The Planescape Campaign

The Luminaries of Kharzen

• Lithius Malkovia,(pete)Human Ranger Samuri
• Queven devir, (ring)drow Blade
• Khaleed Umar Asim, (boof) Human holy slayer theif
• Gridlock Stonehaven(Cheez), Derro priest of dumanthoin
• Vindalf Lightning blade, (groza)Lightning gnome berzerker
• Brom the eternal servant, (NPC)

PLANESCAPE: The Story of the Tri-terrian:

Two Tri-terrians have walked out of the past, one is yet to come. All souls experience three forms of existence. The first in the elemental sphere(earth, water, air, fire, & positive), the second life is entered immediately after the death of the first. The second life is on the prime material planets (forgotten realms, dragonlance, & greyhawk), the final form of existence is on the outer planes. The final form can be anything from a spark bit of light to a demon lord. The Tri-terrian retains all knowledge of previous existence. Also the Tri-terrian is incredible powerful in each form.
Millennia ago the gods of good watched the uprival of the first Tri-terrian. He was conceived as a Shade lord on the negative plane. His might was great and he eventually found a way for his dark legions to enter the prime material world. Planets fell to his tyranny and his rule. When his legions reached Cardoa they met their match. Cardoa was a world of dragons. The Cardoan dragons lead by Adonis the diamond brought the Shadelords reign to an end. In an epic battle Adonis destroyed the Shade lord. After the battle Adonis was fatally weakened.
The Tri-terrian was reborn on the primal planet of Toril as an Eldarian elf. At that time the Eldarian elves were of the most powerful races on Toril. New to the world the elves were somewhat barbaric. And as always the Tri-terrian was the most powerful. He became a leader, using the other elves as his minions he began conquering. One of the elves, a warrior by the name of Kiln-nithas Amaril spoke out against the Terrian. Kiln-nithas bearely got away with his life. Soon a resistance was established. Wars began and the Terrian’s armies were forced to retreat underground. There the Terrian built a home for his legions and also became a practitioner of dark magics. His magics failed him though, for Kiln-nathas put his blade through the Terrians skull 236 years later. The Terrian was not quite ready to exit the prime yet. He returned as a lich, and he wanted vengeance. Kiln-nithas robbed him of that vengeance. He had walked beyond your world to the undying lands of the elves.
The Lich did find his vengeance. He returned to Cardoa and destroyed the withered old Adonis. Varomis the diamond, son of Adonis drove the Lich from Cardoa. The Lich raised an army of undead. The undead armies marched through Kahril slautering everything in their path. Until they got to the empire of Kastir. Lord Kharis Doomhammer rode from his castle on the mystical creature known as Darkhorse. The lord and his Shadowsteed challenged the Lich. During the battle Kharis’s falcon stole the Liches phylactery and placed it in a mighty dragons horde. Kharis was defeated but in essence so was the Lich. The Lich could not fully recover until he retrieved his phylactery. The Lich went to the dragons home, a huge mountain that could switch planes. The Lich and the dragon fought to a standstill. At the end they both lay dead the treasure unclaimed. The Liches armies still ravaged the land and that is where the legends of Gnarlbane Gladdensnook began. Gnarlbane exterminated every last undead fiend.
The final form the Terrian took was a greater Baatasu in Baator or as the primers say it, a Devil in Hell. The Terrian rose up through the ranks and there he remains. They call him Asmodeus, warlord of Baator.
When word came of the birth of the second Tri-terrian the gods knew they had to act. Palidine, Tyr, & Argent selected a harbinger of destruction. they needed a soul who had battled with a Terrian before. They took the soul of Kharis Doomhammer from Mount Celestial or Heaven as you call it. The gods sacrificed a portion of their own might to imbue Kharis’s soul with great power. Kharis was reforged into a Solar, powerful creatures from Mount Celestial. In his new form he would be known as Kharzen. They told him to amass a coven to destroy the Tri-terrian. Kharzen began in the center of the Multiverse, here in sigil. He constructed this citidel to house his coven.
He summoned five Aasimon or Angels as you would call them. These Aasimon would be his coven, their purpose to destroy the infernal Terrian. Then the gods of good convinced Moridin, god of the dwarfs to forge oracles of might. These oracles when set in a precise pattern in the center of the Multiverse would make the Terrian vulnerable in his first two forms. There were 15 oracles in all. One to represent the Elemental sphere, six for the Primal planes, and seven for all the diversities of the of the Outer planes. The final oracle was the one that housed Kharzens might. Then the gods of good persuaded Reorx, the soul forger, Math,the greatest god of magic, and Talix, titan of steel to assist Moridin in crafting weapons to destroy the Terrian in his final form. Five such weapons were created and they were referred to as the Archons.
Zentaris was the second tri-terrian. He was doomed from the start. The gods of good had been too well prepared. Zentaris first came as a Djinn on the in the Elemental plane of Air. Kharzen and his destroyers defeated him with ease. Zentaris’s second form was that of a Cloud giant. The aerial battle was long and harsh but Kharzen prevailed. Zentaris’s final form was a greater Geherleth, evil fiends from the outer plane of Carceri. Zentaris found the destroyers before they found him. He killed off the entire coven while Kharzen was in prayer. Zentaris stole the oracles of might and hid them accross the multiverse. He kept the five Archons. Kharzen met Zentaris at his dark throne in Pandamonium. The battle did not go well. It seemed as if Kharzen was defeated. He was forced to use his last resort. His own oracle of power. Zentaris along with the oracle were utterly destroyed.
After the battle Kharzens power was gone, he would have to return to Mount Celestial within a day. Kharzen was still a greater celestial creature with the imbued power to create. Kharzen spent his remaining time creating a vault for the Archons, these weapons were of tremendous destructive power and the gods of good had warned him to do away with them when his task was complete. This vault would lie in a holy sanctum below the citadel of Kharzen. The keys to this vault would be the combined oracles of might. Then Kharzen sealed the citadel with 5 stone rods and sent them sputtering into the Prime. This was little over 800 years ago and it would appear that by allowing you to find these rods fate has chosen you for a quest of epic proportions. You have been chosen to be the Luminaries of Kharzen.


MODULE SUMARIES

-1st-THE CAGE:
-Each character found a stone rod which teleported them to Sigil & drew them to the citadel. There they met Brom who told them the tale. They soon set out to find the first oracle which never left sigil. Like all adventurers they started at the neighborhood bar, "The Clueless Bubber". There they joined up with Lex oakhorn, a stelth adventurer. Being wise adventurers(or perhaps seasoned players) they did not trust Lex. Soon they met Atoz at the hall of records, He told them that Irus, the beholder bartender at hells kitchen might be able to help. Irus said that Athone the wizard had the oracle. In the bar Iktar, the balor started trouble. When characters left Iktar's cambion(½ demon) children attacked, they were cut down. This would forever make Iktar an enemy. Characters sought Athone at Exodus st. They battled 2 golden minataurs and a few githyanki. Once in side they defeated a githyanki wizard who they thought was Athone. Then Lex transformed into a minataur invoker with horns of lightning and introduced himself as Athone. He agreed to hand over the oracle for an I.O.U. From here on out the characters would be known as the Luminaries of Kharzen.

-2nd-LEGACY OF MAGI'S:
-Brom showed characters the vault with the gate keys to most of the prime material planes. He revealed that the next oracle was on the planet of Oearth(greyhawk). The portal was the window to a gehreleth bar called Pandoras Box. Once on Oearth they battle 2 voadkyns, then they met 2 quicklings named mixyplick & phazon. These 2 little fucks sent them to Draquim the wise, an elder greyhawk dragon. Captain Trint & his grugach elves in service of draquim brought the party to meet the dragon. Draquim was fasinated by the characters and told them to search out the mage of the valley. In the valley characters were caught by Dirzea, a drow female and leader of the mages drow armies. The mage of the valley was a very mysterious man. He wore a mask and said very little. When asked of the oracle the mage said that his predecessor who was also known as the mage of the valley traded the oracle to Zagyg Yragerne. He said the oracle was in the ruins of castle greyhawk. He said that the oracle was in the horde of the warlord Basner, an ogre magi who ruled a portion of the castle called the tower of power. The mage said if they were to bring back an amulet which sat around the warlords neck he would reward them greatly. The luminaries defeated Basner and recovered the amulet but found no trace of the oracle. Then dirzea arrived and attacked with an army of drow. the characters seemed doomed until a hugh etherial hand appeared and swept them away. They appeared in the palace of greyhawk city surrounded by the wizards nine lead by Mordeikainen. After hearing the facts mordeinkainen discerned that the wizard of the mage had been killed and replaced by the evil archmage Rary. Rary was only using the luminaries to obtain the amulet. She could not retrieve the amulet prior to this because of the powerful magic which surrounds the tower of power. From here the Luminaries & the wizards nine would join forces to destroy Rary and retrieve the oracle. They did just that. The joy of victory was spoiled though when Lithius & Mordeinkainemn came into dispute. None the less the Luminaries returned Successfully.

-3rd-WOMEN IN WHITE:
-The third oracle was on Krynn(Dragonlance). Characters journeyed there using the portal that was in the chimney atop Iktoes magic shop. They fell from the sky into the ocean but were rescued by Atraymis Entearson. He took them to the ruins of Mt. Nevermind where they booked passage on the ship called "the Glass Wood" whose commander was ofcourse captain Obsidon. From there they went to Palanthus to seek the knowledge of Astinus. While in Palanthus Khaleed performed an assasination for the temple of Zivilyn. Astinus said that the oracle was in the ownership of a man called Marquist, the dead lord whose hideout is in the mountains near Dargaurd keep. This made the situation difficult because Lord Soth having been freed from Ravenloft had taken control of the keep. The Luminaries set out and defeated Marquist. Before they killed him they discovered that the Princess Winter had taken the oracle. The luminaries then marched to Crystal Keep, The home of the beautiful Princess Winter.She was a gorgeous woman dressed all in white. Unfortunately the only great endowment she did not possess was the oracle. She had given it to her son as a gift. She agreed to obtain it for the luminaries if they could obtain a Dragon Orb for her. The problem was that all but one of the dragon orbs were locked safely away at the High Clerists Tower and the remaining Orb was at Dargaurd Keep with Lord Soth. The Luminaries having cased out both joints decided it impossible and went to return to the princess. Angered by this the princess decided to destroy the hereos earlier than planned. Her troops attacked but the Phaethons(a winged humanoid race) came to the heros aid. Finally the further enraged princess shapeshifted into her true form , an adult white dragon and attacked. The Luminaries ripped her from the sky and ended her life. The phaethon knew of her son and that he lived in the elven lands and so they took the luminaries to Qualinost. With the wisdom of Porthos, lord of Qualinost, and some luck they located the oracle which ofcourse was gaurded by the princess winter's son. A hugh tylor(dragon like creature) called Derthmon. After slaying him the Luminaries took the oracle and the creature's horde.
-3½-AN OUTING IN THE OUTLANDS:
-All of the Luminaries went on this outing except Queven. They traveled into the Outlands to the Dwarven Mountain. There they met Dumanthoin who blessed Gridlock. The high priest there gave Gridlock a powerful scroll. They also paid back Athone's I.O.U. but for some reason none of the party members can remember what exactly they had to do. This was simply a filler module.

