The Session in which Dan Starts Blastin

journals/seventh/_posts/2025-05-28-revival.md

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 ## Current Objectives
 
-- Revive Cayden Calien, and survive!
+- Revive Cayden Cailean, and survive!
 
 ## Events
 
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       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
+          it serves Baazebul. It has plane-shifted the ritual location to
+          Cocytus, the seventh ring of hell. The amulet acted because of an
           opportunity it sees.
 
 - COMBAT BEGINS!
-    - Iozrael casts _dimensional shackles_ upon Cayden Calien
+    - Iozrael casts _dimensional shackles_ upon Cayden Cailean
     - 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,
+      through the _wall of ice_. Cayden Cailean 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,
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 ## Player Characters
 - Gartug Ironfist, a dwarven brawler; Taliah, a tiefling alchemist (Bill)
-- Sheila G, a half-elf cleric of Cayden Calien (Thans)
+- Sheila G, a half-elf cleric of Cayden Cailean (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)
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 ## Locations
 - Rime
 - Fort Ang
-- Cocatyx, the Seventh Level of Hell
+- Cocytus, the Seventh Level of Hell
 
 ## NPCs and Notable Characters
 - Maugrim, dwarven god of the dead
 - Naynay, a pervert-monk
-- Iozrael, servant of Beezabul
+- Cayden Cailean, revived mortal god of revelry, freedom, and travel
+- Iozrael, servant of Baazebul
 
