AWR Session 23.

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- Straight back into battle

- Mei jumps after Callus with silk bandages as rope, is caught by something but jumps off it to chase Callus in the water. Eclipsa knows it was the Ferryman trying to help her

- Lucian's back up after Eclipsa feeds him a clutch healing potion, just in time to start getting beat on by ice statues

- Harry finds out fire is crit hits

- "You're not done" - Lucian's sword becomes activated

- Celestial and undead vibes coming off Rakesh.

- Eclipsa catches up Lucian on where everyone is, BL got away, Callus and Mei are in the water. Lucian tells Mei she's on her own.

- Something in a red robe says master says Rakesh isn't done yet and poofs away with Rakesh's body

- Mei lassos Callus but he suddenly snaps out of it and starts bringing them back up to the surface. Rumbles and Harry are hanging on to the rope on the ledge.

- Callus USES HIS WISH to teleport Mei away from him, Mei appears next to Lucian. Callus tells Mei not to follow.

- Surprise, Mei follows. So does Harry, after Callus cuts the rope holding him back from getting to an underwater cave. They all wind up in a cavern with a tunnel leading off. They argue but Callus agrees to let them follow if they agree to leave if he tells them to. Neither of them agree. Harry does go up to tend to a sad Rumbles and get the others

- Eclipsa stays up top, Harry tells Lucian they're chasing BL in the cave and he follows after.

- War of the First Men depicted on the walls, then the different planes, then they're at a door. Door has celestial writing on it: Tomb of the First Gods

- They go into the room, huge statues of the gods in a semi circle, Good > Neutral middle > Evil

- Shar and Vecna are not represented there

- Wet footprints lead to dead center, raven queen standing over a door way with a podium and a book in front of it. The two nerds go for the book. Script in the book changes to match their first learned languages

- Shar, Vecna, and Tiamat are all in the section marked "Discarded" after Evil

- Tiamat is also referred to as "The Blue Death" :O

- Stormspear lore drop. Is name given to follow of Kord who was a goliath named Barrett. Jade gem called the Life Force shattered and scattered across the world, Kord died protecting part of it and Barrett took his place as the Stormspear in the pantheon. Protected piece was given to a traveler for safe keeping

- Shar lore drop. One of twins, blah blah stuff we know already, Shar wanted power not a democracy of the gods. Not even the evil gods agreed with her so she was shunned for her beliefs, hence being in the discarded section

- Vecna lore drop. Loyal to his elven wife, wanted to live as long as she would, found magic and power, was taken under the wing of Azoius in Carcerai, taught him "temporary death" = phylactery. Has a tower and anchor is presumably there but location is redacted in fresh blood

- Also in fresh blood, circle around 6th of Redfall. Melankanth's day of worship. Lucian knows that the twisted 3- incestuous magic family - sacrifice anyone born on this day to keep their power. Callus knows Rakesh was born on this day.

- Callus tries to make contact with the real traveler while kneeling in front of his statue and gets SO CLOSE but does not succeed

- Rumbles shows a page to Harry. It's the Protector who took up in the Flame, protects arts and wellbeing, shuns anyone who runs from their foes or defiles the dead. Harry calls Rumbles by name in the book: Corellion.

- Steel defender sprouts a 20 foot elven looking person with gold skin and sporting the protector's holy symbol. "You called?"

- Restoring Rumbles made Harry worthy, which means he's worthy of being a glorified doorman (Lucian's words)

- JAVIER IS A CLERIC OF THE PROTECTOR. Is now pledged to Harry more than he already was, I guess. "Iron Heart"

- Mei takes the Tome of Gods (temporarily?)

- Another door leading to a VERY SUS LOOKING ZIGGURAT

- Harry uses air forge to make ring of mind shielding usable by Callus