Season 10, Episode 9: "The Lights in the North" Report
General Summary
The Dream Team leapt onto a small flock of Sky Beasts, setting course for the northern end of the Boneyard with an escort of Forge Warden starships and the Wild Hunt. With miles ahead of them under contested territory, they began responding to desperate calls from their commanders for aid and advice, with Masamune taking point as an experienced general and aiding everyone in the orchestration.
Emboldened by Isra's return, the Children of the Forge offered support from the skies, and the Erlking split off from the main force at MaMa's strong suggestion. Lockette expanded on her earlier technological sabotage and started leveraging the Boneyard's anti-aircraft guns, and stabilized communications that were under pressure from the nearby aura of Crow. Using their experience in the wilds, Mist and Flay focused on keeping units safe, and striking from the shadows when the time was right.
However, things became dire as a Dark Tapestry citadel starship punched its way into the land of the dead, forcing Lockette to invoke the Blessing of the Sleeping Giant to save a bulk of Stewards from its lasers. Before it could turn its guns elsewhere, Isra invoked the Blessing of the Gatekeeper, who arrived personally to defend the balance of this world, and banished the citadel back to where it came from.
Still, these blessings did not fully negate the Wither creatures' onslaught, and the party was dismayed as the fish tribes of Safarae suffered a terrible loss, followed by the contingents of wind and water elementals they'd brought with them.
But there was little time to mourn, as flocks of Wither Ghasts and other monstrosities began to hound the party in the skies, forcing them to make quick decisions on where to land. Their allies split off, stopping powerful foes like Ragarot and the Black Owl from interfering, and the crew spotted numerous demigods and Saints duking it out against the greatest monstrosities known to mortalkind. In the end, they decided on the obvious solution — a patch of air space above Bast and Crow that none were brave enough to occupy — and landed directly into an impromptu ring of defense created by House Blackblood.
Vaughn begged the Dream Team to hurry, and told Lockette to run to the SS Iron Drake, just before the Hierophant came to settle an old debt (see S6E9: "The City of Pleated Light"), taking the Oni and Wynrey away from the local conflict.
Then that same conflict spilled over, pulling the Dream Team into the center of the entire war, where Bast and Crow hurled their power at each other with abandon, with Riley and Sara offering support and Foly standing in the middle, crying desperately for peace. After seeing Lockette, Crow began to split off his many aspects, summoning the Centurion, Unari Dama, Chamas, and Jestyr to stop her from getting past them and to the Iron Drake.
But the rest of the Dream Team stepped in to take the worst of the blows, with Wyatt offering them all support, and MaMa invoked the Blessing of the Ritualist seeking aid. An Angel with boots that screamed like a train whistle hurtled from one end of the battlefield to the other, grabbing Lockette and nearly tearing her in half, but dumping her at the edge of a maelstrom of Wither Wraiths and undead Barathu that were stopping the Aga Jain's safe descent.
On cue, after months and months of the Blessing (on and off again) sitting on Lockette's shoulders, the Wonder brought good fortune to the Android at last, and pulled the mighty Spire from Norn to the space directly about the SS Iron Drake. The mech reached up, the starship sliding over its hand and clicking into place as an arm cannon, slowly powering up even without a pilot's command.
Then the spirit of Lockette Endrinmaster XI arrived to welcome her sister, offering to join the fight, and the wind that follows heroes howled an early call of victory.
Rewards Granted
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- Lockette used the Blessing of the Sleeping Giant to save a squad of Stewards from a Dark Tapestry citadel starship.
- Isra used the Blessing of the Gatekeeper to banish that same starship from the battlefield.
- MaMa used the Blessing of the Ritualist to summon Maximillian Sandcurse and bring Lockette to the SS Iron Drake.
- Lockette was blessed by the Wonder, which transported the Spire from Norn to the Infinity Petal.
- Abelina invoked the Blessing of the Arcanist to escape an ambush on Absalom Station.
- No changes.
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New and updated articles for:
Flame in the Night
Tesin Movahesh
Thunder in the Mist
Lockette Endrinmaster 12 2.0
Isra
Report Date
17 Mar 2023
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