Valkor

Valkor:

"...we teleported to Bellatun, right in to the middle of a fight. There was Miranda, surrounded by several Imps, and a Bearded Devil. With all our efforts combined, we killed or drove off all of the devils. From the looks of things, the planar breaches were growing larger and more frequent."

"Miranda seemed to be happy to have our help, and accompanied us as we talked to Red. Red explained that he needed was his pouch before he would be able to aid us in closing the portals. We headed off to the old portal grounds again, and I cast cast several spells to aid us determining which portal to leap through. I found the most curious thing: the portal that the Howlers came out of also contained another portal layered within it to the Baator. We knew the command word to go through the portal and I suggested that we head on through. However, the others, wanting us to go though at full strength, wanted to wait a day, so we did."

"That night, however, a strange creature attacked us. It had a grotesque, frightening look to it. One of my summoned monsters flew next to it and promptly died. We knew enough to keep our distance from it, though it appeared to be highly resistant to all of our attacks. Glyn kept blasting it with attacks, and eventually it went down, though at that point it looked as if we were out of resources for the following day, and would need to rest again."

"This time, we camped out further away. I was sitting around when suddenly an Ice Devil teleported to our midst. I cast a spell to hopefully allow us to retreat, as the others ineffectually tried to attack it. Fortunately for us, the devil didn't seem interested in combat, and invited us to a chat. He was quite helpful actually. He gave us precise directions of where Red's missing pouch was. Apparently, he wanted some "mere humans" to steal that and some other trinkets from the home of one of his rivals. It seemed like a fair deal to me, though I had to trust the devil's lawful nature to keep his word."

"The rest of that day passed uneventfully, and we stepped through the portal the next day. On the other side was a bleak and barren landscape. The sky was streaked dark red. There were some mountains in the distance, and with it, we were able to figure out our position with relation to the map the devil provided us. We set off toward our goal immediately, after leaving some markers to ensure that we'd be able to find our way back to the portal. I didn't take long before we encountered some denizens of the plane. We tried to avoid them by backtracking, but to no avail. With a puff of smoke, two of them appeared before us, their chain covered bodies making distinct clinking sounds..."