Greek Gods Epic Campaign!

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Day 1: told by Lobo, the son of Apollo

All of the youngest children of gods were summoned to a secret arena for training. Here we met a lot of cool people: daughter of Aphrodite, son of Ares, son of Hades, and many others. We were expecting to fight each other or some kind of magical beings. Instead, we ended up fighting a bunch of huge undead monsters. I stayed back and launched arrows at the largest monster, trying to disable his limbs and waste his blocking abilities. Everyone else charged into melee combat, except another archer and two spell casters.

The undead slammed, punched, and wrecked a few god children, even broke some bones, but the rest held their ground. The son of Hades began controlling the weaker undead monsters and made them kneel down to his feet. The son of Ares fought the biggest undead monster head-on, taking multiple blows and coming back for more. By the time the son of Hades took control of all the weaker undead, I had managed to disable all the arms and legs of the biggest undead monster. The god children all teamed up and destroyed the final undead monster.

All of us survived, until Hades himself appeared in the middle of the arena. It was so fast...we never stood a chance. He blasted all of us with three Wail of the Banshee spells. Everyone died except a god child who was an undead himself. Hades smiled, looked at the boy, and instantly took control of him, making him his new slave. The boy tried to resist, screamed, and suddenly grew quiet.

Even though we were all dead, we were able to see what was happening to the boy and we heard Hades speak to us. He said "Remember, you're all still children, you're weak".

We all woke up in the Underworld, the realm of Hades.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

I am a bad-ass! In Hades realm, I proved myself to be the smartest and strongest of all the gods' children. Hades forced all 20 of us to fight each other in order to prove our worth and capability of leadership. I told Hades this battle wasn't necessary, but he insisted.

As soon as we started, I fired multiple limb shot attacks to disable people and then teleported to the far edge of the battle. From there I continued firing arrows and teleporting away whenever enemies came near me. I also used telepathy to obtain allies. I befriended Crystal, a water elemental/mermaid and daughter of Poseidon, and together we beat everyone else. Using my blind-sight of up to 60 feet radius, I kept warning Crystal of incoming attacks so she could protect herself and stay alive. But when it got down to just the two of us, Hades forced the battle to continue, so I had to kill Crystal. As a reward, I received a black pearl with immense unknown power.

Nobody really died since we were already dead and in the Underworld. Truthfully, I don't mind most of the others dying, but Crystal is a powerful and beautiful water magic spell caster. I want her on my side at all costs. I also wanted Skulldrick (son of Hades) and Big Bob (son of Ares) on my team. Thankfully, Skulldrick convinced his father to put us together on a team and everyone else got put into their own separate teams.

Hades sent us all back to the surface world with a mission: to promote paganism and the Greek/Roman gods. He wants us to convince people to follow our gods and get rid of those who promote Christianity. While traveling to Florence, Italy, powerful angels of Christianity attacked us and permanently killed some of the gods' children. Thankfully I was able to teleport our team away and we eventually made it to Florence safely thanks to my knowledge of geography.

Once we entered the city, things got boring for me. I'm all about the hunt, but we were sent to "meet" a famous politician. I took every chance to escape with Crystal. She loved water, so I teleported her a few times to lakes and rivers. We had fun, talked, swam, flew, and even got attacked by giant alligators. I also played my harmonica for her, but a bunch of assassins attacked us and we had to teleport away.

Skulldrick captured an assassin and questioned him. We got information and learned of his whereabouts. Skulldrick pretended to be a teacher in order to interview the politician about politics and city issues. It was a boring way to end the day. I can't wait to bash more heads and play my harmonica!

[bigbob]

Session 1 - 2/15/2014
The year is 1513, and Maximilian I, is currently the Holy Roman Emperor. Paganism, which had been run out in the 4th century by Christianity while Emporer Theodosius, one of the first Christian emperors, was in power. He outlawed the pagan cults and forcibly closed all the temples of Zeus. It seemed to be vanquished forever, until most recently, roughly 1100 years later, the Italians renewed their interest in the ancient world. The old myths were recovered from the musty libraries of the Christian monasteries where the ancient books of myth had been secretly stored for centuries!

