Session 33

Zariel

PCs (lvl 13): Lothair, Morazur, Narash, Ozzie, Theridhas

The PCs face Zariel, not with violence, but with words of reconciliation and peace.

The arch-devil batters them with her maul and her hellish powers, but the PCs take all the punishment without attacking in return.

Each of them tries to remind to Zariel what she was. When her sword is offered to her as a final prayer for salvation, Zariel holds the holy artifact in her hand, and accepts goodness in her heart.

With an explosion of light that sends both demons and devils on the run, she sheds the skin of Zariel the devil, and she becomes once more Zariel the Solar. With a sweep of her sword, she destroys the chains that bind Elturel to Hell, allowing Nascius the Planetar to lift the city out of Avernus, and back to Faerun.

Zariel has been redeemed, and Elturel is safe. The PCs are hailed as Heroes, and can finally enjoy a well deserved rest.

Session 32

The Blood War

PCs (lvl 13): Lothair, Morazur, Narash, Ozzie, Theridhas

The party makes its way back to Elturel, which they find besieged by hordes of demons and devils. They fight their way through a few horned devils, and reach the city.

There they talk with Nascius the planetar, who is helping Duke Ravenguard to defend the city. Noticing that Theridhas wields the Sword of Zariel, he suggests that the monk tries to break the chains that hold Elturel, in order to allow Nascius to lift the city out of Hell.

Theridhas flies to the nearest chain, and with a single blow from the angelic sword he cuts one of the colossal chains. While this brings new hope to Elturel, it also attracts the attention of Zariel herself. The arch-devil spots the PCs, and shouts her challenge. As she flies at great speed in their direction, the final battle for the fate of Elturel is about to begin!