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Year 674 of Empire's Rise

Unas

• 14: The Gang arrives back in Alleria, where they do paperwork, receive letters, and have a meeting via Project Image with Damoclese. They debrief him, and he informs them that he has another lead on the Greatsword- A Half-elf named Haldir, in the Freelands town of Stockholm. The Gang sets off again, this time leaving Roxie home to care for Amri.
• 35: The Gang passes through the border of Oak's Heart into Freelands territory.

Duosin

• 2: The Gang encounters people fleeing West, claiming the town of Constantine is under siege. The Gang arrives shortly after, engages, and defeats, a large group of skeletal warriors at the town's Southern Gate. They then defeat another group at the Northern Gate, before being put up in the Tavern as thanks for saving the town.
• 3: A rider arrives from Stockholm, asking for help. The Gang decides to ride North to Fort Revelry instead, as they deduce that is where the undead are coming from, and they wish to stop it at the source. They head North immediately.
• 6: As evening falls, the Gang arrives at Fort Revelry. After a disarming conversation with some ancient Sword Wraiths, they ascend the mountain and kill off the assaulting Skeletal warriors assailing the "town". They meet the residents, who are holed up in the battlements, learning that the undead were likely coming from the crypt across the valley, before heading out to stop whomever was responsible.
• 7: In the early morning, the Gang crosses the valley, killing off the flesh golem guardians of the crypt, before confronting the Necromancer responsible, Galatea. After he fails to convince them to join his side, the Gang defeats him in a pitched battle. They return to Fort Revelry, to inform the townsfolk, and to claim some measure of a reward. They then head back South to Constantine.
• 12: The Gang passes by Constantine, briefly checking that the town isn't a burning mass of rubble since they left. It isn't, so they continue onward.
• 16: The Gang arrives at Stockholm, which was ravaged by skeletal warriors some days prior. They pay the toll to enter the town, and eventually talk to the Captain of the Guard (Nolan), his Dragonborn Sergeant (Bear-Lynn), and then the leader of Gold Company (Col. Pitcher), the mercs who have set up shop in defending the town. The Gang also meets up with an old informant/handler of Drel's, who gives them information on Haldir, the person the Gang is hunting for. The Gang decides to call in Roxie, and opts to wait a few days for her arrival.
• 17: The Gang learns of Isara Williams, who was cursed into a cat. Kira, grumpy and sick, cures her of the curse, turning her back into a person. She offers the Gang a discount on all her wares as thanks.
• 18: The Gang meets with Operative Black, who approached them under the guise of bringing them their ordered ale at the caravan. He's debriefed about the Necromancer, and the Gang (Drel) lets it slip about Tarrent. Operative Black is deeply disturbed at the revelation, and Analease eats his first draft of written notes. They "set him straight" on what happened, before he leaves.
• 19: Roxie arrives, and the Gang proceeds South to Defiance, the last location where Haldir was known to be going.
• 24: The Gang arrives in Defiance. They talk to Haldir & his cousin Aelynn(?), who explain about the Greatsword, the Amulet of Ages, and Haldir's plan. First, the Gang goes to meet up with a potential help, a mysterious stranger that may have been in the Steadfast Vault before. Shortly after leaving town, the Gang runs into Rainfall, a druid who had ventured into the vault nearly a century beforehand. He gave them location information, and warned them not to touch anything. With the cave entrance determined, the Gang proceeded to enter the cave leading to the Vault, while Haldir would locate his father, the current wielder of the Greatsword. The Gang proceeds through the cave, negotiating passage with a bunch of Mana-Vampires, before meeting with the Librarian once more (who had a secret door in the sewers). The Librarian talks to them about prophecies (and Roxie steals a book), before the Gang reaches the vault. Inside the vault, they then proceed to the end of it, and unlock the door to the Amulet of Ages. Once there, they successfully solve the "backdoor puzzle" via defeating the guardians of "Earth, Water, Fire, & Air", the latter two being a Red Dragon and the founders of Sicarri's Monk Order. Sicarri defeats the elder Monk in a one-on-one fight, and has the mantle of leadership passed onto him, before all the Monks waste away and die. Claiming the Amulet of Ages in the next room, the Gang then decides to sleep off the day before attempting to take the treasures of the vault.
• 25: The Gang defeats the constructs guarding the vault, and proceed to spend the entire day carrying away their loot, loading it into the Rouge Decanter, much to Haldir's dismay. Mimosa offers a vial of blood to the mana-vampires in exchange for some whimsical magical items. The Gang then proceeds to head to the nearest bank (Niria) to deposit all their stuff, before proceeding onward chasing the Greatsword.

