Chapter 8 - "Days of Future Past"

Sail on the "Skya's Lass" for Culavera.

That night, a time-travel device on the ship activates; it is supposed to send Party 2 years into the future but a malfunction sends them much farther ahead in time.  Party don't notice anything other than a slight wind shift; it is a very foggy night in both times.

Start finding rocks and islands where rocks and islands have no business being, and cannot find Culavera. (among other things, the sea level has risen 150' during their voyage)

Perry flies above fog, recognizes land as Windward Isle but finds only a shantytown - NewCu - where Culavera should be, and he's not even sure of that as the harbour is completely different.

Perry tries to enter NewCu, realizes it is held and occupied by some strange sort of creature, and is lucky to escape their psyonic attacks; he does so by teleporting miles offshore, where he nearly drowns.

Party spend rest of day sailing around trying to find Perry in fog; by nightfall, he's back aboard.

Party goes ashore.  Meet some Hobgoblins in forest; Perry turns himself into a Hob. and approaches, but is run off as a spy.  Hob's then flee.  Party confused by this most un-Hobgoblin-like behaviour.

Rest of day spent battling various native wildlife.

Arrow of Direction reveals Alton is in the opposite direction from NewCu; Party turns around.

A local Ranger finds Party, thus Lanthir Terna(R-6) joins; she knows where Alton is (she works for him) and guides Party to his hidden cottage.

Alton is pleased to see such a prompt response – to his message sent 401 years ago – and spends hours giving Party a lesson on history, time-travel, and so on. (see below for an abridged version)

Tired of hearing his underlings argue, Thrimmr invites Party into his hall for a party.  Much suspicion all round while everyone pretends to have fun, except Thrimmr and his Ogre companions who have lots of real fun and get roaring drunk.

Someone spots an odd patch in ceiling and correctly guesses it to be a teleport gate.

Hoping everyone else is good and drunk, Party try to reach gate in ceiling.  Thrimmr's local mages are still sober, however, and do not want gate (their secret up until now) used, so a big messy brawl results.

Party win, and go through gate; find themselves at Wowbagger's Nexus, spend night with the wonderfully insane little Gnome.  He tells them of a world where he knows time travel happens; he only knows the barest details as to how, but agrees to send Party there so they can find out for themselves.

Note: while Riverian dating is used from here on, this is merely to maintain continuity.  The months and days are as the characters would count them; local dates would of course be named differently, and those names are not recorded here.

Leave Wowbagger's and arrive in a room full of Hell Hounds.  Slay these, then start a room-by-room slog through a series of odd creatures; Danton and Fulvin both barely survive.

At one point, Perry goes exploring, gets mugged by a tapestry, and teleports (via his ring) both self and tapestry into middle of Party.  Party then nearly kill Perry while trying to rescue him.

Akasha turns Nanomi bright red, to highlight his (in her eyes) expendability.

Continue to explore.  Helga killed by a Lurker Above.

Lanthir aged 180 years, and Nanomi 10, by the ghost of Catherine D'Orange.

Perry flees from some wandering Golems and finds another animated tapestry.  This time, he teleports away from Party, forgetting tapestry will go with him; by the time Party can get him out he needs Death's Door to survive. Meanwhile, Golems have reduced Danton's Str. and Con. by 9 points each, and Fulvin's by 4; both would recover overnight.

Find a room full of plants tended by a friendly old lady who explains that Party are in the Chateau D'Orange and things are a bit odd here.  They leave her alone, never realizing she is a (Good-aligned) full Vampire.

A Werewolf makes Araglas and Fulvin lycanthropic; both are soon fixed by Tovan.

Party finds a games room; Perry sits down at one end of a gaming table and...

...after glazing over for a moment, Party snap out of it and notice drawings etc. on table have changed from a rough map of where Party is to a rough map of the Shahrazad adventure.  Much confusion.

Find a wine cellar; wines have odd effects: Perry permanently gains 900' u-vision; Akasha is -3 on everything for 3 days, etc.

Party enter a lab, fall asleep, and have strange dreams.  Some come out real, most notably Lanthir's, who wakes up convinced plants are conspiring to take over the world.

Lanthir's paranoia causes a big firefight "Per vs. Ak vs. Ful"; she blames insidious plant influences.

Find a room that has become a Kobold warren; Party has a field day.

