what is the nature of you're relation with the Zombie Legion' 'i…i.. was once the gaurdian to a mage….a mage of the Thendolar Council' 'then you are not Abysall' 'no…I was sent here by mistake as mky master was slain,before we left the Abyss,after scouting' 'I am Kreffiotor and this is my group of warriors,we also work with reguard of the Thendolar council' 'then please may I join you,I was nearly slain,but they left,one carrying a stave cast blood from the sky,but my armours are protective against Abysall formed spells' 'what did this blood do' 'it made the leader glow,and it's body looked like the energy of 100 demons,as the ground melted into blur lava from the raindrops' 'very strange,so you will join us,we must fight one of these legions,if you have any idea where they are,that should be very helpful…excuse me this is Shieista,Alliyah the Stormrider of Doom,Kiazo,Chealsoroy,and Xeina'

With the intoduction and nature of the task set into good will,they walked for several hours in the direction the Mrytel suggested,past stained cliff faces,dark and blemished by spellwork,a series of broken portals as the black one used,and a row of human bodies rotted and cut oopen across their bodies as if to bleed the blood from them,attached to a chain held by two posts with engravings written in Abysall and the look of being cast of silver.They stood before the corpses,and finally agreed to perform a fire burial,with Xiena's blessings in spite of the chance the flames may attract enemies,but this went un disturbed,and just a few minutes later,they finally found a butress,black and ominous,that revealed steps leading into the ground.

"undoubtedly the compound for one of the Legions,perhaps those that are away,we shall find a way to destroy what we can"Kreffiotor suggested as they made onto the stairs ,but suddenly the hallbefore them flowed in a field,that relished black wisps,and a dancing strein of blue energy.

The Elf got to the problem,and after several applications,they suffered a reffuse of damage,but the field was destroyed,and the room before them fell to the sepctacle of what these Zombies were made of.

The walls had gemed eyes,10 a side,that were alive,a spell of magic jewel,it was uncertain,
and four altars made of copper and bronze with words of power written upon them,lay at the corners with skulls of baby dragoons,one on each,-these had a black silk band wrapped about their eyes,and the center of the room,was opened to a blue lava pit,that gurgled loudly and occasionaly let wisps of black into the air.

"Abysall poisen,we must cover that pit"the mage warned,holding the others back,as the she demon,cast a super pile of earthen material across the opening,that held for an uncertain tenure.She,stepped upon it,being certain of the effect,and the room soon layd way to their intent.

They took the skulls and smashed them open,and set fire to the silks,and Kiazo was able to smash enough about one of the eyes of power,and retrieve one,however when the orc picked it from the ground it burned like a devil in beligerence,and the others,gathered about,hoping they could resolve this,and take each gem,surely breaking any hold the room had.

"it is not fire…it is evil,the pain…."Kiazo then took a drink of elixer,and they understood the nature of the icon of which the Zombies surely had used for powers of Abysall arcana that could crush an enemy.

The Mrytel then stepped in before they could make a resolve,and picked it from the ground into her claw,and showed it to them,they looked in confidence,and Kiazo tried to remove another,as the Myrtel,dug a hole in the earthen cover over the pit,and dropped the gem into the lava,then covered the hole.They found that casting ice across the gems,made them removable from the wall without destroying the wall in a vain effort,and soon they had detroyed all but 4 of them,which they set in a silk and ties to the Myrtel.This done,the group now searched for a secret door,and soon Xein had uncovered a switch from a fake wall stone,that opned a doorway across from the first.

"what strange work is this we've found,surely it takes a great mage to control the weave with that we've seen"Alliyah asked as they began through the hall,Kreffiotor having cast 'dancing lights' by the stave's invocation.

"we shall see,there's no enemy like the wisdomous,demon or nay"Chealsoroy presented what was a voiced concern for the same idea as Stormrider's.

The answer of battel's call awaited them,as soon as they entered the next chamber,for gaurding another altar,in a 100 ft sqaure room,were 4 Hell Dogs,made into a form of zombie beast.The altar glowed in a fissure of energy,and died as soon as the creatures lept from the dias on which it stood,the nature of the power being gaurded for certain.

