The Promise Kept

Modokus

Ena

Minty Pineapple

Leora

Yunet

Via Rose

Yoko Mashkin

Monana

Picking up immediately after the previous session, several party members teleported back to Luracia, taking Tamel and Ena with them for medical attention. Lysander lead the group to the Sacred Ring, and upon getting close to the building, Ena's leg disappeared in a puff of mist. Monana attempted to get Ena inside and Ena immediately disappeared in a puff of mist, leaving only her jaunting crystal behind.

The Paladins of the group took Tamel inside the get healed while Lysander took the group to the Astral Occulons guild below the Starlight Ring. The leader of the Oculons, Ostor Villero identified the problem. Ena's body had been banished when she got close to the Sacred Ring. Apparently her teleportation mishap had caused her soul to lose its connection to the prime material plane and now her Jaunting crystal was her home plane of existence. She would need time to reform her body around the crystal.

The group took her crystal and teleported to the Quedem Adamantine Citadel, and sent another group of Luracian teleporters back to pick up the rest of the party at Aizel.

Back at Aizel, half the party was harvesting the dragon while Lykus recruited Modokus and Minty Pineapple to look for the dragon's hoard. They eventually found it and gathered six magical items and 1800 gold. One of those magical items was a belt of frost giant strength which was given to Yunet.

The Aizel group returned to Luracia and Edric spent time creating A fine Maxwellian Rapier before resting.

The other group that had returned to the Citadel underground decided to rest, but before they did, Eero contacted Lezra and decided to try to send a message to all of his people via the citadel. Galium, the cleric from the taskforce assisted by using guidance and Beacon of hope on Eero before he went in.

Upon attempting to contact his people, Eero felt Zahir's presence try to stop him, and the two of them fought each other psychically inside the network, with Zahir manifesting as a dark winged version of himself. Zahir was unprepared for how strong Eero had become, and Eero proved the victor. Eero called out to his people and sent out a message of calming hope and faith, urging his people to reach for peace. As he did this, his mentor, Davian managed to reach back and say he was proud of Eero.

Everyone rested.

Monana was awoken by the sound of a mistwalker nearby and everyone went on alert. It was discovered that one of the Hellknights was missing, and it was assumed his uniform was stolen to allow a mistwalker to get down into the chamber. Everyone was on high alert.

The rest of the party in Luracia teleported down, except for Minty who decided to visit Tamel. He was half awake and a small crystal was in the place of his previous eye that was attempting to draw the dark magic left over from the blood graft out of his body. Tamel was barely consious and asked how everyone was. Minsty said they could all be in danger. Tamel asked how Via Rose was. Minty said she didn't know. Which was technically true. Tamel sort of dozed back into unconsciousness and Minty left to rejoin the others.

Back in the Citadel chamber, everyone waited. Eero contacted Lezra who said his plan had worked, and only seven mistwalkers were still planning on attacking. The group prepared for the attack, and then it came.

Zahir and his six loyalists teleported into the chamber and got a surprise round. They used a misty wall to keep the hellknights at bay while Zahir and three of his loyalists battled the party. Yunet managed to grapple Zahir to keep him from mistwalking, and the battle was going well for the party, but then, Zahir unleashed his mastery of the mist. Dark misty wings sprouted from his back and he became empowered. He nearly incapacitated the entire party with a toxic mist, but Yunet dragged him out of it and allowed the party to keep fighting. Zahir created a mist clone and used vampiric mists to keep healing his wounds. He downed Yoko and Yunet, and Monana's quick healing was the only thing that kept them from staying down.

Minty teleported in to help, but the party was slowly losing HP and Zahir was regaining his every turn. Edric used magic missile to destroy Zahir's mirror images and gave the melee fighters a chance to hit. It was a close battle, but Eero managed to get the killing blow, jumping down on top of Zahir with a plunging attack, Zahir mistwalked up to avoid it, But Eero knew it was coming. His ancestors guided him to mitwalk upwards too, impailing Zahir and landing on top of him as they both crashed to the ground.

As Zahir was dying he thanks Eero. The misty wall fell and Edric asked Galium to revivify Zahir. The Revivify was successful, but Zahir was unable to regain consciousness.

The war for the Misty Citadel was over. There had been casualties, but the Citadel had been secured.

Loot:

1800 Gold, Bag of Beans (8 Beans), Scroll of Summon Draconic Spirit (Topaz), Scroll of Greater Restoration, Potion of Mind Reading, Superior Healing Potion, Belt of Frost Giant Strength, Zahir's Cloak of Protection, Zahir's +1 Rapier, 3 Sending Stones.