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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 1659787" data-attributes="member: 8863">Here goes:[sblock]Long ago, a balor named Tarnhelm impregnated a human woman named Valinda.  acererak was that child.  While he was still a child, mother was murdered, and he was only able to survive because of his fiendish heritage.  He become a powerful wizard and eventually a lich.  Eventually, he learned of a way to merge his consciousness with the Negative Energy Plane, and by doing so he would be able to control all undead everywhere.  In order to ascend to this state of being, he needs to use essence of 2692 souls, and he has almost all the souls he needs at this point.  The Tomb is only the first part of an elaborate process he's using to weed out the weakest souls; only the most worthy make it to the heart of his Fortress of Conclusion, the unworthy die in the Tomb, Moil, an evil city that was long ago cursed by Orcus, and the Fortress.  He also learned who his demon father was, and he has Tarnhelm imprisoned in the Fortess, and through him he controls a number of demonic servants.  These include the demons that show up if you go astral in the tomb, other demons have the task of resetting his traps for each new group of adventurers that find his tomb.  Because Acererak is so close to becoming one with the Negative Energy Plane, the area near his tomb is becoming charged with a lot of negative energy.  As a result, a group of evil necromancers called the Black Academy have set up shop right outside the tomb, where they have a small city built.  They are unaware of Acererak's plot, though they know it's his tomb.  The actions of the Black Academy is the hook that draws the unfortunate PCs into the adventure[/sblock]</blockquote>

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