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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chrisheff" data-source="post: 5878710" data-attributes="member: 41064">As they prepared to continue, little did the party know that in the next 24 hours, three of them would die and one would be magically imprisoned.The party decided to leave the final door of the inner chamber, and instead try to find the ghost who was one of the three powerful undead controlling the area. They didn’t have to search long, as after making their way through a trap laden hall, they discovered her lair. Solara and Glanrak felt completely separated from their gods upon entering her domain.The party entered and Vinnara the ghost greeted them and said she wished to speak with them. She told her tale and answered their questions, stating that she has been imprisoned here for 4,000 years and that she knows she cannot escape. All she wants is to rule the area without competition and that she wants the World Eater to remain imprisoned. She stated that Invistus, the lich only wanted power; whether or not that included releasing the World Eater, she did not know. The Mummy Lord Kasteoficiss however wished to release the World Eater. The priestess of death believed the Nightcrawler to be the avatar of her long lost god. Vinnara told the party that if they were to destroy the mummy, she had a pile of magic items she would give them as they were useless to her. She also promised them she would show them to a portal which would bring them out of the undead area very close to the exit from the dungeon. She also mentioned Kasteoficiss was in league with a cambion demon who had recently entered the undead area. The party assumed this was Incantus, the Vengeful, and it gave them more incentive to deal with the mummy.They left Vinnara and started out to the mummy’s domain. They battled morghs, two of whom read scrolls, one with a spell that killed Shaara. She was raised by Solara. They also set off traps that become more and more deadly the closer they got to the mummy. One trap killed Zathras, but he was quickly revived by Solara. Another killed Solara, but luckily she and Vaeth had planned ahead and stored a raise dead spell in one of Vaeth’s contructs, allowing Solara to be raised.Finally they entered the throne room of Kasteoficiss and there found Incantus and the Chronomancer. Zathras entered the room first and engaged the mummy’s alip servants. Incantus came forward and cast an imprisonment spell on the rogue, who was trapped inside an orb and disappeared into the floor. Mechanus rushed forward to confront the cambion who wanted the object within his chest. Before Incantus could cast another spell, Mechanus swung his intelligent sword, N’han Dae downwards, invoking the sword’s powerful retributive strike ability. The sword cut into the cambion and then exploded, taking the powerful demon sorcerer with it in an explosion of light and dark. A faint spirit of light could be seen rising from the explosion, leaving the sword which had held it’s spirit for so long. When normalcy returned, Incantus was gone, and Mechanus held naught but the burnt out hilt of N’han Dae.With the powerful demon gone, the battle quickly turned to the party’s favour. The Chronomancer stopped time and made his escape, leaving Kasteoficcis alone to deal with the party. She cast a few spells but was thwarted by Mechanus’ immunities and then she was quickly cut down and destroyed.The party brought word of her demise back to Vinnara who kept her promise and gave the party the magic items. She stated she would show them the portal if they wished, but they had just the one chance. She would not show them later.The party had to decide what to do. They did not want to leave Zathras to his prison, but they were not powerful enough to cast the spell needed to free him. They considered striking a deal with the one being nearby who was powerful enough - Invistus the lich. They considered their options…End of session 23.</blockquote>

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