The City of the Dead Part 1

## Episode 14 - The FeyWild West

In the Argent-Grey Mansion, the Mother just told Talia and Seline that Brother Martin was killed and possessed by Emperor Anthonius. They also quickly discover Anthonius has kidnapped Adrienne and has been riding through the night toward a structure they saw the previous day. With some effort, Seline opens the door from her realm and closes the distance to Anthonius. From there they race toward the ruins. A canyon yawns out in front of them. In it are the ruins of a city made of the same stone. The canyon stretches a mile across but north and south it stretches beyond sight. Talia, Seline, and Rhenalle make their way to the canyon bottom following the scent and scouting ahead with Cortez. They walk through the sand-covered ruins until they reach another pyramid temple. Inside the temple along the walls are murals depicting elven warriors crushing other forces humans, dwarves, and dragons. Rhenalle, Seline, and Talia follow the scent down into the temple for 2 hours. In some of the murals, a single eleven is either leaving the forces or standing triumphant over a pile of bodies, Emperor Anthonius. They eventually reach a balcony overseeing a subterranean city. Talia hears Adrienne scream and they hurry onward down into the city. In their path are Brother Martin’s sandal prints as well as smaller footprints that are sometimes dragged but other times disappear. They're now below the level of the subterranean city moving through opulent hallways and dining areas with murals still depicting battles. Despite hours of walking, no mural they've seen so far has been repeated. They enter another vast chamber. It's so large they cannot see either the ceiling or the other walls. Ahead in the chamber, the room is full of stone coffins at 5 ft intervals and Adrienne cries out ahead. Bathed in a green light, Brother Martin stands in a circle. Adrienne is bound hand and foot outside the circle. Brother Martin without his makeup has blistered and pockmarked skin and appears severely sunburned. There are burn scars around his eyes that are glowing green fire. Anthonius welcomes them and while apologizing for the lack of staff, raises the dead from the coffins surrounding them. Our adventurers are swarmed by the undead while they fight Anthonius. Unnoticed by Anthonius, Adrienne disappears, letting her bonds fall to the ground, and reappears under Talia's coat. Seline's turn undead destroys many and sends others running but more come on. Seeing they're about to be overrun, they grab Adrienne and run using the dust of disappearance to evade the pursuing horde. Talia tries to open the door to the mansion but it doesn't open it starts to course green light up the walls. Talia quickly removes the door knob before the light can alert others. They take shelter in old staff quarters. After healing Rhenalle, Talia and Seline hold and comfort Adrienne who is crying and clinging to Talia. They discuss what they're going to do moving forward. Seline discovers a burn mark and several cuts on Adrienne's hand. Adrienne says it came from a rock that shattered when Brother Martin put it in her hand. They decide to leave and warn folk in District 1. While resting Seline takes out her deck but her hands are shaking so bad she drops the deck. Three cards are facing up, the empress, the world inverted, and the tower. They land with the tower (change through destruction) on top of the world (lack of closure) and the empress (beauty and abundance) off to the side put it towards them. Rhenalle decides to take Adrienne out. Talia gives her a door knob and asks Rhenalle to take Adrienne to Airpike and gives her a superior healing potion and a potion of haste. The Argent-Grey’s share tearful goodbyes and hugs before Adrienne leaves with Rhenalle. Talia and Seline get ready to face Anthonius.

## Location

* Anthonopolis, District 3

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Rhenalle
* Emperor Anthonius
* Adrienne Argent-Grey