With this motion in effect, some people began to believe in paganism again; enough to revive the gods from once upon a time and give them power once more. However, not enough people believed and thus they were not powerful enough to reinstate their position. They needed to spread their word as best as possible to gain strength and power, but without being seen or heard . All immortal beings (Gods, Titans, Heroes, Monsters, etc.) were incapable of spreading the belief or were instantly thrown into the depths of Tartarus. Any other immortal who aided that individual would be forced to join them for eternity, even Hades, who controls the underworld. Thus, they needed help from mortals in order to do the job. They needed their own heroes to rescue them from their prisons. They needed powerful, intelligent, motivated beings - they needed decedents of the gods!

Luck was in their favor, and an old compound still existed where some of these decedents could be found. They were never allowed to leave the compound or they would be killed by a magical force which they believed was cast by another - far greater power, so few ever dared to try. They were locked there for centuries, and thus many of them eventually had incestuous relationships, resulting in powerful monsters and very potent diseases that eventually morphed some of these beings into a magical creatures.

The newly awakened gods admired their abilities and developed a plan to rescue these souls and put them to work. However, Hades had his own plans. He wanted to be the king of the gods and decided to make the first move. He saved his energy, and when the time was right, he blasted his energy so that he could make a short visit to the surface to claim as many of these beings as he could. Unfortunately for them, in order for him to be able to do so, he had to kill them and wait for them to line up at the gates of the underworld. But at least he was kind enough to make sure to leave coins in all of their mouths for Charon to Ferry them to him in the afterlife.

When they awake in the underworld, they must move through the treacherous path to reach the gates. On the way they must compete with a Christian Angel named Balthazar , and his super blocking minions. They claimed to kill the team and send them to Christian hell. They were too strong for the new youth and were going to follow through on their threat, but they were rescued by a moment where an old friend of Balthazar arrives who previously thought Balthazar was dead. His name is Castiel and as much as he is happy for seeing an old friend still alive, he is terribly upset that he was lied to. This was the moment for the party to escape. They however, lost 4 of their group during this short battle.

It's Hades intention to weed out the weaker of the remaining 16 candidates and then send the victors on a path to the living world to spread his name. He starts off by promising them life and an opportunity to go to Elysium if they help, or immediately to the depths of Tartarus if they deny. They held a Free For All to the death (which means very little since they're already dead) to determine the captains and teams. Before battling they are already dead. After battle, they are living again (granted by Hades). However, Skuldric doomed one of his companions by corrupting his body and taking him as an undead slave - leaving his soul with no body to inhabit. Hades happily added this being to his collection. Captains were selected based on the battles and given a black pearl that will one time "become what it needs to be when needed most".

On their path to living Earth (only ever done by two others before), they must compete once more with Balthazar and this time unfortunately with Castiel. The 3 newly formed teams broke away individually and found a way to teleport or escape to the plane portal. They dove through the portal and were pleased to see that the angels could not follow them through. Unfortunately though, they were not quick enough and they lost another 3 of their group. By the time they made it out, they were down to 12, split into 3 teams of 4.

They were tired, beaten, scared, and weak, but this was their first time outside of the compound that they've lived all their lives. This was the first time they could live freely and Hades had granted them this opportunity. They decided to rest and prepare for the next day, where they would split up and go to the three cities of Italy that Hades directed them. But right before leaving, the captain of one party decides to investigate the black pearl given to him. The moment he touched it, it began to engulf his right hand. It took over very quickly but did not appear to harm him. He claimed to feel stronger, but he also seemed to have lost a little control of himself in turn. The other two captains feared what this could do to them, so they dared not touch it until they had to. One even tried to pawn his off on his ally, but it didn't work for them and the burden was still on him to carry it; Oh the joys of being Captain.

The stronger of the teams (Main characters) was sent to Florence to find Mario Auditore. The Middle was sent to Rome to investigate Rodrigo Borgia. The weakest (also the one whose captain was now plagued by the black pearl) was sent to Venice to find the "Man who has no name".

Team 1 made enough progress to award them the opportunity to meet Mario Auditore and his brotherhood of assassins. It seems that he covers it all up by using his political power. He is even currently running for mayor of the city and at that point his guild would become very powerful - maybe even enough to push a country into Paganism if they wanted to. They are Christian but open-minded unless it involves their arch-enemy, the Templars . Mario has a hunch that even though he was lied to in order for one of the team to meet him, that he may have use for their power and disconnection from his brotherhood. He is confused however, why some person named Hades was mentioned. It meant nothing to him; obviously it seemed important so he decided that he would first study this new militia and make sure they shared the dame goal - the demise of the Templars and to save humanity from itself while maintaining free-will. He assigned his finest assassin, Ezio, to watch over them. He sports a white cloak in lieu of the black ones his younger assassin brothers wear.

