Realms S1E98 Shadows of War

The Light Bringers follow hot on the heels of the 5-headed dragon Goddess. But can they handle her in her own lair?

Player Characters Present
Jeidobii, Torq, Cerise, Seian, Tormund

Synopsis
The Light Bringers follow Riha into a cave, seeing her apparently huddled down, as they begin to attack, dragons start to crawl from the ground. Jeidobii floods the battle field with bats while Seian takes on the dragons. Cerise attacks with spirit guardians and Torq mauls Riha with his axes. The battle is long and difficult, Seian felling the two dragons she summoned, Tormund attacking as a dragon himself. Riha brings the fury of her five heads on the whole party, but they manage to keep up the fight. At last Riha falls, her chest crushed by a shatter in a nod to Denahi's favorite finishing blow.

As Riha falls they see a black mist begin to evaporate and race out of the cave. Jeidobii chases it attempting to strike it with bolts from the lightning storm he had conjured, but to no avail. He yells for the mages holding the gates to hell to close it, but the mist escapes. The Light Bringers regroup at the gate, Tormund swooping in his dragon form to help clean up some of the demons attacking the armies of life.

A cheer goes up as the army believes Riha is vanquished, but in his panic Jeidobii shouts that Riha escaped through the gate. Concern spreads, but the Light Bringers press on, knowing that Riha most likely returned to the Orb. Drained after the long fight they try and decide what to do next. Cerise pulls out her cubic gate, wondering if they can go to Napha’s pocket dimension to gain more time, but realizes her cubic gate only leads to 6 planes. Jeidobii suggests just closing her eyes and pushing a button, as she turns the cube in her hand it transforms and becomes 12 sided, a gate opens and deposits them on the floor of Napha’s pocket dimension, who unperturbed simply asks what took them so long.