After months of fruitless searching for Ladon, King Valdra of the Underdark, God of Veangance, Balance, and the Natural Order, sends a party of adventurers on a mission to investigate certain suspicious events are occuring in the forest surrounding his ancient surface home and the investigation led to a small town in the region where they happened upon Crixus Morte, the God of Necromancy. He called forth Ladon, now a Dracolich as his abomination borne from months of excruciating torture and Crixus vowed to exterminate all life in this world and replace it with the undead. The party was doomed and dying when Valdra himself appeared to face Crixus, but before they could retreat, Crixus struck a near fatal blow to the god. With his last concious thought he transported the party to safety.