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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 593386" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 78, ”Finder’s Fallibility“ , September 28, 1018, 6:45 P.M. </p><p></p><p>The demigod Finder Wyvernspur begins his tale, stating “After I left you we returned to Oerth, to the City of Greyhawk without any problem. The three heroes that you met gathered together several more of Mordenkainen’s associates, as I worked my energies to enter Mordenkainen’s mind to dispel the evil that had been implanted. That part was successful, but rather than the Morgarth evil dissipating, it took on the form of a being comprised of pure evil energy. This was not altogether unexpected, as the accumulation of evil often outlives the bodies of their mage hosts, which is how liches are formed. We had several high priests present for just such a situation, but were not prepared for what followed.</p><p></p><p>The Prince of Hell decided to intervene, and gated in fifteen devils to prevent the evil from being destroyed. A major battle followed, as six of the devils attacked the clerics and the other Greyhawk Heroes. The other nine devils, and the Morgarth evil, fled to another section of the city. The evil apparently had retained Mordenkainen’s memories, and led the nine devils to the hidden locations of his nine spell books. </p><p></p><p>Both Bigby and I soon realized that the other six devils fighting us were merely sent as a distraction, and teleported to where the Morgarth evil had gone. This caused them to panic and gate away with the Morgarth being and the books. We were only able to stop one of them. As we slew this devil, and then saw his spirit being pulled back to Hell by his master, I realized that the other devils had all exited in a slightly different manner. I remembered that the Lawful Evil plane of Hell is only directly accessible by the deities themselves, and not their servants. Since the other devils had left under their own power they had to return to Hell via a less direct route, through the Neutral Evil plane of Tantarus. </p><p></p><p>I plane shifted to Tantarus, where the evil that had been in Mordenkainen, and the eight devils, were in the process of crossing the River Styx. The river is ruled over by Charon, who I had previously befriended. I persuaded Charon to bring their boat to the adjacent Chaotic Evil plane of he Abyss rather than the plane of Hell. I then plane shifted to the Abyss, and threw up an illusion to make the Abyss resemble Hell to the devils until after they had exited the boat. The devils and Morgarth evil were now put them on my home turf, as the Abyss is where I defeated the Demigod Moander and absorbed his power. It is also the only place where my own power would be superior to that of the Prince of Hell, to keep him from intervening. </p><p></p><p>The Abyss is the realm for all Chaotic Evil deities, their followers, and the afterlife of those whose eternity is destined for these. The plane is home to over thirty deities, of multiple pantheons, as well as all demons. There are over seven hundred different levels in the Abyss, each one stretching for what appears to be an infinite distance. It was the 223rd level, known as Offalmound, which I had Charon bring them to. That was Moander’s home, which was comprised of a retched land of rotting vegetation and decaying bodies.” “How sweet, let’s skip visiting there,” comments Mojo. “Sounds like the place for Narg’s socks,” Cassie states. </p><p></p><p>Finder continues “Alas, yes, although Offalmound is hardly a place you would ever wish to see, it is also where Moander died and my power is at its strongest. From there I expended nearly all of my power to erect a barrier to prevent these creatures from leaving the Abyss on their own. That meant that the Prince of Hell could now only access them after if their physical bodies were destroyed, to call their spirits back to Hell. </p><p></p><p>I then notified the Tanar’ri, the Demon Army that polices the Abyss, that there were a group of Lawful Evil monsters trespassing on their Chaotic Evil realm. The Tanar’ri quickly converged on these monsters, soon destroying two of the devils. The other six devils and the Morgarth energy then fled from the Offalmound level. With my barrier erected they could only flee to other layers of the Abyss, so I assumed that it was only a matter of time before they would be caught and destroyed. They however proved very difficult to find, having completely vanished. </p><p></p><p>I knew that they had fled to an upper rather than lower layer, as several of the Tanar’ri from Palpitaltia, the 241st layer and home to the Bugbear deities Grankhul and Skiggaret, had seen them whisk through there. Other demon observers had witnessed them passing through the 281st layer as well. The Tanar’ri had massed their army, erecting a blockade on the 303rd layer of Sulfanoru, also known as the Smoking Realm. I was informed that as of then the