I really don't like Bane

Well the door opened and we stepped in. We found a clone of me in red robes, Althea half dead, and a priest as well as the coveted tablet. Now if Bane was any ordinary god I might have considered letting him have it in return for a huge favor. If it were Sylvanus or Oghma or my lady Mystra, of course I'd hand deliver it to them. But Bane is the god of tyranny, the father of hatred and the lord of law. I don't like any of those things, and Mystra dosnt like him so I need to whomp his ass.

I snuck past the priest while Erdrick kept him busy and Althea, who became a vampire while I was away, attacked the priest as well. I got to the tablet and felt the godly power flowing over me. I felt my muscles change, my bones grow, and most of all the flood gates of my power unleashing the great torrant sending wave after wave of my mana streaming over the room. Before the light subsided I had the tablet away in my bag of holding as if to pretend that it had been disintegrated by its use. I can only hope that the tyrant god does not realize the deception.

The priest was near death and Althea had ripped out his throat. I pulled her off of him but then she begged me to let her go and I did seeing as how he would be dead soon anyhow. Once the priest was killed something strange happened. He came back. This time I felt the unholy power of Bane's essence in him, as if he had bound himself to the god as an avatar perhaps. I don't like this at all. Mystra help me!

I took stock of my allies as they had now all gathered. Shar, Erdrick, Althea, Anthonius(an earth mage I met recently) D'Andra (a cleric from home) and my bro Blank were all there to help. His power was immense, even dwarfing mine. Never the less I sent my energies forward to try to weaken his and our respective powers nearly ripped the temple apart. Blank attacked but was soon thrown back. I made an assault but could gain no purchase with him.

Althea was in danger of falling under his control but somehow she resisted. Seeing this he charged forward and killed her and I was too slow to stop it. Next Blank charged at him but Bane just held out a hand and sent Blank into a wall unconsious. Erdrick attacked but his shoulder wound kept him from doing much damage. Anthonius tried to imprison the evil deity within a stone column but Bane broke free and put Anthonius' own axe through his neck. Yet another of my comrades had fallen and it was looking pretty bad as Bane sent waves of fire at me, weakening me with each assault.

Finally Shar used his ice magic to stop the heat from killing me and I moved forward through Bane's last assault and planted my sword in his chest. Even the holy power of Calysmere didn't stop him and Erdrick had to put his blade into him to keep him stationary with Shar's casting helping as well. Finally I put all of my energies into a killing blow, summoning up the life's energies of the world as they flowed over my body and up my staff, finally manifesting in a concetrated light green beam that destroyed Bane's avatar.

With his power forever weakened and his means of regaining it safely hidden away I think I have defeated one of the great enemies of this plane, though the cost was high. Once we had gotten aid for our injured comrades we went about burying what remained of Anthonius and Althea beneath two great stone mounts we set up on either side of the path to the temple.

As we left I used my remaining mana to destroy the unholy hold on the land and make it possible for things to grow there again. I offered the temple to the followers of Mystra so that it might be used for her betterment after she helped me to defeat the foe. I returned to Atlantis more powerful than ever and back in my true form once more.