After a long couple days and difficult events, the party rested once more. While they did, they had news reports from their allied teams in Rome and Venice. Neither were very successful in finding their objective and to make matters worse, the captain of team 3 now had the black pearl wrapping all the way up his right arm - rendering him very powerful but very angry.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Today was fun and interesting. I met up with a new character named "The Harlequin". He's a shadow hunter who casts nature magic and is very clever. He created small forests all over the city of Florence! Buildings were covered in trees and people were panicking. However, a few key locations were safe from harm including the medical building, city guards station, and a few other places.

While all of this was happening, I decided to go hunting down wanted criminals. I did some snooping around, intimidated a few criminals, and found the locations of three different murderers. I killed them along with two drug dealers. After killing them, I would teleport outside the city and then walk back inside. The watchman at the city entrance started asking too many questions, so I became friends with him, gave him a gold piece, and brought him a steak sandwich.

The last murderer was a hooker named Barbie. I went to the local strip club and that's where I met "The Harlequin" for the first time. He planted seeds inside people's brains, which allowed him to mind control them and give us valuable information. A stripper who was mind controlled by Harlequin took us directly to Barbie. We teleported into her room and began fighting her.

I disabled Barbie's arms, but she used stealth magic and cast Telekinetic Sphere. I couldn't touch her, but Harlequin jumped into my shadow and appeared inside the sphere behind Barbie! Harlequin created 21 spore mines inside her sphere and then jumped out of my shadow. I started laughing at Barbie as wild explosions completely vaporized her inside the sphere.

We returned to our friends at the local inn, drank tea, and talked about our adventures. Then I got the brilliant idea of going back to Lake Placid to kill that damn giant-sized alligator. So we went and I asked Crystal to cast magic and severely lower the water level of the lake. Now the giant alligator had nowhere to hide. I shot countless arrows and she blasted ice attacks until the alligator was dead. We took its meat, bones, everything. We sold it all to the merchants back in Florence. I also crafted a nice alligator handbag for Crystal; she was delighted.

We returned to the local inn and soon an assassin named Ezio (working for Mario Auditore) arrived. He asked us to come with him to a graveyard. He told us the story of his family and then asked us to make a decision. We had the choice of going to a city to help defeat Rodrigo Borga (the kingpin of the Templars), or going to another city to help our fellow god children. Personally, I don't give a damn about the other god children.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We decided to go to Tuscany and shutdown Rodrigo Borga and the Templars. I teleported everyone about 1 mile away and we walked closer to the entrance. Skulldrick snuck inside using invisibility and Harlequin used shadow jumping. Harlequin sent us an animal messenger describing a safe area inside the city and then I teleported the rest of us inside.

We slowly made our way toward the Templar fortress, but we quickly noticed the increase in powerful guards and spell casters. This city was heavily guarded and well-protected. The group was unsure about what to do, so I started playing my harmonica. I put on quite the show and a large crowd gathered around to watch; they even gave me money. Crystal did a little dancing, but she wasn’t as impressive as my music, so people laughed and called her a cheerleader; I laughed on the inside as well.

My intention was to distract the public so the rest of the group could develop a plan to get into the Templar fortress. However, a Storm of Vengeance spell started destroying it! I knew the only person crazy enough to do this was Harlequin, but I couldn’t find him. Acid, thunder, lightning, rain, and heavy winds created chaos and panic amongst the people. Two strong men suddenly appeared next to me and said “Come with us”. Caught by surprise, but not dumb enough to stand still, I teleported Crystal and I away. Thankfully, Skulldrick found us and we quickly discussed a plan.

I cast a Fly spell on Crystal and then teleported us into the sky near the storm. Crystal created a Tidal Wave and sent it crashing into the fortress! Then Harlequin cast Earthquake and caused serious damage! Parts of the fortress came crashing down and there were now openings for us to enter. As we were about to enter, two strong men appeared next to us in the sky; they were the same two men from before. I was about to teleport us away again, but Skulldrick said we should go along with it; he believed these men did not want to kill us.

We suddenly appeared on Mount Olympus in the presence of gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Ares, and two others. They questioned us about our intentions and asked why we were totally destroying the Templar fortress. I admitted to them that our actions were a bit extreme, but Skulldrick and Harlequin said it was awesome. I can’t lie, I enjoyed it, but I don’t want it to be a daily occurrence. I also explained that we’re trying to promote all of the gods, but Skulldrick engaged in an argument with Zeus about being the king of all gods and accusing Zeus of being selfish and power-hungry.

