Save Belxari

After the attempted resurrection of Progenitus, Xelbari enlists adventurers to assist him in restoring his sister to full health. Teer, Belle, Esteem, and Kiono gather for one last mission as a party.

## Summary

Xelbari sends the party invitations, scrolls—or a squirrel in Belle's case—that allow them to teleport and meet at Castle Ravenloft. Esteem has increased in size, Teer appears somewhat overgrown, Belle is permanently in starry form, and Kiono looks like she's hasn't slept in a week. After having a chance to briefly catch up, Malinova finds them and leads them inside to the coffin which once held Anna von Zarovich. Belxari is in the coffin, hooked up via magical tubes to Xelbari. A crow sits in the window, observing. Xelbari looks like complete crap. He explains that "stuff happened," and Belxari acquired something called the Divine Seed, which is what allowed her to become a god. It was this seed which was pulled out of her in order to bring back Progenitus. Xelbari has been told (by the crow) that there is a second Divine Seed. Xelbari is hopeful that obtaining this second seed would save her as it had once before. The seed is located in the Tomb of Uncertainty, one of the remaining Acererak locations. It is different than the other tombs in that it didn't have a specific goal, but was more of a backup site with stores of supplies. The complex sealing it was partially deleted, allowing access once again.

Belxari wakes up, Kiono passes out, and Xelbari emotionally facepalms. Belxari insists that she is well enough to "save [her] dang self." Kiono is placed in a demiplane to safely sleep, and they travel to the backstage in Wolis. Backstage is falling apart, but Belxari is able to find her things. Teer, helping her look, finds a Potion of Fire Giant Strength, two Greater Healing Potions, and a potion of invulnerability. Scroll of Magnificent Mansion and Teleport. The ghost of Caius appears, declaring that he has outgrown her, and leaves, stating that they would not meet again. Belxari, though clearly quite freaked out by the entire thing, brushes it off as much as possible and leaves to get dressed without answering any questions. Upon her return, Teer gives her the therapy stone. The group then teleport via squirrel to the tomb.

A cube of reality has been replaced with another, providing a bridge that allows them access to the entrance of a tomb in a cliff face revealed by the bridge's appearance. A demon-looking head carved from obsidian attached to a 60-foot tall tangled mass of roots. As they approach, the eyes glow, and the mass unfurls to reveal a sort of humanoid form with far too many hands and feet. It promptly attacks them in a horrific many-fisted, many-footed way. Despite the creature dealing large amounts of damage, it is defeated. The many limbs fall off and crawl away. They use the Skeleton Key Kiono made in order to unlock the door.

The hallways inside is filled with blue and violet torches that shift their colors such that under violet light they look normal. A monitor flickers to life and a spider man appears on the screen. Upon asking what the party is there for, they explain that they are there to pick up some supplies. The worker is uncertain, but agrees to at least meet with them. He directs them to a tram, which they are to take to the central office. Along the way, they see a large number of individual biomes in the warehouse. Reality replacing has caused a few areas to be opened, allowing creatures to roam through. One section has a piece of a space ship like from Andy's homeworld. The tram docks on the other side of the warehouse, allowing the group to the office. The spider man, Krithak, explains that the warehouse is a monitoring station. The Divine Seed, which has no use anymore, is stored in bay 49, behind so many monsters. A white dragon, modified by a number of augmentations, greets them at the bottom of the elevator with a breath weapon. Before combat can get very far, Teer convinces the dragon to leave them be, as they do not wish to fight it, and might even be able to find a way for it to leave.

One of the containers has been exploded. Inside is a Shadowfell-esque scene, a single grave with a jewel atop it, and a spectral figure standing beside it. The group attempts to sneak past, but Teer finds himself walking toward the grave, seeing a woman sobbing beside the grave. Esteem manages to grapple him and drag him away. The entity glares at Esteem, but makes no other move. They also bypass a portion of the space ship which has a security system attached to it.

They reach bay 49. The lock system was a series of orbs which, when placed in the door in the appropriate order, would recreate the pattern of the torches from the front hallway. Upon completion, the door opened, and everyone's colors returned to normal. Inside, Belxari disabled the trap on the golden skeleton statue holding the seed, retrieving their goal. Afterwards, they decided to attempt to retrieve whatever was in the vault next to it. Belxari was able to use the remnants of her god powers to replicate the color magic from the first hallway, allowing her to safely activate the door. She once again disabled the trap on the statue, retrieving a very magical tablet containing a single sigil of unknown origin.

After some discussion about and brief attempt to find the white dragon to perhaps free it, the group returned up the service elevator. Krithak, disappointed and mildly annoyed that they had simply bypassed all of the problems instead of solving any of them, shooed them away. The group teleported back to Backstage, where Belxari once again ate a Divine Seed.

## NPCs

### Returning

* Malinova
* Xelbari
* Belxari
* Caius

## Items

* Skeleton Key (created by Kiono)
* Potion of Fire Giant Strength (found Backstage)
* Greated healing potion (2; found Backstage)
* Potion of Invulnerability (found Backstage)
* Scroll of Magnificent Mansion (found Backstage)
* Scroll of Teleport (found Backstage)
* Fragment of Twilight (found Backstage)
* Divine Seed (obtained from the Tomb of Uncertainty; consumed by Belxari)
* Mysterious Tablet (obtained from the Tomb of Uncertainty)