Prologue

When the adventure begins:

• The players are in a small hall immediately south of the Chapel of Phodias, at the base of a dusty stone staircase (leading back to the upper floors behind them).

• Cyril is in the Gathering Hall with his young zombie dragon, twelve skeleton soldiers, twelve skeleton archers, and two zombie brutes.

• Eveline is guarding the Hall of Heroes with twelve skeleton soldiers, and twelve skeleton archers.

• Sebastien is (ostensibly) monitoring the seal in the Vault of Dusk, accompanied by six reserve skeleton archers, while repeatedly assembling, animating, deanimating, and dissassembling a skeleton cat inside.

• Guillaume is (ostensibly) monitoring the seal in the Vault of Day, accompanied by twelve reserve skeleton soldiers, while systematically cracking, sucking, and savoring the marrow from each set of bones in the crypts within.

• Roan is pretending to monitor the seal in the Vault of Dawn, accompanied by twelve reserve skeleton soldiers, while secretly studying the arcane runes on his skull binding him to Eveline's control.