Saving the Fucking World 14-09-2025 [[Session 23|<- Previous Session]] ### Recap ### Summary The fateful battle with the Crones continues ever on. With the new arrival of the Evil Squad, the crones seem to have regained an upper hand in numbers. Claw, Callip, and Micra are kept busy fighting Majibili and his bears, Sven, and Allen. On the other side of the clearing, Smonk focusses on Willow and Boil. From a distance Drildo and Nibiru try to snipe off what they can but are surrounded by maw demons. Luckily they are aided Akhen. Goryn keeps his distance and helps around by buffing his allies. Near the portal Isembard and Blue fight off the reanimated corpses and maw demons with Nahele, but are soon interrupted by Snigg Snogg. The battle ebbs and flows onwards, seeming to never end. However, having burned through her deathward already, the party manages to fell Boil and soon after also Claw. With the crones and Evil Squad slowly being picked off, the tide seems to once again turn towards victory for the Snigg Squad. However, as everything seems to turn back around, a huge figure tears his way through the portal. Before the party stands a hulking beast known as a Krataz'za, a horde demon of Koth. Exhausted and spent, the party tries its best to damage the demon, but it seems impervious to a lot of the damage they can deal. In a panic, Isembard uses his wand of Ageing on Blue to turn the small wyrmling into a young blue dragon. In addition, he slams down the golden potion he had found in Boryn's tower, turning himself into a golden statue. With one man down, but one young dragon stronger, the Snigg Squad work together to face the Krataz'za managing to damage it severely. However, it soon becomes clear that so long as the portal is kept active, the waves of demons will keep on pushing through. Attuning with his senses, Smonk taps into his sight of Sarna and tries to feel out how the energies flow through the portal and the surrounding nature. Using his hands of healing, he plunges his arms into the portal to try and heal the rift through incredible Sarna control. Though Smonk is immediately tainted by his direct contact with the abyss, he manages to slowly close the portal, sealing off the horde of demons waiting inside. However, it is too late for Smonk himself. Using up all the life energy of his own body to heal the fabric of reality, he has drained himself of any sign of life. The desiccated body of Smonk crumbles and its remains are spread away upon the breeze. As the dust settles on the battle with the crones, the Snigg Squad takes a beat to take in what has just transpired. The party helps each other heal their wounds and Sven starts to repose the bodies surrounding the cursed altar. Nahele helps the Squad unpetrify Isembard. After a short rest, the party investigates the altar and portal. The altar seems to double as a tomb, in which lie three skeletons. One of the skeletons clutches a deep purple scroll, similar to the one used by Krazzir when they left Oreton. As the party debates who would reach for the scroll, Majibili is hit with a strong deja vu back to the night where the scry on the party was broken. Warning the party of his premonition, he encourages the party to not touch the scroll or disturb the skeletons. The party focusses on the portal. Though closed, the golden effigy still contains immense power and the summer solstice will be an unstable time. However, a wrong dismantling of the effigy could result in a large backlash of arcane force, possibly killing the Squad. Unsure on how to proceed, the party discussed their options, but how will they solve this problem... ### NPCs ### Loot [[Session 25|Next Session ->]]