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## Summary

It has been five years since Ravvas' folly, and the world has change significantly in that time.

With Sabaton destroyed, its nobles have had little choice but to assimilate into Directian. There has been a bit of culture shock from many of the basic citizens, with the adventure-loving and bombastic Directians coming into the conflict with the quiet and the peaceloving Sabatons. This schism cause half the population to move to the comparatively quiet New Gatless.

Mirid Port has recently received envoys from a land far to the south; they collectively refer to themselves the Kingdoms of Fenarath. They are human, yet they speak a completely different language. Since translation between the two languages has recently been achieved, several of the most powerful kingdom wish to attain deeper diplomatic relations and see the recent events as a great opportunity.

New cities have been constructed in Erneon and have established their own local government conglomerate known as the Eastern Dominion. While they aren't a part of the United Alliance of Alatastica, they still wish to maintain friendly relations.

The Dwarves are engaged in fierce but friendly rivalries with other races. The Rock Gnomes are frequently in market competition with them in regards to gemcutting. Dwarves also frequently engage in contests with Fire Elves in developing useable firearms, but neither have made significant strides in mass production of quality weapons.

The Elves of Salania have become more open to other humanoids and have established a guild of guides led by Beleen Spiderwing so as to help travelers better respect the local culture. While it is still taboo for humans to live in Elven Lands, elves look down on other humanoids (and each other) much less frequently.

Zeadrel has reassumed her position as Lady of the Fire Elves, but for her own mental health has adopted an isolationist policy to keep political interactions to a minimum. Lord Sazaen has been the spokesperson for the Fire Elf race during this time and the political leaders of the Alliance have grown accustomed to his barbed and sarcastic manner of speech. Most Fire Elves have continued to remain on Autumnfire Island, though some have ventured out in search of adventure.

Most, if not all of the Air Gnomes have moved out of the Rock Gnome city of Prazor. Cummelus has been flown towards The Vexent Branch, where the Rock Gnomes and a considerable number of dwarves are working together to dig a hole into the ground to place the city. Cummelus will never fly again, but that is for the best. It is now New Cummelus, an artificial mountain city of Air Gnomes.

The dragons took the heaviest toll from the war. While the main council still gathers, the numbers have thinned to the point where such a meeting is almost unnecessary. The remaining dragons, including Amarta, have spread their lairs out across Alatastica in an attempt to repopulate.

Ravvas' actions have stained the reputation of Drow. While he is still known as the Orrvaluk, or Scorpion King, it is not a title spoken with much reverence. There have been several public demonstrations by Drow burning effigies of Ravvas with chants of "neitar sohna" or "never again." While the general populace has attributed previous abhorrent behavior to the actions of Ravvas, it is not uncommon for Drow to be met with suspicion, fear, and anger.

The Drow themselves have undergone a complete culture shift. Their pride had been utterly shattered after the formal surrender of the Drow, Ravvas' exile and especially once the revelations of the death camps were made public. The general disposition of a common Drow is now one of humility, submissiveness, and guilt.

Laath Nalore's government has faced another upheaval. While they would not be allowed to be in charge of their own military, their military itself could not be abolished. Such a decision would guarantee the destruction of the Drow by horrors of the Underdark. As a compromise, it has been supplemented by troops from other humanoid races, including Dwarves, Humans, Fire Elves, and even a few Dragons.

Valill Despith has been under endless imprisonment since that day, but his cell has been furnished with lavish cushions, bookcases, and music so he doesn't waste away. He is visited often by many of the Heroes. While he does miss his freedom, he enjoys the company and the safety and has begun to compose symphonies and author books under the pen name Virgil De Langue.

Jewel Vrinn's cell has similar circumstances. She is visited nearly every day by either Cassian, Rime, Nion or Faerthurin. All four of them are working diligently to cleanse her mind of the mental damage. They have made good progress, as she's no longer catatonic or depressed, but the screaming nightmares demonstrate there's still a long way to go.

In spite of great stride, there are still many who do not trust tieflings, After the invasion of Devils by Asmodeus, many were reminded of why they feared those in the fiery pit. Sanctification has been a way to curb these prejudices, mostly because it is not very well understood by the general public. Unfortunately, many cannot hold public offices or own businesses unless they have been sanctified. In many tiefling circles, especially the ones that are religious, Sanctification has become a rite of passage into adulthood.