The discussion progressed and soon the gods revealed information about the mysterious black pearls of power. I certainly did not want the black pearl because it causes people to become evil power-hungry maniacs. Zeus explained that it’s attuned to me and only my death will release me from it. However, he also revealed that the gods can make it change colors to have different effects.

We successfully befriended the gods and convinced them that we’ll try our best to promote all of them equally. Then they asked us where to be placed back into the world. We agreed to appear in Venice, where one of the god children has been completely taken over by a black pearl. He has killed and injured many people. In Venice, there are waterways and bridges everywhere. Luckily, they managed to raise the bridges and isolate the threat in a single area of the city.

The first thing I did in Venice was go to a medical ward. I cast Mass Heal and told them all to thank Apollo and other gods related to goodness and healing. Then I took Crystal to the most romantic and wealthiest restaurant in Venice. I paid for everyone’s meal in the whole restaurant, played wonderful music of Aphrodite, and got everyone to slow-dance. People were stunned and full of joy.

Afterward, we walked over to the most beautiful lake and went for a swim. We also flew in the sky and danced under the stars. Everything was almost perfect, except that Crystal was still hung-up on her boyfriend who’s stuck back at the compound with other god children. There’s nothing we can do about it because we can’t get inside and they can’t get out.

I comforted and assured her that we’d always be partners and help each other out. She agreed and then we both saw dancing lights on the lake. I started playing my harmonica and the lights responded by emulating my music. We got closer to the lights and two figures appeared asking us to go with them. We accepted and appeared on Mount Olympus amongst another group of gods: Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Dionysus, and a few others.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Crystal and I spoke with the gods. They want to have equal power, like a democracy, to rule the world. They don’t want Zeus or any single god to reign supreme and they want our help. They changed my black pearl into a yellow one and I put it on my hand. It’s beautiful, powerful, yet not overpowering. It suits me perfectly and enhances all of my natural abilities. I promised to help the gods and they sent us to Carrabolla, a place right next to the compound where they keep all the god children! They want us to find the unnamed man and he may help us get into the compound so that we can rescue other god children and gain their help for our cause. Crystal was also thrilled because she wants to see her long-lost boyfriend again.

Carrabolla was a large, open, and run-down place with farm land. We found a man spying on us and called for him. We spoke for a while, used water magic to take quick baths, and continued onward. After an hour or so, we found a cave with smoke and fire! We entered the cave, rescued a man, and put the fire out.

After a few minutes and discussion, the other man appeared and they both revealed their identities...Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Together, they were the unnamed men. Their goal is simple...find a way to enter the god child compound. They want to discover the magic and technology behind it all, but they also want to know more about god children and why they are being held captive there.

Crystal and I decided to help them find a way inside. There's a magic barrier around the compound, but maybe we can get inside through the underground or by some other means. Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo are going to create an invention that can get us inside, but we're going to help them find the materials necessary for it.

Hades spoke to me and commanded me to go help his son (Skulldrick) to get another pearl. I told Crystal to stay and I teleported over to Rome to help. Harlequin and Skulldrick were waiting for me. We teleported over to a group of men and Big Bob was there wearing the blue pearl!

We fought against him and his henchmen...it was a funny battle and I purposely chose to "take it easy". I shot arrows at the henchmen and helped to an extent, but I purposely stayed away from Big Bob and his trusty mage friend. Eventually, they killed Harlequin and that's when I decided to get serious. I disabled Big Bob's arms, then Skulldrick's spells and undead killed him. Skulldrick picked up the blue pearl and we both ransacked the corpses of our enemies for money and items.

