Place: nondescript locale along the only road in the outer-plane gate-town of Hopeless
Principle Characters: The Second Sword Mage (SM) and his wife, The Lich Zod and the Mind Flayer (#2), the Time Bandit (TB), [the guy we got the #10 from] (#10), the Shark and the Dwarf (but resurrected instead of being undead), Dragon Scion Skiesbane (SB), the Dragon Lifesbane (LB), the Dragon Tarazin the Gray (TG), The Eyeless One (EO), Fhylie the Sword, and the Imperial Chamberlain (IC)
IC: I am so glad that we all could meet like this and I am especially grateful that the great Skiesbane would grace us with his presence
SB: if not for the presence of the others of my kind I would hardly waste a second in this foul land, but if those mortals think they could simply distract my attention and steal the very sky from me I will let all know why I am the Terror of a Thousand Tornadoes
IC: I hate to disagree but if this was simply a mortal matter I would have no need to form a dark alliance. No, they might have been mortal once but through the power of Azari they have become something dark
TZ: if Azari continues to grow in power nothing will stop the compete transformation of the Shadow World over the Waking World and it will all be death
IC: indeed and maybe we all could pool our hatred for the likes of the so called High Cleric Kareem and the self appointed Duke Nightmare. All signs point that Duke Nightmare’s power is at its weakest and that if it where to grow again it would lead to the destruction of the Empire
LB: I care nothing for your human Empire but I can sense the coming of great evil from the Gorgon and if the Gorgon harvests the blood-power of these mortals you are so scared of it would be grave indeed
EO: but it is more than that. Visions of the future show great destruction in the South.
IC: Thanks to an unlikely ally (the Shark) I have learned much about the dealings of these dark figures and hoped they would either die during their grand adventures or slay each other themselves but the time is right. But it seems like all these dark figures will not destroy each other but plot to destroy all of us and for that reason alone we should band together to strike our common enemies.
Shark: I once thought Duke Nightmare and the High Cleric Kareem dead; but they returned to kill the Sword Mage and probably kill the rightful ruler of the Southland; Raphael Saberstrike.
TB: Under the coliseum in
#10: Then, thief, you do not know what you are up against. Several years ago I traded one of my many automatons and used it as a scrying device to watch their comings and goings. I was able to learn many things about their organizations, allies, and the places they have visited. But recently I have lost the ability to detect through my steel-machine. I do not believe they detected it, or otherwise I might be dead now. No, I believe they have done something to my metal-man and I must find out what.
EO: What I see is they Duke Nightmare and the High Cleric Kareem have made alliances with a plethora of dark powers from beyond our world. And these dark powers will be the undoing of the world.
TG: The coming of Azari is the real concern, if that is to pass then nothing can save us.
IC: Indeed there are many troubles concerning us here today and we can all agree that the death of Duke Nightmare and the High Cleric Kareem are of the utmost importance. Now we have been talking for a bit but we have not introduced ourselves. Again, I want to acknowledge the great dragons that have graced us with their presence: Skiesbane, Lifesbane, and Tarazin the Gray. Most of you know who I am; the Imperial Chamberlain. We are lucky to have the Shark and the Dwarf who were once an ally and once an enemy of Duke Nightmare. The wizards (#10) and the Eyeless One are both very skilled and knowledgeable but in very different subjects: mechanizations and natural occurrences. Zod, the Lich, and his friend the Mind Flayer (#2) were routed from their dungeon by those that we seek to kill. I would like to thank the Time Bandit for bringing us news about the secret portal in the underground lair of our enemy and for informing me that the Rogr of Illien is dead. And last, but not least, Fhylie the Sword: one time leader of a Militant Order who was disgraced by Kareem, now seeks revenge.
SM: Do you forget about me and my wife? It was I who summoned the demon army that about ripped apart your world (a slight overstatement of the facts).
IC: Yes, I am sorry. Sitting here to my right is the diabolists, the sorcerer, the warlock known as the Sword Mage and his apprentice wife.
SM: Thank you, was that so hard to admit my magnificence.
IC: and now that the introductions are out of the way; we can get down to business…
Old Man: What about me? You forgot to introduce me!
IC: I am so sorry, let us see here, you are who? Are you another that has been slighted by Duke Nightmare or seek revenge against the vile Kareem?
Old Man: Kareem? Vile? From my dealings with the olive-skinned Kareem have only been the most pleasant and beneficial to my side. And slighted by Duke Nightmare? He should think that I slighted him for all that he has done for me. But I come here today to payback Duke Nightmare in kind.
IC: Who are you?
SB: do you think you can kill me? I am like a god in the sky!
Old Man: I am in the god in your sky and you are all now dead!
