Session 29

Mansday 16th Yanoar, year 1457
It took some time, but eventually GrobKu and Rolen got rezzed. The Emperor arrived to Drahar and took charge, and started to work on getting the city back on it's feet.

The Godsends, however, had little time for rebuilding. No sooner had they been celebrated by the Emperor and the remaining Draharians for their bravery in the War Against Stone (as it is already called) and granted a spot on the Stone Hill (the new hill in Drahar) where a mansion will be built, before the Godsends were already turning their gazes away from Drahar, and up into the sky.

Of course, there was some debate as to which course to take. Some wanted to head to the Astral Sea, while others wanted to find out more about who was behind it all.

Tirsday 17th Yanoar, year 1457
During the night, Rolen wakes up, bathed in sweat. Snow is falling quietly outside. He closes his eyes, but realizes something is wrong with the light. He gets up and looks out the window, only to find a new moon, a red moon hanging up in the night-sky. He quickly wakes the others. Hwygar tells them that the red moon, or the Blood Moon, is a sign of danger, and that he is familiar with it. He then goes up to the roof to meditate.

The next morning, he comes down and says: The Blood Moon is a sign that the multiverse is in danger, and reacting. Something has happened that has upset the natural balance in the multiverse.

After having convinced the Emperor that he needs to dig out the divine engine, which is now buried under a mountain of stone, and left behind a sending stone, the Godsends head to Sigil (via a gate provided by the Emperor's wizard), only to find it in a surprising state.

Everywhere buildings are burning and demons roam the streets unchallenged. No sooner than stepped through the gate, before they are jumped by a few demon hounds and a vrock.

After dispatching the demons, they try to find someone to talk to, preferably someone who wont also eat them. Passing through Sigil, they also look for a safe haven, somewhere where they maybe can be safe or find someone alive. Unfortunately, as they are investigating a building, GrobKu misses about 10 demons sneaking up on him, and while the Carnage Demons prove to be no match for our heroes, the Goristro following them around does indeed. After a hard fight, Hwygar is laying dead on the street, killed by the Goristro's rampage as it was dying.

Unable to resurrect him in the middle of the street in Sigil, the Godsends draw their druid through the streets, still looking for what might pass for a safe spot. And then they run into a Balor.

Ignoring the sanity of running, the Godsends make a stand and fight the beast of a demon. An impossible fight, and even though the Godsends make use of _every_ trick in their vast play-book, one by one, they fall to the sword and whip of the Balor. Killed by the sword, then burnt up by the flames of its body and the whip. First Eric, then Rolen, then Grum, then GrobKu and then... Calos, at this point barely standing, mere seconds from dying, manages to get that last mindthrust through it's considerable defenses, annihilating it´s brain.

He then quickly swoops a potion into Grum, saving him, but the others are dead. Calos and Grum then drag the 4 corpses of their friends towards a nearby building, from which they had heard a voice urging them to come over during the fight.