#47 - Haunted Battlefield

The party exited the mine through the lower exit.  A Duergar guard opened a locked gate around a spirl staircase.  Samm stayed behind at the gate, keeping guard while the party scouted ahead.

The stairs exited into a wide cavern, with darkness stretching out in all directions.  Unlike the mushroom forest or the canton valley to the south, the ceiling of the cave is lower and even here, just 14 to 15 feet above.

As the party passed through this huge cavern beneath the Green Mountain, they entered the sight of an ancient battle.  Bones cracked beneath their feet.

Soon they were confronted by a wraith.  The wraith called up at his command a group of 4 skeletons. 

As combat began, 2 Ghasts crawled into the fray, and a 4-armed skeleton joined by the Wraith's side.  Throughout the battle, the Wraith shouted commands to cause more skeletons to arise and join the fight.

In total, the party has to overcome 1 wraith, 1 spectre, 1 4-armed skeleton, 2 ghasts, and 16 skeletons.

Gevin fell near death in this battle. 

The party expended many resources to survive this foe.  A Shatter spell from Winsor finished off many of the skeletons to finish the battle.

Thought badly wounded, the party moved across the field further.  They witnessed 4 ghostly images marching across the field, singing an ancient battle song.  These soldiers appeared to be stuck in an endless loop, marching and singing, the disappearing.  Then reappearing to march the same stretch of ground, and sing the same song again.  The party watched this as many as ten times, with the sequence restarting every 4 to 5 minutes.

The song the heard was this.

King Roulant lived a sad sad life

Reached 80 years, yet had no wife

Offered his throne to a fair young bride

Then King Roulant fell ill and died

Queen Egilina ruled the land

Her General was next to take her hand

When the General was old and grey

Fair Egilina had not aged a day

Others came, and time passed by

10 princes ruled by Egilna’s side

Each had his day, then passed away

The Ageless Queen would ever stay

We ride today for the Ageless Queen

Though the sickness strikes our land

We ride today for Ageless Queen

Pray Victory be soon at hand

We ride today with the Ageless Queen

To face Dragon’s fire Infernal

We ride today with the Ageless Queen

If we stand or if we fall, her rule shall be eternal

The party continued on, leaving the ghostly troops behind, still singing and marching.  Eventually the reached the center of the area beneath the mountain.  A stairway there rose to a mezzanine, overlooking the battlefield.  There they found a resting party of Drow.  It consisted of 2 sailors captured by the Bahumati from the Black Fleet.  There names area Ban'enthy and Nyat.  Two Quaggoth servants were with them.

These Drow had escaped from Bahumati enslavement, and they were eager to make peace with the party.