Orielle falls to the ground just as Kahwen's enchantment wears off.
"Please ... please," she begs Kahwen, as he strides up purposefully. "Spare my life, and I'll be yours forever. I can take any form you want. I have friends in every country, on nearly every plane of existence. I can make you rich. I can make you powerful. I'll do anything you ask, just spare me."
Orielle sheepishly takes Kahwen's ring off her finger, slowly morphing into her true form, a succubus demon.
"We could have had so much fun together," she says wistfully.
She sighs and holds out the ring for Kahwen.
As soon as Kahwen reaches for the ring, she grabs his hand.
"What questions do you want me to answer?" she cackles.
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"Scorpion! Viper!" Kahwen hisses in anger as he's drained of health.
His sword remains on her for another few moments as his face contorts with thought and conscience. Even in her demonic form, Kahwen is not ready to be her executioner.
Instead, he turns his back on her and starts to walk away. His head is lowered and he looks at neither her nor his companions as he makes a gesture with his free hand indicating that he's no longer interested in her fate.
"Nobody has any questions for me? I wasn't even going to lie!"
Samishanti is furious at being ignored. Years of trying to be a world class supervillain, and she can't even goad people into rage-killing her.
"This is your fault!" she screams, reaching out for the alu-demon.
"Mother, no!" the alu-demon cries, but it's too late - Samishanti drains the life from her body, then rips her throat out.
A red wind swirls about the succubus. Samishanti smiles and licks her forked tongue across her oversized incisors in gleeful anticipation. But instead of seeing the red flames of the Abyss flicker about her, a golden white city shimmers into view.
YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE ABYSS. FOR YOUR CRIMES AGAINST ALL DEMONKIND, YOU ARE HEREBY SENTENCED TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF ETERNITY ... IN AXIS!
Samishanti opens her mouth to scream, but no sound comes out. Her features begin crystallizing, and she begins shrinking, her body crushed into a blood-red diamond.
The background scene comes into focus. A young girl steps off of the Pharasmin boat into the broad boulevard of her new home. A large crowd has gathered to welcome the new recruits, but one face in particular catches her eye. He's a tengu - older than she remembers, but bearing the familiar scars from his days as a rogue on the Material Plane. He extends his hand to welcome her to the Eternal City, then drops to one knee as he pulls out a ring - it looks like a ring of protection +1, except with a red diamond eternally mounted on top.
Or Samishanti is dead.
Take your pick.
Random stuff:
Lady Dyrianna is extremely grateful for rescuing Faelyn. She gives you 3,000 gp and a ring of counterspells (already contains lightning bolt) as a token of her appreciation, plus a medallion of thoughts and a stormlure.
Zruuka carries a book of poetry written in Infernal that chronicles much of his history with Samivashti. Long before Samivashti allied with Tancred Desmire, she spent centuries wandering Golarion’s many strange lands, lingering in Vudra, where she first encountered the dandasuka rakshasa Zruuka. Samivashti served Zruuka’s master, a powerful rakshasa named Alavranushva, before later slaying the common rakshasa by draining its life force. Then, more as a curiosity than a sincere interest, the succubus invited Zruuka to join her in her travels. Centuries later, Samivashti and Zruuka remain companions and enthusiastic paramours who rely on each other’s different philosophical outlooks to better spy on and understand others. Though many of the poems are merely expressive insights into Zruuka’s and Samivashti’s murderous deeds, they also recount—in very lurid detail—the pair’s long, twisted love affair.
In addition, Zruuka wears a small fortune in gold rings, bejeweled piercings, and precious gems.