-4th-DUELING WITH DUALALITY:
-The Luminaries learned that the next oracle lied on the planet of Aboir Toril, a home world to some of the Luminaries. Unfortunately the portal key to Toril was destroyed when Kharzen went there to battle Zentaris. With few options the Luminaries went to the Hall of Records for guidance. When Atoz was unable to assist the heros he deferred them to the keeper of the Hall, Yotoz. Yotoz lived on Toril & owned a portal key. Incidently the key only serves to get there, not back. The Luminaries would have to find their own way back home. The key itself was a lens used to make a device, enter Rubix cube. Yotoz gave Rubix to Vindalf and using the portal key contained in the cube they traveled to Toril. They appeared in a vast under ground chamber in the mists of a hugh battle between drow, duergar, kuo-tao, & svirfneblen. After the battle all lie dead save one svirfneble. He was Ulv Grimhand the second, son of Dornz Grimhand(warcheif), Ulv's brother. He took them back to Blingdenstone & before Lord Dornz the Warchief, ruler of Blingdenstone. He made Ulv the second take them to the pechs which in turn got them to the surface. After a battle with some aboleths the pechs brought them to the surface through Ogar castle in the city of Dagmar. The castle is now ruled Mardigan who aided the characters in every way possible. The creature known as Wyrm searched his libraries and found that the last known keeper of the oracle was a man called Omergosa The Nuetral in Waterdeep. Mardigan had his Dragon Layonis take the Luminaries to Waterdeep. When they entered town they noticed a raven shadowing them and sure enough it was Zofos. He took them to The Pit were they got some info, Omergosa was a wizard at T.S.R.(the socerers red). There they discovered that Omergosa was murdered long ago by his apprentice Keplin. They also learned that Keplin was raised in the Waterdeep insane Asylum. Doctor Goomis at the asylum had been Keplin's doctor for sixteen years & told characters of Keplin's multiple personality syndrome. He informed characters that Keplin's alter ego was an evil persona called Landru. As time went on Landru grew more dominate until finally Keplin escaped the Asylum and became apprentice to Omergosa. 20 years later keplin killed Omergosa and took all that Omergosa owned then vanished. For the last ten years he was missing. The doctor directed the Luminaries to Keplins brother Allan in Shadow dale. Alan is just a farmer and told the characters that Keplin now calls himself Xynestre' and now has a tower in Zakhara. The luminaries following wyrm's advice stopped in to see Elminster to ask about a way home. Elminster explained that there was creature called Khrisanthanor rumored to be able to open up a gate to the center of existence. Oddly enough Xynestre' was searching for the very same gate, thats why he is in Zakhara. Elminster sent them to the sha'ir called Shestess the Flameright who lives near the city of Oraban. the luminaries flew there on the dragon just in time to save Shestess from some zealots lead by Malgis the magebane. they located Khrisanthanor and killed Xynestre', or so they thought. To get back home they had to answer Khrisanthanor's 3 questions. Khrisanthanor was revealed to be a Zartan(giantoid sea turtle). His questions were: :What is the essence of existence?... -"Time & Space" :What is the conflict of knowledge?.. -"Reality & Perception" :When all perception shared, and all reality perceived, where shall entrophy survive?... -"Oblivion". Characters had gathered the answers through out the adventure. Khrisanthanor sent the Luminaries back to Sigil with this final farewell, "Proceed on your way to the Infinite Eternal".

-5th-PARADOX OF PERN:
-At the beginning of the adventure Raenil: Violater of time visited the citadel. He explained that he was doomed to live time backwards by Kronos. He tells characters they will die on their next adventure and tells them a riddle on how to avoid this. The luminaries travel to Pern via a portal within a painting in Hells Kitchen. Iktar sends Enderith, a Tanar'ri Conugan Bounty hunter after the heros. The Luminaries met Lessa and her dragon Ruth. They learn that the dragons of pern must bond with humans to live. The dragons can also "go between", which is a teleporting ability. Some can teleport through time but risk never coming back. With the help of the Purple dragon Oncient the heros retrieved the oracle and defeated Enderith. Raenil's riddle saves the characters lives. For his help Khaleed is bonded to a baby purple Dragon named Dryth.

-6th-THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE:
-As this adventure began characters had to face yet another minion of Iktar, they defeated him in combat but were hauled off to court for disturbing the peace. Ironically the portal they were seeking was in the court house. Instead of hanging around they escaped through the portal. They travel to Middle Earth. They arrived on a plain and met a drow bard calling himself The Piper. The man recognized the party as the Luminaries but this meeting was cut short by screams. The chacters rescued an injured and disterbed halfling. The halfling was unable to speak or write or even concentrate and had a brand on his farhead. A dryad then brought the Luminaries to who the woodfolk call "T-Bad", But is also called Iarwain Ben-adar or Tom Bombadil. Tom said that the halfling was a Hobbit named Timothy Took & that he was spellscared by Saruman. He told them Timmy was the first knight of Bree. When asked of the oracle he told them to seek Aiwendil of Rivendell beyond the Misty Mountains but said to beware the dragon Falgarren. Tom could not accompany them because he was heading east to the Ironhills to awaken the great eagle Thorondor. After a quick battle in which they slew the acid blooded Falgarren the Luminaries arrived in Rivendell. To their dismay the city was destroyed littered with the dead bodies of orcs and elves. Soon they encountered Edwon Gamgee and his troop of hobbits who took them to the hobbit town of Bree. On the way they battle and destroyed 3 Ringwraths. Bree was a sprawling city and within they saw a great elvin army along side a hugh hobbit legion, both foces had sustained heavey casualties. Edwon said that they had just suffered a great loss to the orcish legions and lost Rivendell. Edwon also said that Aiwewindel & the wizard Radaghast were lost and probably dead. The Luminaries were brought before Ellendane, Leader of the elvin legions. Ellendane frustrated by his armie's great loss refused to help or even hear the Luminaries. A moment later the one known as Radaghast the Brown bursted in, he forced Ellendane to hear the party out. After hearing the tale Radaghast decided that the heros dilema was correlated to the present problem facing Middle Earth. He then departed vowing to return with someone who can help. In a few hours he returned with another wizard who proclaimed himself as Torbin Menror. Vindalf had heard of this man, he was known as the Magistrate during the TerrorQuest Crisis back in the Realms. Torbin told the Characters that the oracle they sought was in the hands of darkness. The oracle was the power source for Sarumans sword, Kalaris. The Luminaries were at a loss about what that ment so Torbin told them the situation on Middle Earth and the vast history that preceeded it. Torbin,s Tale Of Middle Earth: "Before i can begin i must tell you the powers that exist on Middle Earth. Far across the seas is a place called Valinor, There resides the creators of middle earth. Beings known as the Valar and the Maiar. The Valar are what you would consider Gods and the Maiar what you would call demigods. Very few Valars have ever come to Middle Earth but about 20 Maiars have made the journey. Among them were the five Ostari Wizards, Saruman the White, Olorin the Grey, Radaghast the Brown, Alatar and Polando, the Blue wizards. In the first age one of the Valar crossed and his name was Melkor, later he became known as Morkoth The Dark Enemy. Morkoth created Orcs, Trolls, Uglaiths, and other dark creatures. He then built a dark stronghold from which his evil would spread, he called it Ankband. Morkoths goal was total domination of Middle Earth.The men of Numenor in alliance with the elves, dwarves, and hobbits rose to fight him but failed. Morkoth using ancient gems of vast power called the Silmarils stole the light from the 2 magical Trees in Valinor. This gave him the power he needed to fulfill his diabolical plan. Olorin the grey gathered all the good races of Middle Earth in one final stand, and stand they did. Morkoth's forces were utterly defeated and he himself destroyed. In the coming years a new enemy arose, he was a Maiar, former general of Morkoths forces, he was known as Sauron the DarkLord. Sauron went to the elves in peace and found Celebrimbor, Middle Earth's greatest craftsman. Sauron had Celebrimbor create rings of great power. 9 rings for mortal men, 7 rings for the dwarf lords, and 3 ring for the elvin kings. Celebrimbor forged these rings for good but then Sauron learned the art of ringmaking and made his own ring... Ash Nak Nimberul, Ash Nak Zimbatul, One Ring To Rule Them All, One Ring To Find Them, One Ring To Rule Them All, And In The Darkness Bind Them. Sauron used the ring to continue Morkoth's work. He took control of Ankband and renamed it Mordor. The nine rings for mortal men turned the ringbearers into foul creatures called Ringwraiths and the armies of darkness marched agross middle earth once more. And once again the Maiar known as Olorin, now called Gandalf rose to face the evil. Gandalf along with Aragorn and Gil-Galad destroyed Sauron's body but Saurons essence was captured in the One Ring. The war of the rings continued. Saruman the White, head of the Ostari order turned to Saurons side hoping to possess the ring. Gandalf defeated Saruman and had the ring cast into the lava of Mt. doom. We thought it was over then but Saruman survived. Saruman killed the two blue Ostari wizards and took their power. Over the years that past he saught out the last silmaril. Once found he used it to obsorb the power trapped in Mt. Doom. It is said that Sauron himself still lives within the Silmaril but Saruman weilds the power. It is Saruman we must destroy." The adventure concluded with a massive battle in Mordor where Saruman had been waiting. Flights of dragons began devastating Ellandane's forces until Tom Bombadil arrived with an army of giant eagles. The tide had been turned and Radaghast charged into battle with Saruman. Saruman was killed but not before he smashed the Silmaril. Saurons essence escaped and as Saruman fell Sauron rose again. The Luminaries rushed to attack but could not as a thick mist rolled in. When the mist had cleared the Luminaries new they were no longer on Middle Earth. It only took them a moment for them to relize where they were... RAVENLOFT. At this point the mission seemed doomed because now Sauron had the sword and the oracle with it. But with no cause the heros marched on. They decended a canyon which had once been called the Shadow Rift. At it's base they found a black tower, Vindalf knew of the tower from stories uncle Drazzius had told him. It was the Tower of Kuth-Krythlu who by this time was long dead. Once inside the Tower they found dozens of stone capsules containing the former domain leaders of Ravenloft. One of the capsules lie open and empty. There was a scripture on it which read "Lord Soth". This came as no suprise for the Luminaries had heard that Soth was back home when they had visited Krynn. They accended to the third level of the tower to see a small imp(skeever) opening one of the capsules. Out walked a lich who vindalf announced as Azalin. In a moment the party was off and running. They had just fought a huge battle and were in no shape to face a lich. In a desperation Queven opened the capsule which held Count Strahd Von Zarovich. As the Luminaries exited the tower they came face to face with Sauron. From behind the party a lightning bolt erupted barely grazing them as they dove to each side. The bolt hit sauron square in the chest sending the sword flying. Azalin and Sauron clashed and in a leap of faith Queven dove and recovered the sword. Strahd entered the fray as Sauron broke off to go after the sword. Damnation seemed inevitable until the mists rolled in and the heros heard the sweet music of the piper. Through magic the Piper used his music to return the heros to sigil.

