The Crypts of Gluttony, Part 3 (Kuthona (XII) 11th, 4712 AR)

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The heroes continued their exploration after resting.

Secret Crypt. The back wall of this niche, as well as the entrance into the Assembly Room itself, was hidden by secret doors. The heroes found the location of both hidden doors.

Assembly Room. Lanterns hang from hooks over three large tables scattered throughout this chamber. Two tables are covered with preserved human body parts stitched together with thick thread to partially form a pair of patchwork human corpses. Stools and small steel work trays covered in slender knives, clamps, hooks, saws, screws, needles, and other less identifiable tools surround each of the large tables.

This is where the heroes encountered a lich. The lich sat on a stool at a worktable opposite from the entrance, stitching together pieces of one of the patchwork corpses. The lich was not initially looking for a fight. In fact, he was quite curious what had become of the outside world, and when the heroes arrived he bid them answer relevant questions. He had very little interest in responding to the heroes’ questions, though, and when they resisted answering him, he decided to kill them and extract the knowledge he sought from their soon-to-be-undead bodies.

The lich was guarded by a devourer — a being scarred with otherworldly symbols. The lich opened battle by casting finger of death at Zemurin and quickened displacement on himself. During this time, he let the devourer keep the heroes busy. When he needed more minions, the lich cast stone shape on a nearby wall to release several wraiths, providing additional distractions. The heroes killed the wraiths, but are still battling the lich and devourer. Zemurin could see hundreds of wraiths bound into the walls and floor of the crypts.

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