39th session: The Creation Symbol

10th moon, 1st day, year 4554
Home and rested from the fight with Imix, the brothers immediately started to research about the fire-dude.

They soon learned the following: Imix is one of four Elemental Princes, he is extremely powerful and lives in the Elemental Chaos. He is a force of nature, a step below the avatars of the gods in terms of power, and very few people can stand up to him for long. Imix has several small cults of mortal worshipers, the most famous one being the Cult of Flame, which is popular especially amongst orcs.

10th moon, 3rd day, year 4554
Thinking that Silverclover had someone tricked or Quested them, the T'orghs swiftly ported to his cabin, which they found as they had left it a couple of weeks earlier, in order to fix what they had caused and that which the Council of Menzo was now debating whether they should hold the brothers accountable for.

They searched everywhere, and even consulted beings from other planes, and learned a few tidbits. The note regarding the Rod of tremendous power had been place by someone called Argonus, a dark elf.

While they were talking with the outer planes, 6 assassins of the drows attacked them, but the T'orghs quickly killed the drows.

10th moon, 4th day, year 4554
Returning to Menzo, Nalfein decided to fast and pray in order to get some more answers, perhaps even from Asmodeus himself. While the Lord Light himself did not deign to answer, he did get some more info. That Argonus was in Menzo, that he was not a dark elf, and a lot of other stuff.

Not quite feeling it, the brothers decided to move on with regards to the scrolls. 

They ported to the temple, and activated the Creation Symbol. 

A horned devil appears in a puf of smoke: "You must enter the Faerie Realm, find Castle
NeverNever and steal the Golden Cup of Nymph Tears. Fill the Cup with blood from 3 different types of faeries and bring it to the altar.

10th moon, 8th day, year 4554

After some research, the brothers headed to Ched Cinlu, where they met with Tiam O'Blogroth, who against two future council votes agreed to send them through the portal to the Faerie Realm he had under his control.

On the other side, they got attacked by a fey ogre and four quicklings that had been placed in stasis to take care of people porting up. 

Afterwards they encountered Omar the Satyr, who explained that to navigate the Faerie, you merely had to think of a place and start walking, then you would be there at nightfall, unless you got lost, then you would have to try the next day. Omar adviced them to head over to the Eternal Oak, he could place them on the right path. 

10th moon, 10th day, year 4554

Once arrived at the Eternal Oak, he told them, that if they wanted access to Castle NeverNever, they would have to prove themselves worthy three times over to the King and Queen of the Fairies. 

First step could be accomplished at the Crystal Lake. 

Oversigt over det næste stykke tid

Der blev spurgt efter en oversigt over den kommende tid. Hvis man allerede nu ved, at man ikke kan en dato, må man da gerne melde ud.

21. maj - spiller
28. maj - spiller
4. juni - AFLYST (Vibes f-dag og bryllupsdag)
11. juni - spiller
18. juni - spiller
25. juni - spiller
2. juli - spiller
9. juli - AFLYST (er i Paris, Bønne f-dag)

38th session: The Rod of Power

9th moon, 17th day, year 4554
Once again back in Menzo and rested (Nalfein quickly shed all adverse effects from his encounter with the specters), the brothers bask in the glory that killing the Queen of Drows has gotten them. Everywhere they go, their dark elf brethens are clearly impressed with them.

9th moon, 18th day, year 4554
The T'orghs are summoned to the Temple of Asmodeus. Two officers of House Argith and House Hume, along with 40 elite guards, come and escort them to the Temple. Before leaving, they are warned by Father to be vary of what they say.

Up in the Temple, they are presented to High Priest Da'kar Argith and High Priest Q'lor Hume. They are respectively protected by a Pit Fiend and G'lor, weaponsmaster of House Hume and first warrior of Menzo.

The two high priests enquire about the scrolls, about the drows, the balor, and last but not least, about Nalfeins plans to become High Priest of House T'orgh. The brothers leave after a lengthy chat, not really sure why they were summoned, except for a few hints and perhaps threats.

9th moon, 20th day, year 4554
The T'orghs take the portal to Hope, and head north into the mountains, towards the Mountain of Despair, the volcano that holds the Temple of Azarath and the Rod of Hope.

9th moon, 28th day, year 4554
After 8 days of climbing through the mountains, killing a few stupid orcs and ogres on the way, the brothers arrive at the Mountain of Despair. They promptly enter the tunnels, heading towards the Temple, which is in fact a whole city.

9th moon, 29th day, year 4554
The brothers are attacked by a mind flayer, who apparently knows them:

Ah, T’orgh brothers. Finally I find you. I will feast on your brains and then tell my allies how to destroy your House, using your knowledge. Delicious, right?

He says right before attacking them, along with his two hulking abominations. The battle is quick and brutal, with both Nalfein, Jegred, Belos and Ta'gar falling prey to his mind. Luckily for them, Jeffrey has no such thing, and is able to finish off the foes.

