Episode Introduction
We have reached the battle at last, my fellow Mortal Guardians. We stand outside the royal palace of Cindervaeld where the leaders of the Stars Concordat have barricaded themselves inside. When you are ready we shall take the fight to them and clear the way for us to turn our focus upon our final enemy: She Who Speaks with the Void. The most powerful member of the Coven of Zul, She Who Speaks is the one who would usher in the destruction of our very world. Prepare yourselves for the conflict of an age. May the Everburning Light forever guide our steps!
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Episode Recap
After securing Cindervaeld’s Quarter of Sovereigns and besieging the royal palace, the Mortal Guardians and their allies conducted a swift and decisive assault that captured or defeated the last remaining elements of the Stars Concordat. Selwyn Caerdegar, who had long eluded the Guardians, fell in single combat and was then raised as a horrific scion of dark powers from the Void: a voidriven soulflayer, a terrifying creature capable of draining energy from the dead to deliver back to its dark masters at the dread obelisk. Undeterred, the Mortal Guardians battled Selwyn’s new, hideous form and slew him once more, finalizing the defeat of the Coven of Zul in Cindervaeld. Afterwards, the brave heroes scoured the city and collected additional fragmented remains of these new horrors, the soulflayers, that emerged from the obelisk to siphon death from the battlefield. Using those pieces to craft protective amulets, the Guardians shielded themselves against the powerful, deadly aura of death magic that surrounds the obelisk like a pulsing heated aura. And at last they pushed ahead, rebuking Herald R’Xahl’s flailing attempt to compel surrender and crushing her animated champion: a golem of death and corrupted adamantine metal. With nothing further in their way, the Mortal Guardians entered the obelisk to pursue the coven’s leaders directly.