Just one last thing . . .

[whitesword]

Not wanting to sound pompous or self important, Parker decided not to name drop quite yet and decided to play ignorant. He still patiently waits for an answer (for a few more seconds at least)

One woman looks at the other and says: “I miss Asgard. At least there we have Heimdall there to warn us of this sort of thing.”  The other nods and says to you: “Please wait here.”

She enters the hall and in less than a moment a (very) different figure emerges. Sharkandrik, the massive horned Saurial (he looks like an ogre sized version of Grimdrek), with his one silver gauntlet and a bastard sword with a blade wider than a cleaver says: “Ah, professor Berko, welcome to the Court of the Triad; and you brought a friend I see (fixing Martine with an appraising eye).  Come to confess your sins perhaps? (said with a chuckle). How can I aid you? Have you been to the lower planes recently, you both smell of brimstone.”

[Valdis]

One woman looks at the other and says: “I miss Asgard. At least there we have Heimdall there to warn us of this sort of thing.”  The other nods and says to you: “Please wait here.”

She enters the hall and in less than a moment a (very) different figure emerges. Sharkandrik, the massive horned Saurial (he looks like an ogre sized version of Grimdrek), with his one silver gauntlet and a bastard sword with a blade wider than a cleaver says: “Ah, professor Berko, welcome to the Court of the Triad; and you brought a friend I see (fixing Martine with an appraising eye).  Come to confess your sins perhaps? (said with a chuckle). How can I aid you? Have you been to the lower planes recently, you both smell of brimstone.”

"Ah, I don't think there's enough time in all the multiverse to get into that.  We Fought against a stone golem powered by the fractured soul of a Pit Fiend.  You may have heard of him, Belarik?  Anyway, We need to get back to Habololy as fast as possible.  We were in the middle of a battle when we were forcefully brought here against our will."

[whitesword]

"Ah, I don't think there's enough time in all the multiverse to get into that.  We Fought against a stone golem powered by the fractured soul of a Pit Fiend.  You may have heard of him, Belarik?  Anyway, We need to get back to Habololy as fast as possible.  We were in the middle of a battle when we were forcefully brought here against our will."

“That accursed fiend. I hope you put an end to him. I cannot send you directly home. The Habololian powers frown upon our interference. But I can send you to Stasis’ realm and from there you can easily make your way to Habololy.” He gestures to the great door.

As you pass the door it takes a moment to adjust. The interior of the hall is so vast you can’t take it all in. It is covered in art, ornate carvings and trophies. There is a center aisle ending in an empty head table, flanked by countless communal tables. As you proceed up the aisle, out of the corner of your eyes on either side you see hundreds of thousands of beings of every race feasting and engaging in contests, but if you look to either side they disappear. Martine unconsciously grasps his sword.

Sharkandrik says: “As long as you mean no harm they cannot interact with you.”

He leads you out to a patio with half a dozen winding staircases, each leading up to an arch that stands unsupported on a landing.

“Ordinarily my lord would expect you to climb and given what I sense from each of you it would likely be a day or more of hard going. But, as your errand is important, I’ll send you to the top. Safe journey home. Enjoy Palladia, even if your visit is short.”

You emerge into a room made of stone but covered in the same symbols and art as the hall you just left. A woman and a dwarf eating at a table are startled by your arrival. She is armed as a shield maiden and the dwarf has a heavy warhammer. “What’s your business here?” Says the woman.

[Valdis]

“That accursed fiend. I hope you put an end to him. I cannot send you directly home. The Habololian powers frown upon our interference. But I can send you to Stasis’ realm and from there you can easily make your way to Habololy.” He gestures to the great door.

As you pass the door it takes a moment to adjust. The interior of the hall is so vast you can’t take it all in. It is covered in art, ornate carvings and trophies. There is a center aisle ending in an empty head table, flanked by countless communal tables. As you proceed up the aisle, out of the corner of your eyes on either side you see hundreds of thousands of beings of every race feasting and engaging in contests, but if you look to either side they disappear. Martine unconsciously grasps his sword.

Sharkandrik says: “As long as you mean no harm they cannot interact with you.”

He leads you out to a patio with half a dozen winding staircases, each leading up to an arch that stands unsupported on a landing.

“Ordinarily my lord would expect you to climb and given what I sense from each of you it would likely be a day or more of hard going. But, as your errand is important, I’ll send you to the top. Safe journey home. Enjoy Palladia, even if your visit is short.”

You emerge into a room made of stone but covered in the same symbols and art as the hall you just left. A woman and a dwarf eating at a table are startled by your arrival. She is armed as a shield maiden and the dwarf has a heavy warhammer. “What’s your business here?” Says the woman.

"So sorry.  Just passing through.  No need to get up.  We need to get to Stasis' realm so we can get back to the battle we were forcefully ejected from when we destroyed a stone golem with the fractured heart of the Pit Fiend, Belarik"

[whitesword]

"So sorry.  Just passing through.  No need to get up.  We need to get to Stasis' realm so we can get back to the battle we were forcefully ejected from when we destroyed a stone golem with the fractured heart of the Pit Fiend, Belarik"

They give each other a skeptical look and rise to escort you out. Martine bows and thanks them.

You exit the temple into brilliant sunlight and blue skies but before you take more than a step Martine draws his sword and exclaims “Oh, by all the powers and their castle!”  Directly across the street from you is a massive tower, easily the largest structure you have ever seen (and it occurs to Parker you’ve seen it before) and lying at its gate is an immense bronze dragon. It is lying on the flagstones on its back, snoring.  At Martine’s statement, or perhaps the sound of his sword leaving its sheath, the great wyrm rolls its head over and opens one eye.

