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[[Category:Blackrazor Guild Sagas]] 

==About the Saga==

===Timeframe=== 

* Greyhawk Date: Sunsebb 7, CY 591 
* Real World Date: 2006-01-06 
* [[Blackrazor Guild Sagas|Read other Blackrazor Guild Sagas]] 

===Cast of Characters=== 

* [[Jakob Dworkin]], worshiper of Dalt, god of doors and portals 
* [[Rex]], unpredictable bodyguard
* [[Silas Dunharrow]], the adventuring explorer
* [[Alistar]], the loremaster
* [[Hogarth Middenfeldt]], rogue and dwarf-friend.
* [[Andulf Truedeath]], Ender of Undead
* [[Fonteyn Buckthorn]], halfling mage
* [[Osgood]], warrior follower of Pelor

===Notable Quotes=== 

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===What Has Come Before=== 

An old desecration has come back to haunt the Blackrazors, as an undead sect of 
mummies seeks to destory the ones they call the "Defilers of the Golden 
Sarcophagus". More than a dozen Blackrazors have been killed by the creatures, 
and when one of the survivors was taken to the Temple of Pelor for treatment, 
he exploded in a burst of necrotic energy that staggered the adventurers and 
killed all of the patients in the sick bay. A mummy then appeared, animated the 
fallen as skeletons, and attacked the "defilers", only to be destroyed himself 
by the divine power of Dalt summoned by the Blackrazor Master Delver Jakob 
Dworkin. The Blackrazors and their Pelorite allies are now pondering what to do 
next.

==The Saga== 
===Sunsebb 7=== 

====The Order of the Final Rest==== 


The Order of the Final Rest

After the attack, the Blackrazors -- with Fomntain and Alistair recently 
arrived from the guild hall -- gather in a planning room within the Church of 
Pelor to consult with the leaders of the church, Archibold Everson, Herald of 
the Sun Father and Sir Peldonius Trueshield. Everson is alarmed at the undead 
threat that has struck at the very heart of the temple, but the individuals he 
would normally count on to deal with such a threat -- the Order of the Sun 
Blade -- are presently investigating report of some sort of fiery undead seen 
outside of the Obsidian Maze. 

Instead, he calls upon Andulf Truedeath, a follower of Mayaheine who had met 
with him to discuss the formation of an Order to combat undead, specifically 
the Cult of Death Undying. When the holy warrior arrives, explains his plans 
for forming the Order, of which Silas mentioned he might be interested in 
joining. Everson asks that Andulf investigate this, and tasks another follower 
of Pelor, the fighter Osgood, to assist him. He offers what assistance he can, 
and advises the party that he will consult with the Church of St. Cuthbert 
about techniques for healing the vile wounds Rex, Dworkin, Silas and Morriam 
suffered earlier that day. 

====The Trail of the Mummy Sworn====

The group decides to investigate the inns and taverns where the Blackrazors had 
been drinking the night before. They head to Blackened Stump, learn that fat 
merchant was asking about Blackrazors who might frequent the inn. Nearly get 
into a fight with Troll after Rex threatens Geffen, but Andulf defuses the 
situation. 

Go to Stone Goblin learn about another guy -- a weasily oily mustached man 
asking questions about the Blackrazor Guild. 
Go to the Dagger Down. Hear about some rogues who were talking about breaking 
the Blackrazors, who talked all tough, but didn't look that competent. Finally 
kicked out for stealing coppers; later the Blackrazors get heads flushed 
in slush bucket. 

Go to Porters Gate, learn that the merchant passed through five days earlier, 
with 20-odd crates carried by their own porters. Then go to the Dockmaster, 
learned about the ship they arrived on, and that the Longshoremen were turned 
away. Also get description of Baklunish man. 

Then track down the longshoremen, who explain how they were paid not to work, 
and about strange smells coming from the ship. They then go to the 
Lamplighters, and get a description of Baklunish outside of the ruined Shrine 
of Hextor. He also describes a symbol he saw on the individual's amulet, which 
Alistair in turn recognizes as an ancient Ur-Flan rune for "trusted protector" 

Return to the Temple of Pelor, inform them of the problem. Rex finds cyst on 
him, which Andulf is able to remove … but only barely. In doing so, he realizes 
that the cyst could have killed the fighter had he removed it improperly. Then 
go to the Blackrazor Guild Hall, finds Moriam and Jakob, and find a cyst on 
Moriam. Return to the Temple of Pelor, where Sir Peldonious aids Andulf in 
removing the cyst.

====The Ruins of Hextor====
That night, the adventurers decide to track down the Baklunish man at the 
shrine of Hextor, which was investigated and cleared out by the Invincibles 
Guild several months earlier, including both the temple area and the crypt 
below. Arriving there, they discover that the lock on the main iron gate looked 
locked but had in fact been rigged to open easily. Just inside the gate, they 
find a glyph of warding in the form of the holy symbol of Heironeous, but 
realize that it has been subtly disabled. They arrive at the main doors to the 
Shrine, and find them again unlocked. Hogarth opens the door then catches 
glimpse of a symbol of pain which wracks him with pain and causes him to shiver 
uncontrollably until Andulf dispels the magical effects. 

They press on, finding a large open chamber comprised of ever smaller hexagons 
broken up by pillars, culminating with a broken altar. Behind the altar is a 
trap door that had been covered up with heavy steel plates that were bolted to 
the floor, but these had been pried open. 

They scout out the scene, with Alistair donning his cursed robe of eyes to 
grant his conjured arcane eye the ability to through darkness and to reveal 
invisible creatures. He finds nothing of note in the temple area, and the party 
decides to follow the stairs down. They find a crypt and begin exploring it, 
but are soon attacked by horrifically large skeletal bipedal dinosaurs. As they 
fight the horrors, the party realizes these are no ordinary skeletons -- they 
are fossils! The adventurers attempt to drive off the creatures, with Dworkin 
calling down the divine will of Dalt to blast one of them with holy fire, while 
Hogarth, Rex and the others closed to attack. Their physical attacks against 
the creatures -- whether sword or mace -- did not seem to wound the creatures 
greatly, barely biting into their fossilized bones. Finally Andulf channels the 
divine power of Mayaheine to destroy the undead, but in doing so the creatures 
explode in a retributive burst of negative energy that washes over the 
frontline fighters, hurting them, but not critically.

==Experience== 
Rex, Dworkin (13th): 425 xp Silas, Hogarth, Andulf, Fontain, Alistair (12th): 

550 xp Osgood (9th): 1013 xp