Upon completing the looting of the Stonebreaker vault, the heroes spend time sorting out their goods and learning their properties. Meanwhile, Bantu and Leikner decide to follow the dragon king of the Micronians that live on the island below, down to the surface to see what the nature of their troubles are with the dark forces of the land of Molnar and its ruler, the dark lord Wrathmar. The two heroes are lowered down but find, to their surprise, that they begin shrinking to the size of Micronians when then pass the cloud layer of the island. Ravel scoops them up and flies them down to the Citadel of Rann, where they are greeted and revered by Micronians. Bantu questions Ravel about Molnar to try and ascertain whether or not they are actually undead creatures, but doesn't get much useful information. He and Leikner state that they need to consult with their companions and Ravel offers the Chamber of the Gods where they may speak with their brethren privately. He leads them down a long staircase that goes deep into the island and opens to a vast chamber filled with what appears to be glowing incarnum crystals. There they discover a disc bearing another portion of the Equation of Life, which they had discovered a portion of in the cultist temple.
The two are greeted by the "Spirit of Rann" who proceeds to tell them that the island is dying, and what is causing it to die is also affecting all living islands, and they too will perish, for the power of the gods that feeds them is weakening and only by discovering the Life Equation can they hope to repair the damage. The spirit takes Bantu and Leikner on a tour of the aether beyond the Broken World and shows them that there are hostile races living abroad that seek to destroy or assimilate the Broken World. The spirit points out the Artificers of Yothri and the world of Leng, both of which are currently testing the barriers that protect the Broken World. Leikner questions the island-destroying object he witnessed and the spirit confirmed it to be a probe of Yothri, which broke through the divine barriers. Bantu and Leikner are returned to the cavern where they collect the stone bearing the equation and return to the surface where they ask Ravel to transport them back to their ship to consult directly with their fellow "gods."
Upon returning above the cloud layer, the two return to their normal size and report back to the rest of the group on Kern's Folly. They take an interest in what was discovered in the Chamber of the Gods and desire to see this for themselves, so the group returns to the surface, only to find that they somehow possess the power of gods. They retain their enormous sizes relative to the Micronians and display the ability to make anything they can imagine into reality. They see the army of Molnar approaching the Land of Rann and the group proceeds to destroy the army rather easily. They then travel to the dark fortress of Wrathmar where they shrink down and enter the dark tower where Wrathmar hides the tablet bearing the Anti-Life Equation. They destroy many undead effortlessly and face Wrathmar, turning aside his attacks with ease and banishing him into his own gate.
Taking the tablet, the group returns to the Citadel of Rann where they are greeted by the cheers and adulations of the Micronians. They ask to enter the Chamber of the Gods, but when they descend into it they discover that half of the incarnum crystals seem to have burned out and they deduce from this that the crystals were powering their "god powers." The Spirit of Rann returns, informing them that their reckless use of energy drained half of the remaining power that gives the island life, leaving perhaps 5 years of life remaining. The spirit provides the remainder of the group the same tour, but taking Norro beyond the aether and to the very edge of the universe to show him the GodWall - the sphere that separates the universe from the Entropy beyond - the force that destroyed their world and seeks to destroy the entire universe. It tells the group that they should seek out the Elder Races: The Fey, the Dragons, the Titans, and the Elementals, to find the rest of the Life Equation for they were entrusted with the knowledge but were scattered when the world was sundered.
The group decides to forego the celebrations of the Micronians, ask for a ride back up to their ship and ponder this new information.
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