He nodded. "Yes, it was her army. Her goal was to physically manifest on the material planes. It would be nearly impossible for another god to stop her if that happened, because most gods are natives to their 'domain' planes."<br/><br/>He stopped, and looked at both of them, before smiling sheepishly. "Let me know if I am getting too technical with the explanation, and that you can't understand me. I will try to keep this as simple as possible, but it might be hard.<br/><br/>Most 'natural' gods are not material plane natives. They are native to their own domain planes, which they build themselves. I am unusual in my ascension, as I was raised not by belief, but by the power of beings from beyond the far realms. Those are realms where the mind flayers are the closest to normal you will find for the most part. All eight of us got varying amounts of power, likely from how much we 'died' or the distance from the ritual my opponent used, not entirely sure which, but that is a story for another time. The point is, I am a native to material planes as well as my personal domain plane, which means I am always at max power and can easily move between planes without much of a change in power. Other gods would have significant loss of power if they tried to come through without special preparations, like what that goddess did. She was draining all the death and blood energy from the siege and battles, as well as the turn or rebuke undead attempts from her priests, which was enough to get her damned close to actually being able to come through.<br/><br/>The final battle was between me and her, after her high priest was killed, though the battle was not to keep her from coming through, as she couldn't force her way through the portal, it wasn't powerful enough for her, but to keep her from killing Cerulean, Maura and Daminor. It was only about twenty seconds long, but it was... intense. She was forced to attack through the unstable portal, which meant I just had to keep her from killing anyone before the portal sealed itself."<br/><br/>He nodded, the explanation was somewhat simplified, but still correct on most accounts. "As for the Fane itself before I leave I can take you two and your son up for a quick visit, if you want."<br/><br/>He also wanted to talk with their son, he might have the ability to be a sorcerer through his outsider blood. Dragons were just the most common reason for sorcerers, they weren't the only ones. "And as for teaching magic, I might be able to help with that. I can ask around on a couple other planes, see if any wizards would be willing to relocate here to teach and work."