The Session in which Dan Goes to Hell

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+---
+title: "Interlude: The Return of a God, Probably"
+---
+
+## Events
+
+- Stackor has a meeting with Stackor in his tent. Not-Stackor is likely a fey of
+  the Twilight Court. The entire meeting is full of general frustrations and
+  miscommunication.
+    - The Not-Stackor offers to take Stackor's place at CC's revival.
+
+---
+
+## Current Objectives
+
+- Revive Cayden Calien, and survive!
+
+## Events
+
+- We take an intermission from the Far Territories, to revive a dead god.
+    - The party discusses the Stackor/Not-Stackor meeting, and reviews our plan.
+
+- The party, including Nay-Nay, teleport to Fort Ang. At the designated
+  location, we find Maugrim, two skeletal dwarves, and a rune scribed upon the
+  ground. Maugrim gives to SG a rapier for CC
+    - Maugrim mentions he was expecting Damar to be present; SG _sends_ a
+      message to them.
+    - Maugrim performs the ritual. He finishes, raises a quill, and disappears.
+    - Almost immediately after, a massive boom occurs outside the metal cube.
+      The entire location shakes. Harvey's amulet warns of something coming, and
+      offers to unleash it's full power. Harvey agrees. Stackor and SG realize
+      that the location of the ritual has been pulled from the material plane.
+      Harvey has a vision, seeing memories from heaven, of a farmyard, before
+      settling in a large white room, before a figure. They chat.
+        - The figure announces itself first Azalea, then as Iozrael. It mentions
+          it serves Beezabul. It has plane-shifted the ritual location to
+          Cocatyx, the seventh ring of hell. The amulet acted because of an
+          opportunity it sees.
+
+- COMBAT BEGINS!
+    - Iozrael casts _dimensional shackles_ upon Cayden Calien
+    - 2 ice devils manifest, one next to Stackor and Sheila G each.Stackor
+      maneuvers out of melee, preparing to _dispel_ the _shackles_ on CC. One of
+      the ice devils summons an ice wall, cutting off Gartug and Naynay from the
+      rest of the group; the other moves to attack Stackor. Randy tries to
+      _dispel_ the _dimensional shackles_, to no luck. Sheila G buffs the party
+      with _blessing of fervor_, and hands CC his sword. Gartug punches a hole
+      through the _wall of ice_. Cayden Calien takes up his sword, and stands,
+      terrified that he is sober. 
+
+- After one round, we are forced to call it for the night. Tune in next time,
+  when some of this party likely dies or is abandoned in Hell!
+
+## Player Characters
+- Gartug Ironfist, a dwarven brawler; Taliah, a tiefling alchemist (Bill)
+- Sheila G, a half-elf cleric of Cayden Calien (Thans)
+- Stackor, a dwarven wizard; Chuck, a dwarven hammer-thrower (James)
+- Harvey, a tengu-ish monk; Mummrah, a dwarven cleric (Mike)
+- Randy Van Peeples, a human cleric of Gozreh (Dan)
+
+## Locations
+- Rime
+- Fort Ang
+- Cocatyx, the Seventh Level of Hell
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Maugrim, dwarven god of the dead
+- Naynay, a pervert-monk
+- Iozrael, servant of Beezabul
+
+## Other Notes
+
+## Upcoming Events
+