Session 72: Supernova

## Key Plot Developments

**“From the swirling portals of the damned, demons shall emerge, engulf, enslave. The End Times will commence, unless the band of goblin folk will join with grove and grave. The little ones, all six, will lead the way. With blood and bones, they each will start a brawl. Though tens of thousands might be cast away, they’ll know the pain and the fury of the small.”**

Menzoberranzan has been ravaged by rampaging demon lords; even as they fall, their death throes kill thousands of drow. The divine intervention of the hexagonal deities has saved many civilians, but they are fully focused on containing the Mother of Demons, leaving the goblins to banish the remaining demon lords.

Y, a gaping hole in his head, falls--dead. Nicholas Ice Cream, seemingly taking his confrontation with Trix, Glyn, and Pyrite more seriously, splits into four. Pyrite summons a magical dragon to attack the prince of deceit, who redirects Glyn’s attacks towards her. Trix communes with Zarirel, trying to get her to appear presently. While Glyn tries to destroy Nick’s mirror images, Nick redirects Pyrite’s crown of stars at him. Nonetheless, Glyn makes content with his true form, finally knocking him off balance. Then, Grazilaxx--a mind flayer leader of the Society of Brilliance--appears, empowered by finally tasting brilliance (he ate Matron Baenre’s brain). He’s ready to avenge Y.

Grazilaxx fights with Glyn, bringing Nick to his knees. He grabs Nick and goes in for the kill, jamming his glaive through Nick’s heart--or, he would have, if Nick didn’t switch places with Trix. Glyn intentionally murders Trix for the second time in a minute. Nick takes advantage of Glyn’s misstep to begin to tear Grazilaxx apart. Trix is revived for a second time.

Pyrite resorts to blinking in and out of the material plane to avoid Nick’s onslaught. Nick provokes Glyn into killing Grazilaxx. As Glyn despairs, Trix finally is able to attack Nick with the full force of his clerical strength, heavily damaging him. Nick grabs Glyn and rises 70 feet into the air, intending to throw him to the bottom of the crystalline crevice--but Glyn holds on.

Meanwhile, Pix, Tremble, and Bogtooth face down the Demogorgon; only the demon’s left head bothers with them. The Wand of Orcus calls to Pix, but she refuses to accept one demon’s help to defeat another. The left head, damaged, asks for the right head to take the goblins seriously, but the right head refuses. The left head lashes out in frustration, stunning Bogtooth and nearly killing Tremble. Pix blasts the head with a disintegrate, finally getting the right head’s attention.

Both of the Demogorgon’s heads work together, joined in insanity, spouting the same abyssal gibberish. Bogtooth’s will finally falters, and he begins to give in--but Tremble, using the blessing of rage, unleashes his full powers on Demogorgon, hitting him for 216 damage in a turn. The Demogorgon, the prince of madness, begins to bear down the goblin champions of the gods with his full array of abilities, killing Tremble. When all seems to be lost, the cavalry arrives--earth elementals, mind flayers, pixies, Sloopidoop, and Uncle Rotgut are here to help.

The whole army distracts Demogorgon, peppering him with damage. Demogorgon’s right head tries to dominate Bogtooth, but, because of their insane lack of coordination, he wasn’t listening when the left head said Bogtooth was immune to being charmed. Pix uses a dissonant whisper to turn the heads against each other again. As the demon prince lets his guard down, Tremble is revived--and the Bogteam, the heroes of Blingdenstone, coordinate their final attack. Bogtooth and Pix fire encircling eldritch blasts while Tremble takes the best shot of his life, striking true and finally banishing the one-time Deepfather back to the Abyss.

Meanwhile, Glyn and Nick are brawling in the air. Nick forces One Ear’s attacks to kill Trix (a third time). As the vulture prince preens, Pyrite reappears from the ethereal plane and strikes true with a magic missile.

Nick falls to the ground, bleeding ichor and strawberry puree. Glyn uses a channel divinity to try to revivify Trix. When Pyrite attempts to polymorph Nick into a harmless chicken, he redirects the attack to Long Horn and begins using the crystals as a conduit to augment his powers. As Nick begins gloating about their futile attempts to defeat him--the forces of Lady Zariel arrive. Tilphousia, Misu’s mom, is joined by Ichabod and several erinyes. The group enchants, entraps, and absconds with Nicholas Ice Cream. The will of Baator has been satisfied.

