Session 31

Session 31: The Fall of Naldum (December 13, 2019)

Tryx and Rurik hide to avoid the Calamity as it returns to the Ingotspire. They travel as far as they can in Tryx’s panther wildshape before he must revert to dwarf form. As they rest they are visited by the spectral form of Surge. Surge believes they must restore the lake in Naldum to defeat the Calamity.

Despite a rousing speech from Agris, the Naldum Council remains deadlocked regarding retreat. However, in the morning the Calamity does not return. The citizens take this as a sign that Tryx and Rurik were successful at the Ingotspire, and celebrations begin. When Tryx, Rurik, and Surge do return to the city by midday, the fire ring above the Ingotspire has receded and the Calamity has begun approaching the city. The party reunites at the Temple, and an emergency Council Meeting is called to form a plan; Tryx argues that they must return to the Ingotspire with a team of healers and trap the Calamity there. However, when he communes with Berronar Truesilver he learns that the Calamity has absorbed the column of energy. When the Calamity arrives a short time later it unleashes a powerful energy blast that cuts through the wall and kills Councillor Melgar and his troops. An evacuation begins.

The party escapes Naldum alongside the remaining citizens. Surge stays in the city to distract the Calamity, and the rest of the party guides the citizens to the safety of the eastern foothills. By morning the city is completely destroyed save one wall, and the Calamity is gone. Surge surveys the destruction and observes a fissure has opened to reveal a body of water deep beneath the city ruins. Surge dissipates and becomes one with Koi. The rest of the party make the journey back to Anchorage while the remaining dwarves travel deeper into the mountains to avoid the fire giants, and hopefully settle somewhere new on the continent.