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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew Moreton" data-source="post: 8013448" data-attributes="member: 6920268">The Great Demon Lord HeistWith the Coaltongue on route to Drakr the Queen and associates departed dor Sid Minos using an Air Walk spell. They planned on investigating the vault recovering Ashima-Shimtu and also the other prisoners. When greeted on arrival with warnings of doom in Crisslyr they thought it likely that Ashima-Shimtu had given the ritual of Apothesis to Vitus the Godhand as she had intended to test the church and see if it could purify itself. They thought this may have not gone so well as though they had worked well with Vitus they realised he was just a little bit Zealous and may have done something dangerous. Then they put together the death of the devout follower of the God of Night in Risur and realised that the ritual must have been used, they were not sure how and spent quite a while trying to work out what was going on, when they were half an hours flight from the city and could have just gone and found out.Ashima-Shimtu also told them that they could find a biography of Triegenes in the vault and they were very interested in finding that.Eventually though they stopped their debate and the Trumpet archon turned up and brough along his celestial host including the Planatar Hexopherial probably the most lawful and hide bound planatar around. They learned he was going to cleanse the vault they tried testing him to see if there was any leeway and realised that he would purge everything, they did not ask about Ashima-Shimtu but did find out he intended to execute the angel Linia so that her heavenly essence could return to heaven and be reborn pure and unsullied by her prolonged confinement of the material plane. This was not their favourite idea but they by this time had come to the conclusion they only concession they would get was they would be allowed to recover the biography, and unless they killed the Reaper and his minions that was all they would get.So Manuel had a cunning plan, he would stuff Nevla in the Abusrdist web then being so sneaky it's untrue (stealth +63) he would creep into the vault once the door was open and reach the prison of Ashima-Shimtu before the angels did , blow the door down with a magically silent cannon and then he and Nevla would get Ashima-Shimtu into the Absurdist web and sneak back out so they did not have to discuss her with the angels. This was the plan they went with.William , Ulvaar and Padme went in with the angels to get the biography, and stood by as Linia, the Lilend and the poor architect were executed , they did recover the biography but I was surprised I had expected them to save Linia even if it meant fighting the Hezophiel but they did not. So all those boosted combat stats I prepared were not needed.Meanwhile Manual and Nevla easily reached the vault, it was speculated that by this point Manuel not so much becomes the night but becomes the secret hour after midnight. And Dammit I just realised I could have really messed with Manuel when the god of night was killed, thats an opportunity missed.They reached the vault door undetected and put a silent cannon shell into it just as the Archons sounded their trumpets to muffle the noise of the door collapsing. Then rushed in Nevla explained the plan to Ashima-Shimtu who accepted putting her trust into the pc's , with a large tower shield under her in case of mistakes Manuel in Mecha unhooked her, Nevla cast Heal and then they put her in the Web and sneaked out again while the angels were on the other side of the central vault. William and the others joined them and they used the Wind Walk to fly off elswhere to speak with Ashima-Shimtu and read the biography. They learned he had never used the ritual and they discussed it themselves and decided that the only thing they could justify using it for was the ritual on Axis Island and maybe not even then, pariticularly as the Ob will know their names and they risk getting their supporters killed , however they decided they could make  the decision later.  Speaking with Ashima-Shimtu they confirmed she was the one who gave Trigenes the ritual and that his example seemed to be combined with her imprisonment what had started her possible path to redemption, and she had given the ritual to Vitus to see if he could redeem the clergy , they all agreed the omens were bad. She asked to accompany them to see more of the world and try to understand mortals and their decisions, Nevla agreed the others went along but pointed out her appearence would cause problems , so she started to look like an attractive female Eladrin with strange eyes.They then discuss the situation in Alais Primos at length. At some point the God point out that it will take them half an hour in game and 30 seconds in real life to get some facts.They fly to Alais primos with Wind Walk and rendezvous at a nice little resteraunt with Morgan and the Family leaders, they also note the volcanic eruption , desecration of churches and burnign buildings as well as Paladins and Mobsters working together. The situation is explained, and fits with about half their speculation.  They decide that helping out will probably let them get someone in charge who will call back much of the army from the invasion plan, they decide that the other option of letting Crissilyr wipe itself out is too evil. They learn the ritual they want is in the great library and it has good defenses plus they need the secular and religous leaders to get what they need, conveniently removing the Godhand should allow them to get people in place who will let them get the ritual particularly as the clergy probably don't care about it. Although they realise the Arch-Secualar is Ob and think she may need replacing.Their preliminary plan is to put Tiegenese on trial and get him found innocent, they have good social skills and William can learn to be an excellent lawyer. However they think their chances will be better if they stick Legate Tullius in the Absurdist web. If they assassinate her someone will just ressurect her.They learn that the goddess of Oases is on trial in an hour or so, and decide to go watch the trial but decide they won't be able to intervene after discussing mad plans involving having someone hiding in the Volcano and catching her without being detectedI expect them to try and abduct the Legate at the start of next session and will work out where she is and what her security is like. They also tried to work out how to get the Arch-prelate to come back and cooperate with them but realised that was pretty much impossible</blockquote>

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