Story 8/1/2021

The session started off with Eramendi attacking the group. He was flanked by 6 undead minions, who seemed to be empowering each other if they stood close together. Erevan immediately summoned a spectral dragon that breathed a cone of acid on Eramendi and several of the undead minions. Eramendi countered by dashing through the entire team, swinging wildly with his humming sword attacking everyone in sight. He dealt significant damage, aided by an echo of his sword that attacked each person hit from behind.

The undead minions piled on Lunashe, who had transformed into an air elemental, and effectively 1-shot the elemental dealing excess damage to Lunashe. Klon used his Channel Divinity to turn undead, causing 4 of the 6 undead to temporarily return to the living, and flee from Klon. Khaelis killed the two remaining undead, and after a few more back and forth blows from Eramendi, which included knocking Erevan unconscious, Khaelis dealt the final blow, racking up all 3 kills dealt that fight.

The 4 straggling undead were dealt with fairly easily, and the group found 3000g, as well as a powerful artifact for Lunashe on their bodies.

The group noticed the Serevictus was pulsing (they had initially gotten the Serevictus by defeating Eramendi the first time), and each put it on, receiving a new vision. Several of the group shared their vision with others, and almost all the visions were dark and ominous in some way.

Klon's vision included some revelations about Thorrak, which revealed that not only was Thorrak's mother apparently in the Order of the Raven Queen, but that she and Thorrak's father had given their lives to keep Thorrak out of the Order. The Raven Queen had apparently either betrayed their dying wish, or thought it necessary to recruit Thorrak anyway, because he was clearly in the Order. The Raven Queen also seemed to have some pull over Marsay, who was an old rival of Thorrak's (as well as Ustalar's father). Klon told Thorrak this info, and he seemed disturbed, but attempted to shirk it off and focus on the mission.

A well had appeared at the center of the Raven Queen's grove, and all in the order felt compelled to jump in. The group followed, and in doing so they found themselves in the Shadowfell again. They discovered Shadar-Kai disoriented and disorganized, roaming the Shadowfell without a leader. They made their way to the Fortress of Memories (where they had encountered the Raven Queen before), and it seemed to be deserted, other than a few lost souls. They then travelled to the southern tip of the Shadowfell to the ice castle called Letherna. This was where souls journeyed to throughout their time in the Shadowfell, and was the final stop before they were sent to their eternal resting place, usually in The Astral Sea or The Nine Hells. At Letherna, they noticed a huge battle taking place. Several hundred Shadar-Kai and members of The Order of the Raven Queen were fighting against a cadre of demons and nefarious folk. Orcus, the demon prince himself was leading a charge to break down the gates of Letherna (which would give him and his allies control over where souls went).

More importantly, down at the base of Letherna, the Orange Robe Crew was in a circle, creating some sort of portal or way gate that Nerull was emanating from. Nerull was extremely large, easily as tall as the castle itself, and he was fighting against a massive flock of over 100,000 ravens. The ravens had taken the collective shape of the Raven Queen herself, and the two gods were battling over who would be the god or goddess of death...

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