Chapter 4





"Don't let her get away," Tarvin commanded as he threw two more knives at the corrupt rogue. "We can not let Blood Raven know we are coming."

'Pzzzt!" The rogue feel dead in a flaming heap as Syzivsk's fire bolt hit her in the back.

"Blood Raven must be close to have so many scouts out," Nystak implied. "Let me raise my fallen skeletons here before continuing on."

"Very well, Syzivsk best you prepare your spells as well." Tarvin remarked, as he sat knelt down to catch his breath. Looking at the sorcerer.

Syzivsk was a young sorcerer, about the same age as Tarvin. Hailing from West March, she knows much about the ways of magic. She is very talented in fire, and ice. Her motive for coming to the plains is unknown, but she is determined to fight off anyone tainted by Diablo's passing.



Once the two had finished preparing there spells, they started off for the graveyard once again. About three minutes of travelling took them right to it.

The graveyard was surrounded by a large fence, with four gates. The adventurers could see large amounts of gravestones from the rogues of the past, as well as several tainted graves. In the middle of the graveyard, they noticed a large tree. From the large tree several rogues were hung by the throat.

"Foul beast, killing those who refused to follow her hellish reign." Syzivsk continued, "She must die quickly, we can not allow her to corrupt any more innocent rogues."

Nystak sent his skeletons through the gate, to make sure there was no one waiting to ambush them. Two rogues immediatly charged the skeletons when they reached ten steps in. Nystak seeing his skeletons would not be of much help, summoned his golem. From the ground a golem of clay arose. Seeming strong, and tough, it awaited its masters orders.

"My army will destroy you," was heard from all around them.

Tarvin angered at the voice, rushed into the graveyard slaying the two rogues as he went in. "Kill her!"

Nystak and Syzivsk followed Tarvin in without hesitation.

Nystak commanded his summons to form on his right, left, and golem in front. Casting bone spears at any corrupt rogue that got to close.

Syzivsk let her arsenal of spells loose, casting firebolts in each direction as she ran. Stopping every two shots to re focus.

Tarvin, however was charging into the battle in search of Blood Raven. His hands throwing knives with every step. As he ran several rogues fell dead around him, and in front.

Nystak noticed Syzivsk stop in the battle, and stand there. To busy protecting himself to help her, he watched her between castings. She appeared to be focus very closely on something.

Several rogues drew in close to her ready for an assault. Suddenly a flash of blue was seen by all within the gates of the graveyard. With Syzivsk as the epicenter a ring of ice expanded outward, putting each of the rogues around her in an icy tomb.

She looked around to be sure none had survived and rushed toward Tarvin to lend a hand, or a few spells. "Come Nystak we must catch Blood Raven," she said as if nothing happened.

Nystak startled by the power of the attack hesitated. He then heard the crack of a skeleton as it broke into pieces on the ground, and snapped back into focus. Just in time to see the golem pound a rogue to death, before he rushed up to Tarvin and Syzivsk.

"Damn, where did she go?" Tarvin angrily asked. "She is not in the graveyard."

They all looked around and then all three saw the Mausoleum.

"She must be hiding in there," Syzivsk stated. "It can not be very big, we will end this soon."

"Agreed," replied Tarvin and Nystak at the same time.

The three walked down into the mausoleum, not knowing what to expect in the darkness under the graveyard. Surely Blood Raven was to be found, but with how many followers? Most of the rogues form the tainted graves were slain above ground, surely there could not be many with Blood Raven herself.