Ilma

Ilma was a small and frail thirty-seven-year-old seamstressUpon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 6, p.27/30 from Earbeford who was married to Burok, the town's Manuromancer. The diviner was sure his wife had left him, as the study of her excrement indicated, since he had not seen her for several days after she slammed the door to their home behind her and left.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 5, p.24
Thibly the cobbler thought her a smart woman, noting she wore "solid footwear".Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 5, p.25 Big iron weapons with sharp edges made her nervous.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 24, p.87
==In Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords==
Ilma grew tired of a husband who "obsesses over nothing but shit" and the "miserable excuse of a town" where they lived. But she was killed on the road out of town by the necromancer Trooth the Dint and added to The Tearful Three's army of undead. She quickly gained a reputation as a troublemaker by complaining to Abercrass after Pwet Terse ritually trampled on her during the necromancer's "Dance on the Dead". The other undead selected Ilma as their leader since she was the freshest of them and she brought their collected complaints to Castellan Bilious Drought, Abercrass, Swillstine, and Zwalt. The undead wondered what right the Terrible Three had to pull them away from an afterlife and enslave them in undeath. They also objected to being stepped on by Pwet Terse, who they described as barking mad. Ilma also complained that the undead army did not know how to wield the weapons they were being armed with.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 6, p.26-32
On the day the Tearful Three sent their army of undead against Earbeford, Ilma positioned herself several ranks from the front so Burok would not see her looking so unhealthy. She was armed only with a knitting needle as she was not comfortable handling anything more lethal.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 24, p.86-87 Much to the Tearful Three's surprise, The Earbeford town council had hired the famed necromancers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach to defend them. Bauchelain and his flaming longsword parted the undead army ahead of him as he approached where Trooth and Nog stood outside the keep. He and Broach soon dispatched all the necromancers and their servants but for Abercrass, who was allowed to depart peacefully.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.89-90Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 26, p.90-91Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 27, p.91-92Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 28, p.92-94
Abercrass did not get very far before he was surrounded by the undead. A woman's voice from the crowd told him that the undead loved and worshipped him and the manservant quickly drew up plans for how he could turn the army to his advantage. But the voice quickly revealed itself as Ilma, who announced that the undead actually followed her orders. She commanded them to perform the "Dance of the Dead" upon Abercrass and they stomped him into mush.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 28, p.94-95Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 29, p.95
After the battle was over, Captain Villiob and several others among the townspeople devised a plan for the now masterless undead army. Since the undead did not require pay or food and would be desperate to rejoin society, the people of Earbeford could welcome them back as the town's new working class. In the process, people of the lower classes such as themselves would be elevated to a wealthier, more privileged class. Burok went with the group to inspect the undead because he thought he saw Ilma's animated corpse among them and hoped her new status meant she would change her mind about him.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 30, p.97-101
But Burok and Ilma's reunion did not go as the manuromancer had hoped. Ilma reacted to Villiob's proposition by announcing the undead would kill and devour the townspeople.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 31, p.102-104 A great slaughter commenced as Bauchelain, Korbal Broach, and Emancipor Reese departed.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 32, p.104
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