Triast

• 20: SOMETHING. NOTES SAY "O". PROBABLY ARRIVED IN NIRIA?
• 23: SOMETHING. NOTES SAY "A". PROBABLY LEFT NIRIA?

Quatrai

• 26: SOMETHING. NOTES SAY "V". PROBABLY KILLED GUNTHIR.
• 27: SOMETHING. NOTES SAY "T". PROBABLY BAD FUTURE.

Funftin

• 35: The Gang arrives back in Alleria after reclaiming the Greatsword. In lieu of any immediate directions from anyone, they opt to take some downtime and head their separate ways. Varla heads off to visit her family. Mimosa, Analease, Roxie, and Amri go to visit Analease's mother. Drel stays behind initially, before slipping out to tail Varla on her outing. Sicarri stays behind to watch over things.

Sechstin

• 35: The Gang all arrives back at about the same time from their individual adventures. Upon arriving back, Veronica shows up and talks with Mimosa, before the whole group is addressed. Veronica is calling in her group favor to claim a vast "vault" full of immeasurable treasures. The Gang is teleported to a fishing village, before accessing Veronica's "Secret Magic Mansion Lair", and getting kitted out in shiny new gear and equipment.

Septin

• 1: After waiting some time for attunements to the new magical items (specifically, Drel and his new Oathbow), the Gang assaults the treasure vault. They defeat the Mage that had found it ahead of them, before being confronted by an Ancient Gold Dragon, who "politely" threw them out of his lair. However, the Gang is plucked during their teleport/gate travel into "Nowhere" by the Tiefling Sorrow, Scion to Gayuma. He explains that Gayuma is enlisting them to help fix an issue with the multiverse, and sends them on their way. The Gang arrives in a field near Alleria, before being confronted by a squad of "Modern Soldiers" who pile out of an "APC" after coming out of a magical rift. After defeating the soldiers, Gayuma explains the situation, and the Gang is sent through the first of many rifts in an attempt to Save The Multiverse. After spending nearly a month in alternate realities, the Gang returns from a rift into the OoB Temple, where Varla is resurrected. Rinda Wallace (Analease's great-aunt) has a lover's spat with Arden and throws Mimosa off a cliff. Mimosa discovers she has wings, and then the Gang is teleported to [HAPPY FUN JAPANIMATION LAND] to get the final shard fragment from the Emperor. The Gang appears in a cave, fights their way out of it, and then deals with Magistrate Sato, who will get them "travel papers" to visit the capital, in exchange for dealing with a giant sheep. Said sheep is actually a polymorphed wizard, and the Gang fights off a mercenary group attempting to capture it. They then spend the night at a tea house (smuggling the sheep in a window).
• 2: The Gang sets off to find the apprentice of the sheep, and fights him and his polymorphed guards in a large tree house complex. After almost setting the forest on fire, the Gang ends the apprentice & his bed-dragon, collect the unstable "WAND OF TRUE POLYMORPH" and proceeds to return to town to claim papers from the Magistrate. In town, they hand over the head, and the Gang attempts to turn the sheep back into the wizard, only for the wand to misfire, explode, and turn the target into a Gibbering Mouther. The Gang quickly defeats this threat, before getting the "travel papers", which is actually a contract from the Magistrate to escort/guard a magic stagecoach from bandits. The Gang travels several hours North, and then sets up shop inside Roxie's Magnificent Mansion for the night.