 ## Other Notes
 

journals/seventh/_posts/2025-06-02-revival-01.md

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+---
+title: "Interlude: The Rescue of a God From Hell, Maybe"
+---
+
+## Current Objectives
+
+- Revive Cayden Cailean, and survive!
+
+## Events
+
+- Locked in combat, in Hell! Round 2 begins...
+    - Iozreal attempts to _dimensional anchor_ Boobons, but Boobons counters it,
+      then moves away to safety!  Harvey and Gartug fight some ice devils. Randy
+      and Sheila G do some buffs. Another ice devil shows up, and begins
+      fighting with Naynay.
+    - Iozreal attempts to _dimensional anchor_ Boobons again, but gets countered
+      again, and successfully _dispels_ the _anchor_ on Cayden Cailean! Harvey
+      and Gartug keep fighting ice devils. Randy starts blasting with lightning!
+      Naynay disengages and get with the group, just in time for Sheila G
+      to attempt to _plane shift_ the group away, but she gets countered by
+      Iozreal! **A future version of Cayden Cailean shows up to help us fight,
+      and tells Sheila G "Free Hyperion! It's the next step!"**
+    - Iozreal moves to threaten the group, and releases his dancing scythe,
+      which obliterates Boobons with a crit! Boobons makes a mess of blood on
+      the ground. Harvey, Gartug, and Naynay keep fighting ice devils. Randy
+      heals Boobon back to consciousness. Sheila G attempts another _plane
+      shift_ and gets countered again!
+
+- The group feels a sickening lurch, as the ceiling of our adamantine room is
+  torn away by Baazebul, hovering menacingly above the scene. Jeff turns to
+  Harvey and tells him, **"BLUE BAG"**. Combat continues!
+    - Iozreal blasts the group with a _wave of fatigue_ as his scythe continues
+      to hack apart Boobon (who falls again), and Randy (who hasn't heard no
+      bell!). Harvey uses "the blue bag":
+        - Holding the bag as a glove, Harvey throws a blue pebble-shaped object
+          at Baazebul. As it reaches it, the pebble seems to manifest as a
+          smaller ghostly image of Harvey, and after whispering something to
+          Baazebul, strikes it with a sword. An angelic figure with broken,
+          burnt wing nubs falls beyond sight in one direction, and thousands of
+          flies fall beyond sight in an opposite. The remaining ice devil looks
+          incredibly confused.
+
+- Iozreal makes an offer: Help him to the Betzebbul, and he will send all of us
+  home. While this is happening, both Randy and Gartug take note of the falling
+  pieces of Baazebul, and grab some. This turns out to be a Bad Thing :tm:.
+  After some deliberation, the party agrees. Boobons summons _phantom steeds_.
+  Iozreal and the party fly to the Betzebbul, citadel of Baazebul, throne of
+  Cocytus, the seventh layer of hell. Sheila G knows of a chained-up ancient and
+  forgotten god, named Azhia. CC insists on freeing it.
+    - Upon arrival, Iozreal screams a stained-glass window open, and we follow
+      him up a circular stairway. At the landing, we pass an opportunity to
+      visit Baazebul's armory.
+    - Upon arriving at the throne room, we find the enchained "body" of Azhia,
+      and the throne. On the throne is a large circlet with a giant diamond in
+      it. Between the party and the throne is a pitfiend, named Garblefuk,
+      yelling at Iozreal he's a traitor. COMBAT!!
+        - Harvey and Iozreal engage Garblefuk. Cayden Cailean makes for one of
+          the pillars holding the chains attached to Azhia. Boobons, Randy, and
+          Sheila G do some buffing. Gartug drinks some potions.
+        - Harvey and Iozreal keep fighting Garblefuk. Cayden Cailean climbs the
+          pillar, and to the chain. Gartug remounts his horse, and flies up to
+          one of the chains.  Boobons does some buffs. Randy starts blasting
+          with lighting. Sheila G _flies_ up to another chain. Jeff blasts
+          Garblefuk with a _disintigrate_.
+        - Harvey keeps punching. Iozreal _harms_ Garblefuk, successfully, then
+          eviscerates it with his scythe. Boobons takes out his Stick of
+          Disintigration, and destroys a chainlink. Randy does some healing.
+          Gartug punches a chainlink apart, breaking the chain. Cayden Caliean
+          moves towards the flesh-mass, and begins trying to break his chain.
+          Sheila G tries breaking her chain. Jeff does some weird chaos stuff,
+          and turns the big 5th chain into a piece of cooked spaghetti.
+        - Harvey hangs out a bit. Iozreal flies up to the flesh mass, and
+          plunges his hand into it. Gartug lands and dismounts near Iozreal on
+          the flesh mass, preparing to engage if necessary. Boobons
+          _disintigrates_ another chainlink, breaking the fourth of five chains.
+          Cayden Cailean and Sheila G try breaking the last chain. Randy plays
+          hop-scotch.
+        - Iozreal finishes his tassk, flying off the mass and back to the
+          ground. Gartug rushes over, and breaks the CC/SG chain, freeing the
+          flesh mass, which plummets to the ground and is impailed upon the
+          throne. COMBAT OVER!!
+
+- Iozreal informs us he absorbed some of the god's power. The flesh mass appears
+  to still be alive. SG and Gartug manage to un-impale it. After a bit more
+  dialog, Iozreal offers to _plane shift_ us home, but Sheila G does it instead.
+  We arrive near the Far Territories, surprisingly close to the army's column
+  heading to the Far Territories. The flesh mass begins screaming, and SG and
+  Randy start trying to heal it. Gartug and SG manage to remove all the chains.
+  Gartug also rejects the mythic power of Baazebul from the part of it which
+  embedded itself in his palm. The piece falls out and dissipates to
+  nothingness.
+
+  The group deliberates on the next steps:
+    - Where to bring Cayden Cailean? "Anywhere with beer!"
+        - CC wants to find some beer, find his Red Band crew, find a ship (as in
+          a space ship), and go adventuring. Gartug offers to go with and help
+          him out.
+    - Where to bring this flesh mass?
+        - SG offers to take it to Elysium
+    - What's next?
+        - SG is considering heading to the First World to find Hyperion
+        - Harvey has to go...
+        - ~Boobons~ Stackor has to return to his other thing.
+
+## Player Characters
+- Gartug Ironfist, a dwarven brawler; Taliah, a tiefling alchemist (Bill)
+- Sheila G, a half-elf cleric of Cayden Cailean (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
+- Cocytus, the Seventh Level of Hell
+    - Betzebbul, citadel of Baazebul
+
+## NPCs and Notable Characters
+- Maugrim, dwarven god of the dead
+- Naynay, a pervert-monk
+- Cayden Cailean, revived mortal god of revelry, freedom, and travel
+- Iozrael, servant of Baazebul
+- Garblefuk, a pitfiend in the Betzebbul throne room
+- Azhia, a mass of flesh, a forgotten god
+
+## Other Notes
+- Future Cayden Cailean said to "Free Hyperion"