The solution, as the norns told us, is to make an apocalypse happen. The world needs to end and start over. I'm hoping we get to sit down with the more knowledgeable members of our band and pick through our options. We can restart Ragnarok, but Odin and most of the Norse won't be too happy with that, or us. There are some other options, the only one I'd heard mentioned, though, was the Aztec's since their myths place us in... what... the 6th world? 5th? I don't remember.
Anyway, the climb had some of us desperately needing sleep (especially Lexi). The norns let us sleep in their cave with the promise we'd check on a well here in Yggdrasil's roots. If it'd run dry then the rivers of the world would run dry. That's something that we really couldn't afford.
We set out the next day and it took another couple of days to get there and when we reached the "well" it was empty. When I say well, it's more like... a caldera. It's a good 15 miles across and 8 miles deep. However, it's not run dry, exactly. There's a three-mile thick dam being built by an army of undead svartalfar. I do wanna know who's behind it, but we've decided to wreck this dam before continuing on.
The plan is for Lexi, Claire, and Rufus to play distraction and cover-fire while Kenny plays lookout and silences me while I work. I'll be smashing my way through the top of the dam and Hal will be working his way up from the bottom. This shouldn't be hard. We just have to punch a hole and let the pressure do the rest.
Time for some idle musing and catching up.
I didn't mention before, but I want to talk about now. Before we went into the underworld, I had an opportunity to see my mothers. I was drawn away from camp by faerie fire, will-o-the-wisps, whatever you want to call them, to a large lake, and I was greeted by Rhiannon, Kennedy's mother. She took me across the lake to her mansion where her other aspects were chatting with Indigo and Kyria was fighting with The Morrigan. Yes, my mortal, amazon mother was having a duel with a goddess. She didn't win of course, but I think there was some warriors respect earned.
Anyway, I got to see my mothers and basically unloaded my baggage on them. They gave me some good advice and were there to help me deal. Even Rhiannon and the Morrigan were sympathetic to my personal issues. I also got a bit of a glimpse at what my birth mother meant to Artemis. They'd been lovers. I guess I understand her anger a bit more. It's just something I'm going to have to endure, I guess.
When I left, Rhiannon gave me a bag containing some small relics to give to the group. The Morrigan also made me an offer, which surprised me. She explained that she appreciates me travelling with her daughter and keeping her safe, even though Kenny really doesn't need my help, but its a safety in numbers thing. Anyway, I took the bargain and the Morrigan laid a geas on me.
Before we get into position for our dam smashing, I'll pass out the relics to everyone.
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