9th moon, 30th day, year 4554

The brothers arrive at the Temple of Azarath, a city built around the center of the volcano. They head down for a central structure, avoiding all dwarven ghosts, and investigate the 4 sections. They quickly find the first valve, and battle a fire, earth and air elemental that are summoned as they pass through the room towards the valve.

Vary of traps, they spot that 3 of the statues in the second room are magical. From great distance, Belos imprisons two of the statues behind a wall of iron, and thus the brothers only face one iron golem before they can turn off the second valve.

In the third room, they use magic to locate all the trigger traps and dimension door to avoid them, completely bypassing any eternal guardians there.

In the last valve room, as they enter, a radiant being appears, an angel.

I, Doranor, 23rd angel of Moradin, command you to stop. You must go no further. The last valve must not be closed. The power trapped inside the volcano will only bring death and destruction to the world, and despite what you may think, it can not be controlled. So leave immediately, dark elves of House T’orgh, or I will kill you without mercy.

A few spells are exchanged, and then Ta'gar closes in for melee and chops off the head of the angel. Dead. The last valve is closed, and the T'orghs can hear a rumbling. They head out and head towards where the entrance to the volcano and the Rod of Power must be, when they suddenly find themselves facing a 60' feet tall towering inferno, with the hint of a man-shape behind the flames.

Thank you for liberating Imix, mortals. 3000 years is a long time to be imprisoned, even for an immortal. Tremble before the almighty Imix   Now feel his flames of wrath. Imix will destroy you, then the rest of your world. 

Ta'gar wants to leave, but the others want to stay. Before anything can happen, however, they are hit by a very thick and hot wall of fire that expands, nay explodes out from Imix, and hits them hard. Belos  is down and dying, and Ta'gar decides he was right and ports back to Menzo, leaving Nalfein to face the beast on his own. Nalfein, wise beyond years, decides to follow his two brothers, and just as he fades out, he sees Imix tossing the biggest fireball he has ever soon at him.

Note:

Armors should be done around 11th month, 5th day. 

37th session: Queen of Drows

9th moon, 16th day, year 4554
The next day, the T'orghs put their plan in motion and started the ritual. Yakkar led them to a empty warehouse somewhat near the palace compound. There the 13 virgins were killed, and their brains and hearts were cooked over elemental rocks heated by elemental fire, and then the now gooey substance was mixed with crushed unicorn horn and then used in the creation of the pentagram.

Nalfein used the dagger to open the gate, and for a while, all was silent.

Then came the smell of sulphur in the air, chills started to spread along the bodies of the brothers, a shimmer in the air, and Yrok, might balor of Hell was in front of them...

Yrok loves the smell of mortals in the morning....
The great fiend leaned forward to Nalfein, poking him in the chest with a huge lethal-looking claw:

So, YOU are the mortal trying to strike a deal with the almighty Yrok. My, my, you do look tasty.

Nalfein played it cool, and stood his ground.

Are you not afraid? I believe you not. You do not strike Yrok as an idiot. And you should be afraid....

Nalfein kept composed, and finally the conversation turned to the deal, and the fact that they had the elf as agreed. Yrok was pleased, and immediately began torturing the elf. 

The brothers hurried down to the temple-palace, cloaked by a Seeming spell. With the help of some fake papers provided by Yakkar, they easily got access to the sanctum, where the drow queen received her people. 

It was a big temple-like room. There were about 60 visitors and 30 elite guards, a spellcaster of some sorts, and two private bodyguards of some sort. 

The brothers sat down and waited for the mayhem to start. They didn't have to wait long, maybe Yrok had gotten impatient, or the elf had died. Suddenly demons landed outside the castle (summoned by Yrok) and the mage, who was some sort of leader, ordered the guards outside to deal with the demons far away from the queen. Using some charm spells and hanging back while the other visitors were ushered outside, the brothers managed to find themselves alone in the temple-palace-hall with 2 guards, the queen and her two bodyguards.

The brothers played along, and faked they were about to help deal with the demons, then turned the tables on the drows, and attacked. Unfortunately, a wall of force was protecting her, and the dark elven ambush was turned around when the specters of 7 ancient drow warriors emerged from the tombs, along with a beholder.

Within a minute or two, things looked critical. Jeffery was dismantled due to the Anti-magic ray of the beholder, Jeggred was suspended while caught in it, Ta'gar was down and dying and the specters and monk bodyguards kept flailing at the two remaining brothers, while the Queen was tossing death spells left and right.

The brothers were gone. The battle was over, and there was nothing they could do. Except one thing. Belos pulled out a scroll with Limited Wish on, and wished that the beholder's eye would cease to work, for the rest of the encounter. That turned things around, it gave the brothers a fighting chance, but there was still a long way to go. But with Jeggred back in the fight to kill and take some hits, the brothers clawed their way back from the Abyss.

Nalfein got Ta'gar back up, so when Belos was killed, there was still two brothers up for the fight, and together, they managed to kill the queen and everyone else. They planted the drow noble, who had been in Ta'gars portable hole, and then hurried outside where they found a burning city. Yrok had done good on his part of the deal.

Then they ported home.

(note: Nalfein was drained 8 "levels")