-7th-TO ATHAS & BEYOND:
The next oracle was on Athas(Dark Sun). The portal to get them there was the closet in Duke Rowin Darkwood's chambers at the Hall of Records. The Duke was glad to help out. They arrived in the scorching heat and were forced to remove their armor. The heat was most unbearable to Queven. Once there the Luminaries were befriended by a renegade halfling named Darmon. The party encountered a dunerunner and did battle with some undead beasts and banshee dwarves. Soon after they met a tribe of Pyreens(psionic druids). The pyreens took them to the Spirit of the land(a sphinxlike being "like in Aladin"). The Spirit said that the oracle was in the possession of someone called Xax(zax), and that Xax could be found in the City of Tyr. After a quick battle with some beasthead giants the Luminaries reached Tyr. They found a bar and met a bounty hunter named Eon. Earlier in the adventure the party had killed a dunerunner and found a message on its body addressed to Eon. It turned out Eon was hunting Xax down and so the party joined forces with him. Eon knew that Xax could be found at the thri-kreen headquarters. After a long night of waiting finally Xax emerged, He was a 13ft long Tohr- kreen(greater thi-kreen). He spotted the party and ran for a warehouse. As the group ran to pursue the warehouse exploded. A massive ship resembling a dragonfly rose into the air & flew off into the sky. Eon pulled out a mirror which acted as a communication device and called down his own spelljamming ship which resembled a squid. Onboard he introduced Whilson the kobold, Glotin the giff(hippoman), and Mr. Fix-it the clockwork gnome. Glotin & Whilson recognized Vindalf. Years ago Whilson and big G. had crash landed on toril and lost a creature called the silver zaradon, Vindalf was one of the heros who helped get it back. Eon explained his invlovement with Xax: "Xax is in leaque with a crew of Xixchil(insectlike race). Xax and his crew are in search of magical item called the Crown of stars. They have kidnapped my friend Motius, a gnomish wildmage, because they believe he knows where the crown is." After that Eon decided to cut Xax off at the rock of Bral, a huge asteroid built into a trading city. On the way there the party was stopped by a beholder ship but Eon took care of it. They also had the pleasure of seeing a Great Dweomer, an intersteller whale like creature. Just before arriving they battled an Astro Sphinx. Once in Bral they visited a bar called Oblivion. Finally they got the word that Xax's ship was departing. The adventure concluded with a ship to ship battle and once more the Luminaries were victorious. Motus was rescued and he gave each character a gift. When the Luminaries returned home they found the citadel had been pillaged, Brom claimed it to be the Terrian. It could only be assumed that he had read the Book of knowledge and now knew everything.

-At this point the Luminaries have all the primal oracles-

-8th-THE BEGINNING OF THE END:
-The adventure begins as the party places the final primal oracle in the vault's inner ring. The inner ring and center of the vault began spinning and dropped into the floor leaving only the outter ring of the vault. This allowed Brom to access the Terrians location, The Elemental Plane of Fire. This made sense, the Terrian must have entered the citadel by way of the porch,(the citadel has a magical porch to the E.O.F.). The Luminaries decided to gather as much info as possible on the Elemental plane of Fire before traveling there. They of course went to see Atoz. Atoz deferred them to Lazarus, A Githzerai priest of Kossuth. Lazarus is the for most expert on the elemental plane of fire and is also a resident member of the Fated(faction that runs the hall of records). After hearing the party's story Lazarus deduced that the terrian was an Efriti noble who had become very powerful as of late. The creature's was called General Ordathus. Lazarus told the heros that Ordathus was in possesion of two of the most powerful magic items on the Elemental plane of fire, The Great Scimitar of Cindar and the Bracers of Kossuth. He told the Luminaries that Ordathus was now in control of a place called The City of Brass not far from there porch. After leaving the Hall of Records the heros were confronted by Iktar, "It ends here", he roared. The Luminaries unleashed a barraging assault. The Balor had no choice but to fall, he had been out matched. In a burst of flames Iktar dissappeared presumably back to the Abyss. Using many spells to secure their safety the Luminaries marched forward into the endless expanse which they call the Elemental plane of Fire. After a battle with a Fire drake they met an Azer(firehaired midget) named Ahmad. Ahmad gave them some info and directed them to the City of Brass. Later they encountered an Efriti outpost and killed some Efriti. As they neared it happened. From beneath the molten lava they came, 40 Eritis, 50 Janns, 10 hell hounds, 4 elemental hawks, 4 Eriti nobles, and A massive cloud of black smoke with seering read eyes that could only be Ordathus. Ordathus told the Luminaries that he knew everything, That which came before, that which they've done, their quest and his destiny. But as Ordathus spoke something incredable rose. From behind the Luminaries stood Hundreds of fire elementals and in front Kossuth, Tyrant of Flame."This is my domain Ordathus, I rule here". But Ordathus only laughed as an army of hundreds of eritis lifted from the lava to join his force. So to did the Efriti Sultin, A long time adversary of Kossuth. The Luminaries now in the presence of gods did not waver. As the armies clashed to battle so did our Luminaries. The Sultin and Kossuth collided in an hellfiring embrace. Ordathus, now in his true form came crashing down on the party and so It had begun. When the chaos had cleared Kossuth had won and from that plane's infernal fire 5 heros stood tall, The luminaries had destroyed Ordathus. The Luminaries left Kossuth on good terms.
-3 year break-When the heros returned to the citadel they met Kharzen. He had been allowed to leave Mt. Clestial for a day to congradulate the heros. He told them things would be safe for a time. He gave them 3 years to return home.
-*Vindalf went home to the Whalebones to join his father Solve's fleet. He took command of the warship Lightning.
-*Queven returned to the temple of Elistrae' in Skullport and continued his mission to free good drow from the underdark. During those 3 years he assisted in the escape of over 60 drow from the drow city of Ithabnanthar.
-*Lithius returned home to his father Floyd the ranger in the woods of Kharis. There Floyd told him a secret that had been kept from Lithius. Floyd told Lithius that they were royalty, descended from Kharis Doomhammer. Floyd's mother is the reigning monarch of the empire of Kharas, Queen Sable. That would make Floyd directly in line for the throne. But Floyd is a ranger and his kingdom is nature. He wishes the same for his son. While home Floyd told his son Lithius to go to Redwood and assist the Druid Diona in clearing out an orc population. There lithius took Czar the Satyr as his apprentice and made Diona's little brother Jack his follower.
-*Khaleed returned home to the temple of Zivilyn in Tarsis. The headpriest assigned 10 men to assist him in destroying enemy churches. During those 3 years Khaleed collapsed 4 Takhisis churches and took 7 wives.
-*Gridlock went to live at the Dwarven Mountain on the OutLands where Dumainthoin congradulated him. Gridlock was given a gatekey to GreyHawk and tasked with mining all the gems possible from the Cloak Mountains of GreyHawk. Gridlock was given 170 men to assist his cause. During that 3 year period Gridlock brought back more than 300,000 G.P. worth in gems.
-*Brom who had only been a spell much like an unseen servant was brought to Mt. Celestial and given a soul for his success in gathering the Luminaries. When Brom return he was an Aasimon(Angel). He chose to continue his work as keeper of the Citadel of Kharzen.

-Having retrieved the Elemental oracle and the 6 Primal oracles all they had left to do was regain the 7 Planar oracles

-9th-CLOCKWORK:
-Brom told the heros that the first planar oracle lied on the lawful nuetral plane of Mechanus, better known as Nirvana. To gain entrance to the Mechanis one must travel to the outland city of Autamata. Queven was unable to attend this adventure because he had business with his faction, the Trancendentalists. Once the heros reached Automata they found it to be an odd city. During the day a council of good rules but during the night a council of evil sits dominent. During those night hours they did battle with 2 frost giants and an Umberhulk. For this disterbence the luminaries were sentenced to death by the council. A spirit of air(imp like creature) named Cheetar lead them in an escape and brought them to the Cog of Portalage, A cog half in the outlands and half in mechanus. all you need do is step on and the cog turns bringing you into Mechanus. The heros did just that. Once in Mechanus they found it was a strange fucking place. The entire plane is made up of thousands of interlocking cogs, some of these cogs are hundreds of miles wide. Each of these cogs maintains its own gravity which is relative to which side of the cog your on. They soon find a Merkhaunt outpost where a man named Clark tells them to go see Gilgamesh. He also mentions a place called the Jade Palace. After doing battle with some Bakus they find Gilgamesh in his Cave of contemplation. It is common planar knowledge that Gilagamesh was doomed to this cave by the god Anu. Gilgamesh told the heros that the legions of Shaun-ti have declared war on the Babylonians. He told the party that the oracle they were seeking was in the possession of a gnomling called Primus. He went on to say that the gnomlings are the ones who build mondrons and that Primus is their leader. On their way the Luminaries battle some Maruts and some observers(beholder-kin). They find the giant mechanical fort of the gnomlings. Primus and the gnomlings greeted them and it was dicovered that Rubix is a gnomling and the cube his vessle. Priimus was willing to give the oracle over if the heros would help them destroy Wen Chung, minister of lightning. Unbeknownst to the luminaries wen chung was a demi-god. It made little difference though for in the end the Luminaries brought Wen Chung to his Knees and destroyed him. Wen chungs forces were defeated by the mondron army.

