02/23/2023 Virtuous Age Session 37: That Got Their Attention, Still September 21st, and The Exhibition Before The Main Event.

We begin tonight’s session with the wave of magical energy that was released with the destruction of two artifacts. The legendary Rod of Cancellation and Tiamat's Grand Arena of Religious Awakening. The mythic wave of magic had a wide-ranging effect. Five of the cursed pillars released mythic power when destroyed. Weather one individual of a group of five or one zealot fanatic who gave up 5 mythic power points to this purpose, they immediately know something is awry- their mythic power restored. 

Obviously our antics does not go unnoticed.

When we regain our senses after the explosive release of mythic power we see the tower remains but removed from the plane associated with the ziggurat. After long ages past, the tower is now returned to the prime world; older than we remember it. Aevum has assessed an hour has passed, it remains September 21. 

Aevum realizes places like this were displaced during ages past and somehow over time became is mythic place. Aeveum now confirms this tower is from when our world was a demiplane.

We exit the tower and approach the veil to the ziggurat casting protective spells along the way.

When we pass through we are immediately in a storm. Streaks of black or purple color strike out at various points. We cannot see the Laketower house, but we can occasionally make out a large shape near the lake house during the brief flashes of stormlight. Our characters hear the wind and sometimes voices; in our heads is a prayer to Tiamat. Something is telepathically blasting the prayer. (-2 on concentration checks) 

On the SW sandy side there is obviously a sand storm foreshadowing a hazard for when our characters approach near the ziggurat. 

Suddenly the storm stops, seemingly held in time. We are the hit with negative energy. With our vision somewhat restored we see the multiheaded hydra at the LakeTower House including a number of undead- the ones we had fallen. 

However between our characters and the Hydra there are eleven individuals ahead - 4 half dragons and 4 knights of Tiamat, a fencer, a priest and finally ‘The Necromancer’.

Our characters defeat all save for the knights of Tiamat, 3/4 of them staggered for most of the fight and the 4th fucked up pretty bad. 

As we fight we see the undead have mounted the hydra and less than a minute away- two rounds away.