The Chapel

**"The Chapel" (1x14)** is the fourth session of the second chapter of A War On All Sides. The party discovers more than they bargained for in Kaspalia, and finally meet a contact face to face.

## **Synopsis**

The party ran through the streets of Kaspalia, finding their way to the Wizard's Hall. The Hall, much to their surprise, was undamaged. Ivantar broke the door down to discover a grotesque scene. Bodies were chained to the back wall, blood pooling onto the floor. A masked fiend donning chains looked in their direction and attacked. Ronwe attempted to calm it by speaking Infernal, but was unsuccessful. A grueling battle ensued, with Ashok and Crawmi taking severe damage. Ultimately, the fiend was felled, and the party rescued Heton, the elvish wizard sent by the Arcane Conservatory. Heton spoke of how the red sky appeared to be a massive portal or access point between this world and another place, and that demons, including the chain fiend, seemed to appear out of thin air. The party took a needed rest, while Nowun scouted the hall for anything of value. Ashok eventually convinced them to get moving, and the group set off towards the Chapel of Pelor.

Upon entering the chapel, the group found the worship chamber with a hell hound and tanaruuk devouring piles of human corpses. The party engages, dispatching the foes. Ronwe was successful in convincing the hell hound to pacify itself, however Ashok and Nowun had none of it and slayed the now docile beast. Ivantar proceeded to focus his attention, trying to pickup on any latent Lightshard energies. Feeling something beneath them, the group began looking for any access to this unseen sublevel. Nowun eventually found a floordoor in a storage room, and the group descended down.

Beneath the chapel, the group found a storage cache with some gems and other donations the holy place had received, which Ivantar took to bolster his lair. The group moved in further, eventually finding a large stone chamber with a massive Corrupted Lightshard at the back. As the group entered, a red winged fiend wearing ornate golden armor descended from the ceiling, happy about his new guests. The two sides attempted conversation, but before long combat started, with the fiend using his overwhelming presence to convince the party to drop their weapons. The latent energies of the corrupted shard also filled the room, causing maddening visions and lethargy to those unable to steel their wills against them. Before long, as Ashok and Ivantar were destroying the shard, Nowun heard a devilish voice in his mind as the corrupted shard in his back began to get incredibly warm. "Now is not the time, Nellek, there is still much preparation to be done." The fiend then disappeared from the room, but not before getting Heton to impale himself with a corrupted shard. Having left, the group was able to easily destroy the massive shard and save a convulsing Heton from turning into who knows what. As the group headed towards the surface, Crawmi moved some of the corrupted shard fragments into his pack without touching them.

The party found that the red sky was no more, and that the evening sun was setting in the sky. Heton and Ronwe both conveyed the news to Tyrael Mynteres, with Ronwe adding information about Ashok and his emergence from Bysser. Tyrael guided Ronwe in reactivating the portal in the Wizard's Hall, and Tyrael came at once, now sensing that the timeline was being pushed. After some persuasion, he gave more information on what he and the Conservatory had been preoccupied with. He also recognized the name "Nellek", stating that the Trade Master of Port Kaspar shared the same name, Nellek Vazerio. He used his magics to bring the party back with him... to Skyreach (Silvertide City).

## **Featured Characters**

### **Player Characters**

* Ivantar
* Ronwe
* Ashok
* Crawmi
* Nowun

### **New**

* Heton Elemare
* Nellek Vazerio

## **Inventory**

* Ivantar + gems
* Crawmi + corrupted shard fragments

## **Quotations**

* "You look like hell." - Ivantar, to a fiend.