Perry loses nearly all his possessions to a Dispel Magic trap.  Party then meets Francois D'Orange and have to fight his 25HD 250 h.p. Cloth Golem when it goes wild.

As thanks, Francois offers Party a minor Wish; dead Helga and cursed Akasha are ignored in favour of restoring Perry's possessions.

Find main throne room.  Big battle with footmen while Chateau's master and mistress run bets; she blasts a Lightning Bolt at Party when they win battle and she loses bet.

Long friendly chat with Henri, the Chateau's master; he puts them up in a guest room after explaining a bit of why all the Chateau's occupants are undead.

Shadows attack during night and get Perry's Str. down to 8.

Perry arranges a fencing duel between Araglas and the Chateau's champion while Araglas not present, but she refuses when she hears of it; resulting argument goes on all day.

Party heads down hall until Colette (Chateau's mistress) appears in front of them; everyone flees except Perry, who grabs the nearest person (Fulvin) and tries to teleport back to the guest room.  Fulvin killed when teleport goes awry and puts him in a solid wall, but Perry escapes without a scratch(!).

Rest of day and following night spent trying to dig Fulvin and-or possessions out of wall; no luck.

Party tries to leave but are again interrupted by Colette, and this time they take her on and kill her. Henri, honour-bound to avenge his wife, shows up and proves much tougher: Danton and Lanthir killed.  By the time Henri is slain, Akasha and Nanomi are feared and cowering; Araglas is unconscious, so only functioning Party members are Tovan and Perry.

Wait for fear to wear off, then retreat to guest room.

Nanomi goes into a nearby town and somehow manages to buy some food and supplies.  Also finds out Party is in a land called Pavaraigne (similar to medieval France) and that a strong and dogmatic Church is in charge in all but name.  Also learn that it is mid-winter.

Araglas begins self-training to F-10, then trains Nanomi to F-6.  Several visits to town during this time, each more risky than the last, until Party end up being chased out of town by militia.

Training done, Party leave and head for Grenville, the capital of Pavaraigne.

Reach a rural inn that night; innkeeper knows Elvish and does not agree with local Church edicts against non-Humans, so provides loads of useful info. - most significant of which is that Grenville is the one place Party do not want to go as Church's hold is strongest there.

Arrive at ramparts surrounding Le Stade de Pellepartout, the Party's destination.  Weird things, including time travel, happen here; the locals despise it, and have mounted significant defenses to stop anyone from getting in or out.

Akasha uses Wraithform to fly into Stade but it gets dispelled; she is lucky not to be caught as she climbs out, then casts another to return over ramparts.  She notices lots of mundane traps in woods en route.

Tried by Church court, and allowed to leave once proven not to be spies for enemy; Pavaraigne is at war in this age, and battlelines are but a few miles east.  Also, Church in this time is much more easygoing.

Several people mistake Tovan for Cardinal Velliet, an important Church official; this would become a theme while Party in Pavaraigne's year 758 version.

Riveria's History and Future, According To Alton (year 1161)

Alton, a sage who has lived for centuries and time-travelled to many more, sends a call to year 758
for help in  year 760, via Nanomi and his ill-fated ship.  When the Party finally show up, some 400
years late, Alton sits them down and over several pots of strong tea fills them in on what they have
missed.  He then asks them to go back to their own time and change it, if they can.  What follows
is a slightly-shortened version of Alton's tale.


"First and foremost, let me tell you that this is - and is not - the same world you were on when you left
Riveria.  Oh, it is the same; Skya and Terna still sail their appointed paths through the night, Westertop
is but a few inches shorter than you would have known it, and so on - but yet, it is not the same; you
have, if I am not mistaken, taken approximately 403 years to cross the strait, and the year is now 1161.
You are from...year 758 in the old dating?   Hm.  In the timeline through which I have lived, it was right
around then that the trouble began.  It was...no.  First, we need a map to make things clear.  When words
will not do, a map often will.  Could you please draw me a map of the world as you know it?"

"There.  Now, look carefully at your map, at these mountains.  You can't see it here, but those mountains
go all the way around the world at that latitude - even under the water, where the land has sunk over time.
And there's no geological or astronomical reason for them to be there.  There are there for one reason. 
Those mountains were put there by the gods, to contain the arctic ice.  And the ice was put there to hold
something else in, and I'll get to that in a moment.

