Avernus Discord Chapter

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##### Preceding Story:

Player Character Garthus alongside NPC Beranto were planeshifted during the Battle of the Black Stone of Cultavo in the Salt Lake of Athas. They arrived in fountain a fountain square in the city of Elturel directly after the cataclysmic event known as the Fall of Elturel.

##### Fall of Elturel:

At some point over a thousand years ago one of the Greater Angels of The Hosts of Celestia was tasked with tracking the course of the fiendish Blood War in the lower planes. Lady Zariel, the angel of hosts whose duty this task fell upon was warped slowly by the evil nature of the lower planes and eventually could not stand idly by as a spectator in the Blood War. Roughly 700 years ago Lady Zariel pleaded with her superior's for an elite force of angels that she could lead in a cleansing purge of Avernus.

She was denied. The Hosts of Celestia could not risk engaging the Devils and Demons and further expanding the Blood War into the multiverse. An enraged Lady Zariel descended to the prime world of Toril and assembled a force of thirty strong from the most righteous. Garthus Wife and Divine Dildo's Father were among the righteous who joined Zariel's descent.

Zariel's righteous crusade was cut short by a defensive response by Bel the Pretender Archduke of the First Layer. Her forces were surrounded, her righteous crushed beneath the might of Hell. She fought valiently alongside her two general's, Olanthius and Haruman. Bel in a mighty slash severed Lady Zariel's hand and disarmed her of the fabled Sword of Zariel. She and her General's were then brought before the the Lord of the Nine Hells Asmodeus. Bel had assumed he would witness a historical execution of an Angel of Hosts but was instead dismayed when Asmodeus turned Zariel into a fallen paladin of vengeance, instating her as the Archduchess of Avernus and assigning Bel as her direct subordinate. Haruman followed her into damnation, transforming into a brutal Narzugon Illrigger. Olanthius out of desperation took his own life before he could be corrupted, unfortunately for him Zariel would not let him go and used her new power as the Archduchess of the First Layer to raise Olanthius as the first Death Knight.

##### Active Story (Discord):

Player Character Garthus and NPC Beranto find themselves in the city of Elturel beneath the blood red skies of Avernus. Surrounded by the screams of the dying and the terrors of devils and demons hidden in the destruction of the city they formed a quick bond with survivors of the Fall of Elturel, Player Characters Doofus the Gnome Fighter and Divine Dildo the Dwarf Paladin. Immediately upon venturing forth they saved Divine Dildo's closest companion the Player Character Reetius Maximus the Warlock.

Garthus, Beranto and Doofus prioritized setting up an established home base within a nearby building. The small family home was quickly fortified as best they could manage while Dildo and Reet made the first scouting foray into the destruction. Dildo was gravely injured by a group of the Undead loitering in the streets and was forced to return to the group for their first terrifying night in the First Layer of Hell.

The next day Garthus assumed command of the ragtag group of survivors and sent them forth into the city for resources. He came to their rescue just in time when encountering there first demon, a large Night Creature. After the battle they discovered the Player Character Austda Longbreath beneath a pile of rubble. Doofus the Gnome with a mighty effort lifted the rubble and freed Austda.

The group has retreated to another night of rest after Austda suffered heavy burns from falling rubble and Garthus, Dildo and Reet encountered another Night Creature, a doglike demon this time and defeated it before retreating for the the evening.

After the death of each Night Creature a mysterious being introducing himself as Calril the Vile has appeared and paid Garthus a singular blood red "Soul Coin" for the corpse.