Force Green
a.k.a. Team Tortuga
a.k.a. The Fey Knights 2nd Generation
Session 1452
Module: Return to the Tomb of Horrors
Force Green (Pylia the half-elf bladesinger, Drizmar the drow assassin, Blue the satyr paladin, and Blood the gnome cleric - with the magic mirror holding the Loot Company cleric, his 4 fighters, and the Moil rogue woman) continued their quest in Acererak’s Fortress of Conclusion. They killed 12 skeletons (that Acererak could cast his spells through), a nalfeshnee, a marilith, a vrock, and a molydeus. The human wizard Worth met back up with them and they killed the hezrou that was giving him problems.
They attempted a short rest after finding some loot, but a skeletal-frost-toad attacked them. They finished the rest and found Acererak’s balor demon father Tarnhem, whom they released in exchange for his true name and a deal to work together to defeat Acererak. In lich-body form, Acererak showed up and fought the group. They broke the mirror to release Loot Company, only to learn that the evil Moil rogue had killed the cleric and fighters. Tarnhem helped them defeat this Acererak body; after the battle, they killed the evil rogue.
Continuing on, they found Acererak’s wizard library and magic labs. The found the “Apotheosis Chamber” with a huge phylactery orb containing almost 3,000 souls; Acererak only needed 3 more for the Apotheosis. In demilich form, he took the souls of both Tarnham and the deva (from the ring Blood had been using). Worth managed to save versus losing his soul and so did Blue, who put a cloak over Acererak’s eyes. When the team destroyed the demilich skull, Acererak’s soul went into one last frost-skeleton in the secret side room; Drizmar and Pylia finished it off (before it could make it to the escape portal) and sent Acererak’s soul into the phylactery.
They collected more treasure, ultimately destroying the curtain portal and several evil items. The team had a plan to move the phylactery and managed to get the sphere into the hall, away from the hole above the negative energy field. They used a magic spell for shelter to rest for 8 hours while thinking over how to free the souls without destroying them. They also plotted to obtain almost half of the library before the place was destroyed. They remembered the story of Orcus and Moil so they used a daylight spell to free the souls, destroy the phylactery, and simultaneously they opened a gate (to Cobalt Castle on Kalibruhn-Toril) and used spells to get as many books as possible. They escaped as the place was crumbling apart and falling into the negative energy below.
Meanwhile, Corellon and Ehlonna had recruited people for the Godswar situation at Firth. Daria/Charity “Blueblood III” Thoron and her alt-reality husband Oran the Green Lord gave up their powers (to 2 of their children) to come help in the battle (thus saving some family members). Ryali and Holic waited for the effects of the destruction, allowing Ryali to capture Shendelavri’s lost portfolio as a goddess of love. Meanwhile, someone else took the death god portfolio left behind from Jergal’s death - but it wasn’t Acererak. Firth was no more, thus ensuring that it would never become Ficaria, thus guaranteeing a new destiny for the universe.
In Cobalt Castle, the Force Green team communicated with their family and considered their future options. They found out Strahd was no longer at the Jade Palace and about the results of the destruction of Firth. They wanted revenge against Veersalla, eventually, but they also realized they could take some down time. Pylia knew it would take months of careful work to de-trap the magic library and catalog the books (but it looked like she had access to all of Acererak’s spells and much of his research). Blue and Blood contemplated trying to become Chosen of Ehlonna (one of them on K-T and one for the Feywild) since it was reported that Drizzt perished along with the people of Firth. Drizmar suggested, if they were going to become Chosen, then Pylia should ask to become a Chosen of Ryali under the new love portfolio. He also pointed out that they had missed a lot of EV meetings and should check in with the organization now that they were going to have some free time...
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