Session 57

**Session 57 of the Eden campaign** took place December 20 (In Erideon afternoon of Oct 10).

## Summary

The battle of Leucis's arena continues. Vidine, her primary ambition to slay Radovius thwarted, elects to make Huron her new quarry. She possesses his mortal body, forcing him to jump into the oblivion of the Nether. After this small but important victory, she holds off most of her forces, with a token group of minions being left behind to abduct Jade. With the enemy growing closer to completing their tertiary objective, JoJo shatters the entire façade and rescues Huron by casting the most powerful spell that exists. A counterspell war ensues: thankfully, the Suspects win thanks to the sacrifices of Krispin, Grand Master Reinhardt, and Oltan 003 (a warforged), who give themselves up to capture at the hands of the Nether in exchange for saving Huron. There is much rejoicing at the Frostview, but JoJo is exhausted and Huron is inexplicably catatonic.

## NPCs

* **Yorick 001 and Grand Marshal Straeten:** Both jump into the Nether in an effort to rescue Huron. Who knows what horrors they will face there.
	+ Yorick gave up his jetpack to Lumiyax. Pretty much all of the original warforged, except for Oltan 003 and Yorick 001, were destroyed in this battle.
	+ The Grand Marshal was looking pretty healthy.
* Vidine is revealed to be stupidly powerful, even when only tangentially connected to the Nether.
	+ Her attacks are pretty trash (the Grand Master dodged them), but her necromantic powers are beyond compare (the Accursed One was able to possess Huron without resistance).
	+ Ancanus, the Primordial, the Scion of Magic (not to be confused with Ancanus the Black, who the Suspects killed back in Roulan), another dragon in the service of Vidine, is gloriously thrashed by the Dwarf Father.
* Krispin van ter Haar, his spell resources largely depleted, expended a high-level casting to contribute to the counterspell war of JoJo's wish. This meant that he had little resources with which to escape the five dragons now gathered around him, and he was likely captured by the Nether.
* Grand Master Reinhardt: Weighing his own life with that of Huron in a balance, and after witnessing the battle between Radovius and Vidine, the Grand Master contributes to the counterspell war. With no magical means of transportation, though, his fate is likely one worse than death at the hands of the Nether.
* The Tennega Division:
	+ Osprey Vareauna is now known among the Tennega division as "Dragonjaw" by his ridiculous feat of combat in making an absolute fool of Pistoclerus the Ancient.
	+ Huron might consider giving Amar a raise after her peerless leadership that doubtless saved the lives of many members of the Tennega division.

## Quests

### Ongoing

* **The Soul of Altruism (Everyone):** Achieve mastery over the Good eyestones (green). The Green eyestones are possessed by: Taroverulus, of the Halls of Mandalos, Radovius, of the Silver Havens, and possibly Cassida, of the Hunting Grounds.
* **The Soul of Solipsism (Everyone):** Achieve mastery over the Evil eyestones (red). The Red eyestones are possessed by: Friede, of the Ashen Dominions, Vidine, of the Netherworld, and by Romulus, of the Red Realms.

### Character

* **And from nothing... (Jade):** Meet with Corlion to discuss the re-establishment of the Myrwood School of Eldritch Knights.
* **Home, at long last (Jade):** Now that you are in Keldar, begin and conclude the search for your missing family.
* **I'll make a man out of you! (Huron):** Train the Tennega division to a higher standard.
* **The False Brother (Ulfgar):** Investigate the Sons of Mzund further.
* **The Frequent Suspects II (Huron):** Unearth the final whereabouts of Branarth, the Lord Lautrec.
* **Unshackling Mortality (Asutali):** Discuss the two Great Arts of Soulcraft--Lycanthropy, and Vampirism--and their history, with Gwyon de Glauver and Gradius the Wanderer.

### Completed

* **Operation Edelweiss (Everyone):** Infiltrate the Keldari ceremony for the knighting of Grand Master Reinhardt's son. Install a strong ally as Pontiff of the Kelic faith. Escape the ambush of Vidine.