawn War
and as they moved forwards through the vault the scenes unfolded the story of Timesus the Black
Star and its part in the ancient war.
Moving deeper Magma Force were suddenly assaulted from all angles. Man sized constructs -
which they realized were enchanted fragments of the greater primordial Timesus, part of his Black
star host - surrounded them and swarmed over them. Camero unleashed blasts of his eldritch
might and the host fell before him. The rest of the heroes engaged those enemies strong enough to
resist and they too were soon overcome.
The battle raged on for long minutes, our heroes fighting a path through the crypts against many
and more Black Star hosts, interspurced with many undead - clearly minions of Elder Arantham
and the Ashen Covenant. Somehow the Ashen Covenant had corrupted the Black Star host to also
do their bidding so Magma Force were struggling against almost overwhelming odds. But as is
their wont, they prevailed.
Taking a brief rest at the end of the catacombs the group were faced with a spiral staircase
descending down into darkness. What would they find down there and what were the Ashen
Covernant up to? There was only one way to find out...
Report Date
11 Apr 2024
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