User blog:Dinkypin/Session Four

The party were shown around the arena by Bladebait the blue dragonborn and met the apparent boss of the arena, a huge, not quite elvish man who took some delight in noting the elves present. Bladebait explained the history of Briande after the retreat from the Material Plane and advised the party to keep their connection to Soren's Fist quiet, while hinting at a potential resistance force within the city. During this time, Tommy was nowhere to be found and it was implied he is ungoing torture.

During the night, the party experienced a shared dream in which they found themselves along with Tommy in a large chamber facing Rike, with a warped, angry Fenrir at his side. Rike again implored the party to join him and was rejected.

After an initial evaluation of their combat prowess, the party were thrown into battle for a private event, seemingly to attract sponsors to their team. During the battle, Caelynn was injured to the point of death but was surrounded by green light and revived. Meanwhile, Aera was able to Banish himself himself back to the material plane and get word to a fellow Reidargard soldier of their plight, although the transition from the Faewild blurred his memories, leaving him unable to do much more than describe the situation in broad terms. Upon his return and seeing his friends badly wounded, he took to the skies, swooping across thearena and loudly proclaiming his membership of the Sorensgard.

After the battle, it was explained that death is not a release from the arena, and Bladebait informed Aera that he had been foolish and would face the consequences. The large not-quite-elf returned, took Aera to the training area, and in order to 'level the playing field' prepared to destroy his wings.