Blackwall Keep - Cant make an Omlette without breaking a few eggs !!!

Episode 3: July 23, 2008

The worms were expanding outward...As they encountered an egg, they would burrow inside, only to emerge a short time later, as mini spawnlings

Valiently but with an increasing demeaner of those that are doomed to fail, the party tried to stop the coming tide of green worms before they could do more damage to the eggs, and the future of the Lizard folk. Squishing and moving, and even lighting the egg could do nothing but temporarily slow the coming tide. Suddenly the mage, thought of a creature they had vowed to help earlier, and whispered a name: Axiomshankx. The true name of the Earth Elemental they had befriended and promised to help within the Whispering Cairns, not so long ago. As he was drawn to the power of those that knew his name, he quickly bargained and then imploded the very ground of the worms wake and progress. Most of the eggs were saved much to the delight and astonishment of all those around. The price of the elemental's help, was a complete brain wipe of him and all dealings anyone had had of him

Seeing the safety and the apparent treachery of Ilthane, the supposed guardian Black Dragon, the Lizard people quickly set about packing and moving out of this lair. They thanked and were in awe of the party. Hishka offered his thanks and asked the party to act as emmisaries between them and the Free City...To explain and work on a peace treaty with the towns parliamentary division. Undertaking this, the party then made their way back to Marzena's keep. An ambush by a pair of cockatrices made the journey back eventful, but by combining their effort together, the party made quick work of them...with surprisingly no casualties...The same can NOT be said for the party once they got back to Blackwall Keep.

Inside the keep they came across ruined tables and chairs as someone had hastily put up fortifications. Hiding within Marzena's personal chamber, the party found 2 guards quivering and obviously suffering from shock, malnutrition, and abuse. They told their story of helping the mage of the tower and his inquisitive work of the nearby green worm zombies that had been roaming along the Cairn Hills...They told of finding him hurt, laying alongside the body of 1 of these zombies, of hiding him within the basement storage chambers below, of him getting sicker and sicker and eventually dying, only to rise up and wreak havoc and drag 2 other comrades below; 3 sets of movement could be heard below

The paladin knew immediately that this evil could not be allowed to roam free and so the party made their way below and confronted the apparitions of horror. A mighty battle ensued...Both sides were hit and dealt mighty blows...The undead spawned creatures flung green worms at their tormentors whenever hit...Some of these worms made their mark upon the rogue and the cleric. Within seconds the worms had burrowed themselves within their hosts flesh causing excruciating agony, as the worm made its way up to the brain. Concentrating on the fight, the party didnt deem it worthy of notice. 1 by 1 the monsters dropped...but their curse stayed on. The rogue and cleric felt weaker and weaker as their intelligence dropped slowly but surely. Finally, the rogue succumbed to the evil of the effects, and dropped onto the ground apparently dead. His skin grew colder, the veins and muscle stood out as his muscle mass disappeared...Fearing the worse, the party tied their poor comrade up. Marzena looked at both heroes and knowing she could only save 1 took the liberty of saving the NOT SO FAR DONE AS THE ROGUE cleric back form the brink of death...The rogue had joined the legions of the undead.

With the new development and sacrifice, the party then made their way back to Diamond Lake where they discussed with Allustan their next point of enquiry about this mystery. Armed with the evidence and thoughts of Marzena, Allustan urged them onto FreeCity, where they could talk to Eligos, his Seekers elder. The party then prepped for travel, bid adieu to their IN A BARREL AND PICKLED FORMER COMRADE the rogue, and set off.

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