Sx25 — Anteus' Revenge

***Anteus' Revnge*** is the 25th session of the campaign*.* It is preceded by Sx24 — And Finally the Release the Darkest Flood, and followed by Sx26 — How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Mourning.

This session takes place over a single day the 19th of Akhamentes. Notable moments of this session are Rigani Mela being brought into the battle, the combat with Anteus and Neleous fulfilling their duty.

## Fighting Anteus

Anteus stood on front of the party, the necromancer that had been troubling the party since the very beginning. While taunting the party he brought forth Rigani Mela into the throne room, remarking he shall slay them all at once now, on his ascension. The only one offered an escape was Neleous who refused and decided to face against the necromancer. Adrasteia, attempted to cast hold person on Anteus after he finished taunting the group. This failed as this vision of Anteus was an illusion, and the corpse of Lenile dropped its disguise and attacked the party from behind. During this fight Leoven, started damaging Anteus badly, he was dealing damage to the group as a whole, with wide swirling scythe attacks and his ability to snap and turn any healing magic done, to necrotic damage. Also using his ability to switch places with Khantos Evergreen just in time for Khantos to take a blow from Clay, the earth elemental. Adrasteia protected Anteus' main target Queen Ione who was protecting the party for the Necromancer's cruel mist. As the rest where attacked by a gathering troop of skeletons, slowly reforming each time stricken, except when Rigani used their divine powers.

Unfortunately Anteus grew tired of losing ground to the paladin, casting power word kill, he instantly fell Leoven and proceeded to banish Rigani, all that was left was, an injured Adrasteia (in snake form), Oto, Neleous and an unconscious Khantos. They managed to kill more of the skeletons, and Anteus raised them up to an amalgamation of the huge hound monster, that Leoven was promptly thrown into this hound. Adrasteia came out of wild shape to use the staff of healing, trying to heal most of the group and get Khantos back to his feet. Unfortunately the party hadn't realised that Anteus still had the ability to turn this healing into damage, and raised his hand to snap, this damage killed Khantos as well. At this point the party were not sure if they could beat the necromancer. Rigani was still banished and Leoven and Khantos both lay dead. The only hope was that it seemed Anteus' strength was starting to wane, the damage Leoven had done showing its toll. It was then that Clay the earth elemental landed the final deadly blow.

With this however as Anteus lay dying, his hair turned from white to fair blonde, his pale eyes to a royal blue. His blood turning a golden shade trickling towards the crack formed by his ritual. His weapon turning into a humanoid made of the same metal.

> **The Weapon of Anteus:** "Your time shall come."
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## The Aftermath

The party with Rigani armed with the diamonds required to cast revivify, resurrected Khantos and they managed to recover Leoven from the huge mound of bones and resurrect her as well.

It was then that Neleous realised that the deadline of Adrasteia's test had been reached. By a slim margin she had passed and thus was rewarded with a Charm of Soulmates. He was able to let her know that her soulmate had also passed the test and was out there for them to find. They were then promptly recalled back to the Bureau's headquarters where it is assumed they were released from their contract and set out with Clay, heading for Invurness.