Worth of Redemption

## Summary

As the party leaves, Rime deactivates the maze. Amber catches Sorn as he falls and the party is taken to the arena. The city of Cummelus falls rapidly towards them until it stops. Just then Ardin Shatterforge begins hovering down on a chair propelled by fire. He's awkward at his reunion with Oin Lightbringer. It turns out he was doing Ollidamara's bidding and put another astral diamond in to save the city.

Jalerom then has a talk with Sorn about vengeance while Amber cradles Kruul. Ivan then mentions that they need space, and the group honors his wishes. The allies then appear in the arena and then Venom appears as well. Ravvas is relieved that Sorn and Kruul are alright but confused as to why they are here. Elvana tries to teleport them out but Simula appears and blasts Elvana instead. She also reveals that she gave her godhood to Aymer.

Faerthurin and Amber are outraged as Simula points to Asmodeus holding Hana captive. He explains that the world hasn't changed so he wishes to change it. He believes that Valill, Kruul and Sorn can't change using Arkoth as an example. Ivan challenges that theory so Asmodeus offers him a challenge to see if redemption isn't a waste of space. He offers his dominion over the tieflings in exchange for trying to redeem Simula's actions. If they lose, he demands Faerthurin's grimoire of virtue so she can't cast Sanctify the Wicked on anyone else. Amber and Rime are torn up about this so Jeminya consoles them. Oin on the other hand wants Simula to want redemption before they accept anything. However, Asmodeus doesn't want to cheat on the deal, but Ivan convinces him to talk to her. She says she's willing to hear the group out so after thinking it over Faerthurin accepts the deal.

Asmodeus levitates the grimoire and a portion of his power. Jeminya and Faerthurin approach Simula with the diamond. Simula manifests a stone butt aimed at Asmodeus making him angry while Hana laughs. Asmodeus then yells at Ravvas for not getting the Tarrasque so he'll have to wait centuries to fix his mess. Asmodeus then mentions Ravvas' claim to enslave the gods which causes Ravvas to retort that he knew Asmodeus' plan to steal Ravvas' spot in the ritual to rewrite the pact. Elvana then talks about how sacrifices can make minor wizards can cast high level spells. He reveals that he does have the right substitutes, the people in the prison camp. Rime gets a call from Oakvale saying that everyone in Laath Nalore was gone.

Juel then kills Ravvas with power word kill. Rime hurries over to Juel who's laughing in tears while talking about being a good child. Jalerom hurries to Sorn to tell Zeylin Kentyl to resurrect Ravvas. Sorn resists and Ravvas' cry echoes throughout the air. Faerthurin feels a hole in her chest as she finds that Ravvas has overthrown Corellon.

## Notable Events

* Ardin stops the city of Cummelus from falling by putting in the stolen diamond
* Asmodeus offers a deal to redeem Simula. If the party succeeds, he'll release his hold on all teiflings. If they fail, he wants the grimoire of virtue.
* Ravvas Arkanen reveals his plan to Asmodeus and gets Juel to kill him so he can overthrow Corellon.