[hauru]

First entry: Harlequin


Location: Florence
Mission: Usurp belief in orthox religion/reinstate paganism
Parameters: Ensure survival of several demigods
Disrupt society and trade
Remove hindrances
Kill agents of the enemy
Mission type: ongoing
Mission location limits: none

Mission given by goddess Hecate as of solstice. Mission has been accepted and will be executed.
Florence undefended by enemy agents, presence of multiple demigods confirmed. Agent chosen by employer:
THE HARLEQUIN, Son of Hecate (special circumstances: classified)

[hauru]

Second entry: The HARLEQUIN

Mission is continuing along projected path, Florence crippled but not undefended. Governor change in progress.
The symbol of Hecate has been distributed across the city, symbols untouched by chaos. Demigods have been located and it has been confirmed they are Greeks. Mission parameters dictate cooperation. First demigod encountered: Lobo, son of Apollo. Lobo aided in minor quest to hunt and slay bounties. Archer with preternatural sense and some degree of magic skill. Target too trusting, not fit to receive secrets. Second demigod encountered: Skull, son of Hades. Full name unknown. Skull is a highly skilled necromancer and diplomat, however, his obvious lack of experience may be detrimental if not dangerous. Target too dedicated to father, not fit to receive secrets. Third demigod encountered: Crystal, daughter of Poseidon. Talented mage but far too focused on her fathers domain of power. Target too attached to former lover, will be a major hindrance, not fit to receive secrets.

[hauru]

Third entry: The HARLEQUIN

Mission location moved, New targets acquired: Templars. Possible allies acquired: Assassins Order.
Entry into city too quick, on alert for enemy targets. Presence of extraordinarily powerful beings confirmed, speculation: gods in disguise.
No presence of more demigods. Target building improperly defended. Hidden location acquired and attack begun. Target building destroyed, enemy casualties unexpectedly high, collateral damage high, deaths count hundreds. Chaos now plagues targets in area. Intervention of gods in mission confirmed. New mission parameters, create more devotees to the Greek gods. Ne location:Venice. Sleep is required, upon awakening presence of demigods and black pearl confirmed and acquired. Land locked island too dangerous to infiltrate, turned into giant forest and burned down. Demigod Big Bob, son of Ares killing other demigods, mission target switched.

No further reports from The HARLEQUIN available.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

This is a side quest that takes place at some point in the near future. At this time, Harlequin has been reincarnated as a female shadow hunter named Nephalem. Skulldrick has a black pearl and I have my yellow pearl.

The gods asked us to explore an island where their magic and powers cannot reach. They gave us the exact location and I teleported our group. We appeared in a town with about 1,000-5,000 people. It was a prosperous and happy town full of humans carrying out their daily lives. I immediately got bored and went to the “security” building looking for wanted criminal posters. There were none! No wanted criminals, no trouble happening in the whole city!

Crystal and I went to the library to read about the history of this town, but once again, we found nothing of significant interest. We decided to try certain “activities” in an area of the library that nobody visits. However, people attacked us! They sounded like crazy cultists asking us to “join” them. I knew there was something fishy going on in this town. We got excited and leveled the whole library. We killed and blasted everyone out of the library with a tidal wave at the end of battle.

As we walked out of the library feeling victorious, we realized the chaos happening outside. Skulldrick was possessed by the black pearl and killing everyone! He cast multiple death spells, then created undead skeletons and attacked the town. However, 20 powerful people appeared and started fighting against Skulldrick. Crystal and I killed the melee warriors one-by-one by disabling their arms so they couldn’t block or reflect Crystal’s deadly spells. Nephalem used her shadow-jumping ability to jump in and out of hiding, killing numerous enemies with her kukri.

During battle, we realized who these “humans” really were…shades in disguise. They surrounded Skulldrick, began drowning him in quicksand, and cast deadly fire magic, but he somehow survived and teleported to a hiding spot. Then he created a powerful undead Devourer that he couldn’t control and unleashed it onto the shades. They didn’t stand a chance.

Meanwhile, a large group of warrior shades teleported on top of us! I blocked all of the incoming attacks, but Crystal got caught off-guard and they pulled her onto the ground. She got pissed! She froze all her enemies and Skulldrick used Time Stop to plant 6 delayed fireballs, killing all the enemies around her.

Once we defeated all of the enemy shades, Skulldrick’s raging Devourer started wrecking the whole town! We defeated all of the powerful shades, so the rest were certainly going to die. We didn’t have enough firepower left to kill the Devourer, so we rescued as many shades as possible and teleported them to Rome. We told them to live out their lives there and pray to the Greek Gods.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

After killing Big Bob and getting his pearl, demons came out of the ground, took Harlequin’s body, and escaped into a gaping hole. We jumped inside, went through a crazy super-speed magical pathway, and landed safely inside Hades’ realm. There we met with Hades and Hecate, a titan/goddess and mother of Harlequin. She forced Harlequin’s soul into his old body, but then severely altered it, causing intense pain for Harlequin while going through the process. I tried casting Regeneration and Heal spells to help reduce the pain, but my magic accidentally turned him into a girl! Thus, we now have a new reincarnated ally named Nephalem. She’s a female shadow hunter who fights by shadow-jumping in and out of combat with her kukri and sneak attacking foes. She can also cast shadow magic and healing spells.

