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CHAPTER 7
Suldenesselar: Irenicus sure caught this place by surprise. I have agreed to help them once again. I saved demin and then went for the black dragon. I sent my summonings forward to him, stopped time, alacrity, x2 lower resist and then 4 ADHW and he fell… flawless victory once again. I gathered the other items and a Got a scroll of meteors (which is useless now since I have HLA comet) and placed them on the alter. The gates are open. Another level up and I just finished learning my last HLA… I am the most powerful mage the farum has ever seen! Let Irenicus flee from my power! I can already taste his blood in the air…
Tree of life: I found my way through to the tree of life. I met the Queen and discovered that I must destroy the parasites. I destroyed all three and stood face to face with the man who has nearly driven me to insanity… I have not been able to feel a fight like this since I killed my brother Sarevok… after some talk between the Queen, himself and I, we began battle!! This is it!
Battle with Irenicus: The test of two of the most powerful mages in the farum! I got the initiative and began casting time stop. Irenicus immediately cast a contingency containing buff spells including invisibility. My time stop casts and I cannot see irenicus. I make do by casting alacrity and unleashing an arsenal of spells.
I subsequently cast alacrity, true site (to see him), 3 skeletal warriors, a morderkien’s sword and a dragon’s breath. Time resumes and the dragons breath blasts Irenicus into the corner. My summonings run after him and start attacking him in the corner. Irenicus casts symbol death on my skeleton but it resists. I cast spell strike and my summonings start delivering small damage. Another contingency of buffs from Irenicus and he fires a spell trigger of spell strike and ice storm on me. I run away from the ice storm and begin casting ADHW. Summonings land a few deep cuts into irenicus’ flesh. Irenicus frantically dodging my skeletons kills the magic sword but gets hit by two more ADHW and lands near death. Covered in wounds, hunched and bleeding from the mouth from the dark magic Irenicus successfully casts maze on my skelton in a despirate attempt to gain the upper hand. Arkaon raises both his hands in a sadistic rage and chants the words to ADHW one final time… the last words irenicus will ever here!! Irenicus’ eyes open wide before the cloud of death causes his body to rise and clench and cause blood to stream out of his wounds and mouth. Irenicus, defeated, falls to the ground and my skeletons stand at ease. He tries to sit up to say his last words before slowly laying down… but his soul is mine too and I feel it pulling me into the next place with him!
The Nine Hells:
The first area I met sarevok again. I stopped time, lowered his res and summoned. ADHW and a final skull trap killed him. I returned Black Razor. The third tear an innocent was said to die if I did not risk part of myself… I am too powerful to give up my power… it’s mine! I chose what I do with it and I chose to do good! He can’t have it!... the peasant dies but his death will mean the ensured survival of many to come. I passed the test of fear unaided by items and killed the dragon by stopping time, lower res x3, greater malison and then 3 ADHW… the dragon fell before anything could happen. I have all 5 of the tears now. I placed the tears in the door and get a raise to my saving throws, immunity to +1 weapons and less, +2 armour class, +200k XP, +1 wisdom and charisma.. but my alignment changes to neutral evil!... I must fight on and kill my enemy no matter the cost
FINAL BATTLE WITH IRENICUS:
I prepare by casting stoneskin, spirit armour (making my AC -9), prot magic energy and spell turning. I place the tears and Irenicus rises before me and summons 4 demons and turns into the slayer.
First move. Timestop, alacrity, x3 skeletons, x2 swords, greater malison, true sight and improved mantle. I run out then cast skull trap just before time restarts. Time restarts and the skull trap severly injures 2 demons and kills the other 2 but also killed my 2 swords. Another skull trap kills the 3rd demon but sends my skeletons to injured and turns them on me. chain lightning on the last, near death, balor but it resists. Delayed fireball misses the balor but takes the hostile skeletons to near death. I dash away and cast ADHW but they all resist. I charge at a skeleton with my staff and hit then spawn a spider. It attacks and kills one skeleton. The spider and I quickly finish the other skeleton then start on the Balor. We can’t land a hit on him and he tears through my last stoneskin and lands a hit. I back off and cast finger of death and kill him.
I search the area for Irenicus. True sight reveals him down the bottom… time to finish this! book of golum summon next to him. I save against a symbol stun spells and cast warding whip only to find it is spell ineffective. I cast remove magic to remove his stone skins and my golum gets a solid hit, activating irenicus’ contingency: improved mantle, spell turning and mislead. I summon a spider near the now invisible irenicus. Irenicus casts sunfire damaging my summons and I reply with dragons breath, harming both the true irenicus and his mislead. Another contingency by irencus: protection from magical weapons. Not being able to see him is getting the better of me… I cast dispel invisibility but it fails to reveal him… I got to cast ADHW but irenicus interrupts and hits me and my summonings with his own ADHW, killing my spider. I retry and cast ADHW but he resists. Irenicus is still invisible and I need to see him to lower his resistance! He summons an efriti which heads straight for me. I retreat back a bit and am followed by the efriti. I use the staff of magi’s lightning, sling and staff hits to reduce him to a gaseous form after a couple of minutes of dualing. Now to get back into the battle with irenicus. He is now visible and completely unprotected by any spells… You’re drawing your last breath in hell now Irenicus! I charge in and cast lower resist. Irenicus casts true sight before I cast another lower resist. He recasts true sight and then charges at me with his all. I back off and cast a final lower resist (his resistance now lowered by 90%) I distance myself and end up going to where I fought the efriti who is now in his attacking form again… things just got worse.
I dash to the corner closely followed by the two and cast limited wish just before being hit by a fireball. I wish for a hoard to overthrow my foes. … 16 rabbits! RABBITS! either way it takes the focus of me even for a little bit. I cast two ADHW killing the efriti finally and taking irenicus to injured. I’m running low on spells and Irenicus is regenerating by the second. I lead him back into the open where rabbits are hopping around everywhere, and use my sequencer of 3 magic missles which hits hard and then my minor sequencer of 2 acid arrows. He has regenerated back to barely injured. Irenicus hits me with a nasty slash forcing me to continue running around and drink a potion before casting improved haste… I cast chain lightning but it is not enough… There is only one thing I can do now.. I am exhausted, have nowhere near enough powerful spells left to finish him, especially with his regeneration… I shouldn’t but I must… I must become it… become the Slayer!!
Light burns my skin as a feel the boney thorns rip out of me and my anger and hatred surround me … but I feel a power like no other! My eyes flash open wildly at Irenicus and I charge sadistically at him (with improved haste). My claws immediately sink into his flesh. I am by far the most powerful slayer. My hands wildly tear and slash hunks of flesh from Irenicus, who is only able to get one slash in before being near death. a final slash in the throat and the slayer irenicus stumbles back and becomes his former self. His magic failing I cast at him as he retreats and dies to be no more… my soul is at one with me again. I am complete atlast…
Suldenesselar: I wake up in the palace to find I was dead for two days but am fine now. I final ceremony in my honour and an amulet given to me to say thanks for saving the city and killing irenicus. … It is finally over … for now. Irenicus is left in hell and without his magic is overwhelmed and destroyed by the foul inhabitance of the nine hells. His fate is sealed as it should be…
The journey continues in the final chapters in Throne of Bhaal
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