[Valdis]

They give each other a skeptical look and rise to escort you out. Martine bows and thanks them.

You exit the temple into brilliant sunlight and blue skies but before you take more than a step Martine draws his sword and exclaims “Oh, by all the powers and their castle!”  Directly across the street from you is a massive tower, easily the largest structure you have ever seen (and it occurs to Parker you’ve seen it before) and lying at its gate is an immense bronze dragon. It is lying on the flagstones on its back, snoring.  At Martine’s statement, or perhaps the sound of his sword leaving its sheath, the great wyrm rolls its head over and opens one eye.

Parker tries to get in front of Martine and spins to face him trying to sound more calm than he feels, "Hey, Woah! Hang on there. I don't know if you recall what our host literally just said, but I'd rather neither of us become a snack right now.  We have a battle to get back to and, if we don't hurry, all of the really good bad guys will be gone before we get back."

[whitesword]

Parker tries to get in front of Martine and spins to face him trying to sound more calm than he feels, "Hey, Woah! Hang on there. I don't know if you recall what our host literally just said, but I'd rather neither of us become a snack right now.  We have a battle to get back to and, if we don't hurry, all of the really good bad guys will be gone before we get back."

Martine takes no action but mutters (probably to himself) “Somehow Metakae is responsible for this. It’s his revenge for all the sparring matches he’s lost over the years.”

The dragon rouses itself further. It cracks its back and shoulders and shakes off so much pollen that both you and Martine are covered in gold and silver.

“You appear lost and confused travellers. As you don’t appear to be fleeing Lord Tyr’s temple I assume you are not thieves. Can I offer you some assistance?”

[Valdis]

Martine takes no action but mutters (probably to himself) “Somehow Metakae is responsible for this. It’s his revenge for all the sparring matches he’s lost over the years.”

The dragon rouses itself further. It cracks its back and shoulders and shakes off so much pollen that both you and Martine are covered in gold and silver.

“You appear lost and confused travellers. As you don’t appear to be fleeing Lord Tyr’s temple I assume you are not thieves. Can I offer you some assistance?”

"Thank you Magnificent one.  We were following the path to our lord Stasis' realm and were given assistance to get us this far.  Would you be so kind as to point us in the right direction? We would like to rturn as quickly as possible.  We were separated from our friends and they are in sore need of our assistance."

[whitesword]

"Thank you Magnificent one.  We were following the path to our lord Stasis' realm and were given assistance to get us this far.  Would you be so kind as to point us in the right direction? We would like to rturn as quickly as possible.  We were separated from our friends and they are in sore need of our assistance."

“Well ‘magnificent one’ , thank you very much. You have reached young prince Stasis, I mean Lord Stasis’ realm, so your quest is complete. Are your friends around here somewhere?”

As you are having the conversation the passerby in the plaza either pay no heed to the scene or give the dragon a friendly wave.

[Valdis]

“Well ‘magnificent one’ , thank you very much. You have reached young prince Stasis, I mean Lord Stasis’ realm, so your quest is complete. Are your friends around here somewhere?”

As you are having the conversation the passerby in the plaza either pay no heed to the scene or give the dragon a friendly wave.

"Unfortunately no.  The battle we are trying to get back to is on our world, Habololy."

[whitesword]

"Unfortunately no.  The battle we are trying to get back to is on our world, Habololy."

“Oh. I’ve never been to Habololy, I understand my kind are not welcome. Wait one moment and I’ll find you a guide.”

He rears up on his hind legs (which clearly requires more effort than he’s used to) and bellows into an opening in the face of the tower, before settling back down on the flagstones.

After about five minutes a beholder, wearing a rose colored monocle over its center eye, floats up to you. “Greetings I am Myrset, Constable of the city. I see (said with an alien chuckle) that you are in need of assistance.  Say, are you the bard Parker Berko?”

[Valdis]

“Oh. I’ve never been to Habololy, I understand my kind are not welcome. Wait one moment and I’ll find you a guide.”

He rears up on his hind legs (which clearly requires more effort than he’s used to) and bellows into an opening in the face of the tower, before settling back down on the flagstones.

After about five minutes a beholder, wearing a rose colored monocle over its center eye, floats up to you. “Greetings I am Myrset, Constable of the city. I see (said with an alien chuckle) that you are in need of assistance.  Say, are you the bard Parker Berko?”

Parker is really trying to keep his cool at this point and is just shy of full blown panic. "Um, more or less"

[whitesword]

Parker is really trying to keep his cool at this point and is just shy of full blown panic. "Um, more or less"

All 11 of its eyes are looking you over and it’s face has a look of confusion. “I’m sorry after all these years two legged humor still perplexes me.  What brings you to Palladia?”

[Hero]

Navi is on a bleak featureless plain. There are uncountable beings milling about and in the distance there is a city so massive it’s walls would encompass all the cities of Habololy combined together. Before it’s iron walls fiends are herding the beings. Navi’s presence causes an immediate reaction and fiends begin heading in her direction.

Well that’s not good.

Being the cohort of a planar ranger, Navi does have an emergency response plan for unwanted interdimensional travel, as long as it works here. Know(planes) check 26. Will plane shift work?

If yes, Navi puts some vertical distance between her and the approaching devils (fly speed=90), pulls out a scroll, and casts plane shift to get back to Habololy.

[whitesword]

Well that’s not good.

Being the cohort of a planar ranger, Navi does have an emergency response plan for unwanted interdimensional travel, as long as it works here. Know(planes) check 26. Will plane shift work?

If yes, Navi puts some vertical distance between her and the approaching devils (fly speed=90), pulls out a scroll, and casts plane shift to get back to Habololy.

She appears in the midst of a frozen tundra but she is confident she is back on Habololy.