Mad Dash and Bloodbath

Remember the Titans
Date	6/5/2026
Storyteller	Slayzo
Tier	Legendary
Player Characters	Vara,Melfyra,Kali
Rewards	400 xp, 70000 gp, Mythic Weapon Potency Rune
Result	Success
Author	Melfyra
Downtime	4

We head out to break the siege on the New Heavenly Council. I entrust the shard of Gorum to Vara to attempt to cleanse it, as per Anei-Ra's suggestion. I remember seeing a large oni and daemon presence, as well as some knightly creatures on my previous visit. The miles and miles of battlefields are still just as ominous as they were when I saw them last. We try and fly into the pagoda from the top to infiltrate the siege, but watchmen from the council start shooting at us. Vara diffuses the situation and explains that we're here to help. I can't understand what they're saying, but I think it worked? Kali got separated from us. An important-looking Nephilim, I'm guessing a general, approaches us. There seems to be some tension between him and Vara. The general gives me a chance to cast translate on myself so I can join the conversation. His name is General Chenre, and he's Vara's brother. That and the fact that their father seems to have a high-ranking position here seems to be why Vara's so tense about this. After we find Kali and get a good look at the situation, we split up to start helping. I head to the medical area to help the wounded, while Kali and Vara head to the wall. Once I've gotten most of the wounded back in the fight, I go to assist the catapult teams by blessing their stones in Cayden Cailean's name. I then see a bunch of flaming tornadoes on the other side of the wall, from what I assume is Vara setting the sanctified booze these stones are launching on fire. After healing another group of injured, I hear a commotion as Kali casts Falling Stars, so I decide to join in with a falling stars of my own. When I get to the wall to cast it Vara's slicing a bunch of obscisidaemons to ribbons. When there's a lull in the fighting, I take a moment to check with Vara to see how the shard's doing, and it seems to like the fact that he was diving headfirst into the battle. We're on the right track. Chenre says we can expect Man Slayer to show up and try and claim a soul. They usually send a sacrifice to appease it, and we're confident that we can at least repel it. We're offered a comfy room to rest up before he shows up, the final resting place for the sacrifice they send out. A second siege breaks out, and as we get on the wall, we see it. Man Slayer says we're his prey, and request we show off our weapons and state their names. I hadn't really come up with a good name for mine since it's mainly for self defense. It doesn't take long before the fight starts. Kali isn't able to leave a dent on him, but Vara is. I have a theory as to why that is, so I try stabbing him. It's more effective than Kali's attacks. It looks like he's vulnerable to my connection to the shard of divinity and Vara's sword, there's much to research there. When Man Slayer hits me with his glaive, I can feel it searching for something. I'm not sure what, but I can tell it's looking for something that isn't there. I take a really nasty hit while trying to make sure Kali doesn't die, and I get knocked out. I wake up a bit later with everyone looking in rough shape, and I feel like I'm missing a part of myself, I can tell that last hit did something to my soul. Is this what it feels like to be afraid of death? Man Slayer offers to let us go if we offer up information, but didn't guarantee Vara's survival, saying he "still wanted a weapon". Man Slayer's looking shaky, and I can tell we're at the point where he's nearly at some sort of shift, so I try and heal Vara, and get knocked out again. When I'm awake again, Man Slayer's gone, and there's a roar of applause. Vara did it. The shard of Gorum seemed to revel in that fight, as we could visibly tell its corruption was gone. It's only logical that Vara holds onto it, since he earned this. The New Heavenly Council pays us in a generous ammount of gold, and gives us another runestone like the one Vara put on his sword after our expedition to the Glass Desert. Kali holds onto it to look into it more. This encounter taught us a lot, and I have no doubt we'll see Man Slayer again. We'll be more ready next time.