Path: Chapter Six

So this is it, the final session! Bootcamp cut things short.

GM's Goals
-Defeat Golau
-Rescue the town of Aelia

Eva's Beliefs (I'm only writing in the changed ones)
2. My father and Golau's schemes are the only things keeping me here. Let's end this.

Augustes's Beliefs (again, only the changed ones)
1. I just want this to end. I wanna go home and get some sleep.

- As Kincaid, Eva, and Augustes go down the tunnels they hear a rumble behind them. The spiders are not pleased, and they're coming up in force..

-Kincaid gives Eva an empty glass vial, telling her to not drop it at all costs. Kenodoxius, also known as The One in the Deep, is coming for them. Kincaid will hold off the spiders while they run.

-And so they do. But a cloud of black smoke catches up with them and surrounds them, screaming loudly in their minds. Both players barely manage to pass their Steel tests, and Eva not only doesn't drop the vial but Augustes doesn't run away screeching in fright (all three Persona burnt on that one!)

-The One in the Deep demands that the vial be dropped. Augustes, who was leaning on Eva due to his wounds, raises himself up and tells Kenodoxius tha tthey'll do no such thing. Kenodoxius begins to destroy the tunnel...

-...and time freezes.A being, who is surrounded by a soft blue glow, walks up behind them. Each step he changes another race- spider, troll, orc, roden, elf, dwarf, wolf, and human. He introduces Himself as Avgud, and that He's proud  of them both. He explains that The One in the Deep is on his way to kill Golau, since Inimicai are cursed to hate each other so that way they don't band together to rule the world, but that he needs a body to do it. Considering that Kincaid is a Siunattu Soturi, a Blessed Warrior long dead, the only body he can possess is Eva's, since Kenodoxius was an elf himself... once.  Eva always has the option of letting Kenodoxius possess her if she wishes, but Avgud promises victory if only Eva and Augustes obey Him. No strings attached beyond that.

- Eva and Augustes say that what they've been doing hasn't worked out, and considering that all that Avgud asks for is obedience they agree to it. Avgud tells them that they'll be put to the and, once they succeed, He'll tell them what to do next. Off they go!

- Time resumes, and Eva holds up the vial, which is now brightly shining.  They walk through Kenodoxius, who's been thrown back by the vial. They round the corner and Golau with Kai, Eva's father, and Austin, Augustes's brother! They both look a bit wobbly (and are, they're enchanted!); Golau commands them to kil their kin.

- Kai spits out vile hatred for Eva that she's never heard  before. Apparently Eva's mother died giving birth to her, and Kai's always held it against her. Austin also swears vengeance on Augustes for thinking that he's really better than everyone back in Golau.  A Fight! is begun. Kai and Austin have a +2 Ob for being imperfectly mind-controlled, since Golau's attention is focused on holding back Kenodoxius)

Fight!
- Positioning is rolled between Augustes and Austin (hands vs. sword) and Augustes wins. No positioning roll necessary for the elves, since they're both wielding swords.
-Austin charges Austin, ducking under his strike and staggering him back.
-Kai winds up for a Great Strike and Eva flinches (Block)
-Kai moves in for the kill, but trips (Ob 3's hard to crack when your dice hate you!) and Eva slashes into the offending leg, causing him to stumble (+3 Ob from here on out!)
- Crying out in pain, Kai swings a hasty strike (and I roll CRAP yet again!) but Eva blocks so ferociously that Kai stumbles back, guard open.

-After briefly falling back and trying to gain advantage over each other

-This time Augustes actually knocks Austin over even as Austin tries to jump clear. They're on the ground now.
-Kai still hasn't gotten his bearings (Eva hasn't let up), and so Eva cuts his leg tendon, causing him to fall over
Fight over

-As Eva and Augustes stand over their kin, Golau commands them to kill their kin. Eva and Augustes look up and ask why they'd do such a thing. Golau, distracted by Kenodoxius, spits back that they're family, that's why! Eva strides toward Golau, and begins telling her off epically, ending with "...even though we're both not normal, we're not sick in the head like you!"

-With that Eva hears in her mind Avgud telling her to throw the vial at Golau. She does so and everything goes white. They're back in Aelia, the town that was being attacked by trolls, Augustes is healed and holding The Wheel of Fire!

- Obviously, the trolls are taken care of. A Wheel of Fire wielding Augustes, a restored Kai and what's left of Aelia's townsfolk take care of that.

-As Augustes finishes using The Wheel, he looks down at his bare chest (from his piece of chest armor being burned up and thus discarded earlier) and realizes that he's covered in flame tattoos. The Wheel's now gone. The town is saved .

Epilogue: both Eva and Augustes traveled together until Augustes was forced to retire due to age. He settled down in Ortes, a kingdom in The Dragontooth Isles far to the west, happy and content. Eva's Grief (which was a B6 at the beginning of this whole thing was the focus of one of her Beliefs) was reduced to B0 for using the vial. She went on to travel the world in a flying ship named Painoton ("Weightless in Elvish). Their actions pushed back the Goleuni, and Golau didn't reappear immediately after these events, the entire continent nation of Golau began to collapse...