Chapter Summaries

Corellon conceded defeat to Bahamut and agreed to surrender the place where the Dragon Frenzy Maze’s core spellwork was stored, but Lolth ambushed and killed him. As Corellon’s body, soul, godhead, and divine authority were swallowed, the long-standing conflict between him and Lolth reached its end.

• Corellon judged that further fighting would bring the Elf race and Elf God System ruin, so he yielded to Bahamut.
• Bahamut accepted the concession and agreed to let Corellon’s forces leave.
• Lolth emerged from stealth and tore Corellon’s heart from his chest while he was off guard.
• Corellon recognized Lolth as Eilistraee and reflected on their bitter history and her resentment of his romantic affairs.
• Lolth kissed Corellon, then her giant spider phantom swallowed his Divine Body, God Soul, godhead, and divine authority.

After Lolth killed Corellon, Bahamut and Tiamat realized the Elf God System would seek vengeance and chose to destroy the surviving elves and Elf Gods rather than negotiate. Lolth then turned to attack the remaining Elf Gods as the dragon-elf war descended into a frenzy of slaughter.

• Bahamut recognized that Corellon's death had made peace with the Elf God System unlikely and would bring the Dragon God System most of the blame.
• Bahamut and Tiamat blamed Lolth for escalating the conflict, but followed her suggestion to attack the surviving elves and Elf Gods.
• Lolth's Felin Demon Sunflower messenger reminded her to fulfill her promise to help its master deal with some gods, and Lolth said she did not need reminding.
• Lolth appeared behind a besieged Elf God and attacked them with her poisoned, cursed nails.
• Dragons and elves fought with renewed fury as the war reached its most critical stage.

A Felin Demon Sunflower approached the Drow Elf Clan Mother to request an audience with Lolth on behalf of the Bloody King. Lolth appeared and learned that the Bloody King claimed to have known her as the Lord of the Scorching Hell.

• A Felin Demon Sunflower asked the Drow Elf Clan Mother to arrange a direct meeting with the Queen of Gods.
• The Clan Mother contacted Lolth, who took control of her presence and addressed the visitor.
• The Felin Demon Sunflower said the Bloody King had dealings with Lolth long ago, before revealing his former identity as the Lord of the Scorching Hell.
• Lolth showed confusion as she tried to recall her past dealings with the Lord of the Scorching Hell.

Lolth heard Orsaga’s offer to kill designated gods in exchange for a chance to destroy Corellon and the Elf God System. She accepted the deal, setting up Corellon’s betrayal and death.

• Lolth recognized Orsaga’s reputation and recalled their past dealings before asking what he wanted.
• The Felin Demon Sunflower relayed Orsaga’s request for Lolth to kill several designated gods in exchange for an opportunity to destroy Corellon and the Elf God System.
• Lolth asked why Orsaga would not kill the gods himself, and he replied that the rules prevented him from acting directly.
• Lolth asked which gods she was meant to target, and her discussion with the Felin Demon Sunflower concluded with her accepting Orsaga’s deal.
• Lolth later backstabbed Corellon and tore out his heart.

Orsaga and the Lady of Pain discussed how much Lolth wanted to kill him and how killing even one of his avatars would be celebrated as a great deed. The Lady of Pain privately agreed, while Lolth continued fighting the Elf Gods after killing Corellon.

• Lolth killed Corellon with a critical hit and turned to fight the Elf Gods.
• Orsaga laughed at Corellon's death, and the Lady of Pain said Lolth would likely want to kill him too.
• Orsaga said he enjoyed being hated and claimed that killing one of his avatars would earn a killer immense gratitude.
• Orsaga described how he fought or abandoned planes according to whether conquest would be profitable, often creating champions in the process.
• The Lady of Pain considered what reward her plane would give someone who killed Orsaga and silently agreed that the deed would merit the highest honors.

After Shar recovered from the gods’ ambush, she asked Orsaga to help her kill Suren, but he refused because he could not attack gods and owed Suren a favor. Orsaga hinted that the Fate Stone Tablet might explain the sudden attack, leaving Shar eager to exploit the coming conflict among the gods.

