Campaign Date: Povem 10 - Povem 11; Imperial Year 221

Characters:
Apotheosis, elf fighter-2, LG Christopher Vedder
Arborlore, half-elf ranger-3, CG Christopher Vedder
Stalwart, dwarf paladin-1, LG Adam Vedder
Infernus of the Flame, human cleric-3, CG Adam Vedder

Log:

The heroes have managed to track down a monastery just south of Mummert that is said to hold an artifact that Jael Arachnos might try to gain possession of to raise his army of undead. The heroes drop into the catacombs below the monastery's chapel in search of the Scrolls of Ulhek -- a Swerding scholar who was excommunicated from the church for his blasphemous studies. Ulhek's scrolls still survive entombed safely beneath the monastery.

After a bit of exploring, the heroes discover some bodies of nearby villagers laying slain in one corner of the massive group tomb. Their blood is fresh, unlike the bodies which have been here since the Empire of the Dawn. The heroes try the backtrack but they are attacked by some skeletons that raise out of their coffins. Soon, an entire corridor of skeletons is menacing the heroes. Even the two fresh bodies also get into the fight. The heroes spot a six-armed skeleton -- a servant of Jael Arachnos -- escaping from the catacombs before them. The four heroes manage to escape the skeletons, but only barely. Three of the four companions are greviously wounded. They leave the catacombs and search for healing from the monks within the monastery.