How Soon Is Now?

Prince Varik Heliodson has been crowned king after the disappearance of King Demetrius. The party now serves Archon Daenyra and Oracle Morrigan in secret. Their new mission is to build an army with the centaurs, minotaurs, leonin, tritons, Amazons, satyrs, and Verse Sai for when Queen Nekros returns.

## Major Plot Points

* The party had the same vision of a naked man flying out of the sun telling them, "Night has fallen. And so has the king." They then woke up in a Karametra temple a week after their battle with Queen Nekros.
* Archon Daenyra told them beams of light came from the sky and protected them from most of the blast that decimated both sides of the war. She shared they'd been unconscious for a week.
* There's been no sign of King Demetrius or Queen Nekros since the battle. Many fear the king is dead. The archon wasn't optimistic about his condition nor that Queen Nekros and her undead army are gone.
* She supplied them with new weapons and armor to replace what they lost in the blast. Mysteriously, each party member found a new magic item in their supplies of an unknown origin. Each item had the mark of Heliod burned into them.
* Sprocket "Ballsy" Gnoman III seemed to suffer the most out of the party. He was twitchy and kept repeating phrases like he was glitching.
* Sybil Ringwell woke up as a new personality named Witty, a writer who loves a good mystery. He fell into the well while reading a book. He made it clear each personality inside Sybil were souls of people who died in the well and not just figments of her fractured psyche.
* Outside the temple, the party watched King Varik's coronation. Babara Duke led the party into crashing his ball. Juxxtina enjoyed the buffet. Aryan Grande played along with the band. Muchomucho gave card readings to the guests.
* Sprocket accosted the newly crowned king. Barb did her best to calm the situation with petty insults. King Varik officially severed ties with the party and kicked them out. Dikarus Bottombane stole 50 gold from a guard.
* Aryan spent the rest of the evening writing complaint letters about the new king. She then went to the Heliod temple when she heard the sun god was providing guidance there. Many citizens left expensive offerings in exchange for prophecies. Aryan exposed a halfling hiding in a crack in the wall who was pretending to be Heliod.
* The rest of the party went to the satyr-owned Horny Boys tavern. Barb bought everyone entry into the VIP lounge. Juxxtina spent the evening with a sexy cleric dancer. Muchomucho's tarot cards revealed that the leonin prides in Oreskos could help Sprocket. Barb secured a secret alliance between the party and Archon Daenyra and Oracle Morrigan. They urged the party to alert the other major humanoid communities in Theros about Queen Nekros and to recruit them into the war. They also asked the party to investigate minotaur activity near an abandoned Mogis temple. They're afraid King Varik will start a war with them.
* In the main area of the tavern. Witty spoke to some Setessa citizens. They believed King Demetrius was dead, but they suggested Witty go to the satyrs in the Nessian Woods. Phaenax was a satyr and maybe his people know how to rescue someone from the Underworld.
* The party decided to go towards the Pridelands in Oreskos to help Sprocket. The Mogis temple was on the way so they stopped there first.
* Aryan berated a minotaur guard at the temple door into letting the party inside. The gnome bard's unseen servant activated a pressure plate trap, protecting the others from it. Sprocket went to a bloody altar and bashed his hand on a Mogis statue until his blood spilled on the altar, which opened a secret door.
* A ghost of a general sat by a board game and challenged one of the party members to a game of Risqué. Juxxtina defeated him and earned passage to the next room.
* A mural of a battle dominated the next chamber. The beat of drums rang out. Dikarus was the only one who succumbed to the rage and struck Muchomucho with his dagger.
* In the next room, the party was attacked by soldier constructs. Sprocket's sunglasses destroyed one in a ray of radiant light. Dikarus cut one down with his psychic sword and dragon fang dagger. Sprocket identified a weak point and successfully dismantled it with his tinkerer's tools.
* The group entered a grand hall with statues of warriors in various poses. Sprocket realized each should be holding a specific weapon. Aryan found a pile of invisible weapons. They put the weapons with their respective statues and gained access to the next room. Barb swiped one of the invisible rapiers.
* In the armory, the party attacked metal-eating insects. One struck Juxxtina and rusted her armor. Sprocket's catapult spell destroyed one and Aryan's crossbow destroyed the other.
* They party was magically miniaturized in the following chamber. Muchomucho led them through a maze where they met and befriended a minotaur.
* In the final chamber, the party found a pair of minotaurs trying to open a magically sealed set of armor and collection of weapons. Gore Geous, a cleric of Mogis and leader of this minotaur band, told the party The Returned were in their homeland of Phoberos. They were sent here by their warlord Chiron to collect weapons and supplies. The group decided to help them open the seal. Barb warned them their new king was a threat to minotaurs. Gore Geous promised to help them secure a meeting with Chiron whenever they make it to the badlands.