Primus sucks!

Our target is in Illuster but, on the way, is the Crossroads. We’ve been here before, but the demons are new. We have a conventional battle with the evil mobs, and Reiner does some scouting to learn demons ate storming out of the city. As we get there, we see the guards being slaughtered by the demons. One asks us for help, which we easily provide. He joins us for this fight but doesn’t do much. He gets some early heals in before we leave him behind with our superior speed and movement. Funnily enough, he came within 24 HP of getting the last hit of the battle. The only thing to take notice of is the bombardment creature on the roof. This one gets a hit in because of his counter: slow ability. It hits for over 200 damage on my mage, so do be wary.

We step inside the Immortal Castle, and we see a group waiting for us. They’re standing opposite of another Immortal, Tertia. She's fighting against Primus, so she is on our side. Alas, the two Immortals who enter aren’t. Our old pal, Septimus, and his girlfriend, Secunda, enter from the back. These two try to convince Tertia to join them, but Sep wants us to die as revenge. Tertia doesn’t, and a fight breaks out.

With two Gods against us, this fight got dicey. Our God kinda sucks, though, only healing for a little and doing no damage. Her healing isn’t even that good! Besides the gods, themselves, focus on the gunner especially. Because our damage is so high right now, killing the Immortals is manageable. Getting there can be hard, but they melt pretty fast with a dual wielding assassin and no distractions. During the scrum, plot points are revealed by the Immortals. Septimus has been aligned with Primus for a while to overthrow the Council. He Marked Alphonse to do the work for Primus, led the bandits to keep other Arbiters busy, and tried to kill us to keep us away. In general, Sep is just a chaotic dick and does what he does for fun. Secunda joined when she saw Primus kill another Immortal, Sekstus.

After this, we make haste for the Immortal Council Chamber that houses the final relic. We see Primus nearly kill Quintus as Q is the only one standing against him, Grim Eye, and Raulf. Tertia ports in to save him and brings him back behind us. Neither of our two gods help is in this fight, which I guess is fair. It’s us against Raulf and friends, as Grim and Primus are behind a magic wall, draining the final relic. It’s a conventional fight but don’t get hit by the barrage! Afterwards, the worst happens. We couldn’t stop Primus from absorbing the dark energy. And then, something odd happens. Raulf, literally, stabs Primus in the back. It does nothing because Raulf isn’t a god. It does upset Primus, who starts a battle with us. Raulf poses a new plan to join us in stopping Primus. Kyrie doesn’t want to, obviously, but she reckons she has no choice.

During this, we have full control of Raulf. He’s similar to Kyrie, as he’s a Marked too. Grim is at the bottom, glowing purple for some reason. Primus summons in two Templars (?), who are only kinda annoying to kill. When you do, they turn into much easier to kill giant snake demons. Primus has this annoying habit of acting like he did when he joined us in Thesiperios, meaning he drowns people a lot. This sounds annoying, but you can use it screw with his AI. He prioritized drowning Anadine, the only character who couldn’t swim on my team. If you revive her, or whoever you choose, he doesn’t do anything else. It gives you time to kill his adds, and kill him the first time. Yes, the first time. Once you’ve depleted his HP once, the second part of the battle commences. He stops drowning people and now tries to forcibly fuse two together. This kills whoever was targeted second. I don’t know if this works, but try to drain his MP or don't use MP costing abilities on him, as he's got the absorb MP reaction. I don’t think he can use that move without magic, but it may just be a second part attack. During the whole fight, Kyrie is trying to get Raulf to tell her his new plan, but he’s cagey the whole time. Once we kill Primus again, Grim Eye says his ancestors will be avenged, or something, and dies, saying he’s leaving the rest to Raulf. The body of Primus is suddenly changed in a black mass of gross, and Raulf pulls out a medallion and claims he should control whatever that mass is. The mass leaves and an upset Raulf teleports away, with the relic and it's surrounding church bells destroyed.

At the bottom of the stairs is a fully recovered Quintus and Tertia. They fill us in on what happened. Firstly, that mass was The Maw that was sealed away centuries ago. It was too strong to kill, so they had to seal it. Even while seated, it’s power still grew. That was what the pilgrimage was for. Every time a Marked drained the relic’s energy, they drained a portion of The Maw. The Maw is what gives the Immortal their vast lifespan. It wasn’t their intent to live forever, but it was an unintended side effect. The same power that gives them life also drives them mad, as we can see in the acts of Primus, and that Kyrie can kinda understand. They usually retire before this happens but not this time. Not only that, but The Maw was summoned by the Kawa. Grim Eye was the direct descendant of the Kawa that summoned The Maw, and how he knows how to summon demons. It was brought into this world to stop the humans from conquering them during a war wiped from the history books.

And that’s the end of the plot dump! We make a plan to speak to the Elders of Gogombob City and make our way there. But first, Gelligh is burning. We see the city ruined as Raulf is still trying to control The Maw. He’s doing a terrible job, as everything is destroyed. He still thinks he’s doing the right thing to end the Council. A regular, boring battle breaks out with the last remnants of Sigil. After the fight, a new path to Neverwort Peak opens, and I call it a night.

I did walk to Gogombob City after the fight, but nothing happened. There are two locations tomorrow, so we’ll finish this then. There’s also the second tournament to do, which I'll try to fit in at some point. Fell Seal has been an amazing game so far, so let’s hope there’s a fitting ending!