Tombs of Scoria: Episode 55

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== Synopsis ==
In a high-stakes raid, Imrik, Anton, and Tyrael infiltrate a heavily guarded keep. Imrik cleverly eliminates guards and sets up defenses while Anton and Tyrael confront a wyvern and a knight in the throne room. After intense combat, they dispatch their enemies, and Tyrael takes out additional guards. Imrik and Tyrael then break into the mines, facing off against various foes, including hellhounds and knights. Despite fierce resistance, they secure the mine, rescue prisoners, and gather valuable loot. They eventually return to the keep, where they use their spoils to aid the locals, leaving behind a trail of victory and strategic success.
==Recap==
===9th February, 1513===
Imrik stands between the guards and the lever, turns into himself (still invisible), then casts on the guards, immediately killing both, and leaves them behind the door.
When 10 minutes pass, Anton and Tyrael stand in the center of the courtyard. They try walking into the keep, it doesn't break their invisibility. Tyrael hears the breathing of a very large creature, but weapons sense no dragons, they head in that direction, into the throne room. Inside, there is a large wyvern and a knight. 
Tyrael sneaks up to the knight to backstab her, while Anton readies a spell. 
Combat start: 2 brothers vs. Wyvern
The knight leaps for Tyrael, both miss, and she yells out "Intruders." Anton casts on her. Tyrael strikes her twice. Wyvern attacks Tyrael, knocks off charge. The knight runs away from Tyrael, he follows, sees the guard taking a potion and turning invisible.
The knight runs away from Tyrael, he follows, sees the guard taking a potion and turning invisible. Anton kills 2 guards that just walked in. Tyrael sees the knight went Ethereal and notifies Anton. Wyvern misses Tyrael. Meanwhile, Imrik kills a guard walking towards the lever, then casts .
Anton casts . The guard walks through them towards the exit, Anton follows her. Tyrael hits the wyvern twice, it misses twice. Tyrael hits it once more, almost killing it.
The knight provokes an attack of opportunity from Anton, killing her. Tyrael kills the wyvern. Imrik stays in the room. 
Combat end.
Scribe walks into the chamber, sees Tyrael, and screams. Tyrael runs out and leaps to the guards on the wall.
Combat start: Tyrael vs 3 Guards
*One guard screams towards the village. Tyrael is hit, another soldier misses. Tyrael kills all the guards.
Combat end.
Meanwhile, Anton brings the dead knight towards Imrik and searches through her stuff. Imrik flies out of the window towards Tyrael. They leap towards the mine, which is locked. Tyrael tries to bend the bars but fails. Imrik moves Tyrael inside with the help of Bag of Holding. 
Tyrael hears people inside and they head towards the sound. A mage inside casts on them.
Combat start: 2 Brothers vs Guards of the Mine
Cleric walks in and releases a Potion of Fire Breath. They don't recognise them. Imrik shoots one of wizard's . Enlarged knight charges Tyrael, he retaliates and kills her. Imrik takes out 2 images.
Imrik casts . Tyrael runs and takes out a darkness stone and kills one. The knight misses Imrik (displaced).Cleric uses on Imrik. Cleric casts on Tyrael. 1 knight hits him, knocking Stone Skin charge. Tyrael takes out the stone, almost kills the wizard.
Wizard casts on himself and lies on the ground. Knight misses Imrik. Tyrael kills a knight and runs to the back of the enlarged knight. Imrik moves out of the silence, knight following him dies by Tyrael. Tyrael almost kills another knight.
Imrik casts . One cleric fails against Darkness. Tyrael kills a knight. Cleric goes to altar of Voraci, to pray, Tyrael kills them. Knights shout at each other, 3 knights left. Imrik casts and follows them.
Tyrael kills what's left. Asks the last one for keys, she surrenders.
Combat end. 
Tyrael heals with potions. Knight leads them to a keyring. 
====Meanwhile, Anton McGary====
A soldier comes by, Anton casts and kills him. Another soldier sees the dead one. Anton casts .
A few minutes later, a horde of civilians attacks Anton. They run away because of the aura, killing 4 instantly. All others flee, he slaughters everyone. He goes back to the room and holds the door. 
====Back in the mines====
Imrik collects the keys and 6 potions in the room (4 healing, 2 fire breath). The knight asks her if they are the McGary brothers. Imrik confirms. She asks if it's true they eat the flesh of those they've killed. Imrik says they are here to free them from Scoria. He promises he'll make sure she makes it out alive. 
Deeper in the mines, 1 knight is there. Tyrael offers them life if they drop the sword. Knight refuses, Tyrael takes out the stone of Darkness, notices others hiding.
Combat start: Tyrael vs. Guards
Tyrael almost kills the knight in front. 1 knight calls out "Release the Hell Hounds!". Hell hounds run out and find Tyrael. Tyrael kills the knight in fronts and moves to others. Imrik tells the knight to hide and walks in. 
Imrik shoots Hellhounds. Knight misses Tyrael. Others notice Imrik and rush towards him, 3 Hellhounds burn him. Tyrael slaughters 1 knight.
2 hellhounds burn Tyrael and his Stone Skin. Hellhounds miss Imrik. Imrik fires a , killing 2 hellhounds. Tyrael kills a hellhound and moves towards Imrik. A hellhound bites Tyrael as he walks by.
Imrik casts to clear out remains of his previous spell. Hellhounds and knights miss Imrik and Tyrael.
 Tyrael kills one hound. Hellhounds breathe fire on Imrik. Tyrael wounds a hellhound. 2 soldiers shine lanterns, revealing Tyrael's location. A knight grapples Tyrael, no avail. Tyrael hits a hellhound and moves away from the light.
Imrik kills a hound, knight tries to grab him, nothing. A hellhound bites him heavily. The room is now illuminated, they still miss. Tyrael jumps towards Imrik, kills the dog and knight. Imrik kills 2 soldiers. Tyrael charges a wounded hound and kills it. 
Soldiers with lanterns flee, others also flee and hide. 
Combat end.
The guard that surrendered earlier takes them to the prisoners in the mine. There are also locals, 50 Drekissians, and 150 Mistryan prisoners. Tyrael orders them to gather the bodies of those that died in the mine. Everyone hauls as much mithral as possible. 
Imrik brings Anton, seeing the carnage. They loot valuable stuff from the mines. Imrik teleports back the Cleric of Martha, she casts and pulls all the prisoners to the keep. Imrik casts to help her. The wealth of Sky Peak is hauled to the center of Wikkthronrarenta. Imrik offers the knight that helped them to come, she declines but kneels before Anton.
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