S1: Put to order E6: The wings of the great king.

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10:50 PM : An Avian pays a visit to the town center, selling jewelry. He tells of a Titan who appeared in the water, a big blue bolt of lightening struck titan rock, freeing the titan trapped beneath.

Bones speaks with the avian alone and then soon afterwards meets up with an someone who claims to be an ally of the avian. Bones is mugged by, and his arm is cut off by the mugger, but it is healed for him at the mages guild.

The grave yard begins to glow green, and Charon apears in the graveyard. The Citizens of Haven send a rescue party into the underworld to rescue Hermes. Passing through the gate they pay Charon for the journey. Tyriam, Bones and Kaigen go along with Charon to enact the Rescue. Along the river the boat is attack multiple times by blighted creatures crawling out of the water, but the party manages to defeat them.

Bones falls into the river for only a moment, but still he is aged many years, having little effect on the gnome’s long lifespan.

They pass through a portion of the river that forces the party to forget their mission, but Kaigen’s memory returns and helps the rest of the party remember why they are in the underworld.

The boatman lets them off in order to search for Hermes. A large cage is protected by Corinthus and a Grot. The man in the cage is armed and armored and asks to be released. During the battle while The blightling and Skeleton are distracted Tyriam releases the imprisoned Man.

The prisoner reveals himself to be Alexander, a conqueror, a demigod. He says he was captured near Athens. He agrees to assist the party in their mission. With the help of Charon they travel to Hades throne room, and find he is their enacting some sort of ritual. He calls a Lycan to stall the party, and with the help of Alexander they the party slays the cursed creature. Hades finishes his ritual and leaves them alone in the throne room.

Behind the throne is a letter revealing that Hermes was not captured, it was a ruse.

They locate a door behind the throne with two keys. Alexander begins to fade, free of his bonds the underworld rejects him. Tyriam and Bones use their keys and are able to escape the throne room. Kaigan, relying on the blessing of Hermes attempts to use it on the door but finds it does not work and his Tattoo Fades.

Wandering the underworld, searching for a way to escape the Goddess Persephone finds him, and offers her assistance. Telling Kaigen of a pearl that can be used to escape the underworld. The pearl is guarded by Medusa. She transports him to her lair, and Kaigen sneaks inside to retrieve the pearl. Medusa comes upon him before he can retrieve the pearl, but he is able to grab it and smash it before the creature is able to harm him.

The citizens are visited by Perses, the Titan of Destruction, and told to hand Alexander over to him by noon the next day. Alexander returns, claiming the Titan can be beaten and recomending that we research it ourselves.

11:00 AM: The Skeleton Corinthus visits the citizens, warning of the impending visit of the Titan Perses. Alexander returns, with word of his conquest of nearby lands, he has with him a sword, the Thumb of Kronos, borrowed from a neighbouring Orc tribe. He offers it to Tyriam as it functions better in mortal hands.

12:00 AM: The Titan returns and the battle is fierce. Only Tyriam wielding the sword seems to be able to harm it. The Titan attempts to flee, and Alexander and Tyriam follow the Titan through to a plane of fire and defeat the Titan taking it’s skull as a prize.

Alexander claims Haven as the center of his kingdom, speaking of the large army he has already amassed to crush anyone who resists.

3:30 PM: Lucian visits the citizens angered at Alexander’s actions, that Alexander has claimed the town of Haven as his own. Alexander returns to town and confronts the mayor. Despite the citizens attempt to broker peace Lucian attacks Alexander. Alexander’s skill outmatches Lucian and he is defeated. Alexander forces Lucian to admit his betrayals to the citizens, that he is a vampiric creature, that he had betrayed them to Hades many times, that the tattoos of Kaigen, and Nyla were faked. He revealed he had been feeding off the towns’ folk and he was working against the citizens. That the old town of Haven wasn’t actually his, it was just a place he wanted destroyed. Three Citizens, Kaigen, Bones, and Tyriam called for the Mayor’s death and Alexander slew him.