• 3: The Gang sets off in the magic stagecoach again, only to ambush a gang of bandits in the forest who think their coach is easy pickings. After killing all but one, they command the remaining bandit to explain himself, and after he reveals information, let him go to start a new, non-banditing life. THEY THEN CONTINUE TO THE NEXT TOWN.
• 4: TRAVEL TIME
• 5: KAMIKURA, TALK TO YUTO FOR FAKE IDs AND INVITATION, GO FIGHT WOLVES, GET PAID FROM MAYOR ZHAO
• 6: GO SHOPPING. CHANG TELLS US OF PATHS, WE CHOOSE MOUNTAINS. RUN INTO WHITE TABAXI STEALING FROM AKITO, DREL GETS CAUGHT IN TIME LOOP VIA BROOCH IN WEIRD MAGIC BUILDING. SET OFF TO MOUNTAINS, KILL AN ENRAGED YETI. SPEND NIGHT WITH YURT PEOPLE.
• 7: TRAVEL UP MOUNTAIN WITH YAN, YOUNG GUIDE. GET AMBUSHED IN A SNOWSTORM, RUN INTO CREEPY CASTLE. AFTER MEETING NATSUMI, THE WHITE TABAXI, WE ENTER CASTLE AND IT'S A RESORT. RESORT TURNS OUT TO BE TRAP, WE FIGHT OOBLEXES, THEY MIND CONTROL THE PARTY, DREL KILLS ROXIE. ROXIE IS REVIVED, DREL HAS AN EMO EPISODE, ROXIE MODIFY MEMORIES DREL TO NOT REALIZE SHE DIED. THE GANG STAYS THE NIGHT IN THE CREEPY CASTLE, WHICH USED TO BE A RED LOTUS OUTPOST, DURING A MAJOR STORM
• 8: TRAVEL ACROSS MOUNTAIN PATH, GET AMBUSHED BY YETIS. YETIS KILL ALITA IN THE FIGHT, SHE IS REVIVED, AND THEN GROUP TAKES MAGIC WHOOOOSH TUNNEL THROUGH MOUNTAINS TO CAPITAL. NATSUMI GIVES US ADVICE, TELL US THE FAKE INVITATION IS THAT WE'RE HOOKERS, AND DITCHES US DURING THE PATDOWN TO ENTER THE CITY. THE GANG IS WHISKED AWAY TO A TAVERN AFTER TALKING TO THE MAGIC INFORMATION !AVINA, AND RENT A ROOM. THE GANG FINDS A BOX GIFTED TO THEM THAT HAS MAGIC ALTER-SELF BRACELETS, LETTING EVERYONE BECOME TABAXI, AND THE BARKEEP IS GONE. KIRA MAKES A DINNER, AND THE GANG SPENDS THE NIGHT. DREL ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLE ALITA REGARDING HER DEATH, WITH MIXED RESULTS.
• 9: THE GANG DISCOVER THAT THE TAVERN IS ACTUALLY ABANDONED, AND THEY SET OFF TO THE DOCKS TO FIND INFORMATION (AND FISH). WHILE THERE, DREL NOTICES SOME SHADY FOLK PLAYING CRAPS, AND HE LOSES A BUNCH OF GOLD TO THE PLAYERS, WHILE MIMOSA (WHO LOOKS LIKE A CHILD TABAXI) WINS A LOT. THE GANG ATTEMPTS TO EXTRACT INFORMATION ABOUT THE BANDITS, BUT REFUSES THE COST OF THE "INFORMANT". THEY THEN ARE PULLED ASIDE BY A SECOND "INFORMANT" AND PAY 300 GOLD TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE TO MEET THE BANDITS- A GREEN-SAILED SHIP NEXT TO A WAREHOUSE. THE GANG PROCEEDS THAT WAY, LOUDLY SHOUTING ABOUT PRIOR ADVENTURES, AND SPEAK THE CODE PHRASE TO GET ENTRY TO THE WAREHOUSE, BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO THE SHIP. THE TWO "NOT PIRATES" DISCUSS WITH THE GANG, WHO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH UNTIL ALITA REVEALS THE TRUTH AND PULLS OFF HER ARMLET. THE TWO TABAXI GIVE MIMOSA A "GIFT CERTIFICATE" TO HAND OVER FOR MORE INFORMATION, BUT BEFORE THE GANG CAN LEAVE, THEY ARE STOPPED BY A WHITE TABAXI AND A LARGE NUMBER OF CITY GUARD. THE TABAXI OFFERS DEATH OR SURRENDER, AND THE GANG SURRENDERS. THEY ARE STRIPPED OF WEAPONS, DE-MAGIC-ED, AND KICKED INTO A MAGIC PRISON. AFTER LAMENTING, THEY THEN ARE PUSHED INTO A ROOM WITH NATSUMI, WHO REVEALS THAT SHE IS THE LEADER OF THE BANDITS AND ALSO LEADER OF THE WHITE LOTUS (SPIES), AND SHE HAS THE GANG KNOCK HER OUT AND STAGE AN ESCAPE IN ORDER TO KILL THE EMPEROR. AFTER ESCAPING, THE GANG RETURNS TO THE TAVERN, HAS ANOTHER DINNER, AND THEN PREPARES TO SLEEP.
