Forgiveness

The party fights The Returned with the combined forces of Theros.

## Major Plot Points

* The party started the day at a Therosian military camp with the forces of Setessa, Meletis, and Akros. The campsite was situated on the Field of Pyra. Pyra Heliodson was a legendary fighter who died on the field after slaying a tribe of evil giants there.
* Sprocket "Ballsy" Gnoman III paid a visit to the prayer circle led by Oracle Morrigan Ambrose. The two talked about how Ephara would feel about the war and Juxxtina's recent crisis of faith.
* Juxxtina, Sybil Ringwell, and Aryan Grande went to Prince Varik Heliodson who was tending to the beasts of war. Juxxtina claimed a war sheep for herself. Aryan played a song to rally the animals. Sybil transitioned into her Laya personality and flirted with Prince Varik.
* Muchomucho M Amor met with Archon Daenyra Drakos at the quartermaster's tent. He helped set up various traps to protect the military camp including mines, trenches, oils of slipperiness, spike pits, and nets.
* Using his scyther, Muchomucho communed with crows and recruited them to be camp watchers and guards.
* After advising Muchomucho on trap strategy, Dikarus Bottombane went to King Demetrius Heliodson's tent with Barbara Duke. Upon seeing his two friends, the king dismissed his generals to share a bottle of sherry. The king wanted to hear about the pair's post-war plans. Barb said she'd go back to managing several of her exclusive taverns. Dikarus said he'd go back to stealing. The king said he wanted to travel to every Therosian city to meet his people and the other communities living on the peninsula.
* Barb said she fought so her business could survive and that people may live with fat wallets. Dikarus said he fought for survival. The king said he fought to protect his people.
* Aryan and Sprocket went to Jerkules' training site and lathered up the soldiers with oil. The gladiator and tinkerer spent the night together.
* Pansexual Dora arrived with a gift from the Vault of Kruphix. She gave Muchomucho the Warcaster's Grimoire. It contained several powerful spells crafted specifically for war. The group decided the dangerous spells were worth the risk. Thanks to the book, Muchomucho and Sprocket were able to reinforce the camp with stone walls, spikes, and wards. Unfortunately, Muchomucho's ritual for grasping vines went wrong and destroyed the camps' prayer circle.
* Muchomucho's crows warned the party that The Returned were coming. More than 100 fell to the camp's defenses and traps. The party assisted the army in fighting off the rest of the vanguard.
* The group was able to take control of a Returned catapult. Sprocket and Dikarus misfired it at first and accidentally destroyed their own camp's staging area. They figured out the device and killed several dozen Returned soldiers with the next launch. The party destroyed the catapult when they ran out of ammunition.
* The party discovered Jerkules and his forces hurt and losing the will to fight. Aryan sang them an empowering song and revitalized the contingent of soldiers.
* Our heroes struck a cache of weapons held by The Returned, killing their soldiers and destroying their wares.
* The Returned launched a glass orb full of green poison into the air from a grenade launcher. Muchomucho's crows destroyed it mid-air but its poisonous content infected some of the party. Sprocket rigged it so it'd explode the next time it was used. The boobytrapped weapon killed several Returned.
* Queen Nekros teleported onto the battlefield. Shadowy tendrils extended from her finger tips dug into the earth. The subsequent quake knocked a few party members prone. She then raised one of the giants Pyra killed as a zombie with 8 other giant arms magically orbiting around it.
* King Demetrius urged the party to flee and help their forces escape. Barb tried and failed to convince the king to fall back with them.
* King Demetrius trapped the giant in a fiery dome. Muchomucho created an illusionary duplicate of the king to distract the giant. Barb's charm spell failed to take hold of the king. Demetrius lost concentration resisting Barb's spell. The giant's hands ripped open the fiery dome causing a massive shockwave of fire to overtake the field.
* You're all Level Four now!