Session 51: Undeath to Alhaster
General Summary
The Vandals awaken the next morning within their demiplane and receive a sending message from Manzorian. He states that he needs the Vandals of Fate to come visit him post haste as he must discuss with them the Age of Worms and the soon return of Kyuss. Teleporting to Magepoint, the Vandals visit Manzorian, there they find Manzorian as well as other Arch Mages who have been summoned to attend a meeting about Alhaster and the Age of Worms. Manzorian confirms that Kyuss's prison has been moved to Alhaster and placed atop of the ziggurat in the middle of the city. Manzorian says that him and the wizards plan to travel to Alhaster through the ethereal plane to place a dimension lock upon the city. This will prevent any of Kyuss's forces from entering or leaving the city. This would allow our Vandals to strike at the forces of Kyussdirectly. The wizards believe they should be able to hold the spell for a week, but the Vandals should still hurry to destroy Kyuss before he grows more powerful. Manzorian mentions that two things must be achieved. Striking at the despair within the city of Alhaster as the negativity of the citizens faith is directly fueling Kyuss. They must also close a portal to the negative energy plane that has been opened to fuel Kyuss's return. By doing so the Vandals should damage Kyuss's divinity enough to be able to destroy him. As parting gifts Manzorian gives the Vandals a painting that pictures a dungeon known as the Tomb of Horrors, specifically because it holds an orb of annihilation. However Manzorian warns to only bring it out when they most need it is possible the forces of Kyuss might deploy a cancelation rod that would rending the orb useless. He also hands Fedi Kita a ring of wishes to be used as she sees fit. However the magic that transcribes the ring will only work with selfless wishes.
With all of this, our Vandals decide to teleport using the ring they had found the previous day. Our Vandals hope that they can use this to save on a spell slot to teleport, but most importantly might lead them to a location they need to go to. On the other side of the ring they find themselves in a dungeon and face to face with a portal to the negative energy plane. The Vandals are also surrounded by Liches, and ghosts of the Worm that Walks Cultists. After the costly battle our Vandals patch themselves up search the three rooms and learn that if they hit lever number four on the machine holding open the portal they can cause an implosion that would not only close the portal but destroy the machine keeping the portal open, preventing any from re-opening the portal. The Vandals decide to finish exploring the facility first, to ensure they are not missing anything. After finding an exit that leads out to the Alhaster Boneyard they return to finish exploring. As they head further into the facility the Vandals are ambushed by a group of Overworms which prove difficult to kill. However with conviction our Vandals manage to silence them. Now a door awaits in front of them, what lies beyond, is now in question.
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06 Mar 2025
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