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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1351461" data-attributes="member: 9255">UNDER A DARKSUNSEGMENT 123“Death, Dying and the Undead”The dust clears and slowly Mania pushes himself from the gold and treasure.  He is clueless at what just happened.  He remembers a new skeletal figure appearing.  This one looked like it was on fire with purple flames and smoke.  He was talking to someone out of his view.  As he turned the skeleton pointed a sword at the person or persons then suddenly everything blew up.  The light was going out and the darkness creeping in.  This was not good.The purple mist still existed.  The figure seemed to be looking for something.  Mania took this moment to look for Cosa and the others.  Cosa was unconscience but seemed okay.  She was clutching onto a tome she found.  Based by the coins embedded on its cover, she used it as a shield.  Then he found Belinda.  She was on her knees with her head low.  “Belinda-  what is ….it?”  Mania asks as he tries to walk over to her by feel as the light begins to go.  There he is.  Logan.  A berserker rage still on his face.  Protruding from his chest is a broken staff.  There is no sign of life in his eyes.  Mania ashens at the site.  He is shaken and reeling.  Then he hears laughter.  The color returns to his face.  He steadies himself.  Now with a crimson face of rage he turns.The new powerful undead creature is laughing.  He has located Chaffle and stands over a stunned child or halfling.  (He is so angry it never comes to him that Chaffle should be dead) Mania looks around for a weapon…any weapon.  He sees a sword.  It is black with a red leather grip.  Gripping it tightly with both hands he stalks the undead.“The great and almighty Chaffle.  Look at you now.  It has been a long time teammate.”Chaffle blinks at him with blood dripping from his nose as he pushes himself up from the scattered treasure.  “Bearreanna?”“There is no Bearrenna here- only Halobreaker!” the undead answers quickly and with anger.  “Bearrenna died 10 years ago…I am Halobreaker!  I will be your death!”“How can you do this?  You and my father both were good people.  Fight it!  Fight the compulsion to do this.  Fight Minscar!”“You were but a boy looking to impress his father when last I saw you.  Your father loved you much.  Your father led me and the others here looking for treasures to fuel the rebellion in the city.  Instead- we found death.  He needs to pay.  You will do.”  It is obvious the skeleton is savoring the moment.  Too bad for him he has underestimated the halfling under his foot and has yet to notice the figure rushing at him with a sword…tears streaming from his eyes.Chaffle holds onto his flask of water he uses as a holy symbol.  He creates Day light that’s springs from his symbol.“Arrgh…  You put too much value in that power.  It is time to end it.“Muffled but clear enough- Tangiers cuts in.  “For an undead creature- you talk too much!  Suddenly the pupils of Tangiers turn white and green energy then erupts from her body.  “ARRRGH!”  Pulsating light flashes and tears at the mortal remains of the Halobreaker as Tangiers tries to teleport pieces away quickly.  A Baneful Teleport for the undead.  Chunks of armor and bone break off and turn into material covered by green goo.  “You will die for that whelp!”  Halobreaker raises his boot to crush the head of the halfling when Mania arrives slashing at him in mid-air.He dodges it but the moment of adjustment allows Tangiers to roll out of the way.  Mania lands hard in the coins.  “Swordplay?” The undead asks as he shifts to show his two swords.  He begins his trademarked way of walking one foot over, the other which would distract most but not Mania.  He is just too angry now to notice.  It becomes obvious to those watching that the undead is playing with him.  Mania wildly swings at him keeping him busy.  Busy enough for Chaffle to pray to heal from his newest injuries- some of, which are very serious.Mania tries once more to hack up the undead but seems to always just miss him.  He seems to never be where he appears to be.  Tangiers tries to teleport him again but fails to.  Halobreaker knows Tangiers is the main threat here but ignores him.  His hatred is too strong for Chaffle.  He strikes out at Chaffle again.  Several sword slashes and stabbing draw blood.  The blood on the swords disappears as if absorbed and the skeleton’s damaged bones then begin to repair themselves.  Chaffle can not heal himself fast enough.  The room seems to spin and twist.  To pass out now will mean his death.  Mania swings again- he chips off a piece of armor this time.  So close but so far away.  Tangiers is quickly coming to realize that they can not defeat this creature here.  She begins to wonder if her curiosity of the man known as Mania is worth the risk when suddenly there is an ear piercing scream and a cry of anger.  Tangiers looks up and sees that Halobreaker has plunged both blades into Chaffle’s back- impaling him.  Mania strikes and this time actually hits the undead horror.  Seeing only one way to defeat this creature- Tangiers grabs the leg of Halobreaker and tries to use her most powerful psionic power of all.  A globe of pure white opens up before her.  Halobreaker screams.  He tries to free himself from the halfling bounty hunter but can not.  Energy and treasure swirls around caught in the flux of energy.  Tangiers, with a grim face, looks at Mania.  “I’ll see you again.  Don’t go to Nibenay.  You have powerful enemies there.  So long young warrior.”“NOT THE POSSITIVE ENERGY plane! You…can’t…take…….*”Coins of gold, silver and other precious metals fall to the floor.  Both are gone. Blinking and trying to defuse his anger so as to figure out who the halfling was and what just happened, Mania just stands there, sword in hands.  It is on the third time Cosa calls to him he snaps out of it.  The undead are returning.  When Chaffle died, so did his Daylight spell.  The heroes are forced once more to run.  This time blindly and without hope.A few moments or several hours later- it is hard to say, things begin to happen to the two bodies left behind.  The flesh rots unnaturally quickly from Chaffle’s body.  Then he shakes off the remaining flesh and stands up slowly.  The two swords fall out from his ribs and hit the floor.  He picks one up and mindlessly joins the others…just like any other Bodach skeleton.Logan’s skin dries up and tears off like the bark of a birch tree, Red lights appear where his eyes were.  His mouth, in a permanent grin, opens and closes as if to test their strength.  Then he pulls himself out of the coins and treasure.  Staring at the staff piece in his chest, he pulls that out next and tosses the broken staff of resurrection to the ground.  He looks to the left then the right.  Then throws back his head and screams.  He screams of the failed focus and destiny he had.  His emotions and feelings of good are replaced or tainted with evil.  On this night, a new Dwarven Banshee stalks Bodach.</blockquote>

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