Session 75 "The Enemy of my Enemy"

Session 75: The Enemy of my Enemy

Following the fight with some of the most powerful Light Bearers in The Order of the Dawn, with Dorn back alive, The Lucky Seven took a moment to assess what was happening. Bucket Girl pointed out a pattern she had noticed: the Devils seemed to be targeting systems of power that could oppose them in the region. Something very carefully constructed was unfolding. From the removal of The Shadow Thieves, one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the continent which had a great deal of control over Amn, to General Ohotker, Commander of the armies of Amn being associated with the Devils, to Evensnow, head of the Baker’s Guild one of the most powerful guilds in Amn, being one of The Chimera,  to now Tajic and his two closest associates, leaders of the Light Bearers being in league with the forces of The 9 Hells, everywhere The Seven turned, the Devils have seized or disrupted power.

The group began to discuss where they might find allies that the devils had not reached, both the elves of Dumistra and the bugbears of the Hueler Tribe came up. Finally it was decided to check on one of their allies both in the Order of the Dawn and the Company of Eight, Professor Broom. He and the other prominent Dawn Mage of The Order, Elizabeth Grey, had ventured to a place they both had ties to, a school for mages ran by The Professor’s brother, Xavin. It had been a few days since Broom and Elizabeth had left and no one had been able to get in touch with them since.

While putting together this plan and searching through the aftermath of the attack from within on The Order, Bucky heard Bibble’s voice, and sure enough, Bibble, Yuk Yuk, and Chadwick Huddleton had all been sent by Balistar to The Citadel of Light with a message. Seeker Assume had managed to set up a meeting with leaders in the Northern city of Waterdeep, The City of Wonders. The message their three companions delivered was that The Seven were wanted at this meeting to help make a case to mobilize these forces which could potentially provide them with the kind of force they would need to stand a chance. To that end Bibble held out a teleportation circle sigil that would take them to Waterdeep.

When Bucky found Mornmaster Gladwell, Gram relayed what had been going on to him and Gladwell strongly suggested that if they were going to Waterdeep they should get in touch with the Church of Lathander and The Order of The Gauntlet, the two factions responsible for the creation of The Order of the Dawn, and a potential rich source of Clerics and Paladins that would be crucial in any such fight against the forces of The 9 Hells and could really bolster their ranks. There was a paladin who operated out of place called “The Antlers” that could help them mobilize The Order of The Gauntlet, and in regards to The Chuch of Lathander, The Spires of The Morning, the major Church To Lathander in Waterdeep was where they should look.

With a few days before this meeting in Waterdeep, the group left the Citadel of Light, leaving behind Bibble and Yuk Yuk in the care of the head of the Order’s Stable’s, Peter, and ventured out into the Hamlar Woods in the direction of St. Carewhale’s Vale to find the school ran by Xavin Broom and track down what allies they could locally. On their way, however, they were approached in the woods by a group of hooded strangers. A woman stepped forward speaking for them. Her name was Rohesia, she said that they had been looking for The Lucky Seven and that she had someone who very much wanted to speak with them.

Somewhat reluctantly agreeing, The Seven followed these strangers to a tent in the middle of the woods. Inside the tent, the strangers began a ritual and a figure with similar features to the devil Bucky had taken the teleportation gauntlets off of appeared somewhat translucently in a circle of glowing light. This bone devil who chose to remain unnamed, said that what The Seven had done had been very impressive, more than what he might have thought possible of mortals. He put forth that if you were able to defeat the invading forces, it might advance the plans of who he served in The 9 Hells, plans that only pertained to the internal politics of Hell and had no bearing on matters on your plane of existence. So for that reason, he wanted to offer some help. He gave what information he could, explained about the structures and tactics of an army from Hell. He told The Seven what he could of their forces, which the most powerful members of, a company from Amon’s Legion known as The Inevitable Outcome comprised of beings like himself, had yet to reveal themselves for the most part other than perhaps the one you had encountered in the Tower. Gram mapped all of this out with a stick on the ground. This entity told The Seven what might work, and what mostly certainly would not, that a direct force would be doomed to failure as long as the craft above the city was there. As powerful as the forces of The 9 Hells have proved thus far, it seems only a taste of what they are capable of, but now The Seven know more about what they’re up against, and this may be the edge that opens the window for victory.