Ice flurries,and weaves of spells streamed like a rainbow of uncontained power from the party,as they used the potions,and spells to make weaker these foes.This was not necessarily true,but they made this their first strike,and Alliyah was able to slash deeply across the muzzle of one attacker,as Kiazo delimbed it just after.Fire lept from the maws of the foes,and scarred Shieiste and Xeina,while the others dodged away,taking into a fight of 3 on 1.As Kreffiotor sent a beam spell,at the un cornered beast,another had lurched around behind him and tackled him to the ground rending a terrible gash.The Mrytel,jumped upon it,taking it away from it's attack,and slashes one of it's eyes before being thrown off,as Chealsoroy,turned and cast at this Hell dog,with 'vorporeal straffs' that exacted a tripley powerfull array of slashes,and as the Myrtel slashed a final attack it died.Only two remained,but again the attack of a fire stream fell across each of them this time,and Xiena cast 'Xexia Recovery' using the remaining liquid of an ice potion,flowing a needed surge of health into the group,and allowing the next several rounds to end with victory,as they watched the corpses swarm into pourous scaled skin that bled the mirky blood onto the floor,as if the death had undone a spell of some nature that had made them into the zombie empowered gaurds,leaving yet another clue about the spells of raining blood that were used by the legions of zombies.

As the group linguired in their victory the corspes,led to questions about what scorcery was being cast,and how they could find answers to this;certainly the spells of control and empowerment that were derrived from the items and aracana about had some clue as to this,and the blood being tranfused into the beasts,which now bled unremittadly were linked to this.Kreffiotor gathered a sample to take back to the compound,and the others looked at the altar which the Hell dogs gaurded that now lay dormant,though it had been a blaze of glory when they had enetered.

"there are tricks of the demons ctreations,playing at all this,how it works I don't know,but,with this power they have a hand over ours,if we are to defend and attack with all our might,we must know"Alliyah stated,while Xenia looked at several etchingg in Untzuhfeient.

"those who fall into the shadows shall recover the aura of deities,those who send blood shall retain death in it's entirety"

"hmmm…yes that is quite a find…I believe that the 'shadow land' is just beyond the east mountain range,perhaps these are the shadows spoken of"Kreffiotor explained.

After looking about they found that there was nothing else to be done and returned to the surface.Finally reaching the portal they stepped through,however this time the mists were different,and when they arrived they found themselves at a diffierent place alltogether than it's origin previously.Scattered across the ground were burns,like a shower of acid rain,and quickly they beheld the sight of Yeilikagen Castle,and the appearance of a legion as seen before making towards it.

"we are at Yeilikagen,and those are our foes,what bid thee?"Xiena asked

"we shall go now,and fight them if you agree"Kreffiotor offered.

And so they did…..they marched quickly for several hours and finally found themselves at a cave entrance that may have a passage leading into and onto the cliff the castle stood.Once again 'dancing lights' was cast,and Shieiste led the way having a better range of vision than the others.The dark and dank atmosphere was tell tale of the harbinging troubles that awaited.The pungent scratch of demon and zombie flavour broke through the blackness,and the ground was heavily tampered by passage of Zintrins and others.As they reached a stair well the forms of quarry layde bricks,rough and unkemptly set,created the passage and stairs now before them,and the chances of traps and other such problems was now more greatly considered.

As they reached the first open chamber after several hundered feet,of grueling Climbing,a clanking sound eminated and just after they found that a group of 10 Dire Bats were flying at them.The cage swung open on the ceiling just 15 ft beyond them,and the realization that a trap opened may be a warning sent to the keepers was taken in disdain as they cast several spells including Magic arrow,Whips of Magic,Festering Sphere,and Stale Air.Alliyah and Kiazo made quick work of 4 of the creatures,while the Mrytel and Shieiste claw swiped 2 to instant death in a few actions.

