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== Epic Tier ==

Major Villain:  Asmodeus

=== Chapter XXI ===

After a year of tending to private matters, the parties downtime was interrupted by a call for help from Bilcore, a small town on the Zestern shores of Siverow. It's residents had seen signs of trouble brewing in The Forbidden Forest to the Zorth, and has sent several Heroic Tier NPCs to determine what was going on. When no one returned they called for help from Castletown, and the Princess sent her star Guardsmen, the party, who responded swiftly and surely, by hiring a group of Paragon Tier NPCs, who never returned. Eventually they decided to go look for themselves, and discovered a Devil worshiper cult operating out of the Forest. Along the way they discovered the Baby, who had no memory of who or where he was, but since he was a skilled rogue, they invited him to join their group. Also his amnesia presented them with the opportunity to scam him and make him do stuff. After stomping out the Devil Cult threat, the party was once again harassed by the Salvation Armies leader, Brenn Bahamus, who claimed responsibility for killing the cult. The part decided it would be easier to let him lie than argue, and they moved on. Not before Bahamus told them of the mercenaries he had hired to do the job for him, so he wouldn't have to break the vow not to enter Siverow, even if it was with the Princesses blessing. Hoping that a scrap of parchment he found in his pocket was connected to the mercenaries, the Baby asked the party to make a trip to the HQ.

Arriving at the Raven Wood HQ in a dark forest in the middle of the night may have been a bit unsettling for lesser heros, but the party was unshaken. They met with the guilds leader and determined that they were impostors. The supposed guild leader asked them to spend the night, and head out in the morning, and they agreed. With the knowledge that they were in danger, the party brought the fight to them, and discovered that the impostors were yet another Devil Cult. After an interrogation, they discovered that the cults had been contacted by their Devil Lords and ordered to do the things they had done, then wait. Asmodeus was rumored to have a new weapon to fight the Celestials, and they were doing these things to help him test it. After rescueing a few surviving members, the party met Thomas again, and he did nothing but act shady, tell them a few innocuous things, then leave. The party was a little confused, but decided to report back to Bahamus before making any more moves.

=== Chapter XXII ===
Back in Bilcore, the party discoveres that Brenn Bahamus had been given authority to operate on Siverow soil until the treats of the Devil worship cults had been dealt with. Since the party left for the mercenary HQ, the cults had started causing a great deal of trouble, and the Salvation Army was worried. Fortunatly, a large number of people showed up out of the forests around the town with similar stories to the Baby. No memories and skilled fighters all, they enlisted to aid the Army and were welcomed with open arms. They were dispatched to different sections of the area to deal with the cults, but many had not reported back. Bahamus asked the party to go look for them, and after a thorough search of the are, they tracked the enlistees to a Devil compound. They had been captured, but not by the worshipers, who were all dead. They were captured by Thomas. Thomas attacked the party, but was killed, and they rescued the soldiers, but were offered little explanation from Thomas for his actions. Only that he "wasn't going to watch another world die because someone was afraid to do the right thing."

=== Chapter XXIII ===

Returning once again to Bilcore, the Party learned that a massive gate had been opened near Castletown, and on the other side, Hell. Making their way there, the party and The Nimbus get ready for a fight. The new recruits formed the front line against the impending attack. When the devils came, they came in force, and the invasion was quick and bloody, even though not a single Hellish hand struck mortal flesh. Asmodeus himself led the attack, and with a wave of his hand, he destroyed all of the new recruits, who he referred to as his children. He made a point to single out the Baby and offer him his rightful place at his side, as the new weapon that won the war against Celestia for him. With the massive influx of evil souls, Hell was able to overthrow the Celestials once and for all, and now the Material Plane belonged to the devils. But, as the Lord of Hell attempted to exert his control over the plane, something stopped him. The war was not over, at least one Celestial had survived, and until they devils found it, the Smearth could not be theirs. Asmodeus ordered his forces to tear the plane apart looking for the survivor, then retreated back through the portal. In the face of the nightmarish horde that faced them, the party and Brenn Bahamus decided it would be better to run than be killed fighting. They boarded the Nimbus and set course for the Smoon, pursued by devils hungry for destruction. The Nimbus and her crew fought bravely, but in the end, right before reaching her goal, her dark matter engines were badly damaged. The ship went into free fall, a ten minute long free fall that gave most of the crew and the party time to escape. All except Brenn Bahamus, who remained on board to pilot the ship into the gate that linked Smearth to Hell, even if only temporarily. The Party made a dash for the Smelevator. When it's doors opened Thomas greeted them, kicking a large Earthy device out the door. As the Party climbed in and started to make their way to the Smoon, a huge explosion rocked the ground below and severed the link to Smearth.