As for our heroes: Oin and Rime have been spending the last five years acclimating to their power little by little so as to avoid losing their sanity. Since they are not yet finished, they aren't yet required to be a part of the new Pact Primeval and qualify as "godlings." They have occasionally taken walks in each other's realms, but it has been less and less comfortable for the other as they have grown more powerful and attuned to their planes. Nowadays whenever they meet up, it's usually in the neutral location Boccob's Library. Solonor Thelandira joins on these visits.

Known as the Lightbringer, Oin has drawn many new faithful to his edicts. Many of Olidammara's follower have elected to stay with the Lightbringer, particularly the ones revering the concepts of mischief and luck. Other more artistically inclined have moved onto other deities. On occasion, Oin dreamwalks with those he has any close bonds with, mostly the Heroes.

Rime is now known amongst the Drow as Kinionee. She tends to appear to those without family and has become desirable to those who wish to have the comfort of a warm touch on mercilessly cold nights. Nion has become her first priestess. For the time being, Rime still spends time as a spy for Directian, instructing Jalerom on the intricacies of her work. Not only that, she is assisting with the culture reconstruction efforts in Laath Nalore.

There have been weddings in the intervening time. Jeminya and Cassian were the first, having their royal wedding a mere month after the UAA had been established. This decision was able to heal much resentment, but many of those closest to the newlyweds disapproved of the arrangement. While they held no ill will towards either the King or Queen, they felt that the two deserved better than a political marriage. Nevertheless, Jeminya and Cassian make many public appearances together to boost morale to ensure Alatastica's swift recovery.

Amber and Faerthurin did not want either of their weddings to overshadow the other, but they also did not want to wait for another year after to get married after the other. In the end, they two settled on a double wedding. There was much celebration and love.

Amber and Ivan have taken roost in Hawthorne's Tower, have cleared out all of the traps, and surrendered all of Hawthorne's notes on magic to Faerthurin. All lore of the dragons has been kept hidden away. Ivan has been a designated liaison between the Dragons and mortals, earning the moniker Dragonson Windstrummer. They now travel the world.

Faerthurin has become Directian's Archmage. Her family still visits her, but she has decided that her home is here. Since magic has been completely altered due to the new rules handed down by Mystra, Faerthurin has made it her mission to study the new rules and how they work. The task has been slow going, as she is far less powerful than she had been previously, but she has the rest of her life to achieve greater heights.

3 years ago, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, whom she named Adrian. It is an open secret that she is with child again, as her... symptoms aren't subtle.

Jalerom first focused his efforts on reconstructing Gatless Town, with the help of Enzio Zadimus. In order to raise funds, he had given copies of his journal to Maria, Enzio's wife, to ghostwrite a recounting of the events for the general populace. Jalerom is planning to eventually step down as general and take the position of spymaster once Rime is satisfied with his aptitude. Jalerom has also informed his close friends that he is trying to rebuild the Daggers of Light.

But today? Today is not a day of work. At least... it wasn't supposed to be. Ivan and Amber land in a clearing around the palace. Amber and Ivan worry about if they're presentable but assure each other that they're okay. They see a guard arguing with Immontillo who wants to bring his white cat in. Rime walks in saying her cat is better. Amber shifts into her human form so she can fit through the door as Rime summons Tantomile with her new godling powers. Tantomile also reveals that she had wings.

They head to the main hall where Nora, Faerthurin and Jalerom are gathered. Faerthurin breaks the news that she's pregnant before Jalerom gets a death hug from Amber. Nion mentions about a secret passage to the queen's quarters before Rime gets a hug from Amber. She's grown used to them now.

A grey elf with black hair asks Faerthurin to get her 'swamp rat' to find her mother. Jalerom groans as it's him most likely off put by the slurr. Oakvale appears behind Jalerom and offers to find the parents for them. The party agrees and after he leaves, Gareth enters and gives Jalerom a report for him to read out loud. Included with the report is a painting that no one knows who made it. The most odd note is that a dangerous insurrection was single-handedly by a mysterious stranger who took out all the inssurectionists, without killing a single one.

Jalerom decides to give the report to the king, queen and princess. Faerthurin wants to check on Lhark and Adrian despite Lhark being a good babysitter. Amber and Ivan convince her to bring them to meet the children while Jalerom and Rime deliver the news. Along the way, Faerthurin knows that she learned draconic. They arrive at the second floor and run into Duvene. Duvene notes that they're missing someone but Faerthurin notes that Oin is the cat Immontillo brought in. Oin nods and returns to normal making Amber white as a ghost. Duvene shows Faerthurin inside to a sanctified Hana wearing a beautiful dress with Cassian behind her. Hana tries to practice talking politely but ends up failing when she rips her dress. Duvene shifts into a bird and flies off with Hana revealing that Duvene's her lady-in-waiting. Cassian mentions that today was Just Day for the people who serve Herionious. He decides to write her a letter concerning the meeting while Amber suggests they deliver the letter in person.