• 10: THE GANG TRAVELS INTO THE FOREST TO GET TO THE REBEL BASE. THEY ARE LEAD ASTRAY BY SICARRI'S DECOY MAP, BEFORE DOUBLING BACK AND MEETING WITH A GROUP OF TRAVELERS. ON THE CORRECT PATH, THE GANG RUNS INTO A FOG AND FIGHTS VAMPIRE MISTS. AFTER THIS, THEY REST, AND UPON COMING TO A SMALL WOODEN BRIDGE, THE GANG DISCOVERS THEIR TRAVELLING PARTNERS WERE ACTUALLY ONI. AFTER A TENSE FIGHT, THEY KILL HALF AND DRIVE THE REST OFF. THE GANG PROCEEDS INTO THE FOREST, RESTING IN ROXIE'S MANSION.
• 11: AFTER RESTING, THE GANG REACHES AND INFILTRATES THE UNDERGROUND REBEL HIDEOUT. CAREFULLY AND METHODICALLY, THE GANG HEADS THROUGH THE HIDEOUT AND KILLS ALL OF THE REBELS, CORNERING YUTO IN THE FINAL ROOM. UPON LEAVING THE HIDEOUT, THE GANG IS AMBUSHED BY THE GOLDEN LOTUS, WHO CLAIM THE GANG ARE TRAITORS. THEY CAPTURE THE GANG, CUT THEIR HAMSTRINGS, AND THE GANG IS THROWN INTO THE PRISON CELL AGAIN TO CONTEMPLATE THEIR FATE OF A PUBLIC EXECUTION.
• 12: PUBLIC EXECUTION, NATSUMI IS SKEWERED BY HER FATHER, THE EMPEROR, AND THEN AFTER NEGOTATIONS, THE GANG BEGINS FIGHTING WITH HIM AND HIS GUARD. PARTWAY THROUGH THE BATTLE, THEY FLEE INTO ANOTHER REALM AND ARE FOLLOWED BY THE GANG, ENDING UP IN A BATTLEGROUND IN THE FUTURE COMBAT REALM. THEY THEN CONTINUED FIGHTING THROUGH THE MIRROR REALM, BEFORE ENDING UP AND DEFEATING THE EMPEROR IN THE CYBERPUNK REALM. THEY RETURN TO TABAXI LAND TO THE NEW EMPRESS NATSUMI, ALITA STAYS, THEY GIVE THE SHARDS TO SORROW, AND ARE TELEPORTED BACK TO ALLERIA.
• 13: With the Gang having returned to Alleria, they do some shopping at the new Allerian General Store, and have a short conversation with Damoclese, informing them about the arrival of various National Representatives to discuss dealing with Tarrent.
• 14: As the Gang starts to prepare for the arrival, Mimosa is accosted by a crazed man, who explodes into bits upon meeting her. Kira also gets a warning message from her God.
• 21: The representatives from all the Plutis Nations arrive, and explain to the Gang that they are part of a secret order-keeping group, the Platinum Council. They then give some information about what has been happening recently, especially regarding Tarrent and the seal, before Justan Katel (from Jaggonath) gets a message that his capital is under attack. He and the Gang (minus Drel & Varla) teleport to Jaggonath, where they meet up with the Paladin Aldrin Wexler & Cleric Frost. Together, they break the siege of the Citadel, push through the city, kill a Balor Demon, and then confront Vicar Octavius in the Cathedral of Ages. From there, they defeat Vicar and secure the Golden Shield, before they are waylaid by the Librarian, who has a mission for them - To "travel" back in time and retrieve an amulet of great importance.
• 23: In the morning, Drel gets a message from his "patron" telling him to let in several assassins, so they can destroy the Greatsword in the vault. Instead, Drel, Varla, and the Mage/Knights on hand ambush the assassins and kill them to a man.
• 28: Varla gets Drel to sign off on the paperwork to make Victory a Baroness of Alleria, Second House.
• 35: The Gang finishes their time travelling adventure, returning to the Material Plane at this time. They refuse a bribe from Katel to keep quiet about their involvement, and instead spend the night drinking and partying at the White Duke tavern in Jaggonath. Aldrin also requests (and is granted) time off to stay and travel with House DragonGuard for some time. Roxie begins to plant "rumors" about the Gang being responsible for saving the day as opposed to the official story of Paladins & some Mercenaries.

