Session x 133 "The Lost Fortress of Telamok"

With Lutheria defeated, a luminous portal opened and Rhys, Bucky, Gram, and Muffy stepped through. The portal lead to Mt. Celestia, an outer plane, and for most of you, if not all of you, your first time physically on one of the outer planes. For Gram and Muffy the resonance of the plane proved too much, both falling unconscious. On the other side of the portal was The Phoenix, Teela-Na. Along with her were your old allies and members of The Company of Eight, Thadius Dawnhunter and Helena Barterman. With the connection between Elizabeth Grey and whatever forces were influencing her severed, The Phoenix was beginning to regain her power. As such she no longer required the protection of Dawnhunter and Barterman. They left with you, however The Phoenix gave Rhys a feather by which he could summon her when needed. She suggested that she be a part of reclaiming the Portal to the Plane of Fire.

Back on The Charm, Gram and Muffy awoke. Helena Barterman and Thadius Dawnhunter were now amongst the crew. As you discussed options for your next move, it was deiced, if possible you would attempt to ascertain the location of the last unknown piece of The Rod by traveling to The Lost Fortress of Telamok. How you'd handle its guardian would be decided if you could make it there. Bucky had the components, a replica of The Fortress that acted as an tuning fork to its realm. With Something completing the installation of The Spell Jammer Helm, Gram was able to plane shift The Charm into a blizzard. Now, for the second time in less than 24 hours you found yourselves on one of The Outer Planes of existence. This time the terrain featured a mountain on a scale beyond imagination and endless whipping winds and snow, but through it all Rhys spotted the fortress. Gram was successfully able to land the ship and in doing so you came face to face with the Guardian of the Fortress, The Goddess Athena. Armies and armies of the dead littered the snowy valley the fortress was in, each of them slain by Athena. You knew that a fight with her would be potentially deadly for The Oracle had referred to her as The Guardian who cannot be defeated. Fortunately you found another work around. When Athena said this was no place for mortals, Bucky suggested sending in your Godly ally Kyrah, and her brother Pythor joined her for good measure.

Each had an assignment, Kyrah to figure out where the unknown piece of The Rod was and Pythor to check on the location of the eggs/shadow stars. They were successful. Kyrah showed you a vision of the Astral Sea and of a ship like the one you had found the SpellJammer Helm in, similar but with marked differences and within a crew of mind flayers like the one you had found in that ship only many many more. The final piece she explained was not a physical object like the others but a formula. A formula stored within that very ship. Pythor more shaken by what he had seen said that 6 of the 7 eggs were together in darkness on an island filled with ancient beings north of Thylea. The 7th was also on an island, the island of being known as The Morkoth which drifted through dimensions. He had more news. Sydon as it turns out is not the first prophet of Tharizdun. There was one before him, an ancient entity that was now known in whispers only as Kyssus, The Worm that Walks, and they were bringing it back. They must not have the final egg. He then went to get a drink the visions in his mind too horrible to stand.

Through some clever use of Bob, The Witching Cloak, The Charm, and The Helm of Teleportation, you were able to make your way to Balistar's Citadel after that. You were after a tuning fork to the material plane as no matter where you went now, you would eventually need a way to return and Bucky knew that Balistar had one. You did indeed gain a tuning fork to the material plane, as well as one to the elemental planes of fire and water, and one to The Abyss--the most horrific and deadly of The Outer Planes.

Before leaving there was one last thing to do, revive Balistar from his years long coma, and so Bucky, with her connection to The Infernal Device of Lum the Mad, for the second time ever attempted to cast the wish spell, and this time things got a little crazy. Gram, Rhys, Kyrah, Pythor, Miriam, Ezree, and Ebon remain. Bucky is gone. Balistar is awake, only he's not going by the name Balistar anymore, but Boreas, and he seems ready to destroy everything and everyone in his sight.