The Keys of Telku / The Final Key pt. 23 / Kahn the 10th, 3593 CE / 5-14-23

In the catacombs beneath the Cathedral of Baal in Baali, the Adventurers are in the fight of their lives against the forces of evil. Nari, deluded into thinking that Nataliya was betraying them, attacked the drow with magic. But the canny Nataliya uses her powers of deception and darkness to flee to parts unknown with the very Key of Telku the party was seeking. Her departure does nothing to quell the ire of the Daughter of Baal, High Priestess of the Church of Baal, and her priests, who continue to press their attack even as the party attempts to ward off the beserking Sons of Baal. As more enemies fall, a threat of new enemies looms as a priest opens another door before being cut down by Hush's pelletbow. Lulu uses her own dark powers to raise a Son of Baal as a plague zombie, but the Daughter of Baal is having none of it, sacrificing her own priests to cleanse the room with fire. Meanwhile, the new enemy has emerged, monstrous gorgons, one of which turns Adrienne to stone with its breath just in time to keep her from being incinerated by the Daughter of Baal's firestorm. As one gorgon is cut down and the party rallies to stop the other, Night drags Adrienne's petrified body to relative safety. But safety in the catacombs of Baal is a fleeting thing, and the party prepares for what deadly dangers may await them next.