The Tearful Three

The Tearful Three were a trio of black-robedUpon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 1, p.6 necromancers who were determined to create an "empire of horrifying tyranny".Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.13 They signed a trifecta contract establishing equality among them and settled into a derelict fortress near Earbeford to begin founding their empire.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.11/12/13 This location was chosen because it was far enough away from any other power that they could lay claim to the town without fear of challenge.
Despite their contract, Trooth the Dint believed it obvious that he was the trio's natural superior.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.11-12 He sat upon the middle of the necromancers' three matching thrones with Nog the Furbious to his left and Pwet Terse to his right.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.12 The Thrones Room (also known as the Grand Hall, The Meet, The Chamber of Strategy and Tactics, and The Operations Centre) was were the Tearful Three met and discussed things.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 19, p.77 It was a big room with a transept and shadowy alcoves where statues had once been placed.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.12Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 19, p.80 Two marble pillars had once flanked the grand entrance to the throne room until an errant spell had made one disappear.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 2, p.8 Beyond the grand entrance was a broad stairway leading down to an antechamber just inside the keep's massive doors.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 28, p.92/94Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.88
==The Tearful Three==
*Nog the Furbious
*Pwet Terse
*Trooth the Dint
==The Tearful Three's servants==
*Bilious Drought, castellan
*Abercrass, manservant of Pwet Terse
*Swillstine, manservant of Trooth the Dint
*Zwalt, manservant of Nog the Furbious
*Ilma, undead
==In Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords==
Earbeford refused to accept the Tearful Three as their rightful lieges, so the necromancers raised an army of ten thousand undead to destroy the town.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 1, p.1 They sent their castellan, Bilious Drought, to raid the barrows and armouries of various Warrens to arm their new soldiers. Yet even when armed, the undead did not make an impressive force beyond their sheer numbers. Most possessed no martial experience from when they were alive.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 24, p.87
As the time for the attack approached,Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.11/12/13 Trooth the Dint reconsidered his aims for the town. What value was claiming the town if it was an empty ruin with corpses piled in the square. The necromancer settled on murdering only the town's council and the self-elected officers of the Earbeford Defense League.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 19, p.78 
By the time the Three were ready for their attack, Pwet Terse had been incapacitated by tetanus and the town council had hired the famed necromancers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, for their own defense. Nog the Furbious and Trooth the Dint were shaken to see Bauchelain march towards the keep as the undead army parted at the sight of his flaming longsword. A fearful Nog threw Pwet Terse's petrified body at Bauchelain's feet, hoping to sacrifice her in his place. When Bauchelain continued to approach, Nog began to unveil his warren, but Korbal Broach, in the form of a crow, landed on his head and slew him.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.88-89
Attempting to salvage the day, Trooth tried to parley with Bauchelain and make him a partner in their enterprise. But Bauchelain cut him down, and then killed Swillstine and Zwalt.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 27, p.91-92 After breaking down the doors of the keep, he spared the life of Abercrass when the manservant invoked the name of Emancipor Reese. Korbal Broach then began to fill the keep with haunts under the theory that "places of horror once abandoned should be haunted." Among Broach's contributions was the stumbling monstrosity formed from the body of Solly, the life-sized doll, and the head of her owner.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 28, p.92-93
The masterless horde of undead chose Ilma as their leader and tore Abercrass apart before he could escape.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 28, p.95Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 29, p.95 Captain Villiob and other members of Earbeford's defenders made plans to enslave them as the town's new working class.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 30, p.97-99
==Notes and references==
Category:Mages
Category:Necromancers