SOTDL CAMPAIGN DIARY: PRINCE OF DARKNESS, PT 3. 9.26.17

The Heroes:

·     Ecna Lubma: dwarf priest grudgebearer healer

·       Gruntbelly: dwarf magician sorcerer wizard

·       Kane Arroway: human warrior fighter sharpshooter

·       Mathias: jotun jotun juggernaut spirit warrior

The heroes continue their fight against the powerful demon Nareesh, and as they trade blows they realize that the Demonstorm is nearly upon them as the ceiling above rumbles dangerously.  Finally, they manage to destroy Nareesh’s mortal form and the demon’s essence is sucked back into the Void from where it came.  But Nareesh’s pets, the horned ogres, join the fight now that the demon is gone.  But before the pair could do much, the ceiling begins to crumble and the heroes rush to exit the 2^nd floor of the keep to the relative safety of the 1^st floor.  The ogres are first crushed by falling chunks of stone, then sucked up into the Demonstorm. 

The heroes notice a circle of arcane runes and Gruntbelly discerns that it is a teleportation circle.  He steps on it and teleports into a tower that has a book floating in the center of the tower.  The book’s writing is lighting up as if being read by invisible eyes that cause the lines being read to light up.  As the pages are finished, they turn on their own.  Gruntbelly determines this to be part of the ritual fueling the Demonstorm’s descent, so he tries to grab the book, but in the process activates a magical trap and is rendered unconscious.

Mathias steps on the teleportation circle and ends up in another tower, where a sword with a strange black blade that has exploding stars and worlds being consumed by the Void visible within.  He grabs the blade and tries to find his way out.

Ecna steps on the teleportation circle and finds himself in yet another tower with runes etched upon the floor.  The runes light up in sequence, so Ecna decides to try and stop this by smashing the runes with his hammer.  He too activates a magical trap that causes an explosion, but he gets up and begins to throw his hammer at the runes instead of doing it by hand.  Upon destroying 3 runes in this manner, the sequence of lighted runes ends and Ecna tries to find a way out.

Kane steps on the teleportation circle and finds himself in the same tower as Gruntbelly.  He aids the fallen dwarf and the two make their way out of the tower. 

Eventually they all regroup in the courtyard of the keep, only to find that stopping the Demonstorm’s descent by interrupting the ritual did not close the opening to the Void.  They then see a massive pair of inhuman hands reach through the opening and begin to rip it open wider.  The heroes rapidly depart and as they get nearly a mile away up the mountain path, they see a gigantic demon emerge from the tear and descend upon the keep.  The monstrous creature is identified by Gruntbelly as a demon prince known as The Destroyer of Worlds, and they watch as the lands around it buckle and shift as if in an earthquake, and they watch as it begins to devour the remains of the keep, and they watch as rivers of excrement erupt from the monster’s backside cavernous rear orifice.  They group turn and continue on, anxious to find the  Ironmonger’s airship and out of these cursed mountains.

End of session.