Session 6

10 years have passed since the death of Lekal. Ruby has spent the time helping people everywhere she can, and visiting lots of temples, including getting to know Avandra.

Aravad travels with Ruby for a while, also visiting various temples. At some point, when he is visiting the temple where they first met Avandra, she appears to him, telling him that she knows his secret, and doing a tarot card reading for him. He also tracks down a paladin, Aurora Macias, a champion of Osiron. He finds her in a small settlement called Talira. She is wearing the Veldehar, and he introduces himself and prays with her.

The night before Maddrian leaves the party, he confides in Ruby about the opportunity that he had to save Lekal, wondering if his decision to not save her makes him a bad person. She assures him that he spreads mercy everywhere he goes, but he decides it's time for him to go home. Sura becomes a diviniation wizard. Assara grows into a sorcerer, vicious when pressed. Seema grows into a master with a bow.

Signe continues to fight, and finds herself talking to her sword again, but now she's addressing her son. She tells him that she hopes that he is growing up well, and that he hasn't forgotten her. She tells him that she is fighting this war for him, and that she acts like it doesn't affect her, but it does.

The time comes for the next great battle, after 10 years, against Dkar, the primordial of storms. Maddrian finds that his 3 daughters are gearing up to join in that battle. He tries half-heartedly to stop them, but gives Seema his old bow. He contacts Aravad, Signe, and Ruby, and asks for their assistance.

The 4 friends meet up in the small town of Azmarin, along with Maddrian's daughters. Aravad enchants Sima's dagger, and they all catch up.

That night, Maddrian forces a vision. He sees stars winking out of existence. He pushes deeper, grabbing the last one, and looking into it, seeing the faces of his daughters and friends. He gets swallowed by the darkness, seemingly trapped, but then wakes up in front of Aravad. They don't really know what to make of this vision, but Maddrian gets a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, as if he had killed someone.

Signe gets a message from her son, saying that a wizard helped him scry on her today.

The small group finds themselves in a place called the Elemental Chaos. They are led there by Aurum himself. Maddrian tells Aurum about his vision, and Aurum tells him that it is a representation of Maddrian trying to hold on those he loves, and, in the process, dooming everyone.

They move into the battle, fighting against a myriad of elementals. Aurom gets badly wounded, but destroys Dkar. Nerull, however, arrives, raising a host of undead, and killing Aurom, taking his place as the god of death. He brushes off attacks from Signe and Maddrian, and tries to Power Word Kill Signe, but Aravad counterspells it.

Nerull orders Sura to call off her friends and father, taking the form of her mentor of seven years. He then Power Word Kills Signe once again, brushing off Aravad's attempt to counterspell it again. He asks Sura if Signe is necessary for the war, and she says yes, that she's seen her in a vision. He returns Signe's life to her, turning his back after she spits in his face.

Aravad gets in Nerull's face, threatening to end him after the war. Nerull dismisses him arrogantly, and turns to Ruby, offering to bring back Isabella if she will serve him. She rejects him, vehemently, telling him he is no god of death. Maddrian also addresses Nerull, asking him to show himself a loving god, who truly sides with the mortals, but his request is denied.