Doc, it might be these tired old eyes of mine but I found the whole trap sequence with Menerous a little hard to follow. From what I gather he jumped over the old trap only to fall prey to a new one. The whole illusionary wall thing and what was happening to him as he fell have me confused. I have had very little trouble understanding your words so it must be these damn cataracts. Could you to this old reader a favor and clarify what happened to poor Menerous? Thanks.
I'm not Doc, but it seems to be Menerous fell through an illusionary floor into a long vertical tunnel. A beholder was in the tunnel and zapped him with its anti-magic field so he couldn't fly away while it telekinetically sealed off the tunnel with a stone door 15 feet in.
At the very bottom of the tunnel were a group of wraiths (or some kind of energy draining undead) who were waiting for whoever fell through.
Sorry Doc, I posted earlier, but it seems it didn't get through. This rocks. I take it you went with celestials being able to age, if only magically. Care to let us in on why you went that way?