-10th-HAPPY HUNTING:
-Brom told the heros that the next oracle lied on the BeastLands. When the heros exited the citadel they found a semi-circle of 25 demons and in the middle of them stood a Marilith. They began to close when the Dabus(servants of the lady of pain) arrived. The Celestial head of the Lady of Pain told them to disperse or face the Lady's wrath. The Marilith told the Luminaries that Iktar's banishment would not go unpunished and with that the demons vanished. The Luminaries soon arrived at The Hall of Records to consult Atoz. He told them that the Beastlands is also known as the Happy hunting grounds and is an entirely woodland plane. He spoke of it's 3 layers. Krigala where it is perpetually noon, Brux where it continuously Dawn or dusk which depends on perception, and finally Karasuthra where it is perpetually night. He said they could find passage to the Beastlands in the Outland city of Faunel. On their way through the Outlands a Nalfeshnee demom named Morth attacked in the name of Iktar. He continued to gate in other demons including Babaus and cambions but the Luminaries managed to banish them all. The voyage through the Outland became tedious but they found rest on Sheena peryroyals farm. They also helped a guy named Me-nuck cut down a tree...why?... I don't know. They arrived in Faunel near dark and went to a bar called Natures Call. The entire city was full of dozens of woodland creatures and most buildings resembled trees. The heros took rest in the bar. A girl came in and lured Queven out of the bar to an alleyway. Once in the alley Queven was power word stunned by Xynestre. Xynestre' was able to locate the party because of the ring that Queven had removed off Xynestres body in their last conflict. It was a ring of scrying originally used by landru to find out what Keplin was doing. Xynestre' tortured Queven by stabbing both quevens swords through his body and stabbing Quevens eye out. It turns out that when the heros thought they had killed Xynestre' they had only killed Keplin, Landru survived. Landru told Queven that since the Luminaries took half of all he was , he intended on taking half of all they are. Then he Vanished. The next day a centaur named Galden took them to the two trees between which lies the portal to the Beastlands. Once there they found themselves transformed. Lithius was a rabbit, Queven a monkey, Vindalf a tazmanian devil, Gridlock a mole, and Khaleed a flying squirrel. They fled from a battle with a boar and got harrassed by a grasshopper named Jimbo. Soon they encountered Moose, the oppussum. He told them to seek Marty the ferret. Marty told the heros the only person that could help them out was Dondenbane the grey fox. Marty brought them to Chippertooth the groundhog who in turn took them to the Foxes Den, a retreat for the Fox and his followers. The heros were interagated by Bogun the woodchuck and let inside. The Den consisted of vast underground tunnels. One of the tunnels dropped off into the undertow of the river. To see the Grey Fox they had to crawl inside a glass ball attached to a rope and float down the river a bit until they reached another compartment. There they were brought to Dondenbane the grey fox. Dondenbane told the Luminaries that the oracle was held by Nisten Talanis, a powerful Catlord. Dondenbane told the heros that to reach Nisten's domain they would have to first cross the River Oceanus, then find the Tree of Decention, and finally locate the Lion's Pride on Karasuthra. He said to beware Snaptor at the River Oceanus and told the heros that once they reach the Lion's Pride they would return to their original forms. Before disembarking Chippertooth told the heros that Nisten was formidable but the true danger came from Nisten's partner, A rakasa named Phantar, the cloaked one. On the way they crossed a small creek where they met Frank the frog. Then they came to the River Oceanus where they killed a snapping turtle. "Snapping turtles are so uncivilized" came a voice. It was Gary the Gallopagus. He took them accross. Then came a hiss, the Luminaries turned to see a 60ft python, the magical creature known as Snaptor. The Luminaries leaped to the other side as Snaptor bit down on Gary. The python striked but was caught in mid flight by a huge 18ft grizzly bear with a glowing red aura. The 2 creatures battled for supremacy as the Luminaries fled. Soon they reached the Tree of Decention, A hundred foot tall oak. They answered the 3 questions of an owl and went through a hole. The inside of the tree was hollow and it had exits to each layer of the Beastlands. The Luminaries traveled through Karasuthra till they reached the Lions Pride. A huge onyx castle shaped as a lion whose maw lie open. Once inside the Luminaries reverted to their true forms as the maw closed behind them. The party was attacked by dozens of great cats and then they reach Phantars domain. The door to his room had explosive runes and fire traps. When they entered they were bombarded by fire balls, lightning bolts, prismatic sprays and the like. The entire room was made up of magical mirrors which made it difficult to determine Phantars position. In the end they slew Phantar. After going through a secret passage they found Nisten sitting on a throne. This turned out to be a simulacrum(cloning spell). The true Nisten back stabbed Khaleed. The catlord did alot of damage with his 6 attacks per round but in the end he was slain. The Luminaries retrieved the oracle and returned home.

-CLASH WITH THE TITANS:
-Brom told the heros that the next oracle lied on the plane of Caceri also known as Tarterus. Before he had time to continue a knock came at the door. An Arcanoloth named Maru' entered and introduced himself. Brom and Maru' sneered at one another but Maru' announced that he was there to help. He said he had been sent to assist the Luminaries but would not say who sent him. None the less the Luminaries excepted his help and they were whisked away to Carceri. Soon after arriving they found a titans half eaten arm. The blood trail lead back to an ivory keep. A scripture above the door dubbed the place as home of the Greater titan Crius. Inside they found the slain body of that Titan. Soon after they came to the home of the Greater titan Promethius. There they found only a steel bracelet and some blood. They assumed him dead. Then another titan calling himself Atlas appeared and took the party hostage. They were brought before Lord Cronos, father of the gods. Apparently an adventuring party had been slaying the Titans in search of something. Another titan called Epimethius had been killed aswell. Cronos thought the Luminaries to be this adventuring party and so he sentenced them to death. Then a massive man wearing a lions fur burst in. Cronos rose from his throne "Heracles, you dare enter my realm". Heracles responded with a fierce demeaner "Cronos, I have come for the Phalanx, give it to me or I will desrtoy you.". Cronoses minions ran to restrain Heracles but he simply threw them off. Cronos and Heracles collided and a frenzy arose. The chamber broke out in mayhem. This gave the Luminaries an opportunity to escape and escape they did. Khaleed who had in his possession the bracelet found in Promethiuses keep received a preminition. The oracle was held by Coeus, titan of fear. Using the bracelet to guide them the heros traveled to Coeus's keep. As they approached the keep they encountered the party responsible for killing those titans. It was a man named Lukas Arcanium, planar warrior of who the heros had heard of. He introduced his party. Mangnir, the dwarven battle rager, Jinx, the theif, and Zagon, the mage/priest. Lukas recognized the Luminaries and assumed they were their for the Phalanx aswell. Apparently Lukas and his party were killing the titans because they thought one of the titans had an object called the Astral Phalanx. When the Luminaries asked what the Phalanx was Lukas grew angry, "you dare feign ignorance". But this encounter was cut short by the arrival of Coeus, titan of fear. The Luminaries in alliance with Lukas's party killed Coeus. The two parties were content to finish thier battle but Heracles entered the keep. Lukas attempted to stop him but Heracles threw him aside. In a back room of the keep Heracles lifted a box and removed the oracle. In disgust he threw it down "this is not the Phalanx". Lukas too examined the oracle and threw it asside. The entire group began to pillage the keep till nothing was left. Before leaving Heracles threatened both parties. "If any of you ever speak of the Phalanx to anyone i will hunt you down and destroy you. Lukas simply looked to his party "looks as if our quest shall continue", then they left. The bracelet then began to glow until it broke. Before the heros Promethius, titan of forethought appeared. He told the heros that he had the ability to see the future and said that they would fail their quest and die. Each luminary recieved a preminition of their death. Then promethius vanished. The heros returned home.

