Rubius returns to Emelda, Rubian, and Ruby.
"My dear friends, it's been far too long since I've laid eyes on my beautiful family. I'll take my leave unless anyone needs me imminently. Please stop by when you have a chance and I'll prepare you all a meal."
Before you depart Escalon asks you to listen to what Maglore has to tell of the meeting of the powers. All of the Council of Ten, except Tania and Acure, are present as well as many of their seconds. Also present are Nisoru, Buld and Michael from the Church of Stasis, the high clerics of Tyrogatore, Tfop, Arsur'anyodel and Hemator for Icefia.
Maglore says: "No mortals attended the meeting of the powers. They met during the night in Behamut's lair. The events were related to me by Aezir.
All the heads of the Elder pantheons were present with Behamut standing for the Saurials, for their lord is believed to be imprisoned by the calamity on Dakon just like the dark one. Jazirian, who is respected by all agreed to serve as a neutral party, though his friendship with the Elder children and powers of the Mount is known by all.
For the humans Tyr and Oghma stood and Stasis attended as his possession of the Throne seemed to play some part in this controversy.
Athena, who has been a friend to Stasis and a student of Jazirian was invited to attend on behalf of the Olympians. She came but Zeus and Deimos, the other son of Ares, arrived as well. They claimed to speak on behalf of not only Olympus but the Beastlands as well. They bore a sigil of Stronmus in support of their claim.
In short Zeus demanded that all of you who took part in the battle against Phobos be handed over for one hundred years of slavery to Ares, that the Asgardians pay a heavy recompense for Ares and Phobos and that Stasis hand over the Throne of Aruvatar to Athena.
Needless to say his demands were not well received. All attempts to reason with him, and admittedly between Tyr and Moradin much of the reason had to be filtered out of streams of invective, failed. To make matters worse Deimos continually interrupted with insults and threats to the point that Jazirian expelled him from the lair. When he attempted to renter Jazirian dismissed him back to the Grey Wastes, which enraged Zeus even further.
The end result is this. There is now a true war in the upper planes. Zeus and Stronmus have allied against Asgard and have pledged to invade Ysgard when the Beastlands are secure. Zeus threatened all of the elder children with war across the planes. All of the elder children are unified against them and Corellon has already warned Zeus that the Seldarine will close the paths to Olympus in Arborea.
Tyr wants to expel Athena from the Mount but Jazirian is attempting to salvage some place for her. She could easily perish, or at least diminish in rank if forced to flee to Olympus.
Most of this means little for us here on Habololy, except that Stronmus has vowed to slay Tyrogatore and Zeus has pledged to aid him. There is a high bounty on his clerics and champions now throughout the planes.
Jazirian and Garl Glittergold believe that Maab, the unseelie queen, has manipulated all of this. She saw the weakening of the Beastlands and insinuated the idea of the assault in the minds of the Lords of the Nine. She clearly tried to have you kidnapped before your meeting with the Daghda. She likely manipulated Phobos with the idea that the Throne should have gone to Athena.
For all of you, turning to Ari, Kerkley, Parker and Rubius, there will likely be attempts to kidnap you here on Habololy but what form it will take we do not know. The Olympians have no presence here and Stronmus seems fixated on Tyrogatore. Given your roles as champions of the light you are always in some degree of danger. What you must guard against now is that it may not be servants of evil that strike at you."
