Session 6: One Broken Wing-Not-Ring



Session 6 Summary: The Ysgard Gauntlet & The Pale Verdict

The Skyfall Arrival The session opens with "The Skyfall," a cinematic descent where the party is cast into Ysgard. This chaotic arrival serves as the catalyst for the party’s separation into four distinct Pressure Point Zones across the Ysgardian battlefield.

Relevant Lore: Chaos Wars see History of Tenebrous-Orcus

The Solo Trials

1. Farryn’s Zone: The Arcane Crossfire Farryn lands clearing encircled by fire and fights a Fire Giant. During this trial, she has the opportunity to save Skalda Nornwing, the Centered Swan familiar, who represents the "still point in the turning wheel". She then is stampeeded by Nightmares and trasnfered into an ethereal state of awareness. 


2. Zigga’s Zone: The Miscounted Path Zigga faces the Counter of Souls, a specialized Veteran who uses a spectral ledger to track her "unwritten" movements. Her struggle is overseen by Hraefn the Broken Chooser, who realizes she is unclaimable by the standard cycles of death.

3. Grisland’s Zone: The Breaking Ground Grisland must survive a shifting ice plateau while overseen by Vaelrun (the Balance-Corvid) and a black dog. The veterans here mock his "descended vow," testing his discipline as the ground fractures beneath him. This trial focuses on endurance as presence, forcing Grisland to remain anchored while the battlefield attempts to resolve him back into a fixed or "as expected" narrative.

4. Gauthak’s Zone: The Mound of Glory Gauthak is swarmed by Veterans among walls of un-dissolving corpses. This zone culminates in the birthing of Skjaldhorn the Root-Heart Drake, who erupts from the ground to lift Gauthak from the gore, recognizing him as the one who once grazed by the World Tree 3,000 years ago. Upon a scripted "death" in this zone, Gauthak glitches into a Totem Barbarian.

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The Centerpiece: The Jarl and the Wand

The Reunion Flight Once the individual trials are complete, the party reunites and mounts their respective companions to traverse into the central encounter zone:

  • Grisland and Maryn’bl ride the Amethyst Dragon Myzeryth.
  • Farryn rides the Moonstone Dragon Aelyndra.
  • Gauthak rides Skjaldhorn
  • Zigga travels with Hraefn the Valkyrie.

Battle with Voruth Kraeg 

At the center of the battlefield, the party faces Jarl-Necromancer Voruth Kraeg, an echo of Thrym and Zhengyi. He wields a False Wand of Orcus, a proxy weapon designed by Mechanus to bait and categorize "escaped assets" through False Decay. The battle escalates into a second phase where two frost dragons manifest to aid the Jarl a second time.

The Decision of the Wand 

Upon Voruth's defeat, the party must decide the fate of the Wand. 

  • Maryn'bl's notes she believes it was placed to target three of the characters particularly: Zaga, Zigga and Gauthak
  • Farryn notes how 'lawful' it feels and her Planar Book reveals ties to: Mechanus and Orcus 

Zigga gets it. The wand doesn't 'see' her. It immediately transformed in her grasp of it. 

Session end: Hraefn travels the party to an undefined Feast Hall. 

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