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The session picked up at the moment Mizella, Goddess of Vengeance, successfully crossed the divine barrier of the Arafora Sea by using Red Flint as her conduit. With Flint transformed into the embodiment of Vengeance, the battle began. Before turning on the party, Mizella immediately demonstrated her new power by killing the Marauder leader with a single attack. There seemed to be no particular reason for it other than testing the strength she now possessed. With the situation clearly beyond what they had expected from their Heroes Guild quest, the party attempted to flee. But Abby stopped them. Instead of allowing everyone to run, Abby entered an incredibly powerful magical state. Her connection to the Sands of Time fully manifested, and one by one the adventurers were absorbed into her. Together, they became part of Abby, temporarily uniting as the true power of the Sands of Time. With this combined strength, they turned back to face Mizella. A difficult battle followed between the Sands of Time and the Goddess of Vengeance. Despite Mizella's divine power, the party eventually managed to overcome her. Their final attack succeeded, but Flint's body could not survive it. Red Flint died. As his body fell, a mysterious dark entity was seen leaving him. It flew away from Flint's body before disappearing into nothingness. Whether this was Mizella herself or something else remained unclear. There was little time to investigate.The battle had destabilized the lair, and the entire cave system began collapsing around them. Everyone ran for the exit while Juulia Troski used teleportation magic to get Flint's body safely out of the cave. The party escaped just before the lair collapsed.
Outside, they desperately tried to revive Flint, but nothing worked. Their attempts at reanimation failed until someone remembered one of Flint's magical possessions: the Infernal Heart. They placed the heart against his chest. Because Flint is a Fire Genasi, his body began absorbing it. The Infernal Heart lost its magical properties as its power transferred into Flint, becoming part of him. Then, after being dead only moments earlier, Flint's chest moved again. Red Flint returned to life. With their mission complete, the group returned and reported back to the Hall of Heroes. Their investigation of the Lair of Vengeance had turned into something far greater than expected, but they had completed the quest and stopped Mizella's attempt to establish herself within the Arafora Sea. As a result, the party was officially admitted into the Heroes Guild as Level 1 Heroes. They were also introduced to the opposite end of the guild's hierarchy: a party of legendary Level 20 Heroes, the highest rank obtainable within the organization. To their surprise, Meliam, the friendly archer who had originally helped them choose their quest, was herself a member of this elite group. Having survived a fight against a goddess, lost and resurrected one of their own, and earned their first official rank as heroes, the party returned to King Nevalon's castle. Session ends.
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