The Session where Dan gets to do Mythic Stuff

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+title: Micthes & Mantles, S5E02
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+## Current Objectives
+- ~~Investigate the ethereal plane room at the Giant's keep~~
+- ~~Enter Stormheim~~
+- **[COMPLETE]** Join Kaldur and seek the Mantles of the Heroes
+- ~~Aid the merfolk in attacking the Cthulu cults~~
+
+## Events
+- We have an EPIC MYTHIC COMBAT! We win!
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+- After some bickering, we arrive back at Castle Black. Kaldur invites us in to discuss the next steps in the war room. Along the way there are some secretive actions. At the war room, Kaldur updates us on the state of the conflict with Calcifer. Currently, much of the territory is under Calcifer's control. He promises eternal life to his followers through the Pool of Al'Jazeer. Calcifer himself is often not on the material plane, and leaves much of his coordination to his liuetenants. Many of these lieutenants are beginning to in-fight; causing disarray within the ranks could help to disrupt the troops. Kaldur proposes destroying the pool, possibly through an earthquake or other significant disaster, and then dimensionally disrupting the area to restrict teleportation. If the pool can be destroyed without the information leaking, it's possible the lieutenants will still feel emboldened by the pool's resurrection powers, and will be less cautious in their in-fighting squabbles.
+    - Kaldur informs us that much of Calcifer's forces are heading to Tornak's Bridge, to resist the oncoming Khan's forces. The expected time of invasion is within 10-30 days.
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+- Gadafthree wanders back to the Order of Barred Doors to catch-up.
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+- Kaldur and Oliver step to Kaldur's office, where Kaldur informs him that, due to the previous actions of Oliver, their patron obtained the Deck of Many Things. In thanks, Oliver is being given a Shadow Deck of Many Things. Kaldur also informs Oliver of one of Calcifer's weaknesses: his soul is embedded within his daemonic body. There are a handful of weapons that target souls; doing this to Calcifer will end him.
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+- Stackor, Harvey, and Oliver _teleport_ back to Rime, to aid the merfolk with the Cthulu cults!
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+## Player Characters
+- Gadafthree, a tengu summoner (Bill)
+- Wondermich, a human void-touched sorcerer (Thans)
+- Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)
+- Harvey, a tengu-ish monk (Mike)
+- Oliver Withatwist, a fey-sworn warpriest (Dan)
+
+## Locations
+- The Haunted Castle
+- Castle Black, and surrounding lands
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Baron Kaldur Black, a servant of the Shadow Court
+- Jasper, oracle and servant of Baron Black
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+## Upcoming Events
+- 6 days remain until the meeting with the crypt dragon
+- 1 days until we telport to help the dwarves and merfolk fight the cult of Cthulu