Elves of the Deep

Elves of the Deep is a quest in Second Undead Book.

## Background

Sister Pentiss welcomed the duo of Ornasion and Haran'tel-kazor, who was tasked to retrieve an artifact underground.

## Opening

Mistress Quiraness welcomed Sister Pentiss on her base, saying that she has info about the return of the Divine One. Pentiss led Ornasion and Haran'tel-kazor to the Mistress' front. Then, the Mistress spouts accusations on Pentiss that she accessed the forbidden knowledge on the libraries, and she broke the taboo of the first to discover the Undead, not the leader, and also she uses her magic to summon Undead. The Sister rebuffed them all and accused the Mistress of being from a family of traitors and lowborn and commoners, and she also accused Quiraness of using her position to empower herself and not acknowledging the Great One's emissaries. The Mistress has a final insult, taking males on the council, which she will be punished and her family punished for her blasphemy and tries to arrest her, but her soldiers refused, which will make the Divine One angry.

Sister Pentiss regrets that the Mistress and her allies in the Sisterhood has pulled Leniras and all opposing families away from the capital. This has became an internal conflict between Leniras and Alderas. But the Alderas have allies in the form of Silgera and Zundali families. Her forces only was her guards and the Undead forces they have. And there are no resources in the area, only outside resource can help her win.

## Quest

### Main Quest:

* Destroy the base of the Aldera Family (Red)

Description: Mistress Quiraness of the Aldera Family and Sister Pentiss of the Lenira Family have engaged in open battle with the winner taking the place of a head of the Sisterhood. While the former opposes the Undead and considers them little more than "pets", Pentiss seems to be reliable - if a bit fanatic. Quiraness herself has gone into hiding and left her daughter in charge of her underlings and allies. Without their leader, however, the resistance against the Undead and the family would be easily fall apart.

### Side Quest:

* Destroy the two City Gates.

Description: Some forces of the Splecir Nexus wait outside of the city, gathering resources and preparing to storm the city as soon as the gates have been opened. If Ornasion and Haran can open the gates, they will be able to gain additional troops and resources. The gates are guarded by Quiraness' loyalists but Haran has prepared a little surprise for the gate defenders, just waiting to be unleashed.

* Find and kill the three Priestesses that supports Mistress Quiraness.

Description: According to Sister Pentiss, several "lowborn" - an insult that the members of the Sisterhood use for those who became priestesses without being a daughter of a priestess, considered to be unclean by some Dark Elves - that directly support Quiraness are trying to sway more members of the Sisterhood to chose her side. Ornassion considers them a threat to be eliminated.

## The Battle

Minding the minimal resources they have, Sister Pentiss, Ornasion and Haran'tel-kazor has to build up their forces. Luckily, most of the Dark Elves were neutral, and a few Quiraness loyalists are around the area. They wander the area, securing their small base by eliminating several Aldera Family loyalists scattered on the area alongside neutral Sisterhood members, including in a Black Lotus farm, the archives and separate sentries along the way.

After replenishing lost troops, they approach the gate, which several Undead Nexus skeletons and Crypt Fiends burst in, and attack the Aldera guards. The trio then assisted them. Then, with their force, they attack the other part of the map.

Then, securing the paths, they focus on eterminating Silgera first. Then, after replenishing troops, they attack the Zundali family, even killing the three Priestesses just outside the base. Despite being strong, the Priestesses are no match for the combined power of the trio. They then focused on their main enemy.

The Alderas under Soryena are strong, but with numbers, their base was crushed and Soryena was cornered, despite casualties.

### True Story

The battle and the gameplay was still the same, but with adjustments. Sister Pentiss has the Summon Spiders skill, the Leadership Boni giving them fighting chance, be it additional mana for the support units, broodmothers, or poisoned weaponry.

The Undead Scarec Nexus assisted the Undead attack, led by the Unyielding, a strong Scarec warrior with skills to boot.

## Aftermath

Sister Pentiss, Ornasion and Haran confronts Soryena after defeating her camp. This reveals that Soryena gathered her followers in secret, and her mother found out, so she was left to die as punishment. Sister Pentiss offers her rehab of her family, in exchange of allegiance, and if she declines, Ornasion will have a way for her corpse. So Soryena was forced to agree. Pentiss lets her leave.

After Soryena leaves, Ornasion regrets not getting the assassin, Pentiss stopped him. She prepares her forces, and commands Ornasion to do the same, to confront Quiraness. After Pentiss left, Haran reminded Ornasion of someting like Demonic politics is nothing on the Undead ranks. Ornasion just shoved them thoughts aside, and wants to watch Pentiss as she takes the place of Quiraness.

## True Story

* Pentiss now has Summon Black Widows as her innate ability, instead of in Book of the Widow.
* Leadership Bonis for Ornasion, Pentiss (poison damage for Lashers and Driders) and Haran (training Brood Mothers) are available in this chapter.
* The Skeleton Battlemaster after completing the side quest is changed into the Unyielding.
* A bonus scene in the epilogue reveals Mirazeyl the Ascendant as an Enforcer, who speaks against Quiraness in the intro.
* The Unyielding, has Howl of Terror, Cleaving Attack, Reincarnation, and had both reduced damage and magically immune skin. The Brood Mothers are ranged units with the ability to Infest enemies.
* The Dark Elven capital was named Delusia.
* Haran's dialogue with Ornasion was milder than the original, without the usual sarcastic and contemptuous remarks.