Octoben

• 1: The Gang continues to stay in the Capital, going shopping and eventually donating a large sum of money to the White Duke's owner. They also invite her to come to Alleria and set up shop there, in case things ever go poorly in the Capital. Roxie continues to spread "rumors", before teleporting the whole Gang back to Alleria late at night. Varla and Drel give the Gang a brief rundown on what has happened.
• 2: Victory's Entitling is revealed, much to the annoyance and aggravation of Mimosa. Roxie begins extracting her "treasure" from the Allerian lake, Mimosa writes up a letter offering Entitling to Vanessa.
• 7: Having turned down Damoclese's offer to move the Greatsword to the Sten Vhaldir Vault, several "commandos" arrive alongside workers to guard the Keep and the Greatsword.
• 9: Varla gets a Sending asking for her assistance (and HDG) up at the Northern Mountain Tunnel into the Darklands. HDG agrees to assist, and they (minus Roxie & Drel) are teleported to the Northern Tunnel, where they discover several Mercenaries and Miners have gone missing after being attacked. The Gang follows their trail, leading to a Deurgar ambush, that is easily fought off. They travel down a small tunnel, before reaching a series of mineshafts, where they fight several sets of Deurgar and eventually two giants. The Gang attempts to free slaves, but they are too broken to actually flee, before they find and free the captured Human miners. They send the miners back to the Tunnel, before continuing on after the captured Mercenaries. The Gang winds up negotiating with the leader of the Deurgar, who calls for a Parley, and after some tense conversation and waiting, finally receive the captured Mercenaries in exchange for leaving and not returning. After this, they proceed back into the mines, where they are walled in and finally get some sleep.
• 10: After bringing the Mercenaries back through the mine, cave system, and then up the tunnel, the Gang is teleported back to Alleria.
• 18: Lord Marrow WinterFell arrives at Alleria to request the assistance of House DragonGuard in solving a crisis he's having at the town of Bethel, in exchange for sponsoring HDG's claim to lands South of Alleria. The Gang agrees, and sets off for the town of Bethel.
• 21: The Gang arrives in Bethel, and sets up shop for the night between the stables and one of the cottages in town. Those who are in the stables wind up fighting (and defeating) a beholder-kin.
• 22: The Gang proceeds down the path, stepping past a strange area of land affected by the Shadowfel, and explores a derelict ship lying next to a rocky outcrop. From there, they explore a cave and revive Henry Hanks, one of the prior adventurers that passed through, before travelling through a strange portal at the end of the cave. This portal lead to Purgatory, and the Gang fought a pack of Devils on Nightmares, "capturing" one of the Nightmares for their own use. They then continued onward, to the broken ruined remains of Highwind Cove, where they assisted the spirit of Admiral Richards in defeating the Yuan-Ti Nassirah once and for all. From there, they then travelled through another portal into a mirror room, solving its puzzle and landing themselves in the Feywild. While travelling through the Feywild, they had a chance encounter with some fauna, before finally meeting the fey dragon Rhil, the guardians Nui & Yui, and the satyr/Lord of the Feywild, Reginald. Reginald negotiated with the Gang, offering a feast, safe night's rest, and control over the time slippage of the feywild, in exchange for HDG planting a fruit in Alleria back on the Material Plane. HDG agreed, and got a full rest in before being teleported to the approximate portal location by Rhil.