Nora leaves with Cassian to talk in private while Hana worries that Jeminya and Cassian like each other but they aren't saying anything. Faerthurin promises to get the message across before they head to Lhark's room. They note that Adrian calms down when he's reading. Amber deftly replaces the book with her finger as Cassian calls Faerthurin over. Apparently a representative from the Kingdom of Westcliff brought a griffin in a cage as a gift and the ambassadors weren't happy. Hana remembers her diplomacy and suggests giving the griffin to Arden Wrynn for the griffin conversation effort. Cassian is surprised and goes with her to talk to the nobles.

The party walks through the streets of Directian and arrives at the surprisingly clean cathedral. Jalerom gets the lock open and leads the party inside. They spot Jeminya talking with a large violet man known as Barachiel giving off a divine presence. Jeminya talks about her answer being the same as the violet figure leaves. The party approach her and she's surprised to see them. She admits that she's the one who's been maintaining the church and that the violet figure has been asking Jeminya to take his place. Rime knows what it entails as she's been making plans to kill off her other selves when she becomes a goddess. Faerthurin gets concerned as Arkoth took the position of Zaphkiel, the leader of the Celestial Hepdomad.

Oin's about to leave when he notices something odd about the stone. He finds a magical device hidden among the stonework and activates it with Jeminya's permission. A staircase is revealed and everyone is confused. Jalerom dreads going down the stairs as Jeminya suggests going down for old time's sake. Oin gives Jalerom good luck as they head downstairs. They spot a black cross on the ground and two infernal runic circles ahead with a stone tablet. Jeminya recognizes the cross as the order of the chalice, what the daggers of light were to Heironious. Jeminya also notes that the pentagrams were for the late Asmodeus.

As they walk closer to the back, Rime gets in front of Faerthurin to make sure her next child is safe. Rime notices the runes are primordial in nature and Jalerom notices a book on the rightmost pedestal. He gives it to Faerthurin right away and she sees that's it's a musty journal talking about Glasya's time in Directian. It talked about how Speculo Malum was killed by Queen Izora Teporis (Cassian's mother) and that she discovered the underground temple.

When Faerthurin reads a spell in a book, the tablet begins glowing. Runes appear on it in primordial so Faerthurin begins comprehending the language. It's a poem of sorts prophesizing their adventure indirectly with the final phrase talking about shadows of the old world and the ultimate end. As Jalerom says that they should leave, a light shines from behind the temple. Barachiel appears and begins reading the tablet as Jeminya talks about how the order was to find a stolen chalice and return it to Heronious. Barachiel claims that there is a way to retrieve the chalice but asks the party to keep what they learned a secret. The party agrees and he leaves.

After checking if Jeminya is okay, the party leaves the basement. Amber, Rime and Ivan tease Jeminya on her relationship with Cassian. Faerthurin face-palms as she pulls Jeminya away as she confesses that the Sabaton nobles expect her and Cassian to bear a child. She also admits that she has a crush on Cassian but has a fear of saying anything. After some 'encouragement' from the party, they bring her back to the castle. Jalerom gives her the report along the way and she too is surprised by the lack of fatalities but has her suspicions.

They find Hana happy with her new shoes as Jeminya looks over a sleeping Adrian. Cassian talks with Ivan, Oin and Jalerom about Jeminya with Rime eavesdropping and they let her know of the crush. Cassian comes up with something and when he leaves, he gets mad at Rime for reading his mind.

The party arrives at the banquet after putting Hana's sword in her back. They find various couples finishing a waltz including Zeadrel and Sazaen, Enzio and Maria, Visikra and Valkatov and Arden and Shelter. Jalerom talks to Enzio and Maria about returning Gatless Town back to normal while worrying about the future. Hana and Amber meet the delegates from Batara including Duchess Gizelle, Lady Fiona, Count Montgomery, Lady Zelda and Sir Blaine. Amber quickly puts the dots together that these are the archdevil's of Baator. Lady Fiona is happy to see Faerthurin again as Sir Blaine asks Amber where Ivan is. Then a gnome named Tanya Higgins asks about her perspective about the events in the journal. Amber promises to give her take later as Duchess Gizelle shoos the gnome away.