• Iolam recovered from his injuries and worried about Shar’s fate after escaping the ambush by Suren, Mystra, Chauntea, and Tyr.
• Shar raged in a human kingdom’s palace, smashing its treasures while its inhabitants slept under her control.
• Shar asked Orsaga to help her kill Suren and offered him Suren’s divine spark and portfolio, but he refused and revealed his past affair with Suren.
• Orsaga suggested Shar consider why Mystra, Chauntea, and Tyr had appeared together, prompting Shar to suspect the Fate Stone Tablet was involved.
• Shar asked whether the gods would move against Bane and two other gods, and Orsaga replied that it was possible.

Lady of Black Night tried to use the Fate Stone Tablet to lure Orsaga into danger, but he dismissed it as worthless. Meanwhile, Dimogegen learned that Graz'zt planned to open the Multiverse's largest brothel and wondered at his madness.

• Lady of Black Night decided against allying with Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul, believing AO would destroy them for stealing the Fate Stone Tablet.
• Lady of Black Night offered Orsaga information about the Fate Stone Tablet, hoping to draw him into AO's scheme and get him killed.
• Orsaga rejected the offer, saying the Fate Stone Tablet was not as good as his floor tiles.
• Dimogegen drove Orcus from Saltwater Swamp after a costly battle and remained wary of Graz'zt.
• Dimogegen's agents reported that Graz'zt was opening the Multiverse's largest brothel, and Dimogegen called him insane.

Bhaal felt an escalating sense of danger and prepared contingencies, including sending his High Priest away with a divine artifact and planning to distribute his Slaughter Divinity among his descendants. The High Priest’s severed head arrived moments later, and Bhaal faced a large force of gods who had sealed the underground fortress against teleportation.

• Bhaal decided not to seek help from Bane and Myrkul and instead ordered his High Priest to hide with key followers and supplies, carrying an artifact that could help revive him.
• Bhaal planned to divide his Slaughter Divinity among suitable vessels and set out to find female believers he could impregnate.
• The High Priest’s severed head crashed through the wall and landed at Bhaal’s feet.
• Bhaal burned the head to ashes and saw Suren, Mystra, Chauntea, Tyr, Yondalla, and many other gods enter the fortress.
• Bhaal realized the gods had sealed the area against teleportation and drew his weapon as he faced what seemed to be certain defeat.

Tyr and the other gods confronted Myrkul and Bane after bringing them Bhaal’s corpse, trapping them inside an isolation barrier. Myrkul and Bane regained their resolve and prepared to fight, while Tyr drew Pale Justice and faced Myrkul.

• Myrkul and Bane waited for Bhaal, but Tyr arrived carrying Bhaal’s battered corpse and announced that they had brought him.
• Myrkul and Bane tried to flee, but they struck an isolation barrier that Tyr and the other gods had prepared to keep them from escaping.
• Myrkul accepted that they were cornered and summoned his bone scythe, challenging Tyr to fight him.
• Bane reflected that he had grown lax, then equipped his metal gauntlets and prepared for battle.
• Tyr stored Bhaal’s corpse, drew Pale Justice, and faced the eager Myrkul as the gods took the coming fight seriously.

Tyr and Myrkul fought fiercely without either gaining a clear advantage, while Bane challenged the gathered gods to face him. Mystra arranged a witnessed one-on-one duel for Bane’s divine portfolios, as Shar watched from afar and prepared to take revenge on Mystra and the others.

• Tyr pressured Myrkul in battle, but Myrkul’s bone scythe blocked his attacks and neither suffered significant harm.
• Bane asked the gods whether they would fight him together or one at a time.
• Mystra proposed that one god duel Bane and that the victor inherit his glory and status under the gods’ witness.
• Several gods showed interest in fighting Bane and eyed one another as competitors for his divine portfolios and divine spark.
• Shar watched the distant scene from the snow and decided the time had come to exact revenge on Mystra and the others.

Shar planned to lure ambitious godslayers toward a gathering of gods while disrupting the gods’ communications and teleportation, despite the risks. Haqqatar received her information and asked Kaleid to join him, leaving Kaleid tempted by the chance to gain a divine portfolio suited to him.

