Session 50

The party was given access to Belxari's airship which would allow them to begin traveling to the various Ascendant Dragons in hopes of gaining their assistance in taking down Nox.
== Summary ==
Cecily Cardew descended the toppled ship she had been standing on and approached the party. She punched Renn in the face, then immediately pulled her into a brief hug. Cecily's ship had been attacked by a giant octopus, which was apparently the pet of an ocean goddess. The goddess caused the tidal wave that resulted in the ship being deposited in Oceanside. Renn apologized to Cecily for not thinking about Cecily's feelings. Cecily said that she saw that Renn was trying to be better, and that when she was, she would be willing to give their friendship another chance. Until then, Cecily planned to continue her adventures. Cecily then left, taking the captain's eyepatch with her, and Renn turned to Julien. The party questioned him about his doppleganger. He had discovered that there had been activity on his behalf and the only suspicious thing was a package that had been held up at port. It had been transported in some other manner. This package was likely the package Adrienne had requested Renn look into the first time they had gone to Oceanside. 
After Julien and Cecily departed, the party settled back down to rest and wait for Belxari. The city watch arrived to assess the damage of the arrival of this ship. After an hour or so, there was a loud clap of thunder, and a rope ladder unfurled. The party climbed it and found themselves on the Raquesval. Belxari led them to the bridge, where they found Seresh at work in the Star Trek-style bridge. Seresh explained that he was to be their navigator and that Goon would be their engineer. Belxari explained that Bahamut agreed to use the Platinum Disc as a staging area for capturing Akaros' body, so she would go to work on setting up that. Akaros gave his list of potential allies, which amounted primarily to Anghadym and Tiamat. Zamai, an ally of Bahamut, was also suggested. 
The party decided that Anghadym, due to his lack of followers and proclivity toward fighting, would be the best option for their first target and prepared for their trip to the Abyss, where Anghadym made his lair. Teer, Veggrek, and Ephemera left to retrieve potions of fire resistance, as well as some other materials for some projects for Teer. Renn went to watch Goon work, Kiono looked about the bridge, and Sors attempted to use her vision to see the past of the airship. She saw a demonic creature grasping souls by their essence and using a hammer to form them into core of the ship. The ship was used by the demons raining war upon civilizations until it was beaten down by celestial forces. It was sealed away until it was later unsealed and given to presumably Belxari, and Sors saw a brief overview of the Raqusval's use since then. Sors excitedly told Kiono about what she saw, and Belxari warned her not to share the information, particularly with Teer. Overwhelmed, Sors asked Kiono to go on a walk with her. Kiono reluctantly agreed, but only walked her to the hallway there were bedrooms and deposited her in one of them. Sors seemed pleased with this, knowing that there Kiono had paper. Kiono nearly settled in to work, but ended up scoping out the bridge instead. 
The party reconvened on the bridge of the ship. When asked if there was anything else they needed to do, Teer asked Belxari if she could Scry on Concludion, and Renn explained that he had taken Varren's helmet. Belxari attempted to perform the scry on him, but instead pseudo-summoned an undead man wearing the helmet. He chided Belxari for spying on his client when he did not wish to be found. The party discussed the implications and whether they should go after him. A post tortle arrived and delivered the helmet that Orphesia had promised him. When questioned about the origins of the helmet, he explained that the succubus had threatened to take Varren's skull by force, so he had opted to trade it instead. The discussion about potentially evil helmets turned them back to the matter of Concludion, and they decided to call him. They noticed then that Kiono had been in the middle of a panic attack. Belxari took her back to her room, and the party called Concludion. 
After some prodding, Concludion explained several things: that Kitano wanted to protect Kiono from the Devoured ritual and was working on doing the final one himself, that Concludion didn't want it to happen and was working with the helmet to do it himself, and that he didn't trust that Kiono wouldn't do the same thing if she knew what was happening and end up destroying the world anyway. He wanted the party to come in at the last moment to keep Kitano from being able to interfere with his hijacking. 
Kiono was hiding around the corner and had listened in on the latter portion of the conversation. She Messaged Belxari and requested a private meeting. Belxari met her in Kiono's room, and Kiono requested that she scry on Kitano. She did so, and found him studying Varren's notebooks in a place that resembled the construction of Falenas. Belxari confirmed that it was similar to the construction of the old elves, which made sense due to the Devoured being an elvish god. She encouraged Kiono to give the party a chance, if only to learn what doesn't work for her. 
The rest of the party discussed the vase with the minor god within it, and Ephemera explained she wished to do more research before doing anything with it. Their discussions complete, Seresh used the airship to cast Plane Shift to the Abyss. The party decided to offer the chance to join a fight while having interesting restrictions of not killing certain people. Their decision made, they disembarked beside a volcano cave. Inside, they encountered two cultists that were revealed to be followers of Nox. A warning that Sors was present was passed further into the caverns, and the party was attacked by a large group of cultists. 
After killed the first batch of cultists, the voice of Anghadym accused them of trespassing. The party continued into the caverns, killing more of the cultists as they went. One cultist, Carden, surrendered almost immediately, afraid of the threat of being turned into a frog and thrown in lava. The party found Anghadym in the depths of the caverns, as well as the leader of this group of cultists. Vargus, a powerful monk, remarked that the dragon was not holding up his end of the bargain before engaging in the party directly. A difficult opponent to hit, he eventually fled when Ephemera activated Kiono's aasimar aura, guaranteeing damage against him. He Place Shifted to safety, leaving the party alone with Anghadym. The dragon approached and immediately admitted to having sided with Nox. He repeated what Nox's followers had said during their encounters: they were far too late to stop Nox. He then opened a Gate to the Platinum Disc and stepped through, joining the siege already underway there. 
== NPCs ==
=== Introduced ===
* Anghadym 
* Carden (Nox cultist scared into not)
* NAME (Nox cultist who escaped) 
* Vargus
=== Returning ===
* Cecily Cardew
* Julien Ghesquiere 
* Belxari
* Seresh
* Goon
* Concludion
* Kitano (via scrying)
=== Mentioned ===
* Bahamut
* Cianat
* Tiamat
* Zamai
* Xelbari
* Enooto
* Adrienne Worthing
== Items Gains ==
* Potion of Fire Resistant (1 each for Renn, Teer, and Veggrek; Teer used his)
* Petrified newt eyes (Teer)
* Talisman (from Nox cultist, given to Sors)
* Arcane focus (from Nox cultist)
* 35g 7s (from Nox cultist, to party fund)
* Ruby 25gp (from Nox cultist, to Kiono)