Mission 16 - Elturel's Ascent

[!abstract] The Job
Get Zariel's sword where it needs to go, free Elturel from its chains, and bring the city home.

The Shield Problem

Lulu, fully restored, tells us how the shield I've been hauling around can be destroyed. A good god could do it. An archdevil could do it. And some weird planetary thing or other could do it too.

Wonderful. Three options, and all of them are somebody else's problem.

The Sword

We put Zariel's sword in her hands, and it was enough. The angel in there answered. Her halo, her wings and her devil's face burned away, and she was redeemed. I've met few things in my life that deserved it less, and I stood there anyway, holding my breath like everyone else.

The Chains

Zariel cut the chains, and Elturel rose back to the surface. We made our way into the city and rose out of Avernus with it, and that's where the story leaves us. I'd like to say I felt something. I mostly wanted breakfast.

The shield? Zariel destroyed it. Gargauth doesn't get to whisper in anyone's ear anymore.

[!warning] Loose ends
These threads were never wrapped up at the table.

• What became of Lulu, Olanthius, Lord Kostchtchie and The Caravan?
• What became of Ulder Ravengard and Reya Mantlemorn?
• The loose ends back in Baldur's Gate with Commander Liara Portyr.

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