Sevarian spun around as the door to the ritual chamber was blasted to smithereens, leaving rocks flying in every direction as both a cloud of dust and a wall of flame gushed into the room.

"They have breached the sanctum - aawwh!" One of the cultists exclaimed from behind his steel mask just before one of the tiny rocks ricocheting through the room hit him in his upper left leg, causing the man to crumble to the ground from the wound.

All the while, the spirit host that was circling up beneath the roof of the ritual chamber seemed to have become antagonized by the sudden disturbance and explosion. The shadows and apparitions now screeched and howled in a frigid fury as they moved more erratically through the air, whatever dark harmony that had guided them before seemingly having vanished completely! Now the disfigured shadowy humanoids descended down upon the people in the room, attacking every living being indiscriminately regardless of affiliation!

The cultists would soon find themselves having to fend off incoming wraiths and spirits with their spells and barriers, too preoccupied to neither attempt to continue the ritual or mount a proper counter attack against the new intruders. The lone chevalier who had escaped back into the room was running as he tried to get away from the enraged spirits, and because the Night Elves were blocking the only way in he was essentially only zig-zagging and running in circles! 

But some of the spirits had also gotten their eyes for Sharon and his group, now eyeing the humans and Night Elves standing in the door way, and began to descend upon them like an unholy dark hail of wails and clawing hands!

The magic that was holding Kathlin in place had vanished, allowing her to move freely. But as she had barely taken a step forward from the ritual circle, a spirit from the host up above her, by far the largest and most menacing looking of the wraiths, seemed focused on her! With no warning, it descended with a chilling shriek down upon her from behind! As its claws latched onto Kathlin's arms and shoulders, it was as if the shadowy aberration melded around her, covering parts of her body with shadowy tendrils and lesser clouds! To Kathlin, it felt as if a thousand daggers stabbed simultaneously at her brain as she was dropped in a pool of ice water, her mind filled with angry, shrieking voices that