Aerois - Chapter Twenty Four: Land, Sea and Sky

Katie Morrison as Aila

 Kim Richards as Nova V'ger

Rhiannon Frost as Sentry

 Tom Hazell as Qillek Ad Khollar

**Land, Sea and Sky** is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Aerois campaign. It was broadcast live on both the Yogscast Twitch channel and highrollersdnd Twitch channel beginning 29th January 2023.

*The Champions travel to Aelseraph where they take part in a festival and battle against one of Atelicus' great beasts, but this is only the prelude to the biggest battle!*

## Summary

With Nova returned to life and to the party, the Champions make their way to Aelseraph where they meet with Burrowfolk at Starwatch Rise. They take part in the Festival of New Stars, gathering food, and helping to clear away dust and clutter spirits. The party meets up with their friends, Sanna Longears, and the Wild Elves, Hunter Varnier and Morgaen Frostblessed - they also meet some new Burrowfolk, including Big Jack. The festival culminates in the floating of paper lanterns up into the Astral Sea to celebrate the deceased and everything that has come before.

Having taken some R&R, the party moves onto the purpose for their trip to this continent - the slaying of the great beasts of Atelicus. The Champions have decided to take down Stonemaw (terror of the land), while their allies fight against Stormwing, the beast of the sky and Surgescale, the beast of the water. They have discovered that all three beasts must be taken down simultaneously, or they will simply return, more powerful and resistant than before.

After a titanic struggle, they manage to coordinate with their allies via a sending stone and take all three beasts down. Unfortunately, however, both Sanna and Morgaen are killed in the battle with Stonemaw, and the Champions feel this loss keenly. It is not long, however, before Valla contacts them to call them back to the Halls of Infinite Resplendence. She shows them that Atelicus has appeared near the Halls in the form of a giant, 500-foot tall monstrosity and appears to have learned all about them from their battle with Stonemaw. Sayanna and Tassadar appear to tell them that Hadar has infected Atelicus and that he has a mad plan to consume Siaska and Sayanna so that he may become even stronger. They are told that no magic or weapon from Aerois will be able to damage the evolved titan so contact Kalus Valkyrian and request his aid. Kalus agrees on the condition that they meet with him before Siaska awakens.

The Champions are given the use of Vanguard Alpha, a 300-foot-tall magical construct and, using it, they damage Atelicus to the point that a Seed of Hadar emerges from his tough hide. With the giant mech ruined in the battle, they take on the seed from the back of the gargantuan Atelicus. Between being burned by magic, swallowed into alternative realms, almost being drowned, and lashed by tentacles, the party somehow manages to defeat the seed. One casualty, however, is Lucius who uses the Wish spell to save them from certain drowning - in doing so, he loses the ability to use the spell forever.

They must now meet with Kalus to discuss his terms.

## Major NPCs

List of major NPCs encountered in this chapter.