The party is gathered by Bronach and
Steve, who explain that Guinevere has found something extremely bad in the depths of Rianglas, the ocean Shard, presumably having to do with all of the demon incursions and rituals throughout all of
Nemedobur recently
Everyone is given some time to make their final preparations, with borrowed gear from
The Voyagers being handed out to ensure everyone can stay under the water for an extended period of time
They enter the water, meeting
Guinevere a little ways under the surface, who gives a few more details about the mission at hand; a huge ritual is happening in a temple the Founders went to many years ago- the very same one that Steve died in -to try and make Demogorgon into a Demiurge like Ao used to be before he was killed
The goal: stop the ritual, at any cost. Survival is secondary
As they swim downwards, the party is attacked by a massive angry leviathan, making short work of it
Finally arriving at the temple, they navigate the winding hallways until they reach the ritual room, where they see all kinds of demons and Demogorgon himself, along with two individuals who are definitively not demons that are bound to the ritual circle
Fighting begins, the party trying to push forward through the groups of large demons to reach the mage demons, doing everything they can think of to disrupt the ritual
Efforts are focused on the demonic mages that are casting the ritual, with various party members taking them out and otherwise finding ways to disrupt them
As time goes on, Demogorgon grows more and more angry that things are being ruined, lashing out at the party as they desperately continue ruining this ritual
The two bound beings are freed, revealing themselves to be the Gods
Valdis and
Letharr, and they get the party out of the temple in the nick of time; it seems disrupting the ritual has caused a massive magical explosion, destroying the building and presumably anything inside at the time of destruction
As everyone swims in the open ocean, preparing to ascend to the surface, Dagon himself appears, grabbing
Klarna in his clutches
He taunts them, particularly about the crystals, asking goading questions to
Klarna, who responds confidently and assured of themself
When presented with the question of why Dagon should do anything about these crystals,
Klarna defiantly declares that they will spend the rest of their life making sure to ruin anything Dagon tries to do, and even attempt to kill him should the opportunity arise. Everyone else stands in solidarity with
Klarna, affirming they will do the same
Dagon considers this answer, then says he would find that quite annoying; he makes the crystals go inert, saying he will simply bide his time until this generation is dead to go back to his scheming. After all, he has eternity to perfect his machinations
With the ritual stopped, Demogorgon and Dagon defeated, and the crystals no longer a threat, the Homeshard Heroes rise to the surface, triumphant in every possible way