After traveling in the labyrinth for a few hours, Vanielle lead the party to a large pool of water. Surrounding the pool were piles of gold. Cautiously the party filled their bags with the coins. As they stuffed the final piece into their pockets, a young black dragon emerged from the pool. It tried to extort them for every single gold piece they had. The black dragon confused Elius by saying that they were thieves. Thorry the Reckless managed to convince Elius that it was an evil black dragon and that it probably earned the treasure through duplicitous acts.
After defeating the dragon, the party entered the throne room. Standing atop the balcony, Lord Bastar threw a black dagger at Thorry the Reckless. However, Elius, a knight of Pelor, took the poisoned dagger in the chest. The party had to fight Lord Bastar's soldiers and mages while the self proclaimed lord stood protected behind a magical barrier. Hadarai unleashed powerful magic first hurling a blazing fireball that managed to damage the mages, and then ebony razors that damaged the soldiers. The mages, however, focused their spells on the assassin.
After breaking an opening in a wall, Torion forced his way into the throne room. Unable to be aided by his party members, the minotaur fought against the Tiefling wizard, Relen, and Lord Bastar by himself. Strangely, Relen used his magic to control Torion and attack Bastar. Thorry the Reckless used his arcana in order to discover the magic of the barrier and found out it was being generated by Relen.
Torion focused his assault on the tiefling wizard but after taking serious damage, Relen fled the room. With his anger focused the minotaur slew Lord Bastar. The fighter held his axe over Bastar and demanded he get the antidote to cure Elius' poison. With his last ounce of strength and defiance, the human lord crushed the antidote. The minotaur swung his greataxe downward and beheaded the tyrant.
Elius said his goodbye to Torion as the poison took his life.
The party decided to enter the door where Relen vanished. A portal to the Nine Hells was waiting for them. Relen revealed that he was actually a devil and not a tiefling. He would be rewarded by his true lord for killing Thorry the Reckless. Instead of confronting the devil vizier, the heroes fled towards the entrance of the keep where Bastar's soldiers were waiting for them.
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