"But look.  Here, and here, even on your map, the ice has retreated from the mountains.  It's melting in
your time...and, from your perspective in 758, within a few years it will all be gone.  If your seas have not
yet begun to rise, they will within months, and fast.  The sea now is some 150 feet above its level in your
time,  and it achieved that level - or close - by year 765.  You can only begin to imagine the destruction
that caused, never mind the endless storms and intolerable climatic changes that came as a result.  You
must have noticed how warm it is outside; believe me when I tell you that right now, this is the depths of
what passes for winter in these parts. But if those were the only problems, I would not have brought you
here.

"The much bigger problem - far more devastating than the simple melting of the ice - is what was released
when it melted.  And to explain that, I must first explain why the ice was put there to begin with, and so I
shall.

"Tens of thousands of years ago, a different and highly advanced civilization ruled the world, or at least
large parts of it.  These were the Khri-halai, that we now know as Hobgoblins.  They achieved things with
science and physics that we cannot duplicate today even with our much greater knowledge of magic....
But all good things, they say, must come to an end, and so it was with the Khri-halai.  Through methods
I will explain in a moment, the civilization became corrupted beyond the point of no return.  Eventually, to
a large extent it collapsed in on itself; and around the same time the Elves arose into their wondrous and
great culture whose remnants you can still see today.  But the Khri-halai did not go quietly, and great and
grievous battles were fought; all the while, the Khri-halai became more corrupt and evil.

"Eventually, the Elves and their allies nearly eliminated the Khri-halai from everywhere except the very far
north, but could not make any dent in the majestic arctic strongholds they yet maintained.  And by this
time, even the gods of both races were involved - though the Khri-halai had in large part forgotten their
gods in favour of science, their gods had not forgotten the Khri-halai and tried to help, though in this
case the worshippers proved far more resilient than the worshipped.

"Finally, the Elves had to accept the fact that they could not take the arctic.  However, their gods had
other ideas; if the arctic could not be taken, it could certainly be sealed shut - and as a side benefit, the
Elves and other races would have much more land to play on.  So Corellon raised the mountains, and
Mielikki stole much water from the seas to make ice, and so froze the Khri-halai forever, as if in stasis.
Over time, Mielikki changed her focus away from winter and ice; that place was taken by the duality of
Tipoca - now known as Tapoketa - and Banyatok, now not known at all.  And, as you see by your map,
the ice has been in retreat in your time for quite a while - a few hundred years, if I'm not mistaken - as the
watch on it has somehow failed.  That retreat may well be simply nature taking its course; this world is
not supposed to have that much arctic ice, and with nothing maintaining it, things are merely returning
to a balance.

"But just after your time - within a very few years if not less, in fact - things change dramatically.  The
retreating ice is already in your time releasing the first of the long-imprisoned Khri-halai, and as far as I
have been able to determine those first few were able to do something to quickly melt all the ice and re-
lease the rest, while putting back all that water Mielikki took from the seas.  And 15,000 years in frozen
stasis had done nothing to reduce their evil intent, and they swept down out of the arctic like a plague.
Oh, many died - and many more were mad enough after the stasis that death would have been welcome -
but the then-called kindred races all in all stood little chance of offering anything other than pockets of
significant resistance.  Some held out for decades - Waterdeep city was one such example - and in those
places the Khri-halai simply laid siege and moved on.

"However, the Khri-halai were just the beginning.  I mentioned earlier that the old Khri-halai civilization
had become corrupted.  What happened, I know now far too late, was that another race - with enormous
powers of the mind - began influencing the Khri-halai leaders, and as the Khri-halai declined this influence
increased, until by the end the Khri-halai were little more than unwitting slaves to unknown masters while
thinking they still controlled their own fates.

"The masters were - and remain - the Githi.

"Fortunately for all, the same ice that froze the Khri-halai froze the Githi as well; but when the ice melted
and the Khri-halai swarmed south the Githi remained in the north, biding their time and increasing their
numbers.  They could not exert the same influence on the Khri-halai they had before; half the Khri had
gone mad and the other half had little organized leadership, so they waited.  Then, 45 years after the Khri-
halai invaded, the Githi came south, annihilating Humans, Elves, and Khri-halai alike.  To this day, despite
the heroism of some and the sacrifice of far too many, the Githi remain rulers of most of this world.

