Session 031: Praxys - The Heavens, Part 3, & Throne Room & Battle with Sydon Report

General Summary

The Chosen continued their way through Praxys, fought the Golems that came up from the Forge Level, & two Gygans.   Eventually they made their way to the Throne level, & met Chalcia, daughter of Sydon. (Crediting Ollidak with her kill since I don't recall who landed the final blow on her.)   The Chosen found Sydon's museum room, & took all his items. As Ollidak's love of murder took over & he started attacking Chalcia.   Suddenly Sydon, Veronica, three other Titan's (Goloron, Yala, & Hergeron), & Skie Khellendros.   The Chosen had a difficult battle, when suddenly after Veronica & her Dragon Skie Khellendros, left. The tide of battle turned in their favour & their attacks began to damage greatly.   This allowed the Chosen to defeat Sydon & his Children.     Those that killed them earned a talent:

• Talieus was killed by Jekkar (+2 sorcery points)
• Chalcia was killed by Ollidak (Orcish rush: can use z bonus action to move up to your speed toward an enemy that you can see, or hear, as long as you end up adjacent to that enemy. Rest recharge )
• Hergeron was killed by John (ADV on death STs & STs Vs energy draining attacks)
• Yala was killed by Heldig
• Sydon was killed by Hulngir who now can (Cast Cure Wounds as a bonus action)
• Goloron was killed by Pyra (+10 feet to all his auras)
For killing Sydon everyone got additional award, for ending this chapter.
• John (Mighty rage +2 raging DMG.)
• Theron (CRIT on favoured enemies with a 19 or 20.)
• Ollidak (gain an additional 1d10+fighter level when using second wind.)
• Jekkar (add cha bonus to smite damage.)
• Euadne (cast pick 1 spell with a component costing of 1 GP or less to cast freely.)
• Hulgnir (bonus action cure wounds, cast as reaction)
• Pyra (add cha bonus to smite damage)

  With them defeated Kyrah's eyes glowed & she said *Now the Oath of peace is Ending.* Cast a spell Teleporting the entire party & Dragons to the Teleportation Circle outside of Mytros.

Rewards Granted

Excalibur +3 Platemail Armor +3 Trident Holy Avenger +3 Longsword of Xander +3 Longbow of Artemis +3   Phoenix Chakram merged with frost brand

Missions/Quests Completed

Sydon defeated: Euadne's epic path is done. Earning her epic path completion.   Her body transformed, she now has 1. A snake torso & legs. 2. 30 ft climb ability (without sticking to walls). 3. The ability to decide if her family line is born with the curse or not.

Notes

Balmytria saw that unless the Titans were stopped, they would destroy all of Thylea. She vowed action. Knowing that Sydon and Lutheria were proud creatures, Balmytria challenged the Twins to the game of twenty squares, which is also called the Royal Game. She summoned them to the island of the Golden Heart, which is the home of the Mother Goddess herself. They would play beneath the great tree, with the mother of the Titans as their sacred witness. The stakes would be simple: she would wager her life and the lives of all her kind against the divine power of the Titans. In this way, the war could be ended.   Lutheria saw the trap right away, but her husband would not listen. Sydon had never been defeated at the Royal Game in all his centuries. He accepted Balmytria's terms, and the game began.   When gods play the game of twenty squares, the pieces symbolize entire armies, and the fall of the dice are like the hammers of Fate, drenching the earth with the blood of those armies. Thousands of soldiers may live and die by the turn of a single gambit.   Balmytria knew that Sydon had never lost at the Royal Game. Accordingly, she chose her moves with extreme care, taking the full time allotted - one rotation of the stars per turn. And all the while, she was maddeningly silent. Sydon shouted at her, demanding that she look him in the eyes, rise to his taunts, or just say anything at all. He quickly lost patience with the game, rolling the dice as soon as his turns began, simply to have it over with. His impatience proved his undoing.   Balmytria won the first game, shattering the Titan's winning record and his pride. He raised his fists to the sky and mountains crumbled, so angry was he. But before his sister-wife could calm him, he had doubled the stakes and challenged the silver dragon to a rematch.   This continued for five more games. Balmytria remained patient, neither speaking nor eating even as a full month passed. Meanwhile, Sydon spiralled into a wrath such as the world had never seen.   Lutheria clawed at her own face, furious with her husband's idiocy. She could not interfere with the game directly, for the magic that enforces the game of twenty squares is woven deep into the fabric of the multiverse.   But she knew that he seventh game was sacred. "Seventh game takes all," they say. If Sydon could win the seventh game, then the six previous matches would mean nothing. The Titans would have their way.   As her husband lost game after game, Lutheria sat quietly, weaving magic into the dice. Even the greatest spells in Thylea seemed to have no effect. Desperate, she began to pour her divine power into the dice. As the magical energy took hold of the dice, she felt herself growing weaker - and Sydon began to win. No matter how carelessly he threw the dice, they delivered victory. And as the final game drew to a close, it was clear that Balmytria was about to lose eveything.   Laughing, arrogant, triumphant, the Twin Titans threw open their mouths and shouted in the face of the silver dragon, "You are nothing. You are nothing. "   But Balmytria only smiled. "I have staked my life on this game, and you have staked your divine power. You gave your divine power to win this game, but now I give my life to match your sacrifice." With this, she plunged a dagger into her chest, and her blood spilled across the twenty squares, soaking the enchanted dice.   When Balmytria's blood mixed with the magic of the dice, the fate of the world was forever altered.   Balmytria knew the dragons could not defeat the immortal Titans unless they became immortals themselves. That was her plan all along. She never intended to kill Sydon and Lutheria, for she knew that the Fates were working against her. Instead, she sought to steal the divine power of the Titans for her own blood.   As Balmytria's blood drained from her body, the Titans' divine power replaced it. She ascended into the heavens as Mytros, the Goddess of Dawn. Her husband became Volkan, the God of the Forge. Her children became Vallus, the Goddess of Wisdom; Pythor, the God of Battle; Narsus, the God of Beauty; and Kyrah, the Goddess of Music. Together, this new pantheon would turn the tide of the war completely.   History says the dragons are gone, but that is not entirely true. The dragons are still here, but they have been changed into something even greater. Mytros won the war that could not be won by sacrificing herself and ensuring a future for all the mortals of Thylea.       --------------------------------------------  

1. Telamok Arklander Oathsworn of Tysophale (Vallus Gold) [Now the Goddess of Wisdom.]
2. Adonis Neurdagon Oathsworn of Raspytrion (Pythor Bronze) [Now the God of Battle]
3. Estor Arklander Oathsworn of Arkrania (Kyrah Copper) [Now the Goddess of Quickness & Moscot to the new Dragonlords.]
4. Rizon Phobas Oathsworn of Sybolkorax (Volkan Mithril) [Now God of Crafting.]
5. Xander Huorath Oathsworn of Balymytria (Mytros Silver) [Now the Goddess of the Dawn.]

  Jasena Oathsworn of Tezcacoatl (Narsus Brass) [The five abaondoned their brother, he's hiding out in Aresia. Probably looking into a mirror.]   ---------------------------------------   Hexia (Adopted daughter of Mytros/Balmytria, & Volkan/Sybolkorax) lover & wife to Pythor/Raspytrion. She never forgave her husband for taking Human form, & has kidnapped the mothers of the children he's fathered over the centuries.