Unfortunately--when Glyn tries to bring back Trix, his efforts fail. As we remember from the trial, a landmark case decided that “The house always wins.” Graz’zt didn’t technically uphold his end of the bargain from trial; he didn’t capture Nick, the devils did. Therefore, the Ichabond stands, and Trix’s soul belongs to hell. Now that Trix’s spirit has outlived its usefulness on the material plane, Baator owns him.

Bogteam has a few moments to process their ability to banish the demon lords before the Mother of Demons breaks free from the gods’ binding. The goblins’ brains rationalize a force that transcends the planes. They see every ounce of wanton cruelty inflicted on them from the start. The oppression of Ilvara and Velkynvelve. The barbarism of the gnolls. The chaos of the Demogorgon. The careless consumption of Juiblex. The cancerous aberration of Zuggtmoy. Nicholas's deceit. Graz'zt's lust. Baphomet's monstrousness. Orcus's nihilism. Lifetimes, centuries, millenia of devastation and debauchery.

Glyn instinctively bows towards Pale Night, a being who could erase them with a thought. This embodiment of chaos, satisfied with the day’s devastation, smiles, nods, and willingly lets herself be banished.

They’ve won.

## Memorable Quotes

* **Nick:** Glyn, I didn’t want any of this! I just wanted to retire somewhere nice--the seaside, the tropics. Why are we doing this?
* **Glyn:** Then why are you here?
* **Nick:** I feel like I was called here to help you, Glyn. Graz’zt has clearly messed with your memory and I feel like I need to set things right.
* **Glyn: Y**ou’re here cause you want to fuck with me! I see through you now! You can’t trick me again!

**Trix’s** sending: This is Trix. We made a deal: you get Ice Cream and my family keeps their souls, come collect. If you don't believe me, ask Graz'zt.

* **Nick:** Pyrite, at this rate, you’re gonna kill both of them and I can’t let that happen.
* **Pyrite:** Just try and stop me then.
* **Nick:** Alright!

* **Nick:** Glyn, I think a thank you is in order. I found the forgotten ones. The ones Graz’zt left behind. And I made everything better for them. That grove? That was me. Just a nice place to relax. And then Pyrite ruined it!
* **Glyn:** Pyrite didn’t ruin it! She was trying to help me! She’s stupid sometimes but she didn't ruin anything.

* **Nick:** Glyn, I can read you like an open book. You killed Drigglezub and then called her weak when she died!
* **Glyn:** Yeah I’m a pick of fucking garbage but that doesn’t mean that you’re not either! I’m about to take out the fucking trash!

**Nick:** Glyn, I think you forgot that you were a good boy. I think you need me to help you remember. I’m gonna remove all of your limbs, starting now!

* **Nick:** After every person you’ve ever loved has been killed, I’m going to help you remember who did it. You’re going to remember it was Graz’zt. And then we’ll kill him for what he did. Together.
* **Glyn:** Why do you even like me so much!?

**Grazilaxx:** Get away from my friends. Now that I have your attention. Think carefully how you’re going to use your limited action economy.

* **Demogorgon #1:** I gotta tell you, there’s something special about these ones! The gaze isn’t working on them.
* **Demogorgon #2:** To beart-ache of the naturns, puzzles, puzzles thing end the us forthy take what with who would fard to sleep; nobler be: that unwortune, the have, ther inst of of the unworthy takes us againsolution deathe proubler to suffer the proubler to suffer a sea of troud makes cowardelay, and--
* **Demogorgon #1:** Okay, shut the fuck up.

**Wand of Orcus:** I recognize you. You once troubled my master. But he is gone. You must lay claim to my power.

* **Demogorgon #1:** Why won’t you HELP!
* **Demogorgon #2:** You’ve got to say the rhyme.
* **Demogorgon #1:** I’M NOT GONNA SAY THE RHYME!
* **Demogorgon #2:** Say the rhyme…
* **Demogorgon #1:** …the moon will shine for God knows how long.  As if it still matters. As if someone is trying to recall a dream.
* **Demogorgon #2:** Do it with meaning! Be louder!

* **Demogorgon #1:** AAAAAHHH! FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU FUCK YOU! HELP US!!!
* **Demogorgon #2:** Because you asked so nicely….

**Grazilaxx:** I have a debt to repay. And my decision making is influenced by my indignation at your murderous behavior.

* **Pyrite:** Does hell need him alive?
* **Glyn:** I dunno, how we’re gonna get him to hell—
* **Trix: K**ILL HIM! JUST KILL HIM!

