The Forty-Ninth Session (SERIES FINALE)

Continuing their fight against Dorek Blackthorn, the Sentinels pushed themselves to their limits. Dorek used Dimension Door to land on another of the floating islands, and unleashed a Shadow Wave, badly hurting all but Halrek, who managed to dodge it. Engaging Aoth, he landed a blow that cracked the Nulbuster, prompting Aoth to tear it off, revealing his regenerated arm and landing a power attack across Dorek's face, surprising the Shadowborn. A second hammer strike was caught, however, and returned with a blow of his greatsword that brought Aoth to his knees.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a loud chanting begin beneath them, as they saw the Order of the Grand Pegasus, now freed by Hanolin, preparing a ritual on the shoreline. Halrek gave Shag a healing potion, bringing him back into the fray. Yief charged back in, dealing a devastating flurry of blows, finally outmaneuvering Dorek's defensive use of his sword and stopping him from intervening with the ritual below. Halrek blinked in, stabbing him in the back, and blinking himself and Aoth back out. Despite Yief's successful strikes, Dorek was able to knock him unconscious in return, then once again using Dimension Door to appear where Halrek had brought Aoth and Shag, attacking all 3, failing to land a blow on Halrek.

Aoth then expended very high level magic to heal all of them back to their full health, prompting Dorek to realize the tide of battle would shift, as he was relying on how injured they were to win. At this point, the Grand Pegasus completed their ritual, and they saw Hanolin look up at them and smile with a tear in his eye before his body disintegrated into embers of spiritual energy, along with the rest of the Order. Their energy combined into a massive spiritual wall, which spanned the entire edge of the Free Lands and Lyria, trapping the Shadowborn in the Northern Kingdoms. Dorek let out a shadowburst at the wall, to no effect. Realizing he was powerless against it, he vowed to defeat the Sentinels, and that the Dread King would succeed where he failed.

The fight raged on, until Yief jumped across four different floating islands in a massive sprint, ending in an Earthshatter strike that knocked Dorek into the air. Shag used Dimension Door to bring Aoth to where they were fighting, and Aoth followed with a strike from Thunderburst, knocking him further into the air. Halrek then unleashed his ultimate ability, blinking at such blinding speed that he existed in 5 physical spaces at once around the floating Dorek. He drew his scythe, and severed Dorek's body at 5 different points. Aoth followed this with a pillar of sacred fire, sending Dorek's body high into the sky and burning it completely. Shag reached the body, using his Paragon Surge to completely vaporize it in a huge blast of magic energy, destroying the floating island they were on.

He then grabbed Yief and used Dimension Door to bring them to the ground, while Halrek's boots allowed him to feather fall, lightly touching down to the ground. Aoth fell, landing on his shield and fracturing his shoulder, but got back up.

They went to Vissella's body, now being surrounded by Melarra, Cormir, the council, Fish and Nul, and Alder Stoneheart. While they had no diamond, Aoth used the dragon remains they had, while Shag cast Revival. Through the combined effort of their ritual with Shag's arcane mastery, along with aid that Aoth could feel from Alehel, the ritual was successful, bringing Vissella back to life. Melarra touched the Spirit Wall, in awe at the magic that created it. She remarked that at the scale the wall was at, it would likely hold for 200 years. The resistance and the Falconguard finished off the last of the Shadowborn forces on their side of the wall, before taking a moment to breathe. Shag teleported back to Myth Novra to begin drinking, while the rest of them stayed the night at the Fortress of Lunaria. The following morning, Melarra brought them all back to Myth Novra, where Shag was still drunk, talking to a painting. Over the course of the day, they all bathed and relaxed. Melarra and Cormir officially inducted them into the guilds, giving them permanent access to Myth Novra and all the other guild resources. She informed them that Alder Stoneheart invited them to be inducted into the Talons of Midfall, the highest order of their knights.

They then discussed what the future may hold for them, deciding they would go find the beholder that bested them a few months prior. Yief decided he would take steps to find his father, and Halrek agreed to join him. Regardless of what was next, they reveled in the fact that they won a victory that should have been far beyond their grasp, and had saved all the southern kingdoms of Suran.