"And, lest you think of charging into the nearest town and taking on the Githi guards, let me advise you
of the futility of such an act.  Then, if you still wish to proceed, at least my conscience will be clear.  First,
to take on one Gith is to take on every Gith.  Their mind powers allow them instant communication with
each other, to the point that the entire Githi civilization might best be considered to have a hive mind.
Second, the average Gith is much more powerful than the average Human, or Elf.  They are taught to
fight from an early age, and they are both strong and tough.  Many cast spells as well - and the spells
they use are unfamiliar to you.  And third, the average Gith is a monster in every sense of the word.  No
quarter, no parley, no decency, and the more of your blood that spills on the way to your death, the better
they like it.

"But, as you may have already suspected, despite this tale of woe I tell, I firmly believe all is not yet lost.
These events can, I think, be prevented, or at least greatly delayed.  And that, my friends, is where you
come in."

Araglas returns from Wowbagger's Nexus to the Riverian arctic; a Frost Giant is waiting below (it knows tasty things sometimes come through the funny little hole in the sky), Araglas kills it singlehandedly.  Rest of Party then come through.

Akasha tries to contact all sorts of people through Crown, finally raises Simpson who informs her it is 3 a.m.; as it is broad daylight where Party is, they quickly (and correctly) conclude they are on opposite side of north pole.

Party rests through day; later, Akasha contacts everyone she can think of and raises a general alarm over the Hobgoblin issue.  A surprising number of people don't believe her, but enough do that over the next few days a large number of characters (including Asgeir) start moving north.  Party start travelling.

Two Hob's fly past and are shot down; one escapes, leads Party to a larger group that all end up dead.

Reach a smooth bowl-shaped depression in ground about 3 miles across, with Hob. structures in center and evenly-spaced camps near perimeter.  Guessing this is their goal (it is), Party digs in.

Fulvin scouts one of the camps; finds and rescues a prisoner, so Denae Alfrigg(MU-6) joins.

Party retreats but are noticed; a squad of 26 Hob's are sent out, Party slays all with pinpoint precision except take one captive.  A now-massive pile of booty from Hob's is buried nearby.

Helga and Araglas scout central structures.  Akasha contacts Sir Charles in Riveria to warn Richard, and start the diplomatic gears grinding.  Perry charms captive.

Interrogate captive ("Sir, yes SIR!") and get some good information.

Akasha scouts inside structures in Wraithform and gets a lot more good information.

Party spends hours planning, then everyone tries to enter structure; discovered by sentries, they don't even get in the front door, and are lucky to escape.

A small group of Hob's walk right into Party's hiding place and get killed (Fulvin puts 108 + 21 points damage into one on a 2-weapon backstrike); one is a General, so Tovan and Fulvin take turns casting Speak With Dead to get yet more information.

Find another group of Hob. arrivals including technicians, capture a techie and an elite fighter; slay rest. (Araglas does 88 + 22 + 22 points on 3 shots to one target in same round)

Perry charms the techie, who happily tells Party everything they could possibly want to know about this place and how it works; this leads to lots more planning.

Booty all gathered and left with Nanomi, along with captives.  Everyone else sneaks into structures while lots of Hob's go the other way (the evacuation alert has just sounded).

Denae and Tovan get lost in elevators, but catch up before long.

To main control area; using information from various sources, find and break key pieces, then try to flee.

Hob's realize something is wrong but cannot shut things down in time; mass panic erupts.

Fleeing Party are intercepted by a 9'-tall Hobgoblin: a minion sent by Azak'hri to deal with the saboteurs. Party try to avoid; this fails.  Then try to attack; this does nothing except slow Party down enough that minion can banish all to Azak'hri's plane.

Perry attacks minion and actually manages to damage it; minion forgets discipline and wrings Perry's neck, so Perry killed, and all to Azak'hri's plane including dead Perry.  (minion demoted later, as punishment)

Nanomi, still on surface, watches a spectacular sight: several hundred Hobgoblins appear (plucked from inside structures by Azak'hri), then entire bowl area vapourized in a blinding flash as project melts down and sinks miles into planet's crust.

Outnumbered about 350-1, Nanomi killed shortly after this when discovered by Hob's. (but he is rescued immediately by Banyatok, who has been watching; see end of Into the Abyss for details)

Rest of Party thrown in cells in Azak'hri's palace.

