Up next was a 70′ circular room containing tables covered in bodies with jars containing entrails.

Ghostly figures were seen briefly flickering. This was once the lair of the Sunset Slayer aka The Alligator Man, he has travelled across the succession.

Searching the room, the group felt a cold cover the room. Eldora shreiks and colapses as a creature crawls under her skin. A small girl came from hiding and attacked, followed by locusts, but the party subdued both.

Ulysses named the girl Mary and befriended her, but Eldora cautioned that she reeks of necromancy.

The party continued along and noticed that the halls were like a rib cage and a persistant beating of a heart sounded throughout the dungeon.

A woman in a shimmering white gown appeared before the group and began singing a lulaby, the woman’s voice implanted a nightmare directly into Raziel’s brain and deeply affected him. The woman moved on by the party without more incident.

More beetles attacked and the party discovered some looters. A furious battle ensued, and the party emerged victorious.

Li found the entrance to the catacombs inside the eye of the swan. There lay runes which said Erriukz, Edrubal, Elomcwe, which were Infernal for Trechery, Sloth and Foolishness, although foolishness was spelled wrong. Li Jun Fan traced “Welcome” in the rune for elecomwe, and the door opened to the stairs which lead 100 feet down.

The stairs of course were booby-trapped, and Li discovered that every 3rd step changed the stairs into a slide. Li stealthily headed down the stairs, but half way down triggered a boulder to come barreling down. Raziel decided to thrust himself down the stairs, and the two ended up caught up in the trap. Li used his agility to avoid certain doom, while Raziel sacrificed his shield to save his own life, putting it between his hurtling body and the blades that would present his certain doom.

As we left the party, they were gathering their wits, and vowing to continue on their quest.

The party disrupted the funeral procession and discovered that Officer Eldara, who was killed for uncovering a plot by UndeadBane, but it was all a ruse, and she was not indeed dead.

Officer Eldara agreed to join us, and together we headed off to the palace to infiltrate the congress.

There is hope however as the 5 regions, Skellerus, the Succession, Deadlands, Mechanus, The Empire, have sent envoys to New Eval King, a shell of its once glorious majesty, to discuss peace.

Raziel has come along as part of the entourage of the envoy from Turin. Li Jun Fan is a junior member of a delegation from the Mitose monastary to oversee the summit. Ulysses is already in New Eval King on his own business.

New Eval King is a dead city, no birds, no children. People are dead, but they still have their souls.

The three end up in the Crimson Wanderer Inn. All hell broke loose, and the strangers were forced into action.

A rapespawn was left nearly dead, but the party saved him and was told the following:

“My name is Kareth Delores … I have the key to where the Voynich Manuscript is.” We must meet a man in the citadel of Gash, an ancient temple to Crazius, the ancient god of torture.

We agreed to visit with our superiors and get leave from our duties to go questing.

Ulysses and Li Jun Fan go looking for information and find that there will be an entrance in the grand ballroom under the great chandelier, look for the eye of the Swan.

Raziel’s knight commander takes great interest in our quest, and wishes him to keep the mission quiet.

On this journey, Jun is also trying to find the Path to Enlightenment.  Once the path is found, then the real journey to enlightenment can begin.