March 7 - CY 2321

The party is in a large hall in the Cathedral to Saint Assys; We are talking to saint Assys' avatar about finding Claris, and suddenly there is a "whoomp" sound and there are barbed demons amongst us.  They seem to be interested in me (Torch).

Ba'Bau demons - sneaky and sly, sneak attack, spell like abilites (darkness, see invis, teleport); protective slime that causes anything touching it to take damage.  Can summon friends (40% chance of success). DR/10  cold iron or good.  Immunte to electric and poison, resistance to acid/cold/fire.  SR.  7 HD.

"You know too much - so now you must die!"

It seems that in the absence of the scarlet fatherhood, the others are struggling for control (humans, in the world)

There are only a few that truly understand that I am not Pelor.  I present the image of pelor to create the worship necessary to sustain this place (he is saint Assys).

Something is not right; this world is really a prison for those inside of it.  Most of the things pretending to be gods are evil demons an devils.

Pelor lives in the blessed field of ELyssium.  The most strongly good aligned plane on the great wheel.

People that are dying are ending up in pocket outer planes (if they are not good) -- the other "gods" are creating their own pocket realms.

We have a long philisophical discussion about what is happenening to souls in this realm - this pocket existance somewhere in the astral plane.

I discover I can think about math again... I also note that demons seem to be coming at scheduled intervals (2 min...4 min...).

I will have Merrick come to help you (Merrick was the guy who started the path of the winding way).

While we wait to test my theory, Assys takes us on a tour of Elyssium.  Lion headed men and winged creatures and lantern archons (glowing balls) are everywhere. The demons do come on time.

We are introduced to Merrick.  Assys shows us some of our past on a big screen, and introduces us to him, and vice versa.

Merrick informs Assys that he will not be our guide, because we have not shown enough respect for LAW and Order.   "I have fought very hard to uphold the ideal of good and the challenges of duty, honor...You have some work to do in that department"

You are travelling into realms where your philosophy and belief may have more power than your physical capabilities.

We are welcome to stay here as long as we want, but we must remember our purpose, or we will be bound to stay here forever.  We go out and see new elysyium and are able to shop, etc.  We buy and trade a bunch of stuff.

Pelor requests our presence...Back in his chamber, Pelor informs us he has found us a guide, knowledgeable of the planes, that will take us through what is before us... please meet Nesbit.

Nesbit explains that the universe is not indeed infinite, and that there are bands at the edge of the astral plane.  He says he is not from here.  He was born the elemental plane of air.

We are going to take some time to finish crafting items -- 11 days for a wand of CSW,  Brian is going to recraft his adamantine longsword.

To be continued.