Party shocked to find Dakiell is in same cell block, but what they meet is his spirit, stolen by Azak'hri on his death and stuck here for safekeeping.

Meet Azak'hri.  She keeps Tovan and Fulvin (as Clerics to other gods, they make good bait for prisoner exchanges, etc.) and banishes the rest to Boringworld.  Tovan and Fulvin leave.

Boringworld proves to be just that.  After a week here, Party meets Baranfindel Alcarin(NrC-6/R-6), who joins.  He leads them to a large Elvish city (most of Party gain 2" height en route, from eating Entdraught), where the non-Nanomi treasury is divided and some people train (Aka. to I-9; Dan. to R-7; Hel. to F-6 and T-8).  Baranfindel throws 2 Communes during this time and figures out how to get Party (and himself) to Riveria.  After what seems to be 44 days but is in fact only 6, Party find themselves back on Riveria.

By now, there has been lots of discussion as to Perry's fate, and Party have learned his spirit was stolen by Hel and now resides in Niflheim.  Party wants to vote on this, but missing Tovan prevents.

Helga becomes massively psyonic due to an item bought from treasury.

Helga steals Perry's share of their Party's last treasury and decides to use it to get him back.  She knows and recruits someone who has been to Niflheim before, so Florelli(F-6/T-8) joins.

Helga tells Lanefan her plan; he thinks she's gone mad, but cannot talk her out of it.  He stays put.

Helga meets privately with each of Denae and Danton and tells them her plan; she meets with Baranfindel, tells him nothing, but gets him to commit anyway.  She then tapestries to Waterdeep (to fence Perry's share) while the others make themselves scarce.

Fulvin leaves for Quick.

Araglas etc. talk to Lanefan about Helga; thinking they pose more danger to her than her plan does, he joins the Araglas group and will not leave it.

Araglas, Nanomi, Akasha and Lanefan (the "chase group") tapestry to Waterdeep.  Fulvin leaves Quick.

Trying to find proof vs. Helga, Araglas pays an informant 2,000 g.p.; information given is almost useless.

Akasha contacts Fulvin, who tells them to wait until he can get to Verwood and tapestry to W'deep.  (in fact, Fulvin - who voted yes to helping Perry in the first place - wants Helga to succeed, so he delays the chase group as much as he can)

Party arrives at Luskan after another exceedingly fast passage; meet with a very pregnant Diora.  She has problems of her own, having picked up a cursed shield (given her ages ago by He'is as an anonymous gift but only just recently triggered) that she cannot put down, even to sleep; she's cast Remove Curse at it dozens of times with no result.

Party convince Diora to swallow her pride and get curse removed by a more powerful Cleric (Sif).  Sif types also know of a good local guide for Party.

With no fast transport available, chase group concedes defeat and charters a boat for home.

Akasha contacts S'nel'be to ask for a planeshift; he casts his own Commune and goes ballistic: immediately cutting short his trip inland, he returns to Verwood, recruits He'is and Mrikle, then planeshifts all three to Waterdeep.

Chase group turn their boat around but Fulvin bribes captain to slow down, so don't get back to port until well after dark.  Here meet S'nel'be and crew, so chase group are now 8.

Leaving Mrikle behind, chase group planeshifts to Luskan.  Mrikle, on S'nel'be's instructions, teleports invisible to the same place shortly after as a backup; all arrive near midnight.

Chase group enter town but cannot find Party who are on Helga's boat anchored in harbour; except Florelli who is ashore invisible as a distraction generator and observer, psyonically reporting to Helga.  Fulvin quietly tries to cause lots of delays; he manages not to get caught, but has little net effect.

Somewhen around now one (or both?) of Akasha or Helga contacts Altheas to help with communication; he thinks this is all great fun, and becomes something of a random interrupt from here on.

Lanefan leaves chase group and makes himself obvious enough that Florelli can contact and update him.  Chase group follow spells etc. to docks, then lose trail.  Florelli follows Lanefan back to group, waits for them to sack out, then finds Lanefan again and stays with him.  Mrikle follows Lanefan throughout.

Chase group sack out at a storage yard near docks, except Lanefan (and Mrikle, and Florelli) who sleep in a fine inn.

Lanefan secretly gives his Sword of Healing to Florelli with instructions: use it to keep Helga in one piece.