-MADNESS & HARMONY:
-At the start of this adventure it became apparent that Vindalf had gone missing. Angus the Grim left to find him. Brom soon informed the heros that the next oracle was located at the Altar of Zentarus on Pandamonium. The problem was the only one who had ever seen the Altar besides Zentarus was Kharzen and hes dead. The Luminaries soon set off to the gate city of Bedlam with Maroo'. After a breif battle with some Tanar'ri Maroo' teleported them to Bedlam and left. The Luminaries were told by Maroo' to go to The eye & dagger inn where they would meet their guide. Their guide appeared as an alligator man named Tlemizar. Tlemizar brought them to a Shadoow Fiend merchant of magic, named Hrava. There they got Pandemonium adventuring gear equipted with earplugs and rough lanterns. Once on Pandemonium the Luminaries discovered that the entire plane was haunted by howling winds of madness. The heros were awakened on their first night by these winds as and they heard a powerful voice recite a verse of doom, "all of creation shall uncreation make". Tlemizar explained that there is a place on Pandemonium called Howlers Crag, from this place one may communicate with anyone who has ever been to Pandemonium, living or dead. He also mentioned that if a berk can cry out the name of his homeland loud enough he'll be teleported there instantly. After a quant battle with some murskas the party reached Windglum, the bleakers city. There they learned that Loki and his legion of giants were in the upper layers of pandemonium searching for the Astral Phalanx. The rumor was that Thor And Heracles were also there in search of the now infamous Phalanx. In the Scaly dog inn the Luminaries encounter Lukas Arcanum. Lukas and Tlemizar seemed to know one another. Lukas told the heros that a man named Narsisis may be able to help them. Tlemizar explained the legend of Narsisis, He was once a vane hero obsessed with his own appearance and so thousands of years ago Zeus damned him to Pandemonium to observe himself for eternity behind Styx Falls. After a failed ambush by a sect called the Dispossessed the party learned that Narsisis had been made captive by Loki's armies and brought to Winters Hall. The Luminaries infiltrated Winters Hall and slew Stryfe, the ½storm, ½cloud giant champion of Loki. Then they escaped with Narcisis. Unfortunately Rubix's cube was destroyed. Narsisis told them that Altar of Zentaris was at the base of the Harmonicay, the heart of Pandemonium. The heros soon discovered that the harmonicay was a massive maze that no being had ever solved (sept zentaris & kharzen). It was rumored that anyone who could reach its center would be granted immortality. The Luminaries dared not walk blinded into a maze and so they went to Howlers Crag in hopes of contacting Kharzen. Before reaching the crag they used aa scroll of mapping to see if it could create a map of the Harmonicay. All they received was a sheet of music. Kharzen spoke to the Luminaries via the Crag and told them to play each note at each intersection of the maze, the direction from the music echoed would be the way. When the Luminaries reached the center of the Harmonicay they did indeed find the Altar of Zentaris. They also found Zentaris, or atleast a shadow of who Zentaris was created by the Harmonicay. The terrian began tearring the party to peices. His rage was short lived though for the Luminaries had devised a way to beat him. They each inserted their earplugs and Queven began to play a symphony of destruction. The harmonics unleashed by the instrument were amplified by the powerful magic of the Harmonicay. Any who heard this melody would be instantly destroyed and unfortunately Zentaris forgot to bring his earplugs. The Luminaries retreived the oracle and departed. Upon exiting the Harmonicay the party found themselves surrounded by hundreds of giants and at there head stood Loki. Loki demanded the oracle claiming it to be the Astral Phalanx. But then a flash of lightning struck and Thor appeared. He healed the Luminaries wounds in a single motion and told them to run. As Loki ran to stop them Thor leapt. The two great gods collided in frenzy of divine might. The Luminaries made their way back to the crag and returned to Sigil. -BATTLEFEILD OF THE DAMNED:
-As this adventure began Vindalf was still missing. Angus felt it his responsibility to take Vindalfs place but if he did that there would be no one to search for Vindalf. And so he had a friend assist the Luminaries on their next quest. This friend was Emeric the gay elf, hero of the mist. Queven joined Angus to search for Vindalf leaving the party a man short anyway. But Brom was happy to rise to the occassion. This time Brom would take the heros to the terrible plane of Acheron where one can die on one of the many floating cubes of steel as legions of baatezu & tanar'ri wage yet another battle of the blood war. Through out the entire adventure the party would be attacked by dozens of Yugaloths. Lithius found himself caught up in an even more horrible situation. He was told the following tale by a beholder-kin observer..." Hundreds of years ago the many gods of war came into dispute as to which among them was greatest. There were ten in all, Ares of the Olympions, Anhur of the Egyptions, Huan-ti of the Chinese, Tyr of the Norse, Morrigan of the Celtic, Clangdeggin of the dwarves, Mishakkel of the Krynnish Mythos, Tempus of the Torilians, And Kromm of the Cimmerians. One had to be the strongest & most powerful. And so to remedy this dilemma they each chose a champion to represent there power. These champions would be brought to Acheron to battle. Whose ever champion was left standing would of course be the greatest god of war. At the Climax of this Tournament 2 warlords met, Talon Doomhammer, son of Kharis, and Tyuchef the insane, weilder of chaos. In the final moments of the battle Talon had one but Tyuchef cheated defeat. He uttered the lost name of the first god of war, a great word of power. Upon utterance of this word the binding of the gods had been broken and Talon subdued, Tyuchef escaped. Now hundreds of years later it seems the disendants of these ten oringinal champions have returned to bring conclusion to this ancient fued". Lithius of course was disendant of talon. Among the other warriors was Banoke the dwarf, Khayin the Mongol, Lord Eric the Knight, Karogg the barbarian, Nisten talanis the Catlord, Harjan Menror the paladin, Lukas Arcanum the planar warrior, Rygar the pirate, and to Lithiuses dismay Tyuchef the insane now called Tyuchef the Chaotic. Tyuchef had not a single dissendant and so he himself returned. It was called The Blood Oath of the Tenfold Warfued. Through the course of the adventure the party would encounter the likes of Osis, the observer, Ti-lao, wiseman of resounding thunder, & General Gemgolm of the Dwarves of Regal Zhent. They tangled with the hopping mage and slew the blue dragon Teslor. They traveled to Hammergrim and were aided by Lord Vorcrag. There they saw Laduguer, god of Duergar. Lithius obtained the scroll Tyuchef had written the first wargods name on. Lithius knew he did not stand a chance against any of the remaining adversaries and sought to break the blood oath as Tyuchef had. To Lithius's sorrow the scroll had been written in Bloodrune. A bloodrune may only be read when touched by the blood of the one whose blood bound it. In this case the blood in question was that of Tyuchef. The tournament proceeded as follows... Nisten defeated Banoke, Lithius defeated Eric and Nisten, Rygar defeated Karogg and then slew Harjan, Lukas killed Khayin but was intern defeated by Tyuchef. This left 3 remaining. Tyuchef, Rygar, and Lithius. Rygar and Tyuchef were next to fight. The battle was awsome but in the end Tyuchef remained. Meanwhile the party had located the oracle. It was in the possession of the mercykillers home plane factol, Mishtar the Unmerciful. The party found Mishtar in Zoronor, the shadowed city. The party defeated Mishtar and his yugaloth allies. Directly after the battle Tyuchef appeared, it was time. As the battle began lithius was getting slaughtered, luckily he scored a single hit and used the blood of his blade to read the scroll. "AMON KREED" and the binding was broken again. Tyuchef was brought to his Knees as his bones began to implode. Lithius took his head. The Luminaries retreived the oracle and returned to Sigil.

-SHADES OF GRAY:
-As this adventure began Brom was still dead and Vindalf was still missing. Maroo’ stopped by and left a message saying that the next oracle was on the Gray waste, also known as Hades. The only Luminaries there to receive the message were Lithius, Gridlock, and Khaleed. Queven was off with Angus trying to find Vindalf. As Lithius, Gridlock, and Khaleed were debating weather or not to go with out Queven they heard a knock at the door. In walked a magnificent dwarf obviously of great power. He announced himself as Elkorn of Dagmar. Elkorn was there searching for the fate of Rygar. The heroes told him what they could. The meeting was interrupted when Queven and Angus bursted in. They had discovered the exact location of which Vindalf was being held, and who was holding him. It was Xynestre’. Elkorn was outraged that his grandson was being held captive. When the Luminaries exited the Citadel they were attacked by Giants sent by Ordathus. With Elkorns assistance the battle ended Quikly. Then the Luminaries went for Xynestre’. Elkorn with little assistance from Queven destroyed Xynestre’ and vanished. Vindalf simply took a deep breath and was ready to go. Landos the infiltrater had retrieved a portal key to the Gray waste and the portal was a silver skull inside the mortuary. Gridlock went with Angus to the Dwarven mountain to try and get Brom resurrected. In Gridlocks place went his first follower, Mason Ironsword. And so the Luminaries went. When they reached the mortuary they decided to use the stealthy approach. Queven punched the guard in the face and they charged the mortuary. It took some time to get the second set of double doors open and when they did the entire mortuary guard had organized a defense. Lithius caught a gust of reason and said maybe this is not a good idea. Vindalf tried to calm the situation but then the Dustmen Factol appeared. He was a Lich named Skall, perhaps the most powerful person in Sigil next to the Lady. Skall told them to repent but Queven repeatedly mocked the Lich until a wall of iron fell from the sky killing the obnoxious drow. The party spent much gold to resurrect him and then the Lich let them through. Once on Hades they tangled with the likes of Cerebrus but that battle ended when Cerebrus was called off by some powerful voice. From there they entered Pluton, first layer of the Gray Waste, realm of Hades. There they encountered a petitioner named Dustin Bones. Dustin told them their oracle was on Niflheim, second layer of the Gray waste. He said to get there they would have to travel up through the roots of Yggdrasil, the world ash. He also mentioned an object called the Kronosphere that was raising a lot of trouble on the upper layers. After leaving Dustin something strange happened, A portal opened and Lithius vanished. From the portal walked Javel Shorsworvian. He agreed to help. The Luminaries found their way to the next layer only to be attacked by a squad of Tanar’ri and Geherleth. As the assault began Shadow gated Lithius back in. Then they traveled to some near by mountains and were taken hostage by 60 Baatezu. The Baatezu took them to a Pit fiend named Scratch. Scatch was negotiating with Maroo’ over something. At first the Pit fiend was simply going to have them killed but Maroo’ said he was under contract not to let anything happen to the Luminaries. He would not say who had made the contract. Then Maroo’ mentioned that Scratch’s master would not like to see the Luminaries killed. He referred to this master as Mr. Milton. Scatch decided to let them go. Later the party was attacked by a rogue squad of Baatezu. At this battles conclusion a powerful Efreeti revealed himself. He said his name was Craltos the Dispatcher and asked the Party to go with him, they did. He brought them to a mighty stronghold called ChateauMortis. There they met Kelemvor, Kelemvor told them that inside the vault of Kharzen there were no weapons to destroy the Tri-terrian. He said a weapon called the Astral Phalanx was the true treasure. They were told the weapon could destroy gods. He said their entire quest was a just a masquerade set up by an evil god named Aru to achieve the Astral Phalanx. He told them he would assist them in trying to obtain the next oracle if that was still what they wanted, They did. He said that the oracle was being held by the Baatezu legion. Kelemvor said he would disquise them as Baatezu so they could infiltrate and steal the oracle. The only problem was the oracle was concealed inside a magical capsule. Kelemvor said to return the capsule to him and he would open it. The plan was this. The Baatezu army would meet with a Tanar’ri legion on the upper layer of Oinis. Kelemvor using Maroo’ as a buffer contacted the Ultraloth ruler of that layer. The Ultraloth’s name was Khin-oin. Kelemvor convinced Khin-oin to march his yugaloth army against the Tanar’ri & Baatezu. Khin-oin agreed because Kelemvor promised that no yugaloth would fall in battle. This confusion would give the party a chance to make off with the oracle. The Luminaries soon set off for the layer of Oinis. They would once again have to ascend Yggdrasil. When the party reached Yggdrasil’s base they came upon a massive 800ft dragon named Nidhogg. Nidhogg has gnawed at the great tree for milennium. He let the Luminaries pass with no trouble. As soon as the Luminaries reached the layer of Oinis they were greeted by a group of yugaloths who tried to kill them, they failed. Soon the Luminaries came upon a haunting sight. A massive legion of 600 Baatezu face to face with a gigantic legion of 500 Tanar’ri. The Baatezu held the capsule and were lead by the powerful Pitfiend Scratch. The Tanar’ri were lead by a massive helmed Balor. Between these two great armies stood Maroo’ doing the negotiating. In the distance the heroes could see a 1000ft tall steal tower built to resemble a spinal cord. At the tower’s peak sat a massive iron castle built in the shape of a skull. This was the home of the Ultraloth prince, Khin-oin. As the trade began the capsule was given to the Balor and in return a small jar containing Rygar’s soul was given to Scratch. It was also mentioned that the Tanar’ri were working for someone named Mr. Donte. Then 800 yugaloths dropped from the sky, the battle began. When the Luminaries reached the capsule they came face to face with the Balor, it was Iktar. They dispatched him. The Luminaries made their escape with the capsule and descended Yggdrasil. But when they reached it’s base Nidhogg attempted to swallow it. The capsule broke revealing an item that was not the oracle. And then time froze. Raenil appeared. He revealed to the heroes that the item was the Kronosphere, an instrument that can portray the future. He told the Luminaries that Kelemvor had lied about the Phalanx being inside the vault. Raenil explained that he lives time in reverse and so he has knowledge of the future. But he said there was little future left due to Ordathus. He told the Luminaries that he was once a member of a grand adventuring party but his group was killed at the Battle of Shathondor. He said he alone survived and became a Kronomancer. He attempted to use the Kronosphere to change the verdict at Shathondor. For this violation against time the Twin Minions of Kronos damned him to live all time in reverse. He told them that Craltos the dispatcher had the oracle and to destroy Craltos as soon as possible. He also said to see Hephestus on Arborea before their next adventure. He said Hephestus would prepare them for the battle at Shathondor. He said that they were the group that will perish at the Battle of Shathondor and that he was Khaleed. Then he vanished. Soon the heroes came upon Craltos the Dispatcher, he demanded the Kronosphere. Before the heroes had time to act Kelemvor appeared. He said he noticed the break in time and called them fools for trying to undermine him in his own realm. But with that Hades, god of the dead appeared. “You’re realm”. Kelemvor revealed himself as Cyric, prince of Lies. The two gods clashed. The Luminaries charged Craltos. The battle was long and hard, Vindalf & Mason were killed but Craltos fell. Cyric escaped. Hades returned the fallen Luminaries to life and vanished. Then two figures in grey robes appeared. Their heads were cloaked. One pulled her cloak back to reveal a beautiful woman with etherreal eyes. She told them that she and the other were the Twin Minions of Kronos. And she demanded the Kronosphere. Queven refused to submit it so she froze time and took it. The other cloaked figure only gave the party a nod and vanished. The Luminaries returned home with but one oracle to find.

