Vol. 5The Golden Law and Avernus

Aaron resisted the Great Horned Rat, saved Baldur’s Gate, conquered Tifantom, and traveled to the Abyss to rescue Waukeen. The volume ended with Waukeen restored at the Eternal Marketplace and promising rewards to Aaron and his companions.

  • Aaron ascended to Legendary, freed Rogal Dorn’s light, and helped save Joyfort before preparing to defend Baldur’s Gate from the Skaven.
  • Nastya rejected Lolth after learning the truth about her parents, and Aaron arrived to fight the goddess as Nastya resisted her possession.
  • Aaron and Nastya drove Lolth away and agreed to marry, then helped defeat the Skaven invasion and the Great Horned Rat.
  • Aaron returned to Cormyr to support Alusair’s campaign for Tifanton, then planted the Golden Tree Seed and began using the rat god’s divine power.
  • Aaron led allied forces to conquer Tifantom and gathered companions for an expedition to rescue Waukeen and oppose Cyric.
  • Aaron accepted the Emperor’s authority as the Fifth Chaos God and reached Mahadi’s Wandering Emporium, where Astarion asked to be saved.
  • Aaron’s party freed Waukeen from Graz’zt’s Silver Palace and fought alongside Slaanesh against Graz’zt and his allies.
  • Aaron and his companions escaped the Abyss with Waukeen, who regained her divine power at the Eternal Marketplace and promised them rewards.
Chapters 428–537 Read from ch. 428

Arc 17The Golden Law and Lolth

Aaron rejected the Great Horned Rat, reached Legendary after ending Rogal Dorn’s vigil, and helped save Joyfort before returning to prepare for the Skaven threat in Baldur’s Gate. As Nastya confronted the truth about her parents and defied Lolth, Aaron arrived to fight the goddess, leaving Nastya resisting Lolth’s control with Shar offering her power.

  • Aaron and his companions fought Deathmaster Snikch, escaped into the ruins beneath the sewers, and learned that Shar had rescued them and chosen Aaron.
  • Aaron sailed to Balduran’s Isle, awakened Rogal Dorn, and fought the armies of the Four Gods until he struck Dorn with Drach’nyen and ascended to Legendary.
  • Aaron repaired Dorn’s seal, defeated the daemons with Eleanor, Charlotte, and Annomyn, and used Law of Return to free Dorn’s light rather than claim his divinity.
  • Aaron and Ana ended Joyfort’s lycanthropy by destroying the Dark Sun Companion, then sailed away as Balduran’s Isle sank and Dorn prepared to confront Perturabo.
  • Be’lakor became Archduke of Baldur’s Gate and planned an assault, while Aaron gathered allies to stop the Skaven and their Doom Bell beneath the city.
  • Nastya left Aaron’s group to answer Lolth’s call, learned that Lolth had manipulated her family and killed her parents, and rejected the goddess’s attempts to make her despair.
  • Aaron arrived to protect Nastya and fought Lolth, but the goddess possessed Nastya and forced her to stab him before Nastya resisted and Shar offered her power.
Chapters 428–454 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Doom Bell and Tifanton

Aaron and his allies stopped the Skaven invasion of Baldur’s Gate, defeated the Great Horned Rat, and dealt with the aftermath as Be’lakor’s reputation grew. Back in Cormyr, Aaron joined Alusair’s campaign to reclaim Tifanton and began using the Golden Tree Seed to strengthen his forces.

  • Shar helped Nastya break free of Lolth, and Aaron and Nastya forced the Spider Queen to retreat before agreeing to marry.
  • A Skaven Warpstone Rocket struck Baldur’s Gate, where defenders including Buer, Aegir, Liu Kang, Bronn, and Aturo fought back against the invasion.
  • Aaron, Nastya, and Drizzt joined the battle to stop the Doom Bell, and Abdel, Imoen, and Reynard destroyed it before the Great Horned Rat emerged.
  • Aaron and Buer combined their powers to fight the Great Horned Rat, then Aaron pursued and defeated the rat god in the Astral Plane with help from Lathander and other deities.
  • After Takkus’s funeral, Aaron negotiated with Baldur’s Gate’s leaders, announced the Salian Multiverse Invitational, and learned that Be’lakor had abducted Abdel.
  • Aaron reunited with Nastya, recruited Nera as an apprentice, and defeated a Yugoloth force that had attacked Barrel, who revealed his plans to help reclaim Myth Drannor.
  • Aaron returned to Cormyr and promised Alusair that his forces would join the campaign to retake Tifanton, while she warned him that the nobles opposed her.
  • Aaron returned to the Sunset Lands, where he planted the Golden Tree Seed beside the Round Table Hall and began draining the Great Horned Rat’s divine power to create stronger forces.
Chapters 455–481 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Road to Avernus

Aaron conquered Tifantom, then gathered allies for an expedition to rescue Waukeen and confront Cyric. After accepting the Emperor’s authority as the Fifth Chaos God, Aaron reached Avernus with his companions and found Astarion at Mahadi’s Wandering Emporium.

  • Aaron assembled the Ninth Shepherd Legion, Snow Elves, Half-Griffon riders, and allied forces to march against Tifantom.
  • Aaron destroyed Half-Greyrock Fortress with the Chaos Hellcannon, and Cormyr’s forces defeated Bilgard’s allies and surrounded Tifantom.
  • Aaron and Alusair foiled a demonic ambush, defeated Cyric’s agent, restored Dragonflame Tongue, and ended Bilgard’s rule as Aaron received new titles and authority.
  • Aaron gathered Morgan, Annomyn, Samir, and Raphael for an expedition to rescue Waukeen, while Lady Saint Coin backed their campaign against Cyric’s followers in Amn.
  • Tenghakh’s staged challenge exposed Cyric’s avatar to public ridicule, and the gods destroyed Cyric’s combat avatar after he attacked Aaron.
  • Aaron entered the Infinite Staircase and accepted the Emperor’s authority as the Fifth Chaos God, receiving the white-flame power of Destined Death.
  • Aaron and his companions traveled through Avernus, captured a Hellcar, and reached Mahadi’s Wandering Emporium, where Astarion begged them to save him.
Chapters 482–511 Summaries Read

Arc 20Waukeen’s Escape from Azzagrat

Aaron’s party rescued Waukeen from Graz’zt’s Silver Palace and helped Slaanesh defeat Six-Fingers and his allies. They escaped the Abyss with Waukeen, who regained her power at the Eternal Marketplace and rewarded the party.

  • Morgan freed Astarion from Mahadi’s debt, and Aaron negotiated a pact with Bael to work against Zariel.
  • Aaron’s party crossed the Abyss, survived an ambush in Samora, and entered Graz’zt’s Silver Palace to rescue Waukeen.
  • Aaron freed Waukeen from her cell, and the party fled the palace as Graz’zt sealed the routes out of Azzagrat.
  • Slaanesh’s daemon legions arrived to aid Aaron, who escaped Graz’zt’s attack and fought him with Waukeen’s help.
  • Aaron and Slaanesh captured Graz’zt, while Pale Night arrived and fought Slaanesh as the Abyssal forces rallied.
  • Aaron’s party withdrew from the Abyss by submarine, and Waukeen transported them to the Eternal Marketplace.
  • Waukeen regained her divine power, welcomed Aaron and his companions as heroes, and promised them rewards.
Chapters 512–537 Summaries Read
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