• 23: After solving another mirror puzzle room, the Gang wound up in the Shadowfel, where they assisted several Shadar-Kai with defeating a Dracolich. The Gang was asked to aid the Raven Queen with another task, and eliminate a Nightwalker that was tearing up the forest. HDG agreed, and quickly slew the monstrous creature, before finally returning to the portal and entering another room. This room had a fire pit and a book, which were part of an elaborate trap to explode and injure anyone trying to pass through. HDG set off the trap, injuring themselves, before the actual path was revealed. The Gang then found themselves in the Astral Sea, and proceeded to travel up a set of appearing and disappearing floating rock ledges. During this travel, Analease fell off one ledge and plummeted down, before appearing up above and repeating the cycle for several minutes before she was recovered by Mimosa riding the Nightmare Dante. Finally, the Gang reached a strange portal mirror that showed them scenes of their loved ones dying, before they proceeded through it anyway. The mirror lead to a hallway with a gelatinous ooze, which Analease ran headfirst into before they engaged it in combat. After defeating the ooze and discovering a pitfall trap, they entered a treasure room belonging to Captain Ansim Jakobs, who talked with the Gang via telepathy. He attempted to negotiate with the Gang, and offered them items from his collection if they would leave him be, and eventually, if they would repair his damaged ship's power core. The Gang agreed to the latter deal, and Mimosa/Kira transported back to Alleria to get Drel and Roxie. After some more negotiations, Jaokbs sent down the power core, which pulsed and injured the party, before Roxie's Simulacrum used Wish to repair it, and then Roxie proper hid it with a spell. After a bit of negotiation and picking through Jakobs' hoard, they managed to get him to reveal himself- a Beholder, who they then attacked and managed to defeat him and his remaining crew. With Jakobs dead, the Gang discovered the trick to heading back to the Material Plane before a massive creature began tearing at and assailing the treasure room. The Gang managed to retreat back to the crashed ship, before teleporting the Spell Jammer vessel to the lake in Alleria (via shrink spell and Analease carrying it). The Gang then reported back to Bethel, tasking one of the workers to bring their horses and caravan back to Alleria, before teleporting themselves (sans Varla) to the now sunken vessel in the Allerian Lake.
• 24: The Gang spent the next several days working with Victory, who they summoned in order to help repair the ship, to try and get it back to working order.
• 31: Kossala AleForge returns to Alleria from her short trip to visit family.