-15th-FEAR THE WRATH:
-This adventure began exactly one year after the last one. During that year much had transpired. The Efreeti Sultan had been slain in combat by the tyrant of flame Kossuth. Apparently the sultan had been betrayed by his soldiers. Elsewhere the godslayer Tyuchef had been destroyed by the gods Talon, Brutighis, and Kai. Early one morning Lukas Arcanum appeared to repay Lithius for a favor. He did this by giving Lithius a girdle of cloud giant strength. Later that day Brom came to the luminaries with grave news¼ Ordathus had returned, this time on Toril. The heroes were not over anxious however for they had remembered what Raenil had told them. Raenil had predicted that the heroes would fall at the battle of Shathondor, Raenil had advised them to seek out Hephestus on Arborea. Hephestus would prepare them for the battle. Angus soon returned with a portal key to Arborea. Landos arrived with a new portal key to Toril and finally Mason Ironsword presented Gridlock with a gem of retrieval. In case of an emergency the heroes could break the gem and all be teleported back to the Outlands. Upon exiting the Citadel the heroes encountered a powerful Efreeti noble called Satizya’ir. The luminaries soon defeated Satizya’ir and his band of Efreeti. Then they went through the portal to Arborea. The portal was located in the bathroom stall at the Arcayic inn. Upon arriving in Arborea the heroes met up with a dwarf called Swayrix Hammerclave. Swayrix brought them to hephestus. Apparently Hephestus is the olypian god of Blacksmithing. Hephestus along with his army of greater cyclopses have forged such weapons as Mjolnir and the spear of Odin. Hephestus had been told by Raenil many years prior to construct weapons for the Luminaries. Queven was given Horizen & Eclipse, A moonblade and a sunblade. Lithius was given Silencer, the katana. For Gridlock,it was Sorrowmaker, The hooked falchard. Finally Thor arrived to give Vindalf Agony, the stormblade and a girdle of storm giant strength. When the heroes returned to Sigil they found devils warring with demons… the bloodwar had come to sigil. The Luminaries charged through the madness to reach a sewer grate down the road. The grate was the portal to Toril. The portal exited through a fireplace in Joe smith’s living room. Joe was a farmer who lived outside Shadowdale. As the luminaries entered Shadowdale they found many houses burnt to the ground and corpses of plaque victums. This was petty compared to what they soon found. Upon a hill in Shadowdale had once stood the magnificent twisted tower of Elminster. Now upon that hill sat only rubble accompanied by an impaled body upon a spear. The spear had been thrusted down through the top of the skull through the torso exiting the groin and finally into the ground. Then the body had been twisted numerous times about the spear making a mockery of the tower. The body was of course that of Elminster. It here that the heroes met Zandra Blumist and her assistent Jarlin. Zandra is the new head of the church of Mystra. Her attempts to resurrect Elminster failed. While there the heroes located the last scroll of Laow the sage. It read… “The shadowmage has come, fear the wrath of Ordathus”. When the Luminaries announced that they had come to kill Ordathus Zandra invited them to attend the council of Suzail. The council was being held to decide a course of action against the coming doom. The council consisted of the following. King Azoun IV in a crippled state, Zandra blumist of Mystra, Mythrias of Mirrormear, Hornimin the general of the Purple Dragons, Sathavar the magistrate of Suzail, Lady Myrmeeen of Arabel, Alasalyn of Tilverton, Lord Filfur of Waymoot, Sarp of Whaeloon, Samtavon of Immersea, Tessaril of Eveningstar, Thombur of Deadluk, Doon of Hilp, Hezom of Espar, Suldar of Tyrluk, and Thursk of Highborn. Apparently a time of terror had fallen over Faerun. It had begun a year prior with a great storm. Soon after a plaque began sweeping accross the land killing thousands. Wizards soon discovered spells that they thought could cure it. The spells curing affect was only temporary. Soon after casting these new spells a wizard would find himself powerless. Almost all of the low level socerers were effected. The plaque spreaded and damnation followed. The elves began retreating o Evereska and then to Evermeet. Dragons had all but dissappeared. Then Vandergast and the heroes of the banishment vanished and the king took ill. Then a night ago Faerun’s greatest wizards turned up dead or missing. And only an hour previous to the meeting the last remaining harpers were killed in Masember as it was sieged by efreeti. The council had no clue what to do. After the meeting Mythrias brought the luminaries to his home. He had his own suspicions about what was going on. Mythrias introduced the Luminaries to a blind Kronomancer named Raylan. Raylan explained that he had lost his sight when he looked into the kronosphere. But when he did so he also saw an eternity of visions. He saw that the kronosphere had been taken from the luminaries by the twin minions of Kronos and left in the deepest pit of Tartereus. He saw the shadowmage find it there. But the shadowmage did not know how to use the sphere so he came for to find a kronomancer. The shadowmage came and took raylans mentor, a powerful kronomancer named Kalmis. Raylan escaped undetected. Mythrias explained that the shadowmage must have forced kalimis to show him how to use the kronosphere. Then the shadowmage must of used it to stop time a night ago so he could kill the all the great wizards one by one. Mythrias explained that Ordathus must have some alliance with this shadowmage. Raylan told the heroes that the shadowmage would meet with Fzoul Chembryl in Zhentil keep later that day. The heroes joined up with Mythrias and set off to face the Shadowmage. On the road to Zhentil keep the heroes foght some knights of the ebon spur. They found the shadowmage at the old temple of bane. He introduced himself as Nickedemus. Nickedemus proceeded to destroy the party until khaleed noticed his weakness… Nickedemus was vulnerable in his shadow. With that the party defeated him. In a subbasment below the temple the Luminaries found Kalris the kronomancer. Kalris had much to tell them. He told them that Nickademus had discovered the existence of the Terrian and sought to harness its power. To do so he needed a powerful creature to bear it. He trapped an avatar of the goddess Tchezzar on the prime and through dark ceremonies summoned the soul of Ordathus. Through such means Ordathus was born to toril, under Nickedemus’s tutilage. Now after many years Ordathus had returned to the elemental plane of fire. He had betrayed the sultan in order to destroy him. “Now the efreeti legions follow Ordathus and Ordathus alone. Nickedmus has set the stage. He managed to descimate every army with the plaque, then he virtually wiped out all wizards with the essence draining spells, then finally he destroyed each and every high level mage on toril. Now Ordathus will attack with his efreeti legions and take this realm”. The Luminaries were devastated by what they had heard. Kalris informed them that their best hope was to seek the gate in the dragonspear mts that could bring them to the shadowplane, Nickedemus’s home. After dealing with some giants the luminaries reached the gate. They were soon joined by Hornimin the Knight. The luminaries along with mythrias and hornimin entered the Shadowplane. After a short encounter with some shadow fiends the Luminaries reached Darkness keep. Outside they were met by a powerful wizard. He introduced himself as Khelben Blackstaff. The group entered. Inside they found a women who blackstaff declared to be the trapped avatar of Tchezzar. But she soon revealed her true form, that of tiamat(actually the trapped avatar of tiamat). Horninmin was immediately obliverated by 5 breath weapons. With the help of blackstaff the Luminaries destroyed her. In a rear chamber the Luminaries found Nickedemus floating in the air in a meditative state. Behind him was a great glowing gem which emanated brilliant light. In front of him was a massive crystal ball. Within the crystal ball could be seen the geography of toril. The luminaries deduced that the Nickedemus was using this powerful magic gem to project his shadow form onto toril. Thus making himself virtually undefeatable. The luminaries then proceded to destroy nickedemus’s body, the crystal ball and the gem. Within the keep the luminaries dicovered a caretaker. All he new was that nickedemus had gone to search for shathondor and Ordathus had gone with him. Outside the keep balckstaff introduced the Luminaries to group of elves known as the Kilnithians. They were led a powerful elf named Traylin Val’ Kreedus. Traylin explained that they were an order establish by Kiln Nithas almost 2 millenia ago. There cause was to protect toril against the terrian should one ever rise again. With the coming of Ordathus the Kilnithians arose. Black staff soon discovered the location of Shathondor, it was a rift in the Astral plane. Balckstaff magically teleported the Luminaries and the Kilnithians to Shathondor. Shathondor was a massive blackdiamond shaped construction. There were four entances. Once inside the group defeated an astral dreadnought. They soon came upon a spherical shaped room which was approximately 30ft in diameter. Within the room was 20 spherical shields. The largest being 29ft in diameter. Each shield was within the next largest shield and the shields got 1ft in diameter smaller each time. Essentially making a shield within a shield within a shield and so on. The shields began to fall as more damage was done to thembut as they fell the luminaries got abetter look at the room. Ther were four entrances to this room and each held some eager cratures. To the left was Lukas arcanum and his army of arcanites. To the left was thenow half baatezu Rygar and an army of devils. Accross stood Nickedemus, Now permenantly trapped in shadowform and behind him an army of shadowfiends. As the sheilds fell battle commenced. Nickedemus and blackstaff went right at one another. Lukas went right for Rygar, big mistake. The shadowfiend, devils, arcanites, and kilnithians just charged into frenzied mayhem. The luminaries just watched waiting for their enemy to emerge, and he did. Ordathus revealed himself as a 13ft tall chromatic half dragon. The luminaries attacked. The battle waged on for some time but then in powerful thrust rygar dropped thelast shield to unvale the Astral phalanx. Every creature withinsight let go their rage and leaped for the Phalanx. It was Lithius malkovia who seized the weapon and behind him was Queven devir. The luminaries had proved to be the quickest and they surrounded the terrian. Ordathus reached far into his pouch as Lithius swung. The phalanx came down upon the terrian but in a last attempt the terraian attempted to block the blow, with the Kronosphere. The phalanx sliced straightthrough the kronosphere and then through the heart of ordathus. But as the Kronosphere exploded a wave erupted, a ripple of pure energy shot through the room. The Phalanx vanished and the luminaries found themselves somewhere else. Floating in the astral plane. Gridlock used the gem of retrieval to teleport them to the Outlands. When the Luminaries arrived they looked up to see Sigil in flames.

