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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 465920" data-attributes="member: 41">"Friends 'till the end . . . the end!"Epilogue:  The stream sees only its banks, and does not believe in the field beyond the trees.(or, All stories have endings, but all lives do not. )Jespo is at first startled, then ecstatic to sense movement from the bag containing Fräs’ remains.  Suddenly, a familiar fuzzy head emerges from the bag, and nuzzles Jespo!  Nuzzles?Fräs looks the startled wizard in the eyes and coos, “Oh, Jespo, I’m so glad to see you!”A celestial cat.  Kind, nurturing and supportive.  The sort of familiar any mage would love.  Jespo curses the archon for a double-dealer and thrusts the bag from himself.  “Who are you, and what have you done with Fräs?”The party is met outside of the Temple by Furyondian forces, too late to render assistance, but a welcome sight nonetheless.  The Temple is scoured, and any humanoids and priests who did not flee Zinvellon’s assault are put to the sword.  The PCs are taken to Chendl, capital city of Furyondy, and are the centerpieces of a national holiday that rivals even the celebrations following the Great Northern Crusade.  They are feasted and well rewarded, and invited by the King of Furyondy himself to winter in Chendl, as honored guests of the state.Esril is given a post as a Master Instructor in swordplay for the royal family.Ethel is introduced to a celestial patron close to Belvor who can help her better understand her sorcerous ways.Gnomer presents the body of his son Gnomishic to the Clergy of St. Cuthbert for resurrection.  Finally, the family of Gnomer, Gnomishic and Gnomio are reunited.  Further, he establishes political ties between Furyondy and the gnomish community near Hommlet (of which, he is now the eldest surviving gnome, and therefore H.G.I.C.).Heydricus is made a Knight of Veluna, and engages in some interesting high-level talks with His Inimical Magnificence, Halrond the Fourth, (Stalwart Master of Tritherion, Lord Protector of Chendl, etc.), temporal head of the church of Tritherion in Furyondy.Jespo is appointed as the personal advisor for Thrommel, crown prince of Furyondy.  He has since made peace with Fräs, and credits his new familiar for acting as his moral compass.Keriann quietly accepts her accolades, then returns to her nunnery in Veluna, stating that all of her worldly achievement is due to St. Cuthbert.Prisantha is invited to winter in Chendl, and study at the Crown’s School of Magic.  (She swiftly buckles down to learn feeblemind.  Mwah, hah, hah.)  As a gesture of reconciliation, she gives Jespo the ring of mighty conjurations she swore he would never get.Ren Qi and C’min are inducted into the Knights of the High Forest, a chivalrous organization of elves dedicated to fighting Iuz.Aelniir, Ahlana, Anton Flamehair, Augustin, Daniere, Egil, Gnomishic, Isuld, Lady Amyryth, Little Leaf, Lucius, Pippin, Reysnole, Rose, Suhe and Tisha rest quietly in their shallow graves.Thus ends the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil.</blockquote>

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