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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1287616" data-attributes="member: 11574">The three men climb the narrow flight of stairs, Tharhack leading the way, followed by Rebrey, with Gothmog taking the rear. Although weakened, Rebrey demanded that he be allowed to traverse the stairs on his own power, and not under Gothmog's. "Shh, I heard a woman screaming. There it is again." Tharhack comments"What are they saying?" Rebrey asked straining to hear as well"I couldn't tell, we're close though, maybe only a floor below." Tharhack answersThe stairs twist upwards and end in a wooden door, shaped like a coffin."Quaint, must remind the owner of home." Tharhack comments about the doorTharhack tries the knob, only to find it stuck in place. Using both hands, and some leverage, and Tharhack still can't get the knob to budge. Gothmog offers to try, and after a few choice words about the knob, Gothmog is able to twist the knob completely off. Gothmog hands the knob to Tharhack with a smile on his face."Here, Gothmog bring you piece of door TharHACK wanted." Gothmog tells TharhackRebrey, thinking the door is now open, puts his hands up and walks into the still shut door. "Hey, the door is still shut" Rebrey comments, while Tharhack looks on in stunned silence. The only response he has for Gothmog is a "Thank you" to which Gothmog replies "Welcome.""Gothmog not know you want door open, here Gothmog open for blind man." Gothmog slams his fist onto the door, causing the locking mechanism to break. The door, which was built to swing outward, now swings inward. A stench of wet earth, and rotting meat fills the air. Looking into the room, Gothmog sees a lone figure in the center of the circular room. It's face is shrouded by a hood, as it raises a bony finger at Gothmog, and motions for him to come inside."Smelly man in room want to fight." Gothmog says to the half-orc and RebreyTharhack peers into the room, and then back down the staircase as the zombie horde plows up the stairs four by four. "I like the three to one odds better than one hundred to three.""As do I." Rebrey replies.Gothmog nods in agreement, then charges into the room. The Son of Kyuss waits until Gothmog is fully in the room, before lashing out with the spiked chain it held with it's opposite hand. The end of the chain slams into the side of Gothmog's face, cutting a gash into Gothmog's cheek and shattering his eardrum. Gothmog, however, remains undeterred by the surprise attack. Closing the distance in four steps, Gothmog brings his greatsword to bear against the jailor, sending a punishing blow down on the jailor's left arm. The sword however only manages to sink half in inch into the desiccated arm. Gothmog looks on in disbelief as he withdraws his blade, the jailor however seems to chuckle, and removes his hood to reveal the truth about his origins. "Another not-dead man." Gothmog shouts back at Tharhack and Rebrey. "You go next, after you get in, I'll follow and brace the door against the zombies." Rebrey tells Tharhack."You'll never hold it." Tharhack replies"Well, you'll just have to hurry won't you." Rebrey answers, shoving Tharhack into the room******************************************************************************************************The headache inducing humming of the stone slab that Alriand is strapped to, couldn't drown out the commotion occurring outside the door to the room she was in. "La, La La, La la la. My friends are coming to recuse me, you're too late." Alriand taunts Emthur"Too late for what? You're future has already been sealed, regardless of what walks through that door, your life-force will be feeding me for the rest of, well eternity." Emthur repliesEmthur begins chanting over the urn, Alriand feels a strange pull at her from a force under her. Feeling herself getting weaker by the second, Alriand calls out one last time for help. "Alriand?! I heard her." Tharhack yells"GO! We got this." Rebrey yells back, as he props the door closed with his body.Tharhack looks over to Gothmog, who nods in agreement, Tharhack then takes off for the door beyond the undead figure. The jailor seeing Tharhack's advance, brings the spiked chain back low, beginning an attempt to trip the cleric before he reaches the door. Seeing the chain go back, Gothmog leaps onto the Son of Kyuss, throwing it's wind-up off. The two creatures fall to the floor, as they both reach for each others throats.Tharhack reaches the door, and throws it open. His eyes catch just a glimpse of the room, before a snaking black streak strikes Tharhack in the gut. The black lightning fills Tharhack with incredible cold, Tharhack feels himself falling even though his body remains standing. The smiling visage of Emthur looks on happily. Rebrey feels the negative energy behind him, turning his head, he sees Tharhack fall face first through the doorway. Turning again, he sees Gothmog trying the choke out the undead guy."You can't choke something that doesn't need to breathe." Rebrey yells at GothmogGothmog looks down and sees that Rebrey's words are true, he also sees the worms writhing out of it's eye sockets and up Gothmog's arm. Panicking, Gothmog plants his left foot, and wings the undead man into the far wall. Unfazed, the Son of Kyuss rises to his feet immediately. Gothmog lets out a roar and throws his hand up at the creature, sending a stream of fire blazing into the man, igniting his tattered clothes and the fallen stack of books he landed in.Emthur turns his attention back to Alriand, "I've always wanted a cleric for a servant, plus wraiths are so handy to have around."Alriand's eyes roll to the back of her head, as the symbol carved into her chest begins to glow. Bursting forth from her fur vest, the symbol shines upon the ceiling."What's this?" Emthur stands momentarily confused, as the symbol burns a hole through ceiling, and into a room above.Alriand begins to convulse as the symbol burns it's way through the top of the tower, letting light from the sun into the room. The room becomes awash with light, except for the urn with struggles to devour all of this new energy. Cracks begin to show along the side of the urn, as Emthur tries in vain to halt the process. Not knowing what else to do, Emthur raises the urn, and shatters it against the small table. There is a great updraft of wind almost as if all air was suddenly sucked out of the room, and then a huge explosion of energy, as Emthur is bathed in the dark glow of the negative material plane and the rest of the room is filled with positive energy. The energy shines out in the next room, causing the Son of Kyuss to disintegrate, and fueling the fire as it erupts into a huge wall of flame. Rebrey releases the door and the zombies push through only to be consumed by the pure light, the weakness incurred by the child's bite is washed away in the glow. Tharhack, whose body was awaiting the decay that came with rising as an undead, is instantly healed. Emthur watches in horror as the skin on his arms peel away, leaving the exposed muscles and tendons, which then dry up and begin flaking away. Soon all that's left is bone and a little flesh. The skin on his face shrinks and recedes, pulling away from his mouth his skin tears, ripping a huge gash across his head. His eyes spin vertically and sink into their sockets, they are replaced by two fine points of red light. Screaming from the pain Emthur grips his head, and pulls off his skin like a mask."No, no. It wasn't supposed to be like this." Emthur's agony soon turns to hatred as Tharhack stands and shakes his senses back to the present.</blockquote>

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