-16TH-The Demon’s Lair:
This module began where the previous one left off. The Luminaries found themselves in the Outlands. The landscape was covered with millions of bodies. The bodies were those of all forms of creatures. Sigil looked to be in flames. When the heroes arrived there they were relieved to discover that only the outter ring was on fire. But Sigil had changed, the buildings had sustained massive damage. In the streets lied the dead and dying bodies of hundreds of different creatures. Among the bodies creeped bands of factions. They were moving about slaying any who still lived. When the Luminaries arrived at the citadel they discovered much had happened. Brom told them that they had been missing for 10 years. Apparently when the Kronosphere exploded it released a wave that threw those nearest to it up in time. During these ten years a terrible cataclysm had befallen sigil. Brom told them the tale¼¼ “A group of pit fiends called the Dark eight had long wished to take Sigil. They began preparing for the invasion by building an army of devils on the Outland city of Ribcage. Two demonlords learned of this plot. They were Kostichi and Pazuzu. The demons could not allow the devils to have Sigil and so they began building a demon army on the Outland city of Plaque-Mort. When the devils jumped so to did the demons. This is the battle you saw as you were leaving for forgotten realms. Well that battle persisted for 3 days until she came, Like the angel of death the lady of pain swept through the street slaying scores. But just as the demons fled the lady froze, through some means the lady had been put to sleep. It took the devils and demons some time to figure out what had happened to the lady but when they did mayhem ensued. Gods of all realms tryed to enter Sigil but could not, the lady still held her dominion. It was soon discovered that no portal in Sigil would permit entrance into the city, one could only use a portal to get out. Most cutters did just that. Only the factions and few others remained. They swore the lady would awake. More assaults came, devils vs. Demons but niether could gain a foothold. When word got out that sigil was up for grabs other armies arose. Tarterus, Ysgard, Mt Celestial, Olympus and many others. No plane could allow another to control Sigil. By this time all of Sigil was either factions or sects. The Signers passed a law saying that after each assault any attackers who remained wounded or not were to be slain. The factions united in this cause. All factions began to grow powerful and warlike. The onslaughts continued, first about once a week. Dozens of armies from all planes colliding in chaotic war. From time to time an army would hold Sigil only to face the wrath of the factions and be destroyed. Millions would continue to die but as they fell more would enter the outlands from their respective planes. Soon they began to make war directly on one another on the outlands. It was unending. In recent years the attacks haved slowed to about once a month. We had a year long break until recently. The demons started the last one they came right for the factions. They know now if they can destroy us then one of them can win. We managed to defeat them but not before the devils set fire to the entire ring.” This news shocked the luminaries. Their home had become a war zone. The bad news was not over though. Brom said that after the Luminaries had disappeared he had to form new luminaries. These were Angus the grim, Mason Ironsword, Landos the infiltrater, Khan Dryvin’lzyr, and Czar the satyr samuri.(all the pcs head followers). They left 9 years ago never to return. Though the luminaries were shook they still had to get down to business. Brom could not give them a diffinitive answer on where the next oracle was. All he new was that it was on the Abyss. He said he had a guy named Saki working on it at the hall of records. So off to the hall of records they went. Their they met atoz who showed them to the Archmandrite Saki.(an archmandrite is one who has reached great status in a specific area of knowledge at the hall of records). Saki told them his best guess of where he thought the oracle was. He believed it on the possession of a Gorrisrtro demon on the 12th layer of the abyss. The 12th layer is some what infamous for long ago 12 devas were sacrificed there. Their cries nowhaunt that realm eternally. Saki gave them a portal key to the 1st layer of the abyss, the layer of infinite portals. The luminaries would have to find a guide who knew the portals. They went to the xaotects for a guide but were unsuccessful. Luckily they found Tlemizar at hells kitchen. Tlemizar agreed to do it because heowed athone a favor. Now the luminaries owe athone that favor. Athone also suppled the luminaries with a gem of retrieval. Then they went down the well in front of the hall of recordsthat served as the portal to the abyss. Immediately upon arrival they were attacked by 2 nalfeshnee and some bar-lgura demons. They killed them quickly. After the battle thegroup encountered Taydin Bolderon and Althalin the wizard. Taydin told them that he was here searching for his old friend Rygar. After a short meeting the Luminaries pressed on. Tlemizar soon got them to the 12th layer. First the group came upon Mason Ironsword. Mason had fallen into the river styx and lost his memory. The luminaries took him and got a ferryman to take them down the river styx. On the way they passed Lord Soth. While on this layer the Luminaries battled some Bebeliths and armanite demons. They soon came upon the cave of the gorristro. The battle ended quick as khaleed disintergrated the big motherfucker. They found no oracle. Outside the luminaries came upon a wartorn Angus. Angus had benn traveling the abyss for 10 years. This encounterwas interupted as a floating crystal ball came upon the group. Tlemizar vanished immediately. The ball opened a portal. From the portal came Rygar. From behind him came the pit fiend Scratch. Scatch said “Mr. Milton will see you now.The luminaries folowed him through the portal. Scatch brought the Luminares before a massive devil lord. And then the fiend spoke.
“You may call me Baalzebul. I have brought you here to make a deal with you . But before I can, you must know all that I know and I shall tell you how many things have come to pass, and how I have come to be in this position. Approximately 13 years ago I detected a powerful force in the depths of the river Styx. I retrieved it and discovered it to be the Kronosphere. And so I gazed and saw the wonders it had to show me. I saw the birth of fiends, Asmodeus, Zentaris, Ordathus. I saw Asmodeus defeat Gargauth, the ruler of the tenth layer of hell. I saw Kharzen & Zentaris embrace each other in death. I saw the rise of Kharzen’s disciples & their fall at Shathondor. I saw the ressurrection of demon lord and the arrival of a new one. I saw Ordathus unite the choas of the Abyss and become it'’ sole ruler. The Kronosphere showed me many things and made me dream many dreams. I had no wish to see the bloodwar destroy us all but I did see an opportunity to advance. The Plan was simply to help you destroy Ordathus and in exchange, you would help me destroy Asmodeus. The first thing I needed was an ally in the Abyss. I needed somebody who could get you close to Ordathus. I sought out an old rival of mine. Let’s call him. Mr. Donte for I no longer know his name. Mr. Donte was once the demongod od Undead until he made enemies with Kiaran-selee, the drow goddess of Vengeance. Kiraran-selee destroyed Donte but not in the conventional way. You see gods gain their power from their worshippers. Kiran-selee knew that and so she made them forget. Through some means, she made all forget the name of the Demongod of Undead. He was instantaneously destroyed. Just a floating mass in the Astral Plane. She took his domain and his Portfolio. But it was not that easy. Mr. Donte awoke. Though his godhood was gone, he was still a demonlord. He returned to the Abyss and Took the realm of Necrobyss, the demonic graveyard. He then began to plot his revenge on Kiaran-selee. I knew the Demonlord long ago, though his godhood was gone, his cunning alone made him the perfect ally. I sought to enlist him in my cause. I hired the Arcanoloth Maro¢¢o to contact him. I had Maroo’ play out the Scenario. With Ordathus and Asmodeus dead, he would rule the Abyss and I would rule hell. He did not believe that this creature Ordathus had the power to write the Abyss. He wanted the Kronosphere to see for himself, in exchange, he would give me the soul of a gread warlord. I agreed. The exchange would take place on a remote layer of the Gray Waste(Hades)An army of my devils would meet with an army of his demons and they would exchange the Items in question. I had the Kronosphere in cased in a magic capsule so that it would be completely undetectable by Anthraxus, the Yugaloth lord of that area of the Gray Waste. The exchange did not go as I intended, another party got involved. You see the Torilian god of lies, called Cyric, long desired the Kronosphere and wished to steal it. But he could not risk just taking it from my men. For all he knew, the army belonged to Asmodeus and he did not want to call down that wrath. First he posed as Kelemvor, the torilian god of the dead. This served two purposes. First it would keep his identity hidden. Also, any revenge that would be wrought, would fall upon Kelemvor, a long time enemy of Cyric. Once in this guise, he contacted Anthraxus by way of Maroo’ and told Anthatius of the fiends that walked his realm. As god of the dead, he promised Anthraxus that should he attack the demons and devils, that no yugaloth would meet death. Anthraxius agreed. Cyric than appeared to you as Kelemvor and told you that within the capsule was your oracle. You witnessed the rest. Madness ensued and in the end, Mr. Donte did not get the Kronosphere. And so my plan to enlist his help was finished but I continued. I could not let you fall at Shathondor, so I sent Rygar with a dispatchment of devils to make sure you were not destroyed. Unfortunately, Rygar discovered a fact I was unaware of. Shathondor housed the Astral Phalanx. Rygar immediately dismissed my quest and went for the weapon. He failed, but you managed to survive your fate of death. Unfortunately, Mr. Donte thought I had double crossed him so he plans to screw me by holding onto your oracle. But I stand determined to see through with what I started. I will help you get your last oracle and will help you destroy Ordathus. But when that is done you must help me destroy my opponent and the final Terrian-Asmodeus.” The Luminaries agreed. Now they had to go to Necrobyss and slay Mr. Donte. Baalzebul sent some evil creatures to help. Among them was Red Dawn, The red dragon. Scratch guided the luminaries back through the plan of infinite portal and got them to the realm of Necrobyss, the demonic graveyard. Once there they made their way to the tomb of the demonlord of undead. Inside they slew some Glabrezu and by passed some liches. Then they stood before the demonlord. The creature revealed it self as Orcus. Battle commenced. In the first round Orcus killed Reap, Draxin, Angus, and Mason. He had plans to do the same next round but Queven disarmed him. Orcus quickly regained his wand through brute force but only to have Queven disarm him again. This time queven put upa wall of iron for good measure. Lithius slew Orcus before he could get it. Behind Orcus’s throne the luminaries found much treasure and the last oracle. They took the hordeandreturned home. Once there they upon the vault and took the Arcons. The Terrians days were numbered.