Lanefan (and Mrikle, and Florelli) to Diora's temple in a.m.  Akasha, Araglas and Nanomi soon follow.  Between Akasha's request and the shield business, Diora finally gives in and casts Commune; learns He'is gave her the shield and is in town now, and puts Party location in middle of Luskan harbour.

Diora and Lanefan go to chase group’s camp to confront He’is and S’nel’be respectively; everyone else tags along to watch.  Arguments galore lead to S’nel’be breaking off chase and going back to Verwood; chase effectively ends as whole chase group except Nanomi and Lanefan goes back with him.

Florelli picks up local guide at Sif temple, so Torm(WrC-6) joins; both are flown out to Party's boat by Baranfindel, and Party - mostly unaware of the chaos behind them - leave town.

Stumble on a 3-way battle between Ogres, Hellhounds, and Humans.  Even though Party is mortal and everything else here isn’t, Party joins in anyway.

The sole non-Party survivor of the battle tags along with Party, so Jorge(F-9, dead) joins and provides some useful information.

Arrive at a city and meet Osageir, a minion of Hel.  She offers Party a deal: if they retrieve the soul of Ixyron for her, she will plead their case to Hel for Perry’s soul.  With no other real choice, Party agrees; Osageir sends them to a new world: Axenos.  Jorge leaves at this point as he has to remain in Niflheim.

Party spend days figuring out where they are.

Arrive mountains, and find an entrance obviously holy to all Greek deities.  Danton asks “may I enter” and disappears; he winds up in a large chamber with no exits, speaking with an unseen Oracle.  Baranfindel joins him, but Danton is soon allowed to leave.

Baranfindel sits in one of the chamber’s two huge thrones and is immediately cloned by Oracle, who possesses clone; real Baranfindel left feebleminded on throne while clone steals his memories and “returns” to Party. (but is LE and cannot get Cleric spells)

"Baranfindel" leads Party into an ambush and attacks Torm during battle; Party subdue him, then become very paranoid.

Torm wants to celebrate Skandigan but everyone else wants to find “Baranfindel” who disappeared during the night.

Find and slay “Baranfindel”, then Speak With Dead on corpse releases Oracle’s spirit, who immediately possesses Denae.  Torm clues in and drives Oracle out of Denae, but Oracle possesses Helga instead; Helga killed in the process but Oracle keeps body functioning for now.  Nobody notices anything.

Party wake up without Helga and some of their most valuable possessions; she robbed them and left.

Correctly guessing Helga/Oracle would return to mountains, Party go to entrance and this time all go to the throne room.  Oracle’s disembodied voice now sounds like Helga.  Find real Baranfindel, and fix.

Having served its purpose for Oracle, Helga’s naked corpse is returned to Party.

Torm asks to leave and gets stuck in a tiny dark chamber.  Party rescue him, and find Helga’s gear and stolen items in process.

On learning via psyonics that his martyrdom is nigh, Ixyron kills himself.  Torm grabs his soul in a tube provided by Osageir for this purpose, and Party soon planeshifted to Osageir’s hall in Niflheim.

Osageir teleports everyone to Hel’s hall.  Party meet Hel, who has Perry chained to her as a slave.  Hel very impressed that Ixyron’s soul has been brought to Her; Ixyron clearly furious as his martyrdom has likely been rendered meaningless by this.

Hel offers Party a bargain: defeat Her champion to leave with Perry (and Helga, whose soul has made it here on its own), but stay here as Hers, dead, if champion wins.  Or, leave empty-handed and walk out unopposed at any gate.

Torm and Denae choose to leave, and do. Rest of Party elect Danton as their champion, and load him up with all their best magic.  He loads himself up with some decent herbs as well, but all for naught: he loses. (barely; Hel’s champion down to 2 h.p.) Danton killed.  Baranfindel and Florelli killed right after, as Hel claims Her winnings.

Kaali shows up long enough for a good gloat over Baranfindel’s misfortune, then leaves without realizing he was briefly in presence of his old Sword of Healing; Florelli had it. (and forgot to give it to Danton!)

By now, T+D realize they are in Joraviik, a Norse part of an unknown world, and have found the large city of Trondheim; with no way of getting back to Riveria, they start making themselves at home here.

Torm and Denae retire, and bury Helga; this Party ceases to exist.