Session 54.5

Before properly entering combat with Hedemora, Ephemera is pulled to another location by Lysaro. She must overcome the challenges presented before returning to help her friends at the Platinum Disc. 
== Summary ==
As Ephemera, Renn, Sors, and Athoraz entered combat with Hedemora and his minions, Ephemera temporarily blinked out of existence. She materialized in her own body in a dark, cylindrical chamber that contained four doors. One was larger than the others and had a large mechanical lock requiring multiple keys. Lysaro appeared and explained that he was unable to help with the battle on the Platinum Disc. He could help in a more sideways direction, by offering her the chance to retrieve her memories he had stored in his domain. He also said there was a weapon that might be useful. 
His explanation delivered, he left to allow Ephemera to get to business. She entered one of the doors and found herself in a room which contained a pool of water. In this room stood Lysaro, dressed in a dark blue robe and lacking a true face. He asked, "What are we going to do without you?" and then attacked her. After some hesitancy about what was going on, Ephemera eventually defeated him. Upon his defeat, he became a puddle of water, in which lay a sizable gray triangular shard. When she picked it up, an amber orb emerged from it and entered her, granting her memories. 
She proceeded through the next two rooms in similar fashion. One contained a version of Lysaro wearing red robes and wielding a great sword; he stated, "There has to be another way." The third contained a pit of sand which hid another copy of Lysaro. He said simply, "I missed you" before attempting to drag her beneath the surface of the sand. They both also dissipated, leaving behind a shard and memories. 
She placed the shards in the fourth door in the center room, which opened to a set of stairs leading downward. She followed the path to yet another version of Lysaro. This one was larger than the others and wielding another great sword, this one with a grinning skull on the cross guard. Tears streaming down his cheeks, has asked, "How could you ask this of me?" before once more attacking. Ephemera defeated this fourth Lysaro, retrieving yet another set of memories and filling another socket of the halberd. She also retrieved the great sword, the Death Gate. Her trial complete, Lysaro appeared once more, and the two discussed their regret about Ephemera's original plan for the asteroid. Ephemera remarked that they had both changed quite a bit since that time, which would require discussion at a later date. Lysaro requested secrecy concerning how she had obtained the Death Gate and disappeared. Ephemera returned to the Material Plane, still using the body Lysaro had provided her. 
== NPCs ==
=== Returning ===
* Lysaro
== Items ==
* The Death Gate (obtained by Ephemera)