Season 1 - Episode 2 - I was supposed to get paid by that guy

Drusilla casts Inflict Wounds on Irzek Brightscale, melting him to nothing more than a heap of bones on the ground.

The late Irzek's two absolutely horrified companions, try and salvage the interaction. Dru opens up about the reason she's a fugitive (Eladrin) and refuses to comply with any sort of detainment. Scar's opinion of the law is fading with each passing moment, hearing about these unjust circumstances for the first time. She realizes now that Dru had no choice but to defend herself in that kill or be killed interaction.

Scarlett used to just do her job. When she came to the realization that her job would pit her against an innocent defending themselves, she made the conscious decision to overlook the melted body on the floor and side with Drusilla. Saphina Thornbyrne explains that she ran away from home, resulting in the missing posters.

Dru is insistent that she return to and stay in the catacombs, but Scar and Aggie know that it's only a matter of time until another mantle discovers her whereabouts. Scarlett and Aggamir manage to convince the group to stay together, and tasks everyone with helping their original mission (rumors of undead). Drusilla admits that she "may" have seen some necromantic books down in the catacombs, but she keeps the knowledge that undead aren't real to herself.

(This brings up an interesting plot point for Dru. Dru knows for a fact that undead don't exist because there are no gods. She is desperately trying to make undead real, through her necromantic research, but has had no success)

With Dru as their guide, and Saph just interested in the company, the four of them make their way back into the catacombs. She purposefully takes them to the room where she originally found the necromancy books. Of course she took the most important ones that she needed, leaving the others behind, but now there is nothing there. Some of the caskets in the alcoves look as though they were opened as well. Aggie finds that the bodies are gone, but the valuables remain inside.

Drusilla, now in a panic, searches through these caskets. She's starting to believe the rumors are true and she let's slip that undead are not real. Saph determines the caskets were opened from the outside. Then, the group hears a strange noise. No one can seem to locate the source, until Saph says to look up, realizing it is likely a trap of sorts.

Scar and Dru look up to see a small hole carved into the ceiling. Saph get's picked up by Scar for further investigation, however it seems the triggering mechanism must be located elsewhere. Upon closer inspection, Saphina finds an expertly placed pressure pad on the floor. The group wonders why someone would want to keep people out, so they decide to investigate further.

Making their way toward the staircase to the floor below, they are intercepted by three skeletons dropping from the ceiling.

# Fun Facts

The group makes reference to the prequel campaign with the "long hole" joke.

# Notable Quotes

"Uhhh, hello! I was supposed to get paid by THAT guy!"

~ Aggamir to Drusilla after she melts Irzek

"I have never done anything...bad..."

~ Dru to Scarlett (standing over Irzek's melted body)

"You cannot reanimate something that is dead, believe me, I have...........read about it!"

~ Drusilla to Scarlett

# Village Idiot

Drusilla is this episode's Village Idiot, thanks to melting the "poor Copper Mantle just trying to do his job."