Bring on the Wonder (COT3-1e)

• Part of Episode: Daughter of Darkness (COT3-1)
• Part of Season: The Unseen Enemies (COT3)
• Part of Saga: The Coming of Twilight

Session took place on R 2/9/2012.

Description

Short version:

• Dealt with aftermath of the activation of the shadow weave
• Talked to D&H, convinced to take Lily
• Went to Atlantis, beneath Antarctica, to travel back to Toril
• Hung out on the moon
• Citadel under attack; Daedalus defends
• Confront Alisha in her starbase
• Alisha is reunited with Leshara; explodes
• Party regroups at the orphanage
• Meeting with Yaphyll at the old guild hall; she bares her secrets
• They decide to give Lily her freedom

Story

Longer description eventually.

Points to Ponder

• When Raithen summoned Leshara to Realmspace, Shar specifically and deliberately intervened to allow it. Why did she do this?
• Moments after Leshara and Alisha reunited, she/they were blown up by the Reality Bomb. Were they destroyed? Did they desire this? Did Shar?
• Lucia was able to set foot on Selune, looking for all the world like Her avatar. Does she worship both goddesses? Is there trickery at work?
• Why was the Stargate able to send the party back home unaided, without any help from magic, considering that they needed some sort of artifice/magic hybrid to reach Earth in the first place?
• Kara mentioned two topics she "needed to talk about" later, but only elaborated on one. What was the other?
• Did Dorian really jump through the portal after them, or was that just someone's crazy pipe dream?
• Who was Raithen's mysterious visitor? Could it possibly be Logan?
• What effect will Lily's weave have on Earth now that she has departed? Will magic fade in her absence?
• What exactly was Yaphyll talking about when she mentioned that she, Szass Tam, and "others" were working on "matters of great importance to the history of Toril"?
• Will there ever be another episode of that wholly remarkable campaign, the Coming of Twilight? Find out...if you can!

Rewards

For defeating Alisha, the genuine 40th-level boss:

• 36,000 epic xp each (new total: 102,000 each, level 24)
• Treasure TBD
  • 185,822 gp for this fight, and previous debt