In Vaulted Halls Entombed

**In Vaulted Halls Entombed (🏷️👁️?)** is the eight episode of volume three, and the overall thirty-fourth episode of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS.

Symbols:

1. Dog tags
2. Eye
3. Question Mark

## Synopsis

Modern warfare meets elder gods. A special forces squad on a hostage rescue mission finds themselves trapped in a prison containing an age-old evil.

## Plot

A special forces rescue unit of six soldiers is surveying a hostage situation, when they spot the insurgents entering a cave and decide to pursue them. As they walk into the cave they spot several skeletal remains, the first they recognize as the hostage's body thanks to the army tag and deduct that the other bodies probably belong to the insurgents. Puzzled as to how this could happen since they saw them just before, a spider-like creature falls onto Beaumont's back. Soon after, a horde of said creatures attack the unit by devouring their flesh. They end up running in the opposite direction of the exit and end up in a huge chamber that's deeper in the cave. Beaumont and Gladstone (who was put down by the Sergeant while he was being eaten) end up dying in the cave entrance with Sergeant Coulthard, Harper and Spencer surviving. Dilman walks out of the tunnel, having been gnawed by the creatures. His intestines fall out and he tumbles off the edge to his death.

Later, the trio of survivors descend the huge stairs after spotting a tunnel on the opposite side. They are then attacked by an army of creatures with razor-like legs. They kill Spencer, with Coulthard and Harper being the last two remaining from the rescue mission. They now hear a strange voice beckoning them towards it. It is more effective with Coulthard than Harper and soon they are face to face with the owner of the voice.

Eventually, the two find themselves trapped in a prison that holds an age-old evil god. The god induces ghastly visions of world destruction in the minds of Coulthard and Harper and soon demands them to release it. Under the spell of the god, Coulthard obediently follows the god's orders. Harper, however, has managed to snap out of it and tries to stop her commanding officer. When he tries to detonate the last grenade she foils his plan by jumping on him. A hypnotized Coulthard tries to kill Harper with a knife, but she acts quickly and shoots him before he could set the evil god free.

After stopping Coulthard, Harper faces the god herself. When the god demands she release him after failing to control Coulthard, she refuses and instead shoots at the god. It appears this act had no impact on the god, who keeps repeating for Harper to release him.

Sometime later, it appears that Harper has somehow made it out of the cave. She is muttering something unintelligible at first. Upon closer inspection, she has cut or gauged her eyes out and cut off her ears.

## Cast

* Joe Manganiello at the Internet Movie Database voices Coulthard
* Christian Serratos at the Internet Movie Database voices Harper
* Jai Courtney at the Internet Movie Database voices Spencer
* Noshir Dalal at the Internet Movie Database voices Beaumont
* Stanton Lee at the Internet Movie Database voices Dilman
* Jeff Schine at the Internet Movie Database voices Gladstone
* Debra Wilson at the Internet Movie Database voices Possessed Harper
* Fred Tatasciore at the Internet Movie Database voices Bound God/Raptor Base

## Trivia

* Inspiration for this episode is drawn from H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu."
* While Harper was successfully able to leave the prison, it is not known whether she freed the ancient evil. It is speculated that she cut out her eyes and cut off her ears so as not to be exposed to the creature's influences.