"the first trap,and perhaps a guard now awaits us…this is most unfortunate." Kreffiotor said,as they followed the hall beyond,and reached more stairs.

As they made to the second flight,suddenly,a gate closed in the front and back of them trapping them instantly,however Shieiste was able to invoke a melting spell,and they hurried to the next room.There they found 2 Gargoyles standing at the side of a greater gate,with 4 metal glyphs inscribed with magic cymbols.

"these gaurdians will be alive…I know their way,we fight"the Orc proclaimed setting the battle axe for a swipe and did so just as the foe animated.

Useless sword strikes did little to these armoured enemies,but Kreffiotor used a beam to make one stand now at only 1 ½ ft which kiazo stomped on killing' it instantly.A beam blast forth from the othetr striking Chealsoroy,then Kreffiotor as finally the Elfs casting of 'Dithers of Arcana' finished the combat.They each took a sip from their elixers,recovering ½ the damage done by each encounter,and Shieiste treid unavailingly to melt the gate before them.

"it seems there are wards I can not break upon this"she answered.

"I'll get that,certainly this potion will undo the wards"and within a few tries the gate was a mundane metal that now fell to the she-demon's work.

They found the final tunnel way to the open air,and fell into a certainty for attack,but there was none.The air was silent,and the ground showed that the Legion had traveled around the castles front bridge,certainly only a short time before they arrived.Following the trail the were led to a strange swirl,that looked to be one step more powerfull than the portals yet taken,and this offered a problem.

"the castle must be under the control of a mage…we shall be playing on hope if we step through but I see no other way"the Abysall houseguest offered.

"perhaps we should toss a stone through first,or…"Xiena spoke,but before she could finish her statement,the Myrtel stepped into it,and a few moments later the swirl was dissapated,but a strange goo was sluffed across the beast friends claws.

"it seems we're in luck"Chealsoroy stated,walking firstly into the hall.

Torches were lit,and 4 locked wooden doors were on one side,as after aways they fell within range of the sounds of a gathered Legion.

"ec nactrenu the befuim me uchtu yeag threeinu"the words being encanted were strange,but easily an Abysall form of dialect.

"we must go quickly,now is our time to attack"Kreffiotor spoke,not looking to the others and stepped forward taking the lead,and into the 200 ft chamber with 10 Zombies 10 zintrins,and one leader.

"Golden Glamour of Striking!"Chelasoroy,spoke,before the beam unleashed by the council mage struck but had no effect on the lead zombie.

They clashed into a flurry of combat,and fortunately the Zintrins were not being used,and a fracas of attacks of opportunity didn't bely the zombies attacks.
two great wisping ice funnels scattered about the room,plowing over 5 zombies 2 of which quickly were killed by Alliyah and Kiazo,and the Elf soon had to degend himself with sword,as 3 assualted him.The council mage,she-demon and Xeina focused there effort at the lead golden armoured Zombie,that finally cast a spell that showered blood upon the entire room,this had an effect on the Legion,
and now the adventurers could only make magical attacks,as their swords seemed to be slipping off the hides of their foes like they were encased in grease and made of metal.The Myrtel though having no speaking favour,was not entirely unintelligent and took one of the gems,and slamed into the lead Zombie pressing it into its's flesh,
a flash of light occurred,and suddenly the blood liquid from the spell was there no more and seeing this Chealsoroy,Alliyah and Kiazo each rend terrible cutting wounds onto their unsuspecting advesaries.A swirl like the energy at the castle entrance they had run into appeared in front of the leader,and as it spoke three words,it flew forward and blast Xeina and Kreffiotor to the wall,and held them motionless.

"fools….what god will save you upon our evil lands…I am the master of this castle…..and you're material bodies and souls will rot in hell for all eternity!" the leader,suddenly integrated a twisted golden metal blade,and charged to send a deathly pucturing wound into Kreffiotor.

Chealsoroy,made the ice flow in great vastness about and onto the zombie master before reaching them,and in that moment,Shieiste and the Mytrel made a grappling