The End is Only the Beginning Chapter 1
After having fought their way through the catacombs, the party of intrepid adventurers finally entered the reached the inner sanctum. The party consisted of a ranger named Arash Caeless; a cleric named Solonna; a pair of mated Wood Elves; Daisy Cotton, a Halfling rogue; Eärlindë Sylath; a High Elf mage; and the pseudodragon Ashat. When they found Ashat's body under Castle Greyhawk they had been traveling with a druid. The druid cast reincarnate on her and Ashat changed from a human to a young adult Pseudodragon
"Are you sure you still want to do this?" said Eärlindë. "We can still turn back, but once we walk through that door, I am not sure we will be able to. I do not know very much about the artifacts that we seek. The information I have been able to obtain indicates we will be able to trap Iuz with in his own lands, perhaps even trap him the same way Zagig trapped him before. Maybe we can fix the god trap and lock Iuz up for good this time. On the other hand, the information I have could be false and we could end up with something a lot worse than Iuz."
"After we stopped his invasion plans, freed Lord Robilar and cleared his name, Iuz had made it his personal mission to destroy not just us, but everything and everyone we care about," said Arash. "Let's finish this."
"I'm for doing a lot worse to him if we can," said Daisy.
The other two nodded in agreement. Daisy checked the door, disarmed the trap and unlocked it. They entered into a triangular room. At each corner was a pedestal and on that pedestal a platinum coin. Solonna cast detect magic: the coins glowed, but did not give off a specific school of magic.
"I have a bad feeling about this," said Solonna.
"So do I," Agreed Eärlindë.
After thoroughly examining one of the items and the pedestal itself, Daisy picked up one of the coins and tried to identify it with her monocle of perusal. She could not identify it. Eärlindë cast Analyze Dweomer on one of the coins. As she did, a single name appeared on the coin: Thrazadun. Before Eärlindë could give a warning, the small coin struck her in the chest them, and then merged with her body. Before she lost consciousness, she saw the second coin hit Solonna, and the third hit Daisy.
Somewhere on another plane of existence, four deities met. One arrived in human form. Two arrived in elvish form, one male the other female. The fourth arrived as a dragon with platinum scales. These were Olidammara, Corellon Larethian, Sehanine Moonbow and Bahumat. Bahumat quickly took the form of a human in plate "This is quite the predicament our respective followers have gotten themselves into," said Olidammara
"That would be the understatement of the age," said Corellon. "Now what do we do? The others are demanding we do whatever it takes to prevent them from reuniting the artifact. "
"In order to release Thrazadun the three artifacts must attach them selves to mortals in the service of good; one mage, one priest, and one with no magic. It must then absorb the essence of a demigod," said Bahumat. "No matter what we say or do you know Iuz is going to go after those three personally. I hope it did not escape your notice the only ones pushing for oblivion were Gruumsh, Lolth, Tiamat, Vecna and Nerull,"
"Nerull, right, Maxin's Keep. How many of Nerull's priests did they get when they sacked his temple?" asked Olidammara
"Not nearly enough. They were considerably more thorough when they took out Vecna's two temples and foiled his kidnapping plot," said Sehanine Moonbow.
"Baccob recommended taking each to another world, then binding them, their souls and by extension the piece of the artifact they carry, to that world," said Corellon. "I think this is for the best. Sehanine and I will take Solonna and Arash to Toril."
"I will take her to Kalamar. There I am known as Risk," said Olidammara. "I suppose you will take Eärlindë to Krynn."
"Even if it means she is never going to see Feravon again," said Bahumat. Corellon gave him a look. "Given that they were planning on saying their vows before he was killed, and go from handfasted to wed I was planning on giving her back, as long as she did not enter into a new relationship. You could let me take him with me to Krynn. You are taking both Arash and Solonna to Toril where you have and aspect."
"No, we are already cutting five threads from the fabric of Oerth's tapestry. I dare not risk a sixth," said Corellon. "I gave him the option of being resurrected and making his way to Krynn via spell jammer, he declined. I have severed their bond. She will be free to pursue a new life on Krynn. It is best she leaves her old one behind."
"What about her son?" asked Sehanine.
"Thoiravel is a follower of Bahumat like his mother and captains a spelljammer. Let his choices determine his fate," said Corellon.
Author's Note: I know not everyone sees Paladine and Bahumat as the same deity, but many do. I am one of them. I for one would love to see Paladine revived in Dragonlance someday. On reincarnate roll 100 DM's choice Spell Jammers are ships that travel between worlds. Each world has it's own sphere. This sphere contains the world, it's version of the Prime Material Plane, the various celesetial bodies that cohabit that plane with it. The Inner Planes which for the most part are standard from world to world the Four Elemental Planes, The Plane of Shadows the Astral Plane, The Positive Energy Plane and the Negative Energy Plane. It is in the Outer Planes that worlds vary from one world to the next. To my knowledge Krynn has three outer planes The Vault of Creation, The Hidden Vale and The Abbys. Oerth is much more complicated. Oerth's outer planes are collectively known as the Great Wheel. The list starts with Elysium in the twelve o'clock position and working out way around to Bytopia. The Outlands is in the center and underneath the Prime Material Plane and the Inner Planes.
Elysium (Blessed Fields) Neutral Good
The Beastlands (Happy Hunting Grounds) Neutral good / Chaotic good
Arboria (Arvandor) Chaotic good
Ysgard (Heroic Domains) Chaotic neutral / Chaotic good
Limbo (Plane of Ever-Changing Chaos) Chaotic neutral
Pandemonium (Plane of Windswept Depths) Chaotic evil / Chaotic neutral
The Abyss (Plane of Infinite Layers) Chaotic evil
Carceri (Tartarus)Neutral evil / Chaotic evil
The Gray Waste (Hades) Neutral evil
Gehenna (Plane of Bleak Eternity) Neutral evil / Lawful evil
Baator Hell (The Nine Hells) Lawful evil
Acheron (The Infernal Battlefield) Lawful neutral / Lawful evil
Mechanus (Nirvana) Lawful neutral
Arcadia (Plane of Peaceable Kingdoms) Lawful neutral / Lawful good
Mount Celestia (The Seven Heavens) Lawful good
Bytopia (Twin Paradises) Neutral good / Lawful good
The Outlands (Plane of Concordant Opposition True Neutral
Now each crystal sphere floats in The Phlogiston. This is the space between worlds. The only way between spheres is via ships called Spelljammers. The ones I know about are Grey Space, Realm Space and Krynn Space. Grey Space is Greyhawk. Realm Space is Forgotten Realms. Krynn Space is Dragonlance.