Novem

• 1: Minister Damoclese and the "promoted" Operative Raven arrive in Alleria, coming with letters and information about an upcoming military campaign. Although all the Nations of Plutis attempt to swap HDG to be a vanguard with their army, HDG eventually decides to go with the Dwarves. Damoclese accepts this decision, and they leave. Mimosa & Kira send multiple messages out (via Sending spells) to gather up the myriad of allies and associates they have gathered along the way, to meet up in preparation for the final battle.
• 2: During breakfast, Amri ambushes and attacks the Gang. A series of bracelets attempts to enchant/control the party, but the Gang manages to thwart the attempt and instead defeat her, revealing her to be a Doppleganger that is quickly disintegrated. They find a note directing them to a special Teleportation Circle from a mysterious stranger. During investigations, Drel manages to discover the impostor has been around for several weeks.
• 3: After a day to attempt planning and information gathering, the Gang summons Veronica, who manages to teleport the Gang to a mysterious temple in a jungle. The Gang press through the temple, killing an Acolyte of Crudelis, before engaging in negotiations with a reformed Saika, the Devil who possessed/made a deal with Amri many months ago. Through some clever deception, the Gang retrieved Amri unharmed, and defeated Saika, her Devil underlings, and one of the several brainwashed adventurers under her control. With her death, the adventurers broke free of the spell, and allied with HDG for the time being. At this point, the Gang retreated to Roxie's Magical Mansion, only to learn that Amri's soul had been taken- The Gang would need to venture forth further into the temple to find the true mastermind. After several more traps and difficult fights against devil adversaries, the Gang managed to confront the true "mastermind" behind the kidnapping- a Tiefling named "Kraven". The Gang engaged him in a fight, having to deal with a variety of look-alikes, before destroying him and revealing that he was merely a Simulacrum. The "real" Kraven, a blue tiefling named Sierra (who the Gang had encountered on the Isle of Pagan some time before) appeared above the Gang, taking Kira by surprise and Disintegrating her in front of the group. After gaining the upper hand, HDG forced Sierra to hastily escape. After this, Mimosa brought Kira back via Wish, before the Gang explored the rest of the Temple. In the process, they killed a doppleganger of Drel, and Analease smashed a mimic in the form of a chest- damaging one part of the crystal that held Amri's soul. Mimosa attempted to mend it back together best she could, but the Gang retreated back to Roxie's mansion for a full rest, having met up with the remaining two members of the Adventuring group that was captured and entralled by Saika.
• 6: After a long rest, the Gang returned to Alleria, bringing with them the Swift Six (the adventuring group), and Kira revived the dead party member. The Gang then discovered a book being used to relay information to a third party by the Doppleganger, before travelling to the Library at Sten Vhaldir to do more research on Sierra, in an attempt to stop her and get the remaining section of Amri's soul.
• 7: After putting forth a plan, HDG managed to summon Sierra (using her true name of "Sihathia"), beat her down, and managed to trap her with a pair of dimensional shackles. From there, they eventually managed to dominate her mind, before sneaking her into the Keep and hiding her in a secret chamber behind the secret vault, trapping her with a stasis spell to keep her under wraps for the foreseeable future. In addition, Kira and Twitch are formally married by Aldrin.
• 8: Varla returns to Alleria, after spending some time in Sten Vhaldir researching her new sword- which she had taken as a prize after the fight against Jakobs. Afterwards, Analease expressed a desire to redeem/return Dante to his normal form. After some divination on behalf of Kira, Kaestra was summoned to provide assistance with getting the Gang to Mount Celestia, where the Gang could turn Dante back into a Pegasus. After summoning Veronica again (to get her to Teleport Circle the Gang), everyone arrived at an ancient temple to Veritas to complete its challenges. After completing several challenges, including multiple thought puzzles involving a boat, an illusionary wall, and a pair of statues, the Gang managed to retrieve a marker that would allow them to teleport to Mt Celestia proper, and not be lost in the endless seas surrounding it. Upon Plane Shifting there, the Gang was temporarily imprisoned by the Solar "An expression of Glory so radiant, as to eclipse all sight. Executor Supreme of Novella" (aka Glory for short) and forced to explain why they were "Good" (with Veronica being punted out of the Plane before she could utter a word). After this trial, he explained to the Gang that they would need both the blessing of Eachthighurn, Lord of Unicorns & Pegasus, and holy water from higher up the mountain. He informed the Gang that their target was last seen in the Feywilds, and sent them back to Alleria. While in Alleria, the Gang then