Winter's End

Winter's End is the 47th Chapter in the SKT Saga.

## Short Summary

Neverwinter is thrown into a state of chaos. The perpetrators behind the attack come out of the shadows, and a titan emerges.

## Characters

* The Wayfarer's Guild
	+ Almond
	+ Benedikt
	+ Lox
	+ HD
	+ Yen
	+ Alice
	+ Fenris
* The Phandalver Phive
	+ Mei
	+ Chad
	+ Arthas
	+ Sildar
	+ Junior

* The shadow thieves
	+ Loki
	+ Mitsu

* Hyperion
* Zainab
* Vizeran

## Timestamps from Recording

**Part 1**

00:01:22 – Recap of the last session.

00:04:56 – HD remains in front of the barrier, barefaced for the first time. Ben heads off to the HoJ. Yen sends Alice to go check the explosions. Lox goes to check on Gon. Al and Yen try to convince HD to go away from the barrier, but she refuses to budge. Al runs off to the HoJ as well. Yen stays behind to keep an eye on HD and do surveillance.

00:24:30 – Alice informs Yen that a tavern has exploded, spreading fire to nearby houses. Yen sends her to find the city watch, so she finds a few and appears in front of them. Yen speaks through Alice and informs them about Hyperion and asks them for assistance. They direct him towards the watch commander who lives in the temple of Bane (a hut near the chasm).

00:29:10 – Ben reaches the HoJ where they are taking in refugees. Al does the same a few moments later. They seek out Sildar.

00:36:16 – While running towards Gon’s workshop, Lox is held at dagger-point by Mitsu. She tells him that Hyperion will level the town to get the conch, and that he was hired by the same people who hired Mitsu to find the conch. Lox tells her the conch’s location (Ben’s bag of holding) and makes a deal with her to hand it over. Lox finds Gon, and they grab HD’s mask and fly off via Gon’s winged boots.

00:43:29 – Ben enters the HoJ command chamber which is eerily silent. He finds Sildar, Mei, Arthas and Chad. Ben gives them a report of the situation. Sildar orders the Harper in the room to cooperate with the order of the gauntlet to protect the non-combatants, and find reinforcements. Arthas and Chad are sent to the gates to handle the refugee intake. Mei is tasked with keeping Sildar safe. Al reaches the command room and gives updates on what the remaining wayfarers are doing. Al and Ben are set to protect the gates of the HoJ.

00:51:10 – HD puts a hand on the barrier, and Hyperion materializes in of her on the other side of the barrier, looking very pleased with himself and closes his eyes. Yen warns her to get back. Lox and Gon reach Yen and HD, and tells them to get to the HoJ. Lox tosses HD her mask, which looks like a disc that unwraps from the side of her face and snaps into place over her head. Lox and Gon go towards the HoJ. Hyperion opens his eyes; his horns catch fire and trickles down his face. He disappears, and reappears behind HD. HD attacks him, but doesn’t do much damage. Yen drops a pillar of light on Hyperion, who says his reasons for coming to Neverwinter has nothing to do with HD, and then teleports away. Alice reaches the temple which is on fire, and has a couple of dead bodies in front of it (typical thieves guild, dressed in dark robes). She spots Junior dropkicking enemies out of the window. Yen has her inform Junior of what is happening, and Alice and Jr run off to find the city watch.

01:14:48 – Yen tells HD to pull herself together and flies towards HoJ. HD follows him. Ben and Al are tasked with keeping a lookout and helping the injured at the HoJ. Lox meets up with Ben and tells him about Mitsu. Ben gives Sansuri’s conch to Lox and tells him to consult Arthas. Al escorts Gon and Lox to Arthas. Yen and HD reach the HoJ as well, and Yen is told by Jr to find Sildar, and HD joins Lox.

01:32:09 – Yen meets up with Sildar and relays what Jr is saying about evacuating the civilians and that a group of rogues tried to destroy the temple of Bane, and that similar ruffians were seen near the bomb sites. As he is trying to show Lox Arthas, Al spots a familiar looking old woman with a pointy hat (Loki). Al tells Lox to go find Arthas and goes after Loki. HD follows Al. Lox tells Arthas about the situation, and he advises to do what they think is right. Meanwhile Al calls out to Loki and asks what he is up to.

01:48:04 – Lox gives Mitsu the box and she goes off to tell her superiors that it is in her possession.

Loki lets go of his disguise and he looks older and wearier. Al asks him if he is working with Hyperion, and Loki gives no definite answer except that he is “trying to save our people”. He tells Al to trust him, and to run away from the HoJ. He then activates his titan belt, and turns into a 200-foot-tall fire titan. The explosion that summoned the titan takes out half of the HoJ. The titan starts attacking the building, and the large debris is pulled into the titan and starts forming a body. Loki is in the chest of the titan, controlling it. Yen, Sildar and Mei run out of the HoJ. Yen flies off to find TWG.

02:14:00 – TWG and Gon fights titan Loki. Gon, Lox, Yen and Al follow HD’s lead and go into the fiery titan to crack open the ‘chest plate’. Ben turns into a giant ape to aid them by throwing boulders from the ground. Yen breaks Loki’s connection to the titan, and it stops moving. Al tries to reason with Loki but he doesn’t respond. The gang (minus Ben) break into the chest cavity one by one. Gon looks more confident in the fight than he ever has before. Lox does more damage to Loki, and Yen and Al follow suit. Loki tries to cast darkness but is counterspelled. He then disappears and the titan dispels and everyone falls. Yen tries to find Loki but is unsuccessful. Lox polymorphs Al who catches HD.

03:29:00 – Meanwhile, the PP was focused on evacuating civilians and getting Sildar to a safe location. Ape Ben was on a nearby wall. In a close distance in front of them, Hyperion appears. He states that he was offered additional pay if he killed Sildar Hallwinter. Chad and Arthas step in front of Sildar to protect him. Mei brings up the murder of Nathaniel, which Hyperion takes as an agreement to battle. He calls over a 9-foot tall ifreet called Zainab, and a drow surrounded in a transparent sphere. Hyperion throws a fireball at the PP and Ben.

**Part 2:**

00:00:30 – The PP and Ape Ben face off against Hyperion and his crew. Zainab summons another demon. Arthas takes command of the fight and leads Ben and Sildar against Zainab, the demon and Vizeran. Mei and Chad focus on Hyperion, and compel him to fight them head-on by insulting him, and he is badly injured by Chad. Meanwhile, Vizeran manages to cast Power Word Kill on Sildar, and an enraged Mei finishes off Hyperion, who disappears in an explosion of fire. Vizeran and Zainab leave as well. Arthas casts revivify on Sildar using the gem on his engagement ring. Sildar comes back to life with white hair, and promises Arthas that he would buy him another ring before passing out.

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