Get ready for the worst recap ever made! It’s been months and I remember nothing!
So, the group (including Diafani) goes to meet Aurifar in the now-ruined City of Brass. And who should meet them there but Shallows. Turns out he’s not dead, he’s a bloody traitor! He has Bailiff, keeping them floating up in the air using telekinesis. The reason Aurifar had access to the full Psionic power wasn’t because he’d gotten a new Vessel spark; it was just that Shallows was doing it for him. He’d been working for Aurifar since the trial with the Lady of Pain.
‘If you attack me, they’ll fall to their death,’ said Shallows, gesturing vaguely towards Bailiff. ‘I know being betrayed is uncomfortable, but you must realise the situation you’re in? Give me the password for the flask and we can all get what we want.’
The first to act was Uzi – she cast Time Stop and launched herself straight up to catch Bailiff, while Vi and Cranzalar (once time resumed) assaulted Shallows with spells. Cranzalar now held the Evocation spark, and his spells were about three times as potent!
Uzi passed the unconscious Bailiff to Diafani, who used the Cubic Gate to open a portal and get back to Sigil. With them safe and the cube retrieved, Uzi joined the fray.
Shallows fought back with mind blasts, psychic lashes, and telekinetic geysers that launched the party high into the air. Despite this assault, Cranzalar crashed through his defenses and sent him flying past the City of Brass outskirts.
Uzi marched by Cranzalar. ‘Give me the spark,’ she said. Cranzalar clasps hands with her, and the spark is transferred.
Shallows was trying to reassemble himself after the assault of blades and purple fire. His hyperactive metabolism had kept him immortal all this time. Uzi, using the Evocation spark, sent out a bolt of lightning that briefly lit the whole of the plane of Fire with cold, blue radiance.
Shallows was dead.
Unfortunately, Aurifar never needed the password. He’d simply destroyed the flask, along with its contents, without opening it. Pitting the party against Shallows was a win-win situation; if Shallows succeeded in killing them it would have meant retrieval of the Evocation spark and a threat removed without any risk to Aurifar. If Shallows failed, Aurifar got the Psionic spark, again without much effort.
The party learned all this upon their return to Sigil with another illusory visit from Aurifar. ‘I’m only missing one final piece,’ he said. ‘Diafani. My vessel. I’ll be waiting atop the city of Floodwall. Bring her, and perhaps I’ll allow it to keep on standing. Along with all the other planes it’s connected to.’
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