Session0073

==June 25th==
Having killed Lane Coronato and imprisoned Asmodeus, the party gathers their things and boards Patches' yacht, and begins traveling back toward Mimrinoth. Along the way, they recover the magical painting that they had left behind in the jungle. 
While traveling, the party does some magical healing and recovery, and Louche attunes to the ruby rod and golden fiddle of Asmodeus. The party discusses their plans moving forward, and decides to rest until the next prime zenith on June 30th before attempting to confront the Morningstar. They also decide to travel to Sigil to return the imprisoned avatar of Asmodeus to the Lady of Pain.
Around sundown, the party arrives at Mimrinoth. Malkoth creates a homunculus, and sends it through a teleportation circle to Ossidia, with instructions to fly to Shaeserin and scout out the situation in Volus - a journey which will take a number of days. Afterwards, the party uses one of the their magical paintings to return to Every Ware in Sigil.
In Sigil, the party is met by Gregarian Advantis. They explain the situation regarding Asmodeus to him, and he offers to take them to speak with the Lady of Pain, insinuating that his presenting them to her would help bolster his campaign efforts for the governorship of the Lower Ward. The party agrees, and Gregarian escorts them to the Iron Palace.
At the Palace, Louche returns the Lady of Pain's imprisonment signet to her, informing her of the party's success in capturing the avatar of Asmodeus. In return for their service, Louche asks the Lady of Pain to intervene in the pact made between XVIII and the Raven Queen, perhaps by letting XVIII leave a part of their soul within their simulacrum. The Lady of Pain refuses to intervene in the situation directly, as it his not her place to tamper in other gods' domains. However, at Louche's request, she grants the party a writ of safe passage to teleport to the Raven Queen's Fortress of Memories and speak with her safely and peacefully about the matter.
Louche also requests an audience with Aedra. The Lady of Pain quickly denies this request, but when Louche insists and cites his status as a valkyrie, she agrees to put Louche into a magical communion with Aedra, rather than an in-person meeting. Louche agrees to this, and they arrange for Louche to return at midnight for the communion. 
At midnight, Louche returns to the Iron Palace, accompanied by Malkoth. As promised, the Lady of Pain places Louche into a magical communion with Aedra, wherein his consciousness is seemingly divorced from his body temporarily and transported to meet with her. There, he thanks Aedra for making him a valykrie, citing the love that it brought to his life. He asks Aedra for redemption for Lane Coronato's immortal soul, in the form of letting him become an angel in the afterlife instead of being sent to the Nine Hells. In exchange, her offers her a song that he has written about Lane.
Aedra and Louche discuss free will and fate, and Louche tells her about the psalm of absolution that he wrote to free himself of her influence temporarily. Aedra separates Louche and Israphel's consciousnesses temporarily, and asks which of them desires Lane Coronato's redemption. They answer in unison that they both do. She agrees to allow Lane to be reborn in Elysium as an angel in the afterlife, and Louche then reawakens in the Lady of Pain's throneroom.
Accompanied by Louche and Malkoth, the Lady of Pain's dabus carry the body of Lane Coronato to Ecstasy, Sigil's gateway to Elysium. There, the body is given to Charon and some other shadar-kai to be taken into Elysium. Before the body is taken, Louche leaves his trumpet with it. 
Mydaiel is also present at the gate, and she briefly talks to Louche (and, by extension, Israphel), bidding them farewell, and promising to take care of Lane Coronato.
Afterwards, the party reconvenes at Every Ware, where Louche tells Natalie Shaw (who is now employed by Gregarian Advantis) about Lane Coronato, and the two discuss Lane and their relationship. Louche also tells the party about meeting Aedra.
==June 26th==
In the morning, the party uses the Sigil's Inner Gate to return to the Material Plane; specifically, to Mycorrhiza. Odell remains behind for the day to do some research in Sigil's libraries.
At the library, Odell searches for information regarding and gods who voluntarily gave up their status as deities, but he finds no such cases recorded.
In Mycorrhiza, Jack speaks with Heartsong, with Frog's permission. They discuss Heartsong's promise to help resurrect Djinni, and Heartsong details that, in order to do so, the spirit of Djinni must be freed from Avourel Orion's control. Afterwards, Heartsong explains that he could bring a version of Djinni from another universe to this one, and merge her with the soul. Jack explains that he wants to try to resurrect her himself first with no help from Heartsong, in the interest of not tampering with another universe's Djinni. But he tells Heartsong that if his plan fails, or if anything should happen to him or to Frog, that he should proceed with the plan of bringing Djinni from another universe.
