I See A Red Moon Rising.

Orgosh gives the party more information after Vanthus' defeat.  The Demogorgon's lover Shami-Amourae was imprisoned in a place called the Wells of Darkness, after she found a way to manipulate him, it was rumored.  Such a drastic action by the Demogorgon, implies that it may be true.  The succubus Red Shroud of Broken Reach is the formost expert on Shami-Amourae.

Since the Wells of Darkness have no connection to the Gaping Maw, the party arrives at Broken Reach in Pazunia.  Pazunia, the Plane of Infinite Portals, is the first layer of the Abyss and home to the Red Shroud, formost authority on the Lady of Delights, Shami-Amourae.

After a bit of shopping, the party makes the necessary bribes to meet with the Red Shroud.  The party pays a steep price for information of the Lady of Delights and the Wells of Darkness.  One of the relics from the Isle of Dread turns out to be a key, the tooth of Ahazu.  Traveling to the Pit of Prisoners the group gains entry to the Wells of Darkness.

The party arrives in the bottom of a well, infested with chasme demons and abyssal ghouls.  The party fights fiercely and maintains its foothold in the Wells of Darkness.

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Session Characters:  Ortho, Gwendelyn, Nesta, Vin, Daria, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Mittens the Destroyer
Session Loot:  -7500 gp and an unfinished shadow pearl for bribes,  -25000gp for audience with Red Shroud.  And a lock of Vin's hair for extra information.

What's Eating Vanthus?

After the party recovers from the vile damage of the shadow demons, the party heads toward Vanthus' location.  Lavinia, now convinced there is no good left in her brother, demands that he be destroyed once and for all.  Vin is more than willing to oblige.

Approaching the bridge, several dread wraiths and shadow demons attack the party.  And swooping in on flying carpets, are a group of heavies taking advantage of the defense of the bridge.  Nesta and Ortho take an especially rough beating.  After defeating the demons, undead, and flying menaces, the party gears up and opens the doors to Vanthus' cell.

The inside is unnaturally dark and filled with death.  And a bit of undeath.  Fighting breaks out and then the glorious Vanthus emerges from the back room.  Combat retreats to the bridge, and Vanthus falls before the last of his shadow demon minions.  Lavinia is relieved and saddened, and finds comfort in Vins steady arms.

Saureya goes a bit more crazy, and the party ends his suffering.

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Session Characters:  Vin, Nesta, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Ortho, Gwendelyn, Daria, Mittens, Mire, Krenshaw.
Session Loot:  +5 mithril brestplate, +4 flaming burst longsword, +2 flaming burst sickle, +6 belt of giant strength, +5 mithril chain shirt, +3 shocking burst greatsword, +3 composite longbow (+7 STR), 50 adamantine arrows, gloves of dexterity +4, ring of protection +3, amulet of natural armor +4, boots of speed, 4 gold earrings with 300gp each.

The Pit of Despair

Moving deeper into the prison, The Divided's Ire, the party encounters an old gnome trapped in a luxurious room, chained to a wall.  Nurt Bilgeflower asks to be freed, and draws a quick map on where the last remaining contender for controlling the prison is location.  A vicious marilith, Lillianth, is nearby torturing a prisoner (Lavinia).  Vanthus is located elsewhere.

In a large room, with a small 10' ledge around the molten lava pit 20' below, six iron cages are suspended from the ceiling.  As soon as Vin sees Lavinia, he takes action and moves to rescue her.  As the party follows, the Marilith, her babau bodyguard, and six shadow demons.

The battle with the Marilith takes a fruitful course, but the shadow demons prove to be tough opponents.  Lavinia is rescued, an ice demon plunges to his death after the chain for his cage is cut, and a trumpet archon jumps to his death after his cage door is opened.