* **Glyn:** This isn’t the end. I’m coming to the Abyss so that I can fucking kill you and you’ll never do this again.
* **Nick:** Glyn, the reason that I like you so much is because you’re so useful.
* **Glyn:** You think making me kill more of my friends will make me like you?
* **Nick:** You will never in the history of the universe be rid of me, Glyn.
* **Glyn:** Good. I hope I stay around you for eternity. So that I can cut YOUR hands off. I’ll kill everyone you care about--if you even do, you fucking monster!

**Nick:** Come ON! Banter is what makes the whole thing so much fun!

**Grazilaxx:** Have you ever tasted something sublime? I have just tasted the finest vintage any of my kind has ever consumed. Flavors of arrogance, intellect, cunning, disbelief, and an overwhelming aroma of devoutness with just a touch of sacrilege and irony at the last moment. I now know what it’s like to devour brilliance.

**Glyn:** Sorry to take you out. And also sorry to bring you back in.

**Demogorgon:** Know me by my best name, mortals. You face the true Prince of Demons.

**Bogtooth:** My name’s Bogtooth and I’m the shield! Even if you kill us you’ll never really make us die! Asshole!! GO, GOBS, GO!!!

* **Bogtooth:** Didn’t think you were done yet, did ya, Tremble?
* **Tremble:** Uuuugh is that what happens whenever you guys die?

* **Demogorgon #2:** What?
* **Demogorgon #1:** It’s like I FUCKING told you!
* **Bogtooth:** Keep him distracted! Everyone keep moving!! This is guerilla warfare!
* **Pix:** You don’t need to help him out. Don’t be such a fool! He’s just doing his own thing, you know? You could do it so much better! So much better! So much better! So much better!  You’re so much better!
* **Demogorgon #1:** We’re about to get banished by some fucking gnats all because you wouldn’t listen to me.
* **Demogorgon #2:** Because you’re too weak.
* **Demogorgon #1:** TOO WEAK?? You’re the one who didn’t want to—
* **Demogorgon #2:** SHUT UP!

**Demogorgon #1:** The moon will shine for God knows how long .As if it still matters. As if someone is trying to recall a dream.  Believe the brain is a cage of light  & rage. When it shuts off, something else switches on.  Not a soul lives  in this house &  this house & this house. Go on, stiffen  the heart, quicken  the blood. To live in a world of flesh  & teeth, you must  learn to kill what you love, & love what can die.

* **Tremble:** If we all launch one of my arrows together, I think we can beat him!
* **Bogtooth:** Tremble...that’s the greatest idea I’ve ever heard. ALRIGHT! Let's do it!

* **Bogtooth:** I think we should have a last speech. Like, for everyone who came before us! Everyone here now. Everyone who’ll be here after. But like boom, boom, boom, one after the other. Hey assholes! This is for everyone who came before us. Pix! That's your line!
* **Tremble:** Sis, say the thing!
* **Bogtooth:** It’ll be really cool!
* **Pix:** Oh! Hey you asshole, you suck! You killed all the people we know and we’re gonna fucking kill you!
* **Tremble:** …..that works too!

**Nick:** Glyn, it's gonna be the same no matter how many times you try.

**Nick:** Did you really think you could catch me so easily? I am the lord of illusions!

* **Tilphousia:** Don’t resist. Don’t talk. Don’t teleport. Don’t change planes. Don’t change forms. Don’t move. Follow our explicit verbal directions, and only those directions. In the absence of direction, do nothing.
* **Nick:** This is not…possible….Uh, I’m actually Y, I— AAAAAAGGGH!!

* **Glyn:** Trix, just come back!
* **Trix:** I’m…I’m over here Glyn.
* **Glyn:** I know. Get back in your body.
* **Trix:** I can’t…it’s…
* **Pyrite:** That’s an order!
* **Glyn:** Why not?
* **Ichabod:** I knew you had something special, kid!

**Tilphousia:** Trix, you did adequat--you did well. Glyn, I once instructed Misupheles to destroy you because you were compromised by Nicholas Ice Cream. It appears I should be grateful for my daughter’s incompetence. Pyrite…..I do not know you.

**Nick:** No!! I planned for this! This is not possible! How is this happening? HOW IS THIS HAPPENING??

**Glyn:** Follow my lead. Don’t even try. Don’t even fucking try.