Episode 30: The Demon God

Everyone got your tissues ready? Good.

The season finale opens on the Thunder Knights, still mostly naked in the bathhouse. Fengari immediately goes to everyone's clothes and begins rummaging around, planting fake Godstones in everyone's pockets. As the party suits up, Carinth begins the one-hour process of attuning to the real Godstone that they acquired in the Temple of Athena. The party ask Lara and Josephine if they have any relevant information for them at all; alas, the women know nothing that the party already doesn't. Fengari finally turns to Ortusa, tasking her with the important, if unsatisfying, job of defending Lara and the rest of the city from demons. Knowing that she can halt incoming forces with her voice, Ortusa agrees. There isn't much more time to discuss, so the party splits. The plan is for Carinth and Ash to go fire up the Thunder Bucket, hoping to deal some hardcore Blimp Blugeoning damage to Libidine's face, while Fengari, Hippolyta, and ViGuKaRi collect any supplies they might need from the nearby shops.

A couple break ins and armed robberies later, the party is 4 Greater Healing Potions richer and have even acquired 2 diamonds for the unlikely (well, likely) event of anyone's demise. Carinth and Ash arrive at the gate of Kragheim to find a stampede of people rushing in. The mob is buzzing with news of the incoming hoard of demons. Ash stops a fleeing civilian and asks how close the army is. Turns out, fetching the Thunder Bucket will prove nearly impossible, as the demons are right outside. With nowhere else to go, Carinth and Ash sit and wait for the rest of the Knights. Once everyone has reconvened, the party hatches a new plan. Kragheim rests inside a mountain. The gate provides a defendable choke point that the demons will need to file through to get inside. Fengari is anxious from the lack of information concerning what they're facing; is Libidine even out there? What about her family? She insists on doing the one thing we all know she probably shouldn't do: going outside to feign allegiance, grabbing Libidine's crown when she has the opportunity, and using her newfound Misty Step ability to teleport back behind the gate.