We were ready to leave, so Hades placed us directly in front of the psycho guy with the black pearl! I came up with a devious plan. I directed the guy to multiple farming villages. He killed many people, but we saved many as well by getting them out of harm’s way, then preaching to them about all the Greek gods. My plan is multi-faceted. We want to destroy most farming villages so that the big cities (Florence and Rome) run out of food. Then we’ll find ways to blame the cities and eventually get them to go to war. We’ll all participate and promote all the Greek gods in different ways. This will not only be a lot of fun, but it will help us all gain power and reputation amongst the people and gods.

After destroying a few farm villages, we took a 4-hour break to sleep and rejuvenate. I lied to the psycho black pearl guy and told him that we would put up posters of him and Hades throughout the cities while he continued fighting. After the 4-hour break, we met up with the psycho black pearl guy in another farming village and betrayed him! We kicked his ass and Nephalem stole his pearl! Barbie, an assassin from a strip club whom we thought we killed in the past, joined the battle to kill us as well. However, Crystal froze her with ice and Nephalem placed a gem in her hand that stole Barbie’s soul!

Everywhere that we preached about the Greek gods, we also built a statue for Hades and placed special red gems inside them. We brought the dead corpse of the psycho black pearl guy to the Venice police authorities. I also donated thousands of gold to the families of victims who were attacked and killed by the black pearl guy. Lastly, we preached more about the Greek gods and traveled back to Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. They have been working on all kinds of inventions, including epic items to increase our powers. Things are definitely looking up for us.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We accomplished a lot, but it wasn't very exciting. We destroyed a few farm villages, helped the Templars with sick and wounded people, held a grand wedding for a random epic-level couple, obtained friendshield rings for myself and Crystal, and ventured onto the island where all the god children are held captive. We "rescued" some of them by killing them so Hades could resurrect them as his followers. However, Hades refuses to bring Crystal's boyfriend back to life because he thinks that he'll distract her...oh well, better for me

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We had a relaxing day, but night time is when things got exciting. I teleported Skulldrick to 30 different farms throughout Italy. Skulldrick blasted two fireballs at each farm and burned them to the ground. At the same time, Nephalem shadow-walked with Crystal to the ocean and she blasted multiple tidal waves at the Roman navy ports, completely destroying most of their ships and docks.

After everything, we all retreated to the inventors’ place near the god child compound. Surprisingly, the inventors were not there. We needed to sleep after our night of mayhem, but there were unusual storms brewing inside the god child compound.

I woke up a few hours later and read some of the inventors’ books while waiting for the others to wake up. The inventors hadn’t returned, so we figured they might have found a way to reach the god child compound without us. Nephalem took us there using shadow-walk magic.

When we arrived, there was death and destruction everywhere! God children were dying right and left as numerous angels were ravaging the place; this explains the mysterious storm clouds. We jumped into action, fighting angels and trying to save whoever we could. Unfortunately, a majority of god children had already died and more angels were appearing through “Gate” spells.

Our group is truly amazing; we all work well together. I disabled angels’ limbs, Crystal froze them, Nephalem sneak-attacked with kukris and grappled angels with magic, and Skulldrick ravaged enemies using death magic, “Time Stop”, and “Delayed Fireball” spells. To add insult to injury, Skulldrick even transformed a dead angel into an undead Devourer! One female angel was being raped by black tentacles from Nephalem’s shadow magic…

All was well until big trouble arrived. Balthazar, the all-powerful angel of God, appeared and instantly killed Skulldrick’s Devourer. He then teleported in front of both Crystal and Nephalem, grappled them, and started banging their heads together like drums. Thankfully, our Friend Shield rings allowed Crystal and me to share damage so she wouldn’t get significantly hurt. Nephalem touched Crystal, cancelled his shadow-walk spell for both of them, and they escaped from Balthazar.

I cast “Mass Heal” to cure everyone’s health problems and then we decided that there was only one way to defeat Balthazar. Nephalem and I gave Skulldrick our pearls and he combined all three together. He experienced a wild transformation where even Balthazar and his angels couldn’t hurt him. He became rainbow-colored and powerful.