asked for Rhil's help, who retrieved them a tuning fork made of Ironwood so they could travel to the Feywild and visit Reginald. After Plane Shifting to the Feywild, they met up with Reginald again, who immediately struck a deal with Drel in exchange for summoning Roxie to the plane. He then made another deal with the entirety of HDG, offering information on the Unicorn Lord in exchange for a secret/experience/information at a later time and date. He sent HDG off into the Feywilds, looking for the Lord, who had been captured by another Archfey in the interim. During this hunt, the Gang encountered a group of pixies, who stalled for time in order to steal some sweets from Kira. They then encountered a pocket of woods with music playing, which they navigated around. After this, they had a discussion with a disembodied voice, telling them to return to the music, which HDG ignored the advice of. After this, there were several encounters that were the result of Idioms spoken by HDG: A field with a dinner plate and cover in it, a raining of eyeballs on Kira/Mimosa, another field with a dinner plate that contained a crow (which Varla bit into not realizing it was alive- "Eat crow"), and a depression that got filled with rushing water that HDG barely managed to avoid. Finally returning to the section with music, HDG found a clearing with the Unicorn Lord trapped under thick vines, with a dozen satyrs dancing around it playing their flutes. After a brief curb stomp of a battle, in which several were killed, two were knocked out, one was revived, and then all were burnt to a crisp by Mimosa's Wall of Fire, the other Archfey arrived to explain its plan: Turn the Lord of Unicorns and Pegasus into a Nightmare himself, and see what the result was. HDG did not approve of this, and everyone was briefly shifted into a different person's body. After some comically terrible negotiations with the Archfey, the Gang started infighting and inflicting injury and insult on each others' bodies, before the Archfey hatched a plan: A battle royale, before shifting to a 1v7 fight- Varla vs the rest of HDG, a battle to the death. Varla reluctantly agreed, and became the Archfey's "Champion" as he doubled her size and increased her strength. A very evenly matched battle ensued, but Varla was eventually felled. Afterwards, Mimosa agreed to give the archfey blood in exchange for removing a series of tattoos he had imprinted upon several of the Gang, and then released Eachthighurn from captivity before disappearing. The Unicorn Lord managed to return the now-revived Varla back to normal size, before they plane shifted back to Alleria. Once in Alleria, Glory appeared to berate HDG for their actions, and specifically asked Varla to reflect on what had happened, who begrudgingly defended the Gang. With this, they transported back to Mt Celestia, where Dante was turned back into a Pegasus from his Nightmare state, Glory informed everyone that they were not welcome anymore, and everyone was dropped back to Alleria, where Dante flew off.
• 11: The Dwarven crew working on the massive door at the back of Alleria managed to open it during breakfast, without informing anyone of it. After a stern warning from Analease, they sealed it back up to be opened again under guard at some point in the future.
• 12: Early in the morning, Sicarri had a visit from the Raven Queen, who offered him a powerful weapon in exchange for becoming her Champion. After weighing his choices, Sicarri accepted the contract. Later in the morning, Kira had a meeting with Veritas, being "pulled away" to his personal library sanctum, where he offered Kira the position of one of his Arch Priests, granting her the title of "Seeker of Dawn" and a shield, should she build him a temple and spread the good word. She immediately accepted his offer, being granted a shield and a book of her choice from his library.
• 13: Reginald, Nui, and Yui made a visit to Alleria, where he was let in and engaged in a series of bad sexual puns with Drel and Aldrin, before expressing the purpose of his visit- He was offering HDG temporary use of the Guardian Constructs Nui & Yui in order to prevail during the "Coming Storm", which Mimosa accepted. Analease requested he take Rhil back with him, to which Mimosa relented and asked him to do so. Analease also wished to kill Reginald, who happily agreed to the event (as it would have been a "new experience" for him), but after some sexual jokes and comments, walked off in disgust and annoyance.
• 14: Farideh arrives at Alleria, having teleported in after being intercepted by Damoclese and the Ministry of Intelligence in Sten Vhaldir. She is introduced to the new members of HDG, shown around, and takes notes/fangirls over Kira (as Farideh is a disciple of Veritas).
• 15: In the evening, the Order of Balance arrives to reinforce HDG, and everyone enjoys a nice dinner. Cassandra and Meepo strike up conversation, and Aldrin is browbeaten into apologizing to Meepo repeatedly for his mistreatment by Cassandra, before the OoB retreats to the luxury of the un-used Bordello in the town to rest.
• 16: Captain An'dreal & Raemore arrive at Alleria.

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