Balthazar's Catacombs

The party had just arrived at Riverford. Their first errand was to sell off the captured deserter to the captain of the guard who resided in the southern part of the city. Whilst delivering the captive he attempted to struggle, wrestling free of Erebos and shoving Drogon to the floor, however was then grounded by Prince Tamil who appeared out of the crowd which had started to form. He handed the captive back to Erebos who carried him to the gate of the military barracks. He was handed a small purse of coin by the rotund captain of the guard. Prince Tamil told the party that he managed to capture Drakath and they had him tied up in the basement of the 5 Stars inn close to the southern gate. He needed help interrogating Drakath as so far he had been unable to locate Balthazar's catacombs.

The party left their cart at the Lady's Rest inn and joined Prince Tamil in interrogating Drakath. Upon their arrival they heard a similar laughter to Balthazar's, tied to a chair with his hands bound behind him they saw Drakath laughing covered in blood but hardly any mortal wounds. Prince Tamil explained that his weapons had hardly any effect on this cursed man.

Drogon, Ansem and Erebos all took turns dealing as much damage as possible to get Drakath to talk but to no avail. But when Salazar took one of Drakath's arms in an attempt to pull it off Drakath's body went limp and cold. A few moments passed then a surge of heat emanated from his skin and two tendrils extended from his forearms piercing Salazar through both his wrists. Drakaths skin started to peel in half showing a horrific demon body underneath.

The demon, using Drakath as a host started to attack the party but with Erebos' radiant might managed to deal the killing blow.

With that Erebos used the lens of straight creeping to follow the footsteps of Drakath in attempt to find Balthazar's tomb. As the many routes the creature took around the city merged into a tangled web, Erebos spotted the a large portion of them seemed to head outside of the city and into the barrow mounds which were once used as resting places for the dead.

The party then coursed through the barrow crypts accompanied by Prince Tamil and his group. The two parties were then split following two directions hoping one will lead to Balthazar. The party fought sword wraiths and ghouls, whilst dealing with Balthazar's taunting.