Editing Drake's Company (section)

===Vengeance for the Fallen===
[[File:Earth Node.jpg|right|thumb|The ever-changing stone monolith that served as the portal to the Plane of Earth.]]
With the defeat of Drake's Company, the Cults of the Black Earth and the Crushing Wave were successfully able to summon Ogrémoch and Olhydra into the world. The two archomentals were no more allied than their cults, however, and clashed within the caverns below Belsimar. Their titanic struggle resulted into a massive earthquake that devastated the center of Orodeth, and enormous tidal waves that flooded the land. The cataclysmic destruction of what would come to be known as the Shattering of Orodeth did not go unnoticed, and the Brightstone Heroes, along with Qwynn's brother [[Flynn Cupsigh|Flynn]] and his adventuring party, [[Kazak's Follies]], joined forces to put a final stop to the elemental cults. They first descended into the caves occupied by the Cult of the Black Earth, where they slew Marlos Urnrayle, destroyed the avatar of Ogrémoch, and used ''Ironfang'' to seal the portal, destroying the weapon in the process.

The band then traveled into the submerged caves, the water level of which had risen enough that they had to cast a spell of water breathing upon themselves to traverse them. Making their way through the eastern section of the caves, they found a terrifying shrine decorated with carvings of tentacles and fanged maws, guarded by none other than Drake and Sumac, now mind-controlled thralls of the aboleth. Though the two put up a fight, the Brightstone Heroes were successfully able to break the aboleth's mind control and restore their senses. Drake and Sumac eagerly joined the others, leading them into the large central cavern, now so thoroughly flooded that the portal was below the surface of the water.

Here they found not only the aboleth and its pet hydra, but a mind-controlled Ru Bae Ya as well. And, emerging from the water, the Crushing Wave herself: the archomental Olhydra. This time there were no warnings, and no threats; both sides knew it could only end with the total destruction of the other, and so an epic battle began that would determine the fate of Syra. The hydra was quickly dispatched, and while Ya hurled powerful spells at her former companions they were eventually able to break her mind control as well, allowing her to direct her attacks against the aboleth and Olhydra. When Olhydra engulfed Myra Brigg, she decided on a desperate move and broke her staff of power. The resulting magical detonation completely vaporized the sorceress, and though it injured Olhydra the archomental was not destroyed and continued to assail the heroes, who began to fear that she could not be stopped. Eventually, though, [[Gurrard Snevilin]] killed Yngukulub Devourer by shooting a crossbow bolt into the aboleth's eye. Sumac, seeing their chance, dove beneath the water, picked up ''Drown'', and thrust it into the portal. As with the earth portal, Drown disintegrated into rust as the portal collapsed in on itself, pulling Olhydra back into the plane of water as it closed. [[Leardon Sunflare]], who was trapped inside her at the time, was pulled in with her.

Their victory was bittersweet. Olhydra and Ogrémoch had been pushed back out of the material plane, the portals they used and the weapons that activated them destroyed. But while they knew Leardon could find his way back, one way or another, the same could not be said about Lafiel or Myra. The entire group returned to [[Brightstone Keep]], where after he returned several days later Leardon presided over the funeral service for Myra. As Kazak's Follies and the Brightstone Heroes went their separate ways, the remaining members of Drake's Company were left to decide their futures.

Qwynn, who had luckily left Drakkengarde before its destruction in the Shattering, had already decided to retire when she believed her former companions to be dead. Their return brought her some measure of relief, which she channeled into writing books about her experiences. Drake, somewhat humbled by his time as an aboleth's thrall and knowing Bastian Thermandar was almost certainly dead, retired to a small farm in the [[Free Cities]]. Sumac returned to Underbough Temple, which had survived the cataclysm, to help his fellow druids tend to the broken land. And Ru Bae Ya, never content to retire, simply sought further adventure on their own. But though they had seemingly won for now, they still promised to contact each other again if they needed to. After all, ''Windvane'' and ''Tinderstrike'' were presumably still out there, somewhere, and the portals they were keyed to had never been closed. Someday, if they discovered the means to do so, they intended to finish the job.