Balthazar summoned an army of angels through multiple “Gate” spells and they all attacked Skulldrick! Fortunately, Skulldrick survived and the next event was unexplainable. I blinked my eyes for a second and saw the following: Balthazar was dead on the ground and both Hades and Zeus were standing victorious. Castiel, another powerful angel, appeared through a “Gate” spell and saw the horror. He picked up Balthazar’s sword and charged head-on against Hades and Zeus, but he didn’t stand a chance. They killed him almost instantly and the remaining angels escaped except one…the female being raped by black tentacles. Zeus asked her to convert to his religion or die…she was tired of being raped and death was not a great option, so she converted to Zeus.

The battle was now officially over, so Zeus departed. Hades was very angry! Apparently, Zeus absorbed the power of both angels, Balthazar and Castiel, and gained great power as a result. Hades severely scolded Skulldrick for summoning Zeus with a “Gate” spell. Skulldrick explained that he tried summoning Ares, but Zeus somehow interfered and entered the “Gate” instead. Soon Hades departed and we began healing and helping whoever may have survived in the god child compound. We helped professor fire and a few others, but many already died and went to Hades in the Underworld.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Today's session is a continuation of a side quest from a few weeks ago. We had rescued a group of Shades from an island being ravaged by an undead Devourer. We brought the Shades to Rome so they could live there.

Vikings are a pain in the ass, and my party members suck. Why you ask? Our friends, the Shades, wanted a new home. Skulldrick wanted a small island with people who were uncivilized and easy to control. I teleported us to an island near the northern tip of Britain. There were Vikings living peacefully on the island. They were busy fishing, crafting, trading goods, eating, etc. Eventually, they noticed and approached us kindly. Long story short, Skulldrick and Nephalem screwed everything up.

We could have easily worked with the Vikings. They seemed nice and willing to negotiate. However, Nephalem tried poisoning the Viking chief with unicorn tea (which makes people hallucinate). Then Skulldrick scared the Vikings by creating undead and threatening them. This led to a major battle. The Vikings all attacked us and 5 of them were riding dragons! We killed many Vikings and the chief's son, which led to further chaos.

The sky turned black and everyone who died came back to life. All 5 dragons combined together to form a colossal white dragon with an electrifying hammer. We heard the voice of Odin cursing and vowing to destroy us. The Vikings were now empowered by Odin. We almost died numerous times, but I kept healing our party. I also managed to disable the dragon a few times so he couldn't attack with his hammer. Skulldrick got desperate and summoned Hades for help. He only agreed to help us because the Vikings had Odin fighting on their side. So, Hades helped us kill most of the Vikings, but not the dragon.

Eventually we won the battle and a few remaining Vikings escaped. The island now belonged to us and our friendly Shades. There was plenty of gold, but I feel like we lost more than won. The power and knowledge of the Vikings and dragons are gone now. We could have used them to further our goals. Oh well. I kicked ass, helped the party, and looked good in front of Crystal. That's all that counts. Plus, maybe they have some books with more information about Vikings and dragons.

Funny story at the end here. During battle, Nephalem pulled a sneaky trick. She used magic to summon a shrine of Zeus onto the island. When the battle ended, Zeus used his power to provide brand new building materials for the Shades. Nephalem quickly tried convincing the Shades that all of this was thanks to Zeus and that no other gods helped. I really didn't care, but Skulldrick was pissed and they got into an argument over it...

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Back to main quest here folks. We helped people in the God children compound, then convinced many demi-gods to participate in the Greek Olympics! We teleported hundreds of god children to a village at the bottom of Mount Olympus. Here they signed up and will all be participating as athletes to demonstrate the power of the Greek Gods. Nephalem also started his plans to build a new city for the demi-gods on Mount Olympus.

Something else bazaar and annoying happened. Multiple demi-gods wanted to go adventuring and see the world. We decided to take five evil demi-gods with us on a dragon hunt. We teleported to a mountain range known for having dragons. We found an abandoned village and searched the houses for goods, maps, etc. Didn't find much until the last building. There were 10 bears and 3 baby dragons inside! We killed them all easily, but mama dragon soon came swooping in to kill us. Fortunately, we kicked her ass too.

However, our group got separated during battle and papa dragon attacked the weaker demi-gods. He grabbed them up, said a few words to us, and squeezed them to death. We tried fighting him briefly, but he was too strong for us and we didn't want the other demi-gods to die. We teleported back to the god children compound, but I vow to hunt that dragon down in the future and kill it.