- Feb 12, 2008
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Opening her mind fully Lesa could sense the tendrils of necromancy that surrounded the Abbey. Karl and Mircea had left to ensure the ritual was not stopped, but as she recognised the magical signature of the spell, she knew it would not be that easy.
"We have a serious problem," she said to Simon, "I recognise one of them by their magic, it is one of the Dreadlords, the one that calls himself the Sentence. He has place thousands of dead under his control, dead that we most likely summoned by the ritual." Pausing she tested the binding on the dead and found it to be potent indeed, "I am strong enough to counter the Dreadlord, or try and wrestle control, but only if I have no other distractions. As you know, it is no easy task to steal the dead off another."
"Mum!" Requarah ran into the hall, having destroyed the few wights that had stupidly tried to stop the vampire, "Mum, someone is attacking us. The Baron is extremely angry and has taken Saul to attack them. But I think we are outnumbered."
"It's ok Requarah," Lesa said soothingly, before looking at Simon again, "what do you wish to do? Can the ritual be paused or halted now?"
"We have a serious problem," she said to Simon, "I recognise one of them by their magic, it is one of the Dreadlords, the one that calls himself the Sentence. He has place thousands of dead under his control, dead that we most likely summoned by the ritual." Pausing she tested the binding on the dead and found it to be potent indeed, "I am strong enough to counter the Dreadlord, or try and wrestle control, but only if I have no other distractions. As you know, it is no easy task to steal the dead off another."
"Mum!" Requarah ran into the hall, having destroyed the few wights that had stupidly tried to stop the vampire, "Mum, someone is attacking us. The Baron is extremely angry and has taken Saul to attack them. But I think we are outnumbered."
"It's ok Requarah," Lesa said soothingly, before looking at Simon again, "what do you wish to do? Can the ritual be paused or halted now?"