The Cauldron Rises

[Anastasia]

"On Avernus itself? Tell me more," Sulia encourages you, "Tell me more."

[Corwin]

"The idea is that there is a reason Zariel had been confined to Bel's seat of power, as well as a reason why Lixer claimed it for his own instead of making one from scratch. We believe Zariel is still there, and breaking her out would be a serious enough loss to send Lixer reeling while at the same time possible due to the situation at hand. After all, he's making mistakes and fighting on numerous fronts, while we know that he's burning through his wealth faster than it can come."

[Ebiris]

"Bel kept Zariel chained far beneath the Bronze Citadel, drawing on her power to bolster himself. We've no reason to believe that's changed, even if Lixer's renamed it Noir Jardin now," Alicia begins. "And with Lixer fresh in his role, overextended, and unable to rely on Bel's defences which are compromised by those who fled the coup? There's never been a better time to get her out of there. The basic plan then is a big flashy attack to draw out Lixer and his heavy defences, tie up any reinforcements, and give time for Seira and a few others suited for stealth to sneak into Noir Jardin and break Zariel out."

[Anastasia]

"My, that sounds like a lovely afternoon," Empress Sulia smiles, "A lovely bit of entertainment, don't you think?"

[Corwin]

"I feel strongly enough about this to go all in," Seira notes with an answering smile. "The aftermath should prove entertaining, however."

[Anastasia]

"Then I do believe I am in," Empress Sulia concurs, "When is it, I must make preparations."

[Corwin]

"Tomorrow, which should give us just enough time to make all the arrangements. Does that suit you, Sulia?"

[Anastasia]

"It does," Empress Sulia smiles and...

Okay gimme a plan and teams here.

[Ebiris]

Assault team: Alicia, Latha, Donald, Sulia
Infiltration team: Seira, Jessica, Waukeen/Proxy(?)

I'm not sure if Seira has some plan of getting in with an onyx shipment or just straight up sneaking in, but either when when she's making her move the assault team gates onto Avernus near Noir Jardin and pushes inwards as loudly and destructively as they can, wrecking up the place and keeping attention on them until the infiltration team's gotten Zariel out and left.

[Anastasia]

Alright, we'll iron out any bumps Monday. Do any of you have any other prep for this?

[Corwin]

That's right. The sneaking plan depends on Waukeen, so if she has a way to get us in such as taking the place of some of the merchants delivering all the way to Noir Jardin that works. If not we'll still be able to use what she knows of guard routes and schedules from all the merchants that she can oversee and try to sneak in that way.

More specifically, Team Stealth will be buffed with a bunch of stealth and disguise-boosting spells, mass death ward and anything our NPCs would suggest given what we know of Avernus and Lixer.

[Ebiris]

Yeah we can basically alter reality any buffs we need. Also Latha and Sulia are both epic divine casters so should have tons of anti-undead stuff to work with.

[Corwin]

Also, might be worth it to send just my avatar after Zariel and have my real self with Alicia, if Lixer can't tell where I am, just that I'm there. Is Sulia sending an avatar or coming herself?

[Anastasia]

Herself.

[Anastasia]

Okay, gimme a final teams run down and where you all are meeting to work this out.