Into Chaos

**"Into Chaos" (1x13)** is the third session of the second chapter of A War On All Sides. The group journey into Kaspalia to see what sorts of evil have wrought destruction.

## **Synopsis**

Crawmi's dreams lead him to a forested glade, where he sees Freynor. Freynor asks for meat and goes on to tell Crawmi that he got his wings, turning into a black raven and flying into the sun. As Crawmi stares towards the sky, he is transported to a field with waves of grain and a scorching sun. As he looks down he sees Fu'ulphul, the patron who has been with him since he touched the portal beneath Freynor Keep. Fu'ulphul apologized for how he did not give proper consideration to "Brave Beast", and that he hoped "Sea Singer" could forgive him as they continue on their mission of vengeance. Their discussion ended with Fu'ulphul offering his scythe at Crawmi's feet, which he took. "The harvest is almost upon us" Fu'ulphul said, as Crawmi was sucked from his dream state by a voice entering his mind. The voice, identified as a man named Heton, was sent from the Arcane Conservatory, and was trapped in Kaspalia.

Crawmi woke the party, and they formulated a plan. Nowun and Roesock journeyed towards the town to scout. Nowun was able to get close to the outer wall and find a way in, and from his post was unable to see much danger, save for the spined creatures flying overhead. Assuming the path to be relatively free from danger, he went back to the party and told them the news. Feeling confident enough, the party journeyed to the town (leaving behind the four they had rescued from the wreck of the Arc Rail), going through the entrance in the wall Nowun found. After moving a bit through some alleys, Nowun heard some manic laughter around a corner and went to investigate. There he saw several small, fiendish creatures feasting on a corpse, unaware of his presence. Using this to his advantage, he threw a dagger, taking out two of them in one toss, pinning them to a wall as their bodies melted away into a black ichor. The party then engaged, quickly dispatching their laughing foes. However, the noise caused a group of large, horned demons and their hell hound companions to emerge from their hiding, chasing the group through the streets. The chaos also captured the attention of the spined devils overhead, sending them into pursuit. The party was able to avoid capture, taking some damage along the way, almost being crushed before being pulled into a cellar by a blacksmith

In the smith's cellar, the party met Ashok Rixon, a pale man with ornate piercings, claiming to be from another world. The man claimed to have been from a world much like Vaseres, though it was destroyed by invading creatures from Molodar who used Lightshards as a source of energy to open portals. He hoped to save this planet from the same fate as his home planet, Bysser. The group healed up and drank some mead, before eventually setting forth on their journey into the streets towards the chapel where Ashok believed the Lightshard energy to be emanating from.

After a brief battle where the party dispatched some spined devils and a bearded devil, the party trudged ahead to find their Arcane Conservatory help, and investigate the chapel of Pelor amidst a dark red sky.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Player Characters**

* Ivantar
* Ronwe
* Ashok Rixon
* Crawmi
* Nowun

### **Returning**

* Griff (as Hekki'zoo)
* Patricia Tuck
* Dick Harrison
* Leif Almagon
* Pietre Sinjak