devils and Morgarth evil had not traversed that far. </p><p></p><p>With that information I was then able to deduce where they had gone, and why I could not locate them. When we had left the Castle of Li-Tak Mordenkainen was under your Feeblemind spell, and was unaware of his surroundings. Apparently the suppressed Morgarth evil was not so hindered and observed exactly how I had traversed the sphere through its energy aperture to bypassed the anti-magic spell. He did the same where the Sphere intersected the Abyss, here on the 298th layer. I again contacted the Tanar’ri, and in addition to the massed troops on Sulfanoru, they set up another blockade of troops on the 297th layer, the one immediately above this one, known as the Sighing Cliffs. I then agreed to come here to flush these creatures out. </p><p></p><p>“So what exactly is this place?” Lannon asks. Finder answers “This level, and the two layers below are realms controlled by the two deities of the Kara-Tur (Chinese) Pantheon that live in the Abyss. It makes sense that the sphere would be in the section of the Abyss ruled by the oriental gods since it was in the orient on the Prime Material Plane. This layer is known as the Place of Disease, and was the original home of Lu Yueh, the God of Epidemics. Several millennia ago he moved to the 300th layer known as Feng-Tu, to be with the Tou Mu, the Goddess of the North Star. Despite his long absence from this realm it is still infested with fatal diseases. In fact, you would all have already died of fatal maladies if not for the Protection Medallions that I have placed on each of you.” “Note to self, don’t remove the badge,” Mojo mutters. Finder adds “Yes, and when you do return to your home plane the medallion will continue to protect you from all disease.” </p><p></p><p>“So everything we find here has been killed by disease?” asks Cassie. “For the most part,” Finder answers, “Some of the heartier species like the scraggly trees, weeds, and cockroaches survive here, but that is about all. Most creatures that you encounter on this realm are either oriental dead or oriental undead. There are also a few others, such as yourself and the Tanar’ri, who have been protected from disease by other Abyss deities so that they can survive here.” Cassie asks “Would the disease effect the devils and Morgarth?” Finder answers “The lesser devils will probably eventually succumb, the greater devils are more resistant. Morgarth has now taken on a powerful form that will totally protect him from the diseases.” “I don’t like the sound of that,” Mojo mutters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 593386, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 78, ”Finder’s Fallibility“ , September 28, 1018, 6:45 P.M. The demigod Finder Wyvernspur begins his tale, stating “After I left you we returned to Oerth, to the City of Greyhawk without any problem. The three heroes that you met gathered together several more of Mordenkainen’s associates, as I worked my energies to enter Mordenkainen’s mind to dispel the evil that had been implanted. That part was successful, but rather than the Morgarth evil dissipating, it took on the form of a being comprised of pure evil energy. This was not altogether unexpected, as the accumulation of evil often outlives the bodies of their mage hosts, which is how liches are formed. We had several high priests present for just such a situation, but were not prepared for what followed. The Prince of Hell decided to intervene, and gated in fifteen devils to prevent the evil from being destroyed. A major battle followed, as six of the devils attacked the clerics and the other Greyhawk Heroes. The other nine devils, and the Morgarth evil, fled to another section of the city. The evil apparently had retained Mordenkainen’s memories, and led the nine devils to the hidden locations of his nine spell books. Both Bigby and I soon realized that the other six devils fighting us were merely sent as a distraction, and teleported to where the Morgarth evil had gone. This caused them to panic and gate away with the Morgarth being and the books. We were only able to stop one of them. As we slew this devil, and then saw his spirit being pulled back to Hell by his master, I realized that the other devils had all exited in a slightly different manner. I remembered that the Lawful Evil plane of Hell is only directly accessible by the deities themselves, and not their servants. Since the other devils had left under their own power they had to return to Hell via a less direct route, through the Neutral Evil plane of Tantarus. I plane shifted to Tantarus, where the evil that had been in Mordenkainen, and the eight devils, were in the process of crossing the River Styx. The river is ruled over by Charon, who I had previously befriended. I persuaded Charon to bring their boat to the adjacent Chaotic Evil plane of he Abyss rather than the plane of Hell. I then plane shifted to the Abyss, and threw up an illusion to make the Abyss resemble