• Shar decided to leak the gods’ location to would-be godslayers and interfere with the gods’ ability to communicate and escape.
• Haqqatar received the information, weighed its risks, and reported it to Orsaga, who told him to judge the opportunity for himself.
• Haqqatar contacted Kaleid and told him that coordinates might lead to a large gathering of gods.
• Kaleid considered the offer because Moradin’s divine portfolios were poorly suited to him, despite his having secured a path to godhood.

Chauntea sensed a surge of malice directed at her, and Mystra discovered that her links to her subordinates had been severed. Mystra examined the hidden runes around the battlefield and concluded that Shar had secretly isolated the area with a powerful ritual.

• Chauntea sensed malice arising in distant places and warned Mystra through Mind Power.
• Mystra suspected Shar or another enemy was plotting but did not expose anyone.
• Mystra discovered that her connections to all her subordinates had been secretly severed.
• Mystra used her special sight to inspect the surrounding space and found layers of hidden Magic Runes forming a ritual barrier.
• Mystra recognized the ritual's craftsmanship and concluded that Shar was behind the scheme.

Mystra attacked Bane and Myrkul to prevent Shar from exploiting their survival, prompting Tyr to set aside his principles and accept their deaths. As Myrkul lay near death, Gith Empire warships appeared overhead and began bombarding the battlefield.

• Mystra decided Shar’s interference made Bane and Myrkul too dangerous to let survive, then struck them with a spell while they fought Tyr and another god.
• Tyr and the other god hit the badly wounded Bane and Myrkul, bringing them close to annihilation.
• Tyr challenged Mystra for interfering, but she warned that Shar was plotting, and he accepted that Bane and Myrkul had to die without honor.
• Myrkul lamented that he would not get to show his final warrior’s spirit, then spotted Gith Empire warships in the clouds.
• The Gith Empire warships opened fire on the snowfields, worsening the gods’ expressions.

Mystra effortlessly dismantled the Gith Empire’s magical bombardment, leaving Haqqatar and Kaleid uncertain whether to continue their attack. The standoff ended when ambitious adventurers arrived to join the battle, and they immediately fixed their sights on the gods.

• Mystra intercepted and dismantled tens of thousands of magical attacks, unleashing hurricanes that rocked the Astral Ships.
• Haqqatar and Kaleid marvelled at Mystra’s power, and Haqqatar asked whether they should retreat.
• Kaleid hesitated between avoiding Mystra and pursuing the other gods, while the Astral Ships stopped firing and both sides entered a standoff.
• Adventurers from Toril and other worlds teleported onto the battlefield, hoping to slay gods.
• Haqqatar and Kaleid saw the new arrivals as cannon fodder, while Mystra, Tyr, and the other gods worried that the battle had grown more chaotic.
• The first adventurers spotted the gods and turned their ambitions toward them.

As the gods slaughtered the adventurers, Kaleid and Haqqatar prepared the Gith forces to attack and prayed to the Bloody King. The Gith charged without distinguishing friend from foe, while Orsaga watched from a snowy mountain as their killings sent him Power of Faith.

• Mystra used powerful, rapidly cast spells to kill waves of adventurers, astonishing Kaleid and the Spellcasting adventurers.
• Kaleid ordered the Astral Ships to prepare an interference spell targeting Mystra, then checked that Haqqatar and the Bloody King Church high-ranking members were ready to attack the gods.
• The Gith assembled their mounts, aerial cavalry, and ground forces, driven by the promise that whoever killed a deity would gain its power and rise within the Bloody King Church.
• Kaleid and Haqqatar ordered all forces to attack in the Bloody King's name, and the Gith charged onto the battlefield.
• The adventurers welcomed the arriving Gith as reinforcements, but the Gith Silver Swords cut down adventurers and other living beings indiscriminately.
• Orsaga watched from a snow-covered mountain as the Gith's killings generated Power of Faith that flowed toward him.

The Gith Army rampaged across the battlefield, slaughtering adventurers and gods alike, while the deaths strengthened surviving Gith and forced the gods to join the fray. Kaleid battled a god who mocked his earlier victory over Moradin, but he pressed on despite knowing that killing another god was an unlikely gamble.