=== Chapter XXIV ===
After escaping the rampaging devils below for the time being, the party looked to Thomas for answers. He explained that the Baby was the weapon sent by Asmodeus to destroy Celestia, but instead of fighting Celestials, he was designed to fight evil people on Smearth so their souls would be sent to Hell to fuel their armies. He was also programed to resurect each time he died, and each time would go to Hell for a short time and loose a little bit  of his humanity. Because of this, he asked the party to find a way to kill him permanantly if he was to die again. Thomas explained that the reason he knew this was because he was created on Earth for the same reason, and that the Devils were unable to exert full control over the plane meant that there was still at least one Celestial left alive to prevent the Devils from claiming victory. They set out to find Valera Ballard under Thomas' advice, because of her previous involvement with Celestials. Finding her in the Wood of Petrified Ancients, she directs them to The Harbinger of Salvation on Ghostwraith Island, and with her help, they convinced The Harbingers leader, former Leader of the Salvation Army, Saint Blasphemy Burns, to help them. They told the party of the Staff of the Titan, and their god that was contained within it. The staff was traded to the devils long ago by the Old Kings and should be in Hell, under the devils own noses. Burns was convinced that the Staff was still intact, because their paladins and clerics still had all their powers, so the party headed for Hell to find it. However, when they arrived, they found it under attack by demons. The devils had put all their chips on moving to Smearth, so the top few layers of Hell were sacrifice to the demons to keep them busy long enough for them to escape. After locating where the staff was supposed to be and wasn't, a messenger from Bel arrived, he told them where the staff was, and that he was going to betray Asmodeus. Bel was angry that his layer, Avernus, was the first to be sacrificed, after so many eternities of loyal service. Traveling to Avernus, the party found the staff in Bel's keep, and that the very layer was being destroyed by the Demons. They were also met by Valera who told that Thomas had been killed again trying to fight of Devils attacking Smearth. Now they would have to find a way to safely realease the vengeful god within the staff and find a way to stop Thomas before his Devil side became a problem for the whole plane. With this news also came a new plan. Ancient texts had revealed the exsistance of powerful artifacts made by the famous dwarf, Dwarfvinci Dwarfvinci. These artifacts, that were gifted to the cestials that the dwarf worshiped, had a secondary function of being able to control the Titan when brought together. These devices would need to be found as soon as possible, and in the mean time, the staff was to be stored in Darkenon, guarded by Knight Captain Samuels and the Castletown Royal Guard for the time being. Valera, and the survivors of the Nimbus crash also garrisoned there, along with Bel, and his remaining Devils.

=== Chapter XXV ===
Arriving at the teleportation circle in Celestia, the party is quickly attacked by angel zombies, being raised by an unknown force. They are plagued by constant attack by zombies and other horrors created from the deaths of thousands of Celestials. The bodies of the former inhabitants litter the streets and even the glowing sun on Palor's temple is glowing dimly. When they arrive at the temple they find a series of power wells Palor set up to fuel his paladin's and clerics, including one for Bridgemon. Through a set of powerfully locked doors designed to keep out those not good enough, the party found the first artifact, a pair of goggles that allows them to see as a Titan. Inscriptions in the band lead them to Bahamut's main temple, and the party is confronted by a angel lich, who is bent on killing anyone else who dares loot his plane. They killed the crap out of him and found the second artifact, a pair of boots that let the wearer take a titan step. The parties search was interrupted by Valera, who showed up to tell the party that Darkenon was under attack by Devils, and that their help was needed.

=== Chapter XXVI ===
Back on Smearth, a mighty war was being raged at the gates of Darkenon by Mephistopheles forces. The Devils had even resurrected the  Mobile Fortress and equipped it the legendary Soul Cannon, and enough gnomish technology to allow it to burrow deep underground. The Mole-ble Fortress opened the assault with a massive blast from the cannon, tearing open a hole in the cities walls and weakening it's defenses severely, then disappeared underground. The party quickly took to fighting off the higher tier threats in the army, while Samuels and his forces dealt with the paragon threats. Initially, the waves consisted of undead, and eventually, Wilhelmina, Daughter of the Emperor of Spines, discovered that Jack was among the cities inhabitants, and ordered her forces off. She had been hired by Mephistopheles, and now even boasted infernal pact warlock powers, but could not bring herself to fight Jack. She even ordered he forces to fight the devils, giving Darkenon's defenders a chance to regroup and rest. After reconnoitering, the party defended the city against several more threats, including an incursion by Asmodeus into the very vault the staff was being stored in. The attackers were pushed back, and looking to press the advantage, the defenders took the fight to the attackers, destroying Mephistopheles' flagship siege engine and dismantling his leadership. With the army in full retreat, the party was not met with rejoicing, but anger. The reason Mephistopheles had attacked was that citizens of Castletown had taken refuge in Darkenon, and they were outraged because they believed it was the party that brought the attack upon them. Apparently, in the parties absence, Asmodeus had been spreading propaganda that they had helped pave the way for his invasion. Suddenly, Thomas showed his face in the crowd, and now he appeared to be turning into a devil. He confessed his plan all along had been to trick the party into killing of Mephistopheles forces so he could take control of Hell for himself. He attacked the party, who soon saw trough his devilish disguise and knocked him unconscious. They took him prisoner and the citizens who now believed that Thomas was the villain, demanded he be executed. With his execution set for dawn, the Baby broke him out of jail and with the help of Beardy, swapped him with another prisoner. Thomas was resistant, however, as he claimed that the only way for the plan to work was for him to die, eventually confessing that he wanted to die becasue of what he had done on Earth. It is yet to be seen if he means killnig so many evil people and fueling hells army, or if there are more sinister deeds in his past that he wishes to atone for.

