Black Hole Sun

Our heroes escort King Demetrius to his ancestral Temple of the Sun.

## Major Plot Points

* The party woke up the morning after the coronation in the royal guest house.
* Puke Wilson snuck inside the Sun Palace and swiped royal garments from King Demetrius' closet.
* Dikarus Bottombane and Sprocket "Ballsy" Gnoman III went to the gnome's store. They couldn't find anything that could be salvaged, but Sprocket deduced the damage his store suffered was different than what the undead did to the city.
* Juxxtina and Aryan Grande went to the Temple of Karametra where they helped rebuild the sanctuary, earning 1 Karametra piety point each.
* Barbara Duke, Muchomucho M Amor, Sybil Ringwell, and Codnus Bearbody went to a bathhouse run by a triton named Gwenivere Goop.
* Codnus hit on all the boys inside the men's sauna. He convinced a triton named Skip D. Foreplay to join the party.
* Barbara spoke to nobles in the all gender sauna. She learned that the nobles preferred Prince Varik to be king. As King Regent, Varik waged wars against the minotaurs and campaigned to conquer the tritons, centaurs, Amazons, leonin, satyrs, and Verse Sai. Many see the undead attacking the coronation as a sign from the gods that Demetrius should not be king. They also expressed disdain for Archon Daenyra Drakos because she wants to reduce the power of the royal family and oracle.
* A satyr in the sauna mused that if Phaenax could escape the Underworld, perhaps these beings did as well.
* The group met up with the king after and began their journey to the Heliodson Temple of the Sun. Prince Varik wished them a safe journey, promising to keep everything safe until Demetrius returned.
* During the first night at camp, King Demetrius asked the group to play the Question Game. This revealed:
	+ King Demetrius lost his mother and most of the royal family to a plague that swept through the palace 10 years ago. He and Prince Varik were the sole survivors. He was home schooled by his uncle after that. There weren't many children at court so he was excited to meet these new friends.
	+ Aryan got her start in church where she mastered several instruments and used her god-given voice to sing.
	+ Barb comes from an old family of wealthy merchants.
	+ Puke is a scorpio.
	+ Muchomucho suffered a concussion and lost the ability to speak Spanish.
	+ Codnus likes giving people rides.
	+ Skip didn't want to work for the palace of his underwater home like his family did. He ran away to become a pirate.
	+ Sybil's mother threw her down a well.
	+ Juxxtina's faith in Karametra was inspired by a person named Jaime.
	+ Sprocket's favorite invention was one that could give life to his trinkets. However, it was lost when his store was destroyed.
	+ Dikarus' name is a proud family name.
* A flock of harpies attacked the party during their second day of travel. Puke and Skip became charmed by their song. The group fought back and killed the three winged beasts.
* Our heroes then entered the Heliodson Sun Temple. In the chapel was a large statue of Heliod and two eagle statues. The statue posed a riddle that Barb answered correctly with, "Fire." Her quick knowledge earned her a Kruphix piety point.
* Sprocket saw that the eyes of the eagles followed him. Codnus poked one of their eyes and it pecked him.
* In the museum, Skip found a set of armor with fire runes carved into it. Barb and Demetrius found a shredded portrait of his mother. Sprocket was able to fix it and discovered the damage reflected the undead from the coronation. Codnus found a displayed sword with fire runes carved into it.
* Sprocket played around with catapult and accidentally fired the replica boulder into the ceiling. Barb talked to the eagle and gained access to the stairs by donating a gold coin. The eagles warned a woman without a face was in the temple with undead beings.
* On the next level, the party found a living room. Skip and Sprocket played chess. Codnus played a piano and that created an opening in the fire wall around the room.
* Inside the dorms, Puke investigated a treasure chest only to discover it was a mimic. Sprocket found a burning hands spell scroll and Sybil found a Heliod bible. Codnus found a spell scroll that opened the fire wall into the kitchen.
* The kitchen was full of blighted and rotten food. Sprocket played a golden triangle Sybil found and that opened up the mess hall.
* A dead eagle statue and slain undead soldier were in the mess hall. Sprocket fixed the eagle so it revealed that it died fighting the undead. It then gave them a key to the next floor. Dikarus stayed here with King Demetrius to protect him.
* Puke found a secret button on a globe in the third floor library. It snuffed out all of the firewalls. They found Queen Nekros here with a few of her soldiers. Shadowy tendrils grew from her fingernails and she used them to raise the Heliodson family members entombed in the crypt as zombies. The party killed the undead soldiers but nearly lost Codnus and Sybil in the fight.
* Queen Nekros told the party she found them interesting and wrapped shadows around herself and the newly raised zombies and teleported away.
* King Demetrius was horrified at what happened and that his mother's corpse was now a zombie. His prayers to Heliod went unanswered.
* You're all Level Two now!