Devil's Triangle mission summary
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wynnDavid, Charming, Emma, Gold, Hook, Francesca, Risa, Zatanna
The team was introduced to a part time member of the Knighthood, Zatanna Zatara, who had asked Wynn for assistance in finding the mother she had thought dead since childhood, but who had been contacting her urgently through magical means. The Knights traveled with her to Italy to speak to her father, the magician Giovanni Zatara. With their help, she learned that her parents had lied to her to protect her from the real reason her mother had left: that she was being hunted by her people. Zatara wished to undertake finding her alone, but the Knights talked him into traveling with them and Zatanna, and even offered them the use of a magical compass that could point out the way to the thing a person desired the most.
They set sail across the sea following the compass, with Hook captaining, and found themselves led towards the Bermuda Triangle, where they discovered powerful magical wards that it took their combined might to peel back. They landed on the shores of what Zatara revealed to be the Hidden City of the Magi, home of the Homo Magi, the first race of sorcerers who once ruled over Atlantis - one of whom had been Zatanna's mother, Sindella. Opening the gates required blood magic, but an eager Zatanna willingly undertook the ritual. They found themselves in a strange seemingly empty city, where David got the distinct impression they were being watched...
Upon arriving at a raised dais in the center of town, a trap was sprung and iron walls trapped them within the square. A sorcerer appeared with Zatanna's mother, Sindella, in chains. He explained that Sindella had been born with a medulla jewel in her brain that allowed her to sustain the powerful magic to keep the City of the Magi cloaked from the outside world. Sindella had willingly agreed to accept this burden, but it had drained her life force, and was about to be drained entirely, meaning they required a new host - one who also possessed the medulla jewel. Zatanna had been born with this same genetic anomaly - and in order to save her mother's life, she must agree to take her place. When the party protested this, the magi put several of them under his thrall and forced them (Hook, David L, and Emma) to attack their friends. Francesca managed to kill the sorcerer, but it didn't break the enchantment, and neither did smashing his staff.
Risa managed to shatter the spell enthralling the others, just as Zatara put together the truth: that the man could not have been a real homo magi, because they were under a curse that caused them to fall in love with the first human they set eyes on. This was how Sindella had come to fall in love with him, and why Zatanna had been born, and it was also why the homo magi had isolated themselves there on the remote island. A crowd of brainwashed shipwrecked 'guards' surrounded them as a beautiful woman appeared - Amara, a true homo magi - who they attempted to reason with. Francesca and Gold tried to convince her that the Knights could help break the curse, but she insisted that if they were to make the alliance, Zatanna must stay behind. Zatanna refused, unwilling to compromise with those who would enslave so many and force them to kill others.
As they distracted Amara, however, Sindella said a tearful goodbye to her loved ones and Amara realized what she intended to do. Her staff knocked from her hands, Amara was forced to look for it and made eye contact with Charming, just as her army was about to kill them all. The curse fell into effect as she fell completely 'in love' with him and she ordered the army to cease. It was, however, too late for Sindella, who used her magic to destroy her own medulla jewel, killing herself in the process, but also breaking the spell on the enthralled army and freeing them. The Wards on the City began collapsing and an angry voice yelled Amara's name - another Homo Magi, clearly furious at the turn of events. Convincing her to go with them for her own safety, Amara teleported them all to a far-off beach in South America, along with the confused masses. Realizing what had happened to Amara, they decided it was best to bring her back to the castle until they could find a way to help her.
In the meantime, it would take them months to help return the shipwrecked survivors to their homes and families. And of course, now the City of the Magi stands without protection...
The team was introduced to a part time member of the Knighthood, Zatanna Zatara, who had asked Wynn for assistance in finding the mother she had thought dead since childhood, but who had been contacting her urgently through magical means. The Knights traveled with her to Italy to speak to her father, the magician Giovanni Zatara. With their help, she learned that her parents had lied to her to protect her from the real reason her mother had left: that she was being hunted by her people. Zatara wished to undertake finding her alone, but the Knights talked him into traveling with them and Zatanna, and even offered them the use of a magical compass that could point out the way to the thing a person desired the most.
They set sail across the sea following the compass, with Hook captaining, and found themselves led towards the Bermuda Triangle, where they discovered powerful magical wards that it took their combined might to peel back. They landed on the shores of what Zatara revealed to be the Hidden City of the Magi, home of the Homo Magi, the first race of sorcerers who once ruled over Atlantis - one of whom had been Zatanna's mother, Sindella. Opening the gates required blood magic, but an eager Zatanna willingly undertook the ritual. They found themselves in a strange seemingly empty city, where David got the distinct impression they were being watched...
Upon arriving at a raised dais in the center of town, a trap was sprung and iron walls trapped them within the square. A sorcerer appeared with Zatanna's mother, Sindella, in chains. He explained that Sindella had been born with a medulla jewel in her brain that allowed her to sustain the powerful magic to keep the City of the Magi cloaked from the outside world. Sindella had willingly agreed to accept this burden, but it had drained her life force, and was about to be drained entirely, meaning they required a new host - one who also possessed the medulla jewel. Zatanna had been born with this same genetic anomaly - and in order to save her mother's life, she must agree to take her place. When the party protested this, the magi put several of them under his thrall and forced them (Hook, David L, and Emma) to attack their friends. Francesca managed to kill the sorcerer, but it didn't break the enchantment, and neither did smashing his staff.
Risa managed to shatter the spell enthralling the others, just as Zatara put together the truth: that the man could not have been a real homo magi, because they were under a curse that caused them to fall in love with the first human they set eyes on. This was how Sindella had come to fall in love with him, and why Zatanna had been born, and it was also why the homo magi had isolated themselves there on the remote island. A crowd of brainwashed shipwrecked 'guards' surrounded them as a beautiful woman appeared - Amara, a true homo magi - who they attempted to reason with. Francesca and Gold tried to convince her that the Knights could help break the curse, but she insisted that if they were to make the alliance, Zatanna must stay behind. Zatanna refused, unwilling to compromise with those who would enslave so many and force them to kill others.
As they distracted Amara, however, Sindella said a tearful goodbye to her loved ones and Amara realized what she intended to do. Her staff knocked from her hands, Amara was forced to look for it and made eye contact with Charming, just as her army was about to kill them all. The curse fell into effect as she fell completely 'in love' with him and she ordered the army to cease. It was, however, too late for Sindella, who used her magic to destroy her own medulla jewel, killing herself in the process, but also breaking the spell on the enthralled army and freeing them. The Wards on the City began collapsing and an angry voice yelled Amara's name - another Homo Magi, clearly furious at the turn of events. Convincing her to go with them for her own safety, Amara teleported them all to a far-off beach in South America, along with the confused masses. Realizing what had happened to Amara, they decided it was best to bring her back to the castle until they could find a way to help her.
In the meantime, it would take them months to help return the shipwrecked survivors to their homes and families. And of course, now the City of the Magi stands without protection...