Hi Sep,
In re-reading the last couple of updates, I'm wondering how far this story will go, leading to a couple of questions I hope you can find the time to answer, without (of course) spoiling anything for us.
Is your group still playing?
How far behind is the story hour from its current status?
How much of a risk is there to the PCs? For example, could any of them truly die, or at least be taken out of play permanently? What would the elimination of Eadric mean to the story?
With such a tremendous scope already in play (Nehael, the Adversary, Orcus, Shvar Choryati, (upcoming) Yew, Pharamne's Urn, numerous powerful transvalent casters, etc.), how much bigger do you envision or anticipate the story getting?
Also, just out of curiosity, Nehael (DvR 6) is protecting Tramst from Shvar Choryati (DvR 8). Is he actually safe for the time being from SC? If celestials disagree over his safety, its probably not a given.
EDIT: One more question, with multiple parts, on a very unrelated note regarding a very old event in the story: Back in the simpler days (!) when Shomei sent two Glooms to assassinate Graz'zt, how did she summon them (known spell, custom (transvalent?) spell, or something else), and from where were they summoned? Do they have a special place in your cosmologies or did they come from somewhere known (though maybe obscure)?
Thanks,
Justin