With K'Varn killed and the dread god Orcus's machinations put to an end, the party struggles with what to do next. Before a decision can be reached, several illithid glide into the chamber of the elder brain, and victory quickly yields to impending doom. The immediate threat is eventually dealt with, but the real danger is still coming. Before they are entirely overwhelmed, the party flees the pyramid as a sea of illithid surge up its sloping walls. Catching up with Tiberius, the rest of Vox Machina quickly scrambles toward the portal that he opened on the far shore...