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Session Characters:  Daria, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Ortho, Mittens, Nesta

Session Loot:  +2 keen halberd, +2 unholy whip dagger, +2 wounding heavy pick, +3 keen scimitar, +4 short sword, ring of force shield, bracers of armor +4

The Halls of Montezuma

Exploring the prison further, the party fights a babau captain and several hezrou.  They are victorious and there is much rejoicing.

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Session Characters:  Daria, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Ortho, Mittens, Nesta
Session Loot:  +4 black dragon hide improved shadow banded mail, black dragon hide gauntlets of ogre power +2, +3 keen halberd, pink rhomboid ioun stone (+2 CON).

Zombie Zoo

The party rests in the realm of Saureya and wanders west further into the prison.  Finding an alter, the party immediately begins to assail it, which triggers the summoning of a molydeus.  The molydeus Zarvab, does not take kindly to the interlopers in his master's shrine and lays a beat-down on the party.  But the party still manages to eek out a victory in the end.

Moving on, the group encounters a strange creature Orgosh.  The bullywug lich entreats the party to go after the other faction leaders and gives the party the approximate location of Lavinia and Vanthus.  There are a great number of undead in this section of the prison, strangely subdued.  Orgosh claims that the party must eliminate Vanthus before the draw of the death knight wrests them from Orgosh's control.

Striking a deal, the adventurers move into the next area and discover a few demons feeding on a pile of human corpses.  The party prepares for a bit, then strikes fiercely, quickly overcoming and destroying the filth demons.

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Session Characters:  Vin, Gwen, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Ortho, Mittens, Nesta, Daria
Session Loot: a wooden nickel.

The fall of Kululblax

With the information provided by Saureya, the party takes a direct path to where Kululblax makes his lair.  The party encounters a group of nycaloths and defeats them in a quick scuffle.  Patrolling Vrocks swoop in and combat continues a while longer.

Arriving in a large vaulted room, with large cages suspended from the ceiling to 1' above the floor, the party closes in on the warden of the Divided Ire.  A pair of babau demons engage the party, but don't offer much opposition.

Moving into a large side-room, Kululblax waits prepared for the party, but in the end, is no match for the stalwart adventurers.

The party passes over the other bridge spanning the chasm, and enters and area patrolled by two demodands.  They are so revolting, even Rudy is disgusted by their presence.  The demodands are defeated, and everyone needs a bath.

 
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Session Characters:  Ortho, Nesta, Daria, Gwen, Vin, Hjalmgerdr, Rudolpho
Session Loot:  2 greataxes +2, 2 med fortified breastplates +2, 2 amulets of natural armor +2, rubber duck of bathing:  summons tub of hot, soapy water 1/day for one person.  Grants +3 circumstance bonus to charisma based skill checks if used for last seven days.

She's Just A Devil Woman, With Evil On Her Mind

Continuing inside prison, the party searches several crumbling rooms, debris, and meets a female kelvezu.  She introduces herself as S'sharra.  After the PCs introduce themselves, S'sharra explains that the prison is currently in a bit of disarray, and where the warden is located.  She knows Vanthus is here, but not where he is located inside the prison.  The party continues on, and S'sharra disappears quickly.

The adventurers cross the span between the halves of the Divided's Ire.  After opening the doors on the other side, the party finds a pillar that starts shrieking when they get close.  Drawn in by the siren shriek, a few party members get close enough that spikes rend their flesh and drain their life force.  The group quickly disables the shrieking pillar, and restores the flayed faces of the party.  Drawn by the sounds of battle, 3 Hezrou enter and attack the party.   The battle ends quickly and the party moves onward.

Entering a large room, with many columns, the group encounters a pair of trumpet archons.  After a parley, the archons lead the party to their leader Saureya, an astral deva.  He confirms some of the information that S'sharra disclosed earlier.  He greatly desires to see Kululblax fall, and offers the party a place to rest before moving on.

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Session Characters:  Ortho, Nesta, Daria, Gwen, Vin, Hjalmgerdr, Rudolpho.
Session Loot:  none.