Later in the evening, Pepper and Jack discuss their upcoming confrontation with the Morningstar. Pepper expresses some hesitation about confronting her, citing that she might be the only hope they have of resurrecting Djinni. Jack tells Pepper about the deal that he has made with Heartsong, which eases Pepper's concerns. Jack also says that he might be able to resurrect her himself, or at least that he intends to try. He also tells Pepper that if anything goes wrong at the confrontation with the Morningstar, Pepper should flee and save himself.
Back in Sigil, Odell uses a divination spell to commune with Primordial Chaos in an attempt to understand its will. He asks if there is any way to fill the divine domain void of the Material Plane without someone ascending, and the answer is no. Next, he asks if Chaos wants him to be the god of the Material Plane, and the answer is no. Finally, he asks if Chaos wants anyone to be the god of the Material Plane at all, and the answer is no. 
==June 27th==
Odell rejoins the party in Mycorrhiza, and they spend the day resting and preparing in Mycorrhiza.
==June 28th==
Malkoth's homunculus reaches Volus, and sends its senses to him. Malkoth sees Volus flying in the sky above Shaeserin, occupied by hundreds or perhaps even thousands of elves, including some warriors and priests that appear combat-ready and on alert, but primarily commoners. Malkoth notes that there is a small sun-like orb hovering above the city that wasn't present the last time they saw the city. With the homunculus' aid, Malkoth finds a less-occupied part of the city that the party could potentially teleport to and avoid detection.
Afterwards, Malkoth shares with the party what he saw, and the party strategizes for the upcoming confrontation. Odell uses divination to learn about the Morningstar's weaknesses, and learns that her combat focus is primarily on healing and countering arcane magic. He also learns that the Inquisitors are using a large number of sages to use augury spells on a regular basis so that they know when the party is coming to Volus. 
==June 29th==
The party spends one more day relaxing in Mycorrhiza, enjoying the ongoing festivities and playing golf. 
At the end of the night, Louche uses a true polymorph spell to transform into his true devil form, and Frog uses a true polymorph spell to transform into Daimao. Louche also places a sympathy spell on Jack to attract ghosts and followers of the Morningstar to him.
==June 30th==
In the morning, Louche plays the psalm of rest, and Malkoth uses his material resonator to conjure a magic item and a dragon wyrmling minion.
Patches shapeshifts into a flonflon. Afterwards, he lights one of his magical candles and starts to petrifying into a candle himself, but Jack dispels the effect.
After the party makes a few last preparations, Malkoth attempts to teleport them to Volus. The spell misfires, however, and the party appears in the far northern tundra of the continent, beyond the Frostfangs. Frog, in the form of Daimao, uses a plane shift spell to take the party to the Abyss temporarily, so that Jack can then use another plane shift spell to take the party to Volus.
The party arrives in the streets of Volus, though not in the isolated area they intended to reach. They find themselves surrounded by dozens of elven townsfolk, who start to flock around them due to Jack's sympathy spell, while also shouting in terror at the sudden presence of Daimao and the rest of the party. Louche uses a mass suggestion spell to urge everyone to flee the city to safety. Using a nearby orb that grants magical flight to anyone that touches it, the elves begin to flee, flying away from Volus down toward Shaeserin.
Next, Louche magically charms a nearby elf, and asks where the Morningstar is. The elf points to the small sun-like orb hovering about the city, explaining that this is where the Morningstar's ritual is set to take place. The party touches the device that grants them magical flight, and flies up toward the orb in the sky. As they approach, they begin to feel intense radiant heat, and they take some potions of radiant resistance and cast a few other spells on themselves in preparation. 
As the party reaches the orb in the sky and attempts to fly into it, they start to burn and become blinded, taking significant damage. After a few seconds they pull back out of the orb, recognizing that it is a protective field of some kind. Malkoth uses his magic 8-ball and asks if it's possible for the party to push through the field without dying, and receives a "most likely" response. Next, he asks if there is another way to get into the orb, and receives a "yes definitely" response.
In an attempt to find a different way to enter the orb, the party flies to the Lightspire in Volus, where the party found the device that provides the city with flight on their previous visit. On the way, Odell uses divination magic to ask for information about the device within the Lightspire that makes the city fly. He learns how to operate it, and also learns that the same device is being use to provide the protective orb surrounding the Morningstar's ritual, which he learns is underway. He learns that the field could be disabled by interfacing with the device, and that destroying the device would also disable the protective field (though it would also cause Volus to fall out of the sky). 
The party breaks into the Lightspire by crashing through the ceiling using Frog's new Daimao form. Inside, they battle a group of Inquisitor soldiers and priests within. As the rest of the party battles and defeats the Inquisitors, Odell interfaces with the device in the center of Lightspire, disabling the protective field above the city. 
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