=== Chapter XXVII ===
The party returns to Celestia to  recover the final two artifacts, and follows the trail to Avandra's temple. Inside they discovered the private paradise of Major Mon Capitan Jingle Jangle Hockey Puck Krandel Clark Bar Dipstick VIII Esq. Billy Bobber Skittles Skin Flute Christopher Brick Thompson Von Nickle Dangle Knacker Thrasher of Gambelpot, who claimed to be the Babies grandfather, though in his deluded mental state, the party was unsure if they should trust him. He claimed that Avandra had given him a box to keep safe, and it likely contained what they were looking for. It didn't take long for the party to discover that it had been taken by the Soha Pact, or at least the simulated ones in the Major's fantasy. Storming the Soha castle, the party liberated the case from the beholder running the joint and recovered the Gauntlet of Infernal Command, a cursed dark metal glove that will allow the wearer not only to control the fire throwing arm of the Titan, but the forces of Hell in Asmodeus' absence. Leaving, the party headed for Moradin's mountainside keep. They found, however, nothing. A few rituals later, they arrived at Dwarfvinci's workshop, and the crazy old dwarf seemed to be expecting them. He handed over a mighty hammer, and with the only word he spoke, named it "Mojnir", the final artifact. Leaving, the party was confronted by what appeared to be the aspect of Asmodeus, though after kicking it's butt, discovered that it was in fact Dispater, under control of Asmodeus. It seemed that the lord of the Ninth was getting desperate to stop the party.

=== Chapter XXVIII ===

Returng to Darkenon, the party receives some bad news, not only has the sun gone out completely leaving the smoon as the only source of light on the plane, but Castletown, the very capitol of the Smearth had been destroyed by an attack by the devils. Not only that, but Thomas had stopped by to visit Valera, who told the party that she no longer supported their decision to let him live. He had told her that before he had left Earth he had destroyed the only weapon that was capable of repelling the Devils attack on their plane, a Titan, secretly made by Thomas because of his knowledge of what was to come. When the time came to deploy it, however, the governments of his world refused to accept his offer to help, instead branding him a criminal. Not long after, when the war was almost lost, they sought Thomas out to beg him to use his weapon, but he refused. Instead he blew the Titan up as he and the rest of his people evacuated Earth, but the last person to come through, Valera's sister, was killed when the Titan exploded, destroying the gate and sealing off Earth forever. With this new information,the party made a break for the court of Erathis, the controller of the game, to find a way to make the devils fight somewhere other than Smearth. What they found was Asmodeus, and a fake Erathis. After defeating the fake, and Asmodeus fleeing, the real Erathis showed up, and showed to the party that the only place the Titan could be released is Smearth. She did agree to grant the Smearthlings one month to prepare for the coming battle, more than enough time to evacuate everyone from the conflict zone, Casletown, or as it was now known, Dust Von Rubble. Returning to Darkenon once more, the party informed Knight Captain Samuels of their deadline. Learning that there were several issues on Smearth that needed taking care of, including the disappearances of General Plot D. Vice and Wilhelmina the lich and some strange activities in the skies above Dust Von Rubble, they party decided to let Bel take care of ferrying the refugees to the Smoon on their new spelljammer, the Inferno. The Baby decided to use this time to go look for his family on the Shire, and temporarily parted ways with the group, as they set out for the dark wasteland of Dust Von Rubble. Once there, they crossed paths with an injured old man who insisted that he had been attacked by "giant aliens" from the Astral Sea. The party quickly realized that they were dealing with Giraffes, deadly creatures native to the Astral Sea who were likely looking at their plane as a new feeding ground. They confronted the giant aberrations as they sifted the ruins of Castletown in search of prey, and easily defeated them. Searching the Giraffes belongings, they realized that they were merely a scouting party, and if they had reported back, the area would likely be swarming with them, definitely disrupting the coming battle. They also discovered a few rock samples that seemed to suggest that the ruins in which they stood were recently created with an arcane ritual. After a short investigation and casting a few rituals themselves, they discovered that the real Castletown structures were hidden away in the place of darkness, formerly inhabited by Darkenon. Traveling there, they discovered the Dire Fiend, who had escaped from Hell with the help of Thomas, who had convinced him to save the people of Castletown from an impending Devil attack in the same way that he saved Darkenon so many years ago. After making sure that the cities inhabitants, including Princess Apricot, were unharmed, the party agreed to keep the secret, though they were disapointed with the Baby for letting Thomas live in the first place. The Dire Feind also assured them that after the battle had concludedd, he would be heading back to Hell to pay the rest of his penance, after all, the celestial were dead and he had his revenge.