Hell to the devils until after they had exited the boat. The devils and Morgarth evil were now put them on my home turf, as the Abyss is where I defeated the Demigod Moander and absorbed his power. It is also the only place where my own power would be superior to that of the Prince of Hell, to keep him from intervening. The Abyss is the realm for all Chaotic Evil deities, their followers, and the afterlife of those whose eternity is destined for these. The plane is home to over thirty deities, of multiple pantheons, as well as all demons. There are over seven hundred different levels in the Abyss, each one stretching for what appears to be an infinite distance. It was the 223rd level, known as Offalmound, which I had Charon bring them to. That was Moander’s home, which was comprised of a retched land of rotting vegetation and decaying bodies.” “How sweet, let’s skip visiting there,” comments Mojo. “Sounds like the place for Narg’s socks,” Cassie states. Finder continues “Alas, yes, although Offalmound is hardly a place you would ever wish to see, it is also where Moander died and my power is at its strongest. From there I expended nearly all of my power to erect a barrier to prevent these creatures from leaving the Abyss on their own. That meant that the Prince of Hell could now only access them after if their physical bodies were destroyed, to call their spirits back to Hell. I then notified the Tanar’ri, the Demon Army that polices the Abyss, that there were a group of Lawful Evil monsters trespassing on their Chaotic Evil realm. The Tanar’ri quickly converged on these monsters, soon destroying two of the devils. The other six devils and the Morgarth energy then fled from the Offalmound level. With my barrier erected they could only flee to other layers of the Abyss, so I assumed that it was only a matter of time before they would be caught and destroyed. They however proved very difficult to find, having completely vanished. I knew that they had fled to an upper rather than lower layer, as several of the Tanar’ri from Palpitaltia, the 241st layer and home to the Bugbear deities Grankhul and Skiggaret, had seen them whisk through there. Other demon observers had witnessed them passing through the 281st layer as well. The Tanar’ri had massed their army, erecting a blockade on the 303rd layer of Sulfanoru, also known as the Smoking Realm. I was informed that as of then the devils and Morgarth evil had not traversed that far. With that information I was then able to deduce where they had gone, and why I could not locate them. When we had left the Castle of Li-Tak Mordenkainen was under your Feeblemind spell, and was unaware of his surroundings. Apparently the suppressed Morgarth evil was not so hindered and observed exactly how I had traversed the sphere through its energy aperture to bypassed the anti-magic spell. He did the same where the Sphere intersected the Abyss, here on the 298th layer. I again contacted the Tanar’ri, and in addition to the massed troops on Sulfanoru, they set up another blockade of troops on the 297th layer, the one immediately above this one, known as the Sighing Cliffs. I then agreed to come here to flush these creatures out. “So what exactly is this place?” Lannon asks. Finder answers “This level, and the two layers below are realms controlled by the two deities of the Kara-Tur (Chinese) Pantheon that live in the Abyss. It makes sense that the sphere would be in the section of the Abyss ruled by the oriental gods since it was in the orient on the Prime Material Plane. This layer is known as the Place of Disease, and was the original home of Lu Yueh, the God of Epidemics. Several millennia ago he moved to the 300th layer known as Feng-Tu, to be with the Tou Mu, the Goddess of the North Star. Despite his long absence from this realm it is still infested with fatal diseases. In fact, you would all have already died of fatal maladies if not for the Protection Medallions that I have placed on each of you.” “Note to self, don’t remove the badge,” Mojo mutters. Finder adds “Yes, and when you do return to your home plane the medallion will continue to protect you from all disease.” “So everything we find here has been killed by disease?” asks Cassie. “For the most part,” Finder answers, “Some of the heartier species like the scraggly trees, weeds, and cockroaches survive here, but that is about all. Most creatures that you encounter on this realm are either oriental dead or oriental undead. There are also a few others, such as yourself and the Tanar’ri, who have been protected from disease by other Abyss deities so that they can survive here.” Cassie asks “Would the disease effect the devils and Morgarth?” Finder answers “The lesser devils will probably eventually succumb, the greater devils are more resistant. Morgarth has now taken on a powerful form that will totally protect him from the diseases.” “I don’t like the sound of that,” Mojo mutters. [/QUOTE]
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