Session 107

Synopsis
==Summary==
Esteem recalls a time when he had been assigned to work with a contingent of Purifiers searching for a pair of "dangerous criminals." He locates the figures, cornering them in a dead end, but discovers that the criminals are actually young tieflings. Their crime was stealing food. Rather than enacting the prescribed "justice," he instead opts to let them go, unwilling to murder children over such a small thing. He returned to Inquisitor Mordrain, pretending to continue the search, but his lies were seen through. Mordrain observes that Esteem is a good man, but that good men weren't useful for what was coming next. As Mordrain walked away from him, Esteem caught the briefest glimpse of a smirk. 
The party arrived at the entrance to the Garret estate. Teer casts Glibness, and Kiono casts Invisibility on Esteem. They then. attempt to sell Belle. It goes horribly, so Esteem chokes out one of the guards, breaking his invisibility. The illusion of the walls fades and reveals a large number of soldiers prepared to attack them. The party takes out most of them, two fleeing further into the grounds and one fleeing outside. 
As the party proceeds inside, Belle feels an intense disruption as her consciousness pitches, her form feeling as though it is stretched and compressed. She is no longer present, but in the future. Dark Archon Evil Belle stands beside Aedon, her great and terrible master, a galactically sized draconic being. Belle and Aedon, inheritors of the Dark's legacy, are waging war against other celestial beings. She is his chief lieutenant, and though she once regarded the stars fondly, she now walks among them. She knows their true names now, and she also knows that they will each cease to be. And then Belle is returned to where she was, in the courtyard with her allies. 
Upon returning to herself, the group noticed that she was acting a bit weird and checked on her. She indicated that she had a premonition of sorts of a potential future, and she didn't like it. Ephy encouraged her that her future is mutable, and if she didn't like the road she was walking down, she could absolutely still change it. Belle then asked whether Aedon was a good person. They said that they were probably, but didn't have a lot of experience with the world. 
Kiono turns the party invisible, and they proceed to one of the side doors. Ephemera uses Teer's lock picks to unlock the door, leading them into a former chapel space turned 
Esteem recalls, having been reprimanded for his actions during the pursuit of the dangerous criminal tiefling tweens. He kept tabs on the Purifiers, having become more suspicious of them afterwards. After a meeting between Mordraine and Desmond, Esteem was dismissed. Esteem followed Mordraine to the chapel after the meeting, seeing him manipulate scenery where the altar once was. He entered the now-open passage leading down. Esteem followed, and his memories of living end.
Esteem says that they should probably go down, and Belle can faintly hear - feel - chanting going on downstairs. Esteem once again does the thing to open the secret door. A blast of warm air hits them, and the sound of chanting is audible to the whole party as they prepare to descend. 
==NPCs==
=== Returning ===
* Aedon (vision)
* Mordraine (vision) 
* Desmond Garret (vision)
=== Mentioned ===
* The Dark