Episode 4 The Birth of a Lich 21/04/24

 
As the power of the spinning pedestal was diminished by Lucky's uniform thrown over it ancient undead arose and lurched towards Shadow and Lucky. Shadow Misty Stepped out of danger but Lucky was surrounded. With his blades flashing left and right, he was clawed and bitten by zombies and ghouls.

 
Solas used his Divine power to blast radiant light throughout the chamber and Colmir became a bear to jump into the fight. Sliding down to the sinkhole Bob suddenly dropped into the action.

 
Lucky fell in the battle before the last of the ghouls was finished off and had to be healed. The party found a box with 8 bricks with numbers on then. They had to find the correct combination to unlock the only door to get out.

 
After a couple of hours the party finally worked out the order that the numbers had to be used in and opened the door onto a corridor. As they moved up they saw an eye on the end of a tentacle looking around the corner at them. Lucky waved and said hello before Bob and Shadow rushed forward to attack. The Spectator fired an eye ray at Shadow before being chased off by Bob's sword and Shadows eldritch blasts. Following the corridor the party came to another huge double door. This lead into a room with a large arcane symbol on the floor in front of a lecture with an ancient book on it. Around the walls were 60 prison cells, each with the remains of a skeleton in them. Against the back wall were a pair of silver minotaur skeleton statues.

 
Solas and Lucky examined the book which turned out to contain a spell to transform a wizard into a Lich. The party recognised the room from the tapestry that they had taken from the upside down room they had encountered in the mines.

 
Shadow had a vision from his patron, Oberon King of the Seelie Court, warning him of the Queen of Thorns and the Harbingers of Destruction.

 
Colmir took the book, reasoning that it had to be destroyed. Lucky had tied the feet of the 2 minotaur statues believing that they might animate and attack the party when the book was touched. They then ran from the room although they were not attacked. Returning to the Pedastal room the party heard the sound of fighting from up above.

 
Solas spread his glowing divine wings and flew quickly up the shaft and Colmir wildshaped into a giant spider to skitter up the wall Bob, Shadow then Lucky climbed the rope to see one of the large creatures they had fought in the mines and several of the smaller ones attacking the church workers and Keeper Marek, who killed the large monster with a burning hands spell. The smaller creatures were quickly dispatched before the party noticed an even larger creature crouched on top of the church roof.

 
The creature taunted the party, mentioning the Queen of Thorns and that it was the Harbinger of Destruction before taking a huge leap and disappearing down the sinkhole.