Attack and Dethrone God I (Session Summary)

**A Chilly Reception** details the events of the November 21, 2021 session summary where the party comes face to face with Ximena following the royal wedding.

## Session Notes

* Sensing Aeron’s imminent Vision, Chae tells him that the gods are going to lie to him, explaining his vision will show Aedryan hurting him and he will have to hurt her to put a stop to it.
* As Theo and Chae try to think of a way to prevent the impending situation from getting too out of hand, a servant asks the wedding party to line up to receive the guests.
* While guests filter through the receiving line, Aedryan spots Ximena — and Aeron’s vision begins, sending him into a fit of screaming and the crowd into a fit of curiosity as Theo tries to keep Aedryan from getting too close to her brother.
* Though Simon attempts to control the crowd, Ximena commands the crowd to watch the boy make his choice.
* As Chae tries to offer Aeron comfort, Talos pushes his way to the scene and throws a knife in Ximena’s back.
* Ximena, unfazed by the knife, throws it back at Talos who is also mostly unscathed. He’s used to playing with knives, after all.
* Simon asks Theo and Chae to take his family away from the scene, and the group moves to a side room, along with Bartleby. Lord Hendry and Miri also take this opportunity to leave the cathedral, stepping into an alley.
* Simon then tells the guests to leave for the palace and, because he has this incredibly attractive quality of being able to command a room, they do as instructed.
* The Raven siblings, Sorni, and Talos engage Ximena in battle: After an exchange of thrown knives between Talos and Ximena, Anastasios and Sorni prepare their attacks while Cecily calls out openings that she spots. Thanks to Cecily’s keen eye, Talos is able to send a knife between Ximena’s ribs, allowing Anastasios an opening to stab the goddess in her stomach. While she’s bleeding, Sorni strikes the killing blow between the entity’s shoulder blades. As Ximena crumples to the floor, she whimpers about Bailey betraying her and dies.
* Outside, Hendry asks Miri to stab him to prevent the Breath of the Gods from taking control of his mind: as long as there is a consistent focus on healing wounds, attempts to control him are not as strong. Miri (reluctantly) stabs him in the stomach. As he bleeds, he asks Miri about arranging a marriage contract with her father.
* While the group is fighting and Hendry is more or less proposing to Miri, the group in the side room is watching Aeron for signs of his decision. Once his screaming settles into wailing, he scurries away from Aedryan in fear, promising to be good as long as she doesn’t hurt him. Aedryan offers what little comfort she can and it’s quickly understood that Aeron has rejected his vision.
* Simon asks Chae to confirm whether the dead body in the vestibule is definitely Ximena, and Theo takes Aeron back to the palace.
* After taking a look at the body and confirming with both Ti-Yo and Bailey, Chae confirms for the group that the corpse is Ximena.
* Cecily, slightly ill from the Breath of the Gods, tells Talos that she needs to leave and, though Talos offers to escort her, Anastasios insists that he will take her instead.
* There is a brief disagreement about whether Talos will accompany Cecily, and it’s decided that Anastasios and Cecily will return to the palace while Chae, Talos, and Sorni collect those in the side room.
* Once the pressure of the Breath of the Gods subsides, Hendry and Miri sneak a kiss in the alleyway before heading back to Miri’s house so she can change out of her bloodied dress.