Session 42: The First

## Summary

The party finds themselves in a deep room, with a ladder going up on the opposite side. Carved into the wall is "ng ng jashgyyky" (+6, ha ha dumbasses). Shade puts Oliver into the shadow dimension, and he rows himself and Nonamé with his hat. A piranha bites his hand, and he drops his hat. He begs Cryllos to retrieve it. He gets it, but his power fizzles, and he is in water. With only Nonamé's help, he manages to get into the boat. Cryllos bitterly keeps the hat.

The party climbs up the ladder back into the previous room. They find and ascend the stairs, leading to dark double doors with skull and bone carvings and a silver knocker. There are... designs with plenty of genitals painted on. They knock, and the door opens, spilling mist. They hear a distant voice addressing them. "Hm, that's interesting, I feel like I know you." Alastor asks about his relationship with her and is immediately flung into the fog. On the other side, above a throne and skeletal servants, is a tall woman made of mist. She pops a grape into her mouth before asking, "you might be mine, are you? Is your name Rowan? Noir? This is difficult… Gloria? A new one then." She asks for his father's name, which is Frank. She reminisces about the days where she lied to him about being a ghost. She introduces the bird lady as Minerva and herself as Selena. She, seeing the others wanting to enter, pushes them through and comments on their ragtag appearance. She shows interest in Shade, much to his confusion and disgust. She holds out her hand and swirls mist, confirming him as her descendent.  She approves of his use of power.  She asks Alastor if he has grandchildren, to which he bluntly responds that he doesn't like them. She says that she is "fine" with them. She recognizes the mask around Oliver's neck Tamamizu, a friend. She warns him to not drop her. She senses another one of her blood, perhaps a niece, at the beach. It is Dichroma, though Alastor initially thought it was the carriage, to his embarrassment. Cryllos asks her to look into him and decipher his situation. She looks into his eyes and brings him insight: He is cute but not her type and has a promising career in modeling due to his nice legs. He has two choices, to think of a wish or a way to avoid making the wish in a month. He should enjoy life, but he won't be able to flee the courts forever. She leads the party to a veranda and points to the sky at a star. Nonamé uses the magic ring and sees silver threads from the star, which Selena says is the power of god. They mostly connect to Cryllos. Eventually, the power of god will land on him. Selena talks about the appearance of Delirium with the artifact of Death. She offers dinner, to which Oliver asks for mac and cheese. She goes inside, and the party process it all. Cryllos has an existential crisis while thinking of a wish.

## Misc.

Lore dump

* Before her are the original gods: Deva, Beloch, the two kings, and Leviathan, who frequently got into "moronic disputes."
* Beloch and Deva used their wish to make most life after the apocalypse. However, they can only make a life together, and as Beloch's first attempt at life, her power was unexpected.
* Arbora came about because of the last god candidate, Metis.
* The king is a complex being whose power is like a fountain that flows into and out of people. To most of the population, it is weakly distributed.
* Gods represent a pool of water and are granted absolute power for a few seconds when they can make one wish that will affect the world. Whoever makes it becomes an inhuman shell and lose power, like Beloch and Deva.
* Deva and Beloch are recent gods and were one person split into two.
* Deva and Beloch's wish was to create life.
* The soldier king's wish was complicated.
* The kings of the court were the only people to have the power split between two people. Their wish was to grant immortality to their closest friends and end suffering. These friends are now Vani with varying levels of power.
* The God of Dreams is more of a phenomenon, a universal influence, and pure power than a person.
* Beloch and Deva used to be immensely powerful.
* Kings of the courts are more powerful because they are the most recent.
* Some who make uncomfortable wishes just disappear, like Metis. The court of dreams tried to use her, but she made a different wish before vanishing. However, Arbora was made.
* There were no kings after her.
* The lighthouses hold Vani to protect the world. They used to be soldier king's creations.