Ramen S1C2E77

## Session Notes

* The formless female voice rings out again. Cerda Hammer, Tyrol Gravehearth and Tearlag Gravehearth recognise it as The Countessa.
* “*The Shard of Origination from which you now find yourselves within, is but a mere fraction of the Magic Source itself. Can you but imagine the full scope of what landed upon our planet that day? For the creatures that called it home it became their reality. It granted them gifts they could not have dreamed of. I gift you a taste… first-hand… of what true magic… unfiltered is capable of…*”
* A new doorway opens up and the Unnamed quickly move through it.
* They see broken images of the Illuminknight Four who had proceeded them, in conflict with some adversaries, some of whom may be the elf girls seen outside the Shard. They also are fighting the large crawling worm-type creature.
* Emerging out into blindness, their vision soon corrects and shows that they are in an vast endless darkness, they see a flat rich onyx marble at their feet.
* Chaya Seto picks up a clinking of something sharp on this reflective surface.
* She spins around and sees a a porcelain skinned humanoid woman with red eyes, long wavy pure white hair, in an elegant black dress is standing at the centre with her arms to her front, hands overlapping.
* After initial back-and-forth she confirms, introducing herself as Countessa Alvida de Greyvale.
* “*You must be wondering… how I ended up here?*”
* “*You see I’m not all here. Only… partially. Hundreds of years ago I made my way to Origin, and thwarted so I was… I still was able to lay a solitary finger upon the Source.*”
* “*That one, single, touch… and my soul… which you see before you, was absorbed and trapped inside the source. Slowly I have absorbed the minutest of its potential. That is when I found the tether to this shard… a broken off-shoot.*”
* “*While the Magic Source in Origin was too heavily guarded… I was able to contact my children and guide them to this shard.*”
* “*I needed components in order to strengthen myself, in order to achieve my destiny and take all of the source for myself. With mild control over my mortal vessel, I was able to lure my blood foes to this region. Using the Illumiknights as blood batteries in the forthcoming blood magic ritual… I’d be able to achieve my bloody vengeance, as well as break free of this imprisonment!*”

* “*... the time and space is at hand. I offer one moment in it… a portion of the Source’s power if you willingly aid me in my escape… nae, my ascension!*”
* The darkness opens out into an endless blue sky of magic with modes of purple, a kaleidoscope of cosmos, an innumerable number of floating islands each with varying ecosystems, bursting with life and knowledge and potential.
* Before any further words can be spoken, Chaya is already upon the Countessa delivering her Vampiric Dagger to her rib cage. Alvida's spilled blood turning to shards and striking back out to a dodging Felinian.
* Zsetza hastes both Tyrol and Cerda, while Tearlag blesses all the Unnamed.
* While the Countessa countinues to change the terrain and slow down the group, the hasted duo in particular are dealing heavy damage.
* One one strike, within a volley of three, Cerda hears a familiar trio of voices gently guide her aim and unleash a radiant crash of damage.
* The Countessa drops to a knee and lets out a deafening shriek that literally pieces the heavens. The floating islands begin to break apart and slowly begin to drop downwards as the sky turns to a darker purple.
* “*It is not yet time… help your mother, children.*”