Session 85 "Welcome to Amn"

Session 85 recap: “Welcome to Amn”

Only Begbee knows what happened down below in the waters of the Alandor River—what words or sentiments were able to wake the Sleeper in The Tides after 13 Centuries of slumber, but whatever it was The Sleeper awoke with a vengeance, soaring up at the biggest targets the Devils had, the half mile long ship hovering over Athkatmon. The Lucky Seven jumped on and joined the ancient guardian in the assault, but the Devils were more than equal to the task, inflicting massive amounts of damage as The Sleeper rose with weapons powerful enough to destroy cities targeting your new gargantuan ally. The Sleeper weathered one massive attack after another, made all the more hard to bring down by the powers of the Aroto Lux, Rhys Cooper in his realized form pumping power directly into the Sleeper.

While this was happening air-borne devils swarmed the Seven, but The Seven held their own. Then, things began to take a turn for the worse when one of the attacks targeting the Sleeper also hit three of your party. Muffy reacted just fast enough to not take the full force of the massive beam but still even a glancing hit from such energy cannons on this ship was enough to inflict massive damage. Grin's draconic body was instantly vaporized. And Rhys? Rhys was seemingly taken out entirely, only to regain consciousness a moment later in a burst of flame: a gift from his connection to the Phoenix which seems to be growing more and more tenuous as someone or something syphons the powers of the recently resurrected entity.

Finally, the Sword Legion of the Devils that you had been warned about by a being who looked to be of the same type of devil entered the battle field in the skies above Athkatmon. Hundreds of Bone Devils poured out of the ship, and all of this proved too much. The Devils were winning. It was then that Bucky noticed 5 other individuals enter the skies above the city, seemingly content to observe. A figure with large wings, back lit by the sun, and riders on hell steeds—four of them, two flanking on each side of the winged individual. Bucky recognized three of the riders: they were the traitorous Paladins you had fought at The Citadel of Light. And as The Devils began to overwhelm the Sleeper, a voice in Muffy’s head thanked her for awakening the guardian.

Although things were not going well for your powerful ally, the enemies ship had largely been emptied to join the fight. The Bone Devils had left the ships massive halls and corridors mostly empty leaving a scant smattering of defenses behind and with that an opportunity. The Lucky Seven struck. You snuck onto the ship and made your way through strange corridor after corridor. As you continued on with caution, Bip who had stayed outside to help The Sleeper warned that things were looking grim, and eventually he reported, the enemy had killed the most powerful of the guardians.

Now The Lucky Seven have traveled towards the front of the ship, lead by Rensig’s keen assessment of its lay out. He feels that you are close to your goal of finding some kind of helm or bridge, and we pick up, you just having defeated yet another devil. You have thus far been able to persevere, but the path to get here has not been easy, and some of you are really feeling it, and now, things have taken a turn for the worse. With The Sleeper defeated, Bip has reported The Bone Devils are returning to the ship.