Following from the final battle and the contingency that Andrasa built into her spell the party now have to deal with the final conjunction. The collapse of the dimension is imminent – but its not so much a race against time but an opportunity to see it through to the climatic end. As this is the last, few nights really, before my December adventure, Dice-ember kicks off I wanted to still expand upon the closure of the last adventure before we close the final page. So let’s sit back grab a coffee and let’s roll into tonight’s adventure!
The Final Conjunction
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As Velmore collapsed a pulse of energy erupted from where his body hit the ground. The remaining fiendish forms at the edge of the battlefield disintegrated into dust and were quickly blown away by a gust of wind that came from behind them. A voice carried across the wind “the ritual is commencing, now that his physical form is dead I can seal away his immortal form. But you don’t have long, the dimension is collapsing.” Andrasa’s voice was broken and disjointed but audible enough.
Hurrying past the shrine, as fast as their wounds would allow them to, they head back in the direction they believe they came through. But even as they searched for the next familiar landmark a splitting sound could be heard as a towering rocky mountain split into several shards which began to rupture into the sky away from where they were. All around them signs of the dimension collapsing could be seen as the land itself began to tear itself apart and great rifts in the sky could be seen.
Gone was the purple hued sky replaced by large black tears in the sky where the grey clouds were slowly being drawn into the void beyond. Chunks of rock and earth that were dislodged were slowly floating towards the rifts as well and occasionally a moment of anti-gravity would see the party losing their footing and floating through the air for a moment before being pushed back into the ground. Racing across the shattered landscape they hurried in a direction they thought was correct but doubt started to eat at their confidence.
But, in the distance a blue ring of darkness hung above the ground like a suspended mirror. The twisted cavern of the underdark could be seen on the other side and they knew they were on the home stretch now. Urging their tired bodies onwards they rushed towards the portal out of this dimension even as the ground around them started to shift and dislodge around them.
As they neared the portal the ground collapsed entirely which saw them pushing off loose floating earth. Jumping they lunged towards the portal home as the final conjunction of ritual and the collapse of the dimension collided. A forceful gust of wind collided with their backs as they started to float into the sky mere feet from the portal, a voice carried on the wind.
“Live well. We need heroes in the material plane to be ready for when the hells breach the surface again. Be well my friends” and with Andrasa’s last words they were flung through the portal, collapsing onto the rough calcified webs of the great cavern.
That’s it. Thank you for joining me on this journey as we wrap up the final parts of this adventure. Don’t forget we have Dice-ember starting this week so do make sure to come back for that as we explore what Christmas brings this year. I foresee a time of great celebration and mischief so don’t miss out on that. And finally, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
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