WoDaD Session 45

== Title ==
True Love and Other Developments
== Recap ==
Thelo finds Alex waiting for him. The old man tells the child that Shar is coming for Chi Pin, to use their body as a vessel not just for spirits, but for the goddess herself. This would shunt Chi Pin and the other ghosts to the background and essentially override who they are. Thelo rushes back to the haven to tell the rest of the party this, which finally convinces Bran to go to Liirac. First, though, he needs to learn Allexus' shapeshifting, so he won't be spotted by Liiracian soldiers. To this purpose, Maria sends a teleporting ally named Voice ahead to Allexus in Fehleviln to let them know the party is on the way there. Allexus tells Maria through Voice that there's something big going down in Fehleviln and to tread carefully.
After a nice rest (with Thelo staying the night with his family this time), the party sets off into the Planar Fog once more. After traveling for some time, they're suddenly yoinked out of the Fog and the haven and find themselves on the ground, surrounded by Daybreaks talking about a "lure" working. There's also a person fully decked out in Astrodonian armor with Astrodonian weapons held ready. This Captain Alvara is here with a vengeance to kill Bran on the King of Liirac's behalf. Bran makes a hut and Yorsog throws up a smokescreen, but it doesn't do much as Alvara's crossbow bolt slams into the magical hut and starts leeching its power. Without much time to plan, the party uses Azural Magic to teleport right to Allexus Silverstone. However, as they disappear, the Daybreaks fire a volley of magic that deals a huge blow to each of them.
Bran heals the party back to full before being taught by Allexus how to shapeshift with Azural Magic. Meanwhile, the rest of the party goes clothing shopping since their current clothes were ruined by the Daybreaks' volley. Once they reunite, Bran, Amros, and Chi Pin all change their form to be less recognizable, Bran choosing to go by the name of Cray Stilton from now until they finish their Liirac mission. However, their various magicks ping off Alvara's magic-detecting helmet and draw the enemies to their hiding spot. Alvara throws in an Astrodonian grenade but Maria uses wind to throw it back out the window to explode by the Daybreaks so they can all run. They escape the house into a side-street, but Alvara is hunting them.
== Continuity ==
The previous session is WoDaD Session 44.