Faerthurin suggests the middle name for the child to be Fierna to Lady Fiona and hugs the archduchess. Ivan talks with the dragon couple before Sir Blaine speaks with Ivan about Jeminya's duel with Ravvas and about beautiful locations in Alatastica. He tells him of a special place not far from the castle for Sir Blaine and Lady Zelda to get some alone time. Hana pulls Oin to Shelter and Arden who's become the mayor of Nassa. They talk about the griffin as Amarta talks with Oin about how Myrid Port is growing. Meanwhile Amber talks with Ivan about wanting a child. Count Montgomery indirectly calls Jalerom over about the spy organization he's forming. They then exchange intel about Dispater's power versus looking over contracts for loopholes. Arden then talks with Jalerom about how they excavated the Urzaban throne room and have some items including an obsidian sharp sword with a hilt of winding brass and two blue jewels, one sapphire in the pommel and another eye shaped on the hilt. Jalerom recognizes it as the eye of sabarus and thinks that Adrian is the one to wield it. Sazaen asks Amber when she's having kids before pulling Ivan aside to tell him that hybrid dragons don't live as long as normal dragons. Amber and Ivan will die close together while Sazaen will have less than 100 years left. Faerthurin talks with Zeadrel about how she's recovering and then learns about Amber's decision to have kids.

Jeminya begins looking for Hana so Jalerom, Cassian and the rest of the party follow her. They find Hana outside talking with Iven-Lovas on how much she hates the ball. Iven-Lovas agrees with her and they even compare each other's weapons. Eventually they decide to spar making the party notes their relationship forming. Eventually Cassian pulls Jeminya aside and tries to read her poetry. Jeminya denies him and inaudibly asks the rest of the party to leave. They obey but Rime leaves a prying eye to observe. They see Cassian trying to confess his love and they lean in for a kiss. However it's interrupted by Hana and Iven-Lovas' fight in the garden.

The entire garden stepped outside to witness the epic duel between dragon and tiefling. After a very long battle, they called it a draw and Hana was crowned princess with a very torn-up dress. Since that day she surprised many nobles and citizens with her bold attitude and hands on approach to dealing with problems. She danced with many different suitors from many different kingdoms and respected none of them. She eventually did find love, but that's a story for another time.

In the following years, Jeminya and Cassian had a son, whom they named Isaiah. Princess Hana became Queen Hana for a time, until she willingly relinquished the throne once Isaiah came of age. She retired to the mountains with her beloved and became the first tiefling priestess of Bahamut. The story seems to have a happy ending... Except for one.

Ravvas finds himself wrapped in a blanket near a campfire where Jeminya is cooking food near Starjay. He notices the wounds near his arms have healed. She hands him some food including some pineapple as he gets up. It's clear he hasn't been eating healthily for a long time from his body so he scarfs down the food. He confirms that he was the one who stopped the uprising along with several other conflicts. She asks if Ravvas seeks redemption but Ravvas refuses because over a million people died in his campaign on both sides. He's willing to go to Baator when he dies but Jeminya yells at him for not losing his pride. Ravvas asks what he's doing wrong and that he doesn't know where to start. Jeminya apologizes for not seeing what Ravvas was thinking and suggests that he seek help. Ravvas doesn't know where to look for people that would want to see him so Jeminya hands him a sword. Ravvas gets to his feet awkwardly and quickly picks up how to hold a blade.

Jeminya mentions that the benefactor who gave her the blade had a mission for Ravvas. If he succeeded, he would save many lives. Ravvas accepts but returns the sword to Jeminya before she leaves. Ravvas gets dressed and heads outside. He finds a blue-teal light and approaches it. The light becomes a bunch of spirits formed into a woman with wings. She introduces herself as Pistis Sophia of the Celestial Hebdomad. She tasks Ravvas with finding the Chalice of Heronious.

## Notable Events

* The party comes together for a gathering after five years
* Jeminya Malum is revealed to be denying the position of Celestial Hepdomad to rule her kingdom
* The party discovers a primordial runic circle
* Jeminya and Cassian ask about wooing each other
* Hana and Iven-Lovas begin a relationship
* Ravvas is given a mission

## Trivia

* This session was split into two parts
* This session is the only one in this campaign to be run by Pathfinder
* The music played in the ballroom is the Comet Observatory Theme from Super Mario Galaxy
* This session has many mentions of foreshadowing for the Shadows of the Old World campaign.