Homeward Bound Episode 11

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==Recap==
===Battle in the Mine===
Kel William Marshal and Grimes are deep in some mines inside the Shadow Plane for the Demon World. They are in a large chamber where there are fortification on the far side on the room. 2 large rock creatures emerge from the walls around them. The party back up together and defend themselves. Grimes, standing behind William, tries speaking with the elementals and it comes out as variant of the Demon language to William's ears. This doesn't stop the elementals from closing in and attacking.
The elementals appear to be related to the demons somehow, the blessed weapons do double damage. The party defeat one of the elemental, William getting very injured in the process. The party try to withdrawal down the passage, but the other elemental gives chase, swimming though the earth like it was water. Grimes stuns the Elemental with the Velthara Dagger. William unleashes his fury on the elemental, cutting down.
William and Grimes rest from the battle. As they talk, Grimes confesses 2 things to William. The first is about the letter he got from The Family saying that William's wife was having suitors but she hadn't accepted any of them. The second is about that William never slept with Captain Zaaz, that it was all a prank. William accepts the news, and reflects on the past and what has been lost with Grimes.
Some time later the 2 finish resting and are fully healed. The head onward and find the passageway head deeper and deeper and the air around them grows warm. They find a sector of tunnel carved with the symbols of the god of chaos, Malkis. The party continue and find more and more of the carvings, becoming more hectic and manic.
===The Plane of Earth===
The party then reach a window and see a carved out room on the other side. In the room is rubble and broken rock. Grimes spies a clawed black foot under the rubble. The party climb though the window and examine the dead, 3 Warrior Demons and a Task Master Demon. The Demons look crushed by a cave-in of some kind. Grimes wonders why the bodies are still here and haven't disappeared like the other dead demons. The dead Task Master Demon holding a tuning fork. Though the gem of true seeing the tuning fork appears to be moving around and it begins to hiss, Grimes turns to face down the corridor and it hums louder when pointing in a certain direction.
While exploring the rubble, William finds an small attached room and a doorway carved into the wall & the main tunnel. There is also another doorway into a heavily collapsed room. William removes a rock and finds an eyeball staring at him. William stabs the eyeball, but finds it is a crushed beholder.
The party decide to follow the main tunnel back in the direction the of tuning fork is pointing for some miles. They reach a section of corridor where the tuning fork reacts to where there are some Malkis carved symbols. The two examine the symbols and try to understand what it means but don't get anywhere.
The party head back down the main corridor again. As they walk Grimes grows Hungry for the first time in a very long time. Grimes looks around and feels the greyscale world around them has changed, the shadows are stronger. William pulls out his flame blade and it lights up the area very faintly in orange, the first color they have seen in a long time.
The party move onwards and both William and Grimes both feel more and hungry. After a few hours they feel thirsty and the colors keep growing stronger. The walls of the tunnel change, with there being a giant quartz crystal. The two continue.
Down the passageway they are ambushed by a Xorn that can swim though the earth and attacks the party from different directions. The party defend themselves and decide to jog away from the monster. William realises it is the Elemental Plane of Earth. The Xorn chases after the party, and William slays it.
===Back to the Crossroads===
The party decide to head back to the Shadow Plane so they won't starve. They return to the section that the tuning fork was pointing to and then head all the way out of the mine, back into the black and white world of the Shadow Plane.
The party eventually return to the crossroads outside. It takes a very long time to get back to the crossroads that they are all healed up from the Xorn fight. They test using the turning fork and find that the direction of the Demon Fort is resonating. The party decide to take a path they haven't tried yet.
Maybe 5 miles down the road, the party encounter a new carving in the ground, a brand new caring of Matrigal. The party continue down the path until the are permendicular to the Demon Fort according to the tuning fork, then they head towards the fort.
After some time the party each some sheer cliffs that down down into the ocean 20–30 feet. The party follow along the top of the cliffs back in the direction of the fort.
As they travel the party hear a cart heading towards the fort. The party avoid the cart and keep traveling. They eventually arrive at the wall of the fort which is 40 feet tall. The pair sneak towards the wall, moving rock to rock. Grimes climbs the wall and encounters a Hydra Demon standing guard on the wall. The Hydra goes to flee from Grimes but he stabs it with the Velthara Dagger, stunning it. Grimes finishes off the demon.
Grimes lowers the 20 foot rope for William, but there is a massive gap so William can't reach. William throws the Taskmaster Whip up to Grimes. Grimes ties the two together. William is able to climb up now. The two then climb down the other side. Kel William uses the Tuning Fork and it points diagonally into the fort. The party move from rocky outcrop to outcrop, wearing their scrag cloaks.
===Battle of the Portal===
:You guys move rock to rock, then it comes into view though the haziness of this plane. You see a pathway that winds up a bit of a hill towards this peak near the ocean. Upon this peak you can see this structure. It is an oblong oval, with spikes coming off the sides, wreathed in non-light producing flames that shimmer around it. In the centre of it is like the last portal, you can't see though it, but there is flatness to it that moves and changes before you.
There are a wagon rolling up the winding pathway, guarded by 8 warrior demons & a taskmaster demon. At the portal itself is 4 more warriors and a taskmaster. The party decide to wait for the cart to pass though before moving up towards the portal. Grimes eavesdrops on the demons, but only understands the language of demons facing in his direction. The Demon talking about using this shipment to break though to the other side.
Then from the Wall behind them, a Shrieker Demon yells an alarm. The cart goes though the portal as the gate guards become very alert. Grimes & William make a break for the portal, as a Demon#Gate Breaker chases after them. William charges into the demons block the path to the Portal. William kills a Demon but the Task Master is still in their way. Grimes manages to slip into the Portal.
The Gatebreaker then charges into the Warrior Demons to try to get to William. The Task Master then uses his Yell of Blasting on everything, stunning them. Grimes leaps back into the portal to stab the Task Master in the back, but his weapon doesn't get though the armor. William then does a shove against the Task Master to get it out of the way, but they are at a stalemate. The Task Master and William duel one-another, and William gets knocked unconscious. Grimes drags William though the portal as he is attacked by the Task Master.
===Otherside===
The other side of the portal is another greyscale world. They are inside a well crafted human-made square room. Grimes stands over William, holding his Runeblade. The portal is 5 feet wide 8 feet tall. A warrior demon comes though the portal after the party. Grimes swings the Runeblade at the Demon, destroying the Demon's shield and hitting it hard. The Task Master comes though the portal, and Grimes shatters his armor with the Runeblade, and a few more blows, kills the taskmaster. He then kills the warrior with the dagger of Velthara. Another warrior demon enters and Grimes attacks.
The Gate Breaker tries to get though the portal as well, but Grimes touches the portal with a the anti-magic Gloves, cutting off the horns of the Gate Breaker. Grimes then slays the last Demon with the Runeblade.
Grimes collapses to the ground, injured which the unconscious William with him. 
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