• The Gith Army ignored adventurers’ pleas and attacked everyone in reach, prompting furious adventurers to turn on them while the gods watched in confusion.
• The gods noticed that Gith grew stronger by absorbing part of the power of those they killed, and they joined the battle to stop the growing threat.
• Mystra, Haqqatar, and Tyr stood out amid the chaos as their power overwhelmed the weaker fighters around them.
• Kaleid exchanged rapid blows with his opponent while watching Mystra, who might intervene at any moment.
• Kaleid’s opponent argued that luck, the Slaughterer of All Beings, and Moradin’s greed—not Kaleid’s strength—had enabled him to kill Moradin.
• Kaleid recognized that killing another god was an improbable risk, but continued fighting because he believed he had to gamble with his life to advance.

Kaleid fought for the divine portfolios he coveted as the Cataclysm of the Saints offered mortals a rare chance to challenge gods. Meanwhile, Shar recruited Dimogegen to kill Tyr amid the chaos, as Felin Demon Sunflowers and Drow Elves secretly approached the battlefield.

• The chapter explained that true gods were effectively impossible for mortals to kill, and described Karsus’s role in the First Goddess of Magic’s downfall.
• Kaleid chose to gamble again for greater power rather than settle for becoming a blacksmith, and his opponent realized he was using his true abilities.
• Felin Demon Sunflowers and Drow Elves dug tunnels toward the battlefield under the protection of special spells.
• Shar proposed that Dimogegen kill Tyr during the coming chaos.
• Dimogegen eagerly accepted Shar’s proposal.

The battle grew more chaotic as new forces and strange effects swept across the snowfield. Mystra uncovered the Felin Demon Sunflowers hiding underground and used a powerful earthquake to drive them into the melee, where they faced close-quarters combat.

• The Gith Army continued cutting down opponents and grew stronger despite suffering heavy casualties, while figures from the Nine-Layered Hell and Bottomless Abyss joined the battle.
• Lady of Pain dismissed Orsaga's sigh over the battlefield, and their conversation revealed that Orsaga and Asmodeus had once created the Blood War for amusement.
• Drow Elves emerged from underground passages with Demonic Beasts as earth spikes formed ramparts and combatants began suffering exhaustion and difficulty controlling magic.
• Mystra noticed the strange effects and traced them amid the battlefield's chaotic energy.
• Mystra unleashed a powerful earthquake that shattered the earthworks, opened deep fissures, and forced the hidden Felin Demon Sunflowers above ground.
• The Felin Demon Sunflowers were swept into close combat and many were cut down before their opponents learned who they were.

Mystra recognized the Felin Demon Sunflowers as a deadly threat but saw them being cut down before they could form an underground array. She unleashed a devastating barrage of Arcane Shocks against the attackers, leaving the battlefield carved with immense chasms.

• Mystra recalled that Felin Demon Sunflowers could drain magic, Earth Vein energy, and life force, but saw martial fighters swiftly killing them across the battlefield.
• Mystra faced the enemies still approaching her and declared that she would show some of her real skill.
• Mystra released a vast surge of magic, prompting nearby Spellcasters to flee and Tyr to warn that she might destroy the continent.
• Mystra raised a blue orb that fired countless Arcane Shocks, erasing people, dragons, mountains, and everything else in their paths.
• The Arcane Shocks stopped after carving deep, intersecting chasms across the land, exposing magma and underground rivers.

Mystra confronted Haqqatar after her spell devastated the battlefield and asked whether he would continue fighting. Haqqatar chose to press on, and Mystra began preparing another barrage as the Gith Empire’s forces raised shields to endure it.

• Mystra’s spell shattered the land, destroyed Astral Ships, and left Gith and Magic Beasts dead or buried in the ruins.
• Mystra asked Haqqatar whether he wanted to continue fighting while Tyr and Chauntea stood ready beside her.
• Haqqatar assessed his forces’ heavy losses and declared that they would continue fighting for the Bloody King.
• Mystra began forming numerous spells, prompting some adventurers to flee and others to retreat and watch from hiding.
• Haqqatar ordered the Gith Empire’s forces to surround their Astral Ships with layers of Magic Shields against the coming bombardment.