Primer:

• Orcus is hosting an extremely outlandish and decadent party in honor of a new allies and good fortune.
• Zuthnagoti recently returns to the Abyss from Esperian, a material plane that he had fled to years ago, hoping to make an alliance against Graz’zt, his previous employer. The Dark Prince betrayed Zuth and left him for dead at the hand of three Miriliths in the service of Pale Night. He fled away through a one way portal to the unknown land, arriving in a swampland dominated by a large tribe of Lizard folk. These Lizard folk were having problems with their ruler, a Female Green Dragon by the name of Midori, and sought Zuthnagoti’s help to over throw her. At the last moment the Zuthnagoti decided to use the Dragon instead of killing her. He confined her body to the caves of their home and forced her to produce a clutch of Half-Dragon Lizardfolk, before her will to die won out.
• Fargo is attempting to hunt down Malar as well, and has attended the party posing as an enticing Succubus. Fargo needs to seduce Malar away from Baphomet for a short time in order to take the fragment from him. Baphomet can be persuaded into leave though multiple methods. Should the party not succeed they will see the Succubus convince Malar to hand over the fragment and gives him something as well, apparently a poisoned knife to the chest.  Fargo reverts back to his normal Human form and leaves running down into the city with.
• Joel has been freed from prison by Torin, and offered command of the Band of the Mind. He is here to bring kill the Keeper. You still do not know who his employer actually is.  

Now:

• Caps has safely transported to the other side of the unstable portal using a Dimension Door spell.
• A Shaded Golem drops down from the pillars above and more of the shadow creatures come out toward the players.
• On the other side the party in taken aback by the extreme cold, and negative energy (+2 every hour, without shielding). They are in a short cave inside a set of battlements along the Final Hills. These battlements are connected to Lachrymosa. When they emerge from the cave they come at the top of a large cage like maze of broken stone, mesh, and the barbed wire of long destroyed buildings. This section of the city has powerful anti-magic properties. Beyond they can see an impressive looking Demon city, with unnatural curves and spikes, fully aglow with fires and activities. To their right is a snow covered wasteland forming a mountain of gargantuan bones, below in eerie site as steam rises from the River Styx, meandering past the battlements off into a see of ice. The river has melted a path through this frozen land down to a large, but apparently desolate village. A foggy haze is what prevents viewing anything farther, as the land does not curve. It is not long before they are spotted and several Arrow Demons come out of now where DC ## to spot with Dark Vision. Battle starts there…

Later

• Running up to the castle they see the a few other passages up, and possible over the wall, along the Final Hills.
• Once they make it in they hear a small scuffle in the distance. Around the bend they encounter Joel.

Joel

• Rising quickly from the fallen body of a large dead white skinned demon the familiar face of Joel looks over at you. “Well, was wandering when you would show up.” Party inevitably starts to attack. “Hold it right there, no need to be hasty.” As the second form of two other creatures come into view comes into view right next to him. Joel, looking at the group quizzically, “I understand that you want to kill me? Well, all in good time, right now we have a party to attend.”
• “There are mutual factors for both of us as to why we should attend. The most pressing reason for you right now is that Malar is here right now, as a matter of fact, he is a bit of a guest of honor”
• “Why, you are in Thanatos my friends. This is the domain of the Undead King Orcus, a title I think a mutual enemy of ours would not take too lightly. I welcome you to the Abyss, may you one day see your way out of it”
• “Also, rumor has it.” Joel comes in low to feign a whisper. “I hear old fat belly has got himself a new guest. Someone that has been quite forthcoming with information pertaining to something big, something so big all the legions of Thanatos have been gearing up for an invasion. All that commotion means something bad for everyone back home.”

Here is how it all works:
Most of the lords of the Abyss seem to know about the existence of the Esperian. However, due to certain precepts governing the realms only a few being from the Abyss can ever enter at the same time. For those that do their life force is extinguished permanently, so few have ever dared. Normally when a Demon dies their life force just goes back into the ether of the Abyss and they are reborn as Larvae or something more powerful. Death is only a learning experience for them.
            That has all changed now. The multi-verse of gods have discovered a loop hole of sorts, it requires them to open the barriers, and thus removing the seal around Esperian. The gods that rule over Esperian are not true deities, they never really intended themselves to be worshiped in the first place. They “Were” only powerful being that were the first creations upon that world. Most of them died off a long time ago, the rest continue on, listening and answering the prayers directed to them.
Now we go back to the real problem at hand. When these barriers are broken and the gods are able to come in and claim more followers, there will be nothing protecting the Esperian from the Hordes of the Abyss. Because now they will be reborn if ill should fate them in that land. Not to mention the fact that the worshipers of the Esperian Pantheon are blasphemous heretics worshiping false gods, and need to be smited.