-At this point the hereos have all the oracles and the Archons.
-17th-Countdown to Extinction:
The module began with Angus cooking the Luminaries breakfast. Soon Brom, Athone, Atoz, and Yotoz arrived to help the Luminaries prepare. They instructed the Luminaries that Ordathus had united the chaos of the Abyss and had begun a conquest of the lower planes. Ordathus had also recently destroyed the Harmonicay, thus annihilating all life on Pandemonium. Ordathus had become more of a threat then ever. As the Luminaries pondered where to begin Angus came storming in, another siege had begun. The Luminaries exited the Citadel to find Iktar and a horde of demons waiting. They slaughtered them in a matter of minutes. When they returned to the Citadel they found Satyza’ir and a clan of Efreeti tearing the place apart. The Luminaries slew Satyza’ir and chased the efreeti back into the elemental plane of fire. Soon after the battle Rygar came to the door. He informed the Luminaries that Baalzebul was ready to meet with them. The Luminaries let Rygar guide them through a portal to the Bloodstone castle of Baalzebul. There the Luminaries were met by Scratch and brought before Baalzebul. Lukas Arcanum was also present. Apparently Lukas was going to help Baalzebul retrieve the Astral Phalanx. Lukas truly had no intentions of doing so. Baalzebul told the Luminaries that he believed Ordathus was in the country of Kharas, on the world of Toril in the Prime material plane. Baalzebul went on to say that Ordathus was using a vastly powerful artifact called the Black Heart of ARU. The Black heart has the ability to cause the utter degeneration of life over a great area. The heros immediately teleported to Kharas woods on the Prime material plane. There they found Lithius’s father Floyd aged greatly. Floyd explained that the world was dying through some unknown means. The Luminaries left to seek the aid of Queen Evelyn of Kharas city. They found the city vacant and badly damaged. They soon came upon a massive Autatorium. The structure was badly damaged and on fire but music could be heard within. The Luminaries did what they could to save the bards within but they failed. The Luminaries encountered a female in etherial robes outside. It was Elyssa, one of the Twin Minions of Kronos. The Luminaries were suprised to see her alone because the Twin minions always appeared together. She explained that when the Kronosphere was destroyed her lord Kronos lost his influence within the Multiverse. Also when the Luminaries changed the timeline was changed and her counterpart was erased. The Luminaries soon lost interest in her information and asked if should could help them with their current quest. She told them that the evil that was tolling the land was coming from a place called Evil’s Reach. The Luminaries went at once. They soon came upon a massive castle built atop an inactive volcano. After slaying 3 Tarrasques the Luminaries entered Evil’s Reach. Within the infernal keep the Luminaries encountered Satyza’ir, Craltos the Dispatcher, and Iktar. This trio was soon joined by the Abyssal lord Fraz-Urb’luu, prince of deception. The Luminaries slew them all. In the upper level of the keep the heros found a dense black crystal ball, the Black Heart of ARU. The Luminaries were soon joined by an elvin bladesinger disguised as a demon. The elf explained that he was a member of the Kilnithians. He was sent to the keep as a spy. He continued to explain that his lord Traylin Val’Kreedus was preparing the Kilnithians for an assault against Ordathus. The Luminaries had the elf bring them to Traylin Val’Kreedus. A moment later the Luminaries were inside the sky fortress of stratus. There they met with Traylin. Traylin explained that Oradathus was leading his legions through an assault of hell. Traylin had hired a man to get one of his spys into hell. That man was Tlemizar. The Luminaries had Tlemizar take them into hell. The Luminaries arrived on Avernus, the first layer of hell. There they found hundreds of slain devil corpses. The Luminaries traveled down through the Dark spire mountains and soon entered the second layer of hell. There they found the city of Dis. The city was vastly devastated. Inside the city the Luminaries briefly met with Hrava and then moved on. Tlemizar lead them to the tower of Dispater. There the Luminaries dispatched some devils and then entered. Inside they found the battered form of Dispater. Dispater helped the Luminaries open the portal and then they descended to the third layer of hell. Tlemizar informed the Luminaries that he had heard that there was a portal to the 5th layer inside the fortress of Minauros. Within the sinking Fortress of Minauros the heros encountered Elkorn. Elkorn explained that he was looking for Rygar, so he could kill him, kill him, kill him, until he be dead, dead, dead. The Luminaries joined up with Elkorn and continued. They soon came upon the temple of set where the portal was. They entered and made their way through the portal to the Black pyramid of set on the 5th layer of hell. The heros made their way beyond the realm of Ankwugant and through the ice layer of Stygia. They used the river of Styx to descend to Nessus, the 9th layer of hell. On nessus the heros found millions of devils battling millions of devils. Then they came face to face with the Drak 8. The Luminaries slew them all. A moment later scratch arrived and brought them to away from the oncoming demons to another place. The Luminaries found themselves before Malsheem, the citadel of Baator. Inside the Luminaries were brought before the Nine rulers of hell. Tiamat, Dispater, Belial, Mammon, Geryon, Moloch, Baalzebul, Mephistopheles, and Asmodeus. Asmodeus told the Luminaries that he had been helping them all along by way of Maroo’. He then told the Luminaries to leave because it was not their time to fight. Maroo’ lead the heros out through a portal. The portal exited into the tomb of Kharas Doomhammer. There the heros were met the twin minions of Kronos. Elyssa and Reanil. Raenil explained that Kronos had retracted his punishment and now he served the timelord. Reanil went on to tell them a tale of epic proportions. The origin of the Tri-terrian. The tale spoke of of the creation of the Multiverse and the beings who created it. One of them was a power eternal named ARU. ARU had lost his will to create and began to destroy. To save the Multiverse the other power eternals had to slay him. Before he fell he told his executioners that when the age of creation had dawned again they would witness damnation thrice and then he would return to destroy it all. Raenil explained that the Tri-terrians were the damnations he spoke of. Raenil feared that ARU would soon return. Reanil would have told them more but elyssa urged him not to. By peering through their crystal balls the Luminaries discovered that Baalzebul had slain Asmodeus and had taken Asmodeus’s gauntlet and staff. The Luminaries left to hook up with the Kilnithians again. When they arrived the Kilnithians and another army were preparing for war. The other army was a dragon army from the world of Cardoa. They were lead by a diamond dragon named Orbalis. Maroo’helped the elven wizards open a gate to the abyss. The Luminaries and the armies foght their way through thousands of demons and finally came face to face with Ordathus. A massive battle ensued. The Luminaries were gainingthe upper hand when Ordathus teleported away. The Luminaries assumed that he was going for the Phalanx. They teleported to the astral plane and their suspicians were confirmed. Before them they saw dozens of gods battling to claim the Phalanx. Baalzebul won. He immediately slew Mephistopheles. Baalzebul stood victoius…almost. The gauntlet came to life and became Asmodeus. Asmodeus slew Baalzebul. 3 other gods leaped but Asmodeus slew them aswell. Ordathus came from behind but Asmodeus fended him off. Asmodeus commanded the Luminaries to finish him. The Luminaries slew Ordathus. After Ordathus died the Luminaries noticed that their surroundings had changed. They now stood atop the pillar that sigil revolved around. Floating above them was 4 power eternals. One of them was the lady of pain. Asmodeus stood accross from them with the Astral Phalanx in hand. Asmodeus pleaded with the figures above to no avail. He relized that the conflict would have to be decided now. He attacked and slew Gridlock. He also destroyed one of the Archons. The heros tryed to attack him but were inaffective. Asmodeus then went to attack Lithius but Lithius was ready. He held the black heart out to take the blow. When the Phalanx hit the heart Asmodeus and the Phalanx were destroyed. The black heart was also destroyed. ARU would never return. The Luminaries had fulfilled their quest. After the heros returned to the citadel they opened a scroll case which they had found in the beginning of the module. Inside was a message from Asmodeus. It prophecized his return. With their cause fulfilled the heros returned the archons to the vault. Then they hid the oracles. Brom created an eternal servant named Ezekiel to be the knew care taker of the citadel. The Luminaries sealed the citadel.

The End…

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