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We are missing the report from the session, but very briefly, the plan to rescue Hentron went very well - until Joshua opened his mouth. However, a fortunate dice roll (for us) meant that Garaf stuck a Hold Person on Sorlor before she could do anything, and while we were still alone with her. With Thirson stunning Hentron more or less continuously, we got out of there with Hentron and Sorlor's goblet. Unbeknownst to us, Thirson had stuck a 'quivering palm' on Sorlor.
We decided to teleport back to Willston - upon arrival, while waiting in the 'arrivals' hall (ie teleport trap), Rasten teleported in and backstabbed Thirson - killing him with extreme prejudice. Thirson had previously stepped away from the rest of us - presumably giving Rasten room! (ie he was expecting to die.) Rasten doesn't blame us for Thirson's 'vengeance'.
We get Hentron to eat the cake, and after giving him a briefing on as much as we could (stressing the importance of the goblets), we take him (with more teleport scrolls from Rasten) to the gates of the palace in Northlake. Without much trouble, Hentron is accepted as the rightful king.
After a few days of polite house-arrest (or palace-arrest), we get to meet Hentron again. He returns the charisma items he had borrowed from us, and gives us a charter to continue operating as an independent party in his name. We also gets documents clearing us of any previous treasonous activities. And 5,000gp (from the royal quartermaster.)
The party decide to take the money and retire, and the whole campaign is over. Umar starts up a gladiator school with his unique brand of combat, but goes bust because none of his gladiators last very long. Garaf decides to become the new high priests of SARN because of all the fire spells involved. Joshua becomes a millionaire from his self-advancement books entitled "How to win friends and influence people" and "The art of the deal". The hobbits start up a new theartre experience called 'talking pictures' - a blend of live action and phantasmal forces.
In another universe, the Hentron agrees to allow us to gather the goblets - Solara (now our most beloved and respected uncle of the King) will hand over his goblet, and Hentron will try to negotiate getting the Lizardmen goblet. He asks to keep one of our three in the meantime - he keeps Solor's 'eggcup'. Although the kingdom is unifying nicely under Hentron, Alvera is nowhere to be found, and does not respond to the royals summons for his presence. He will soon be declared persona-non-grata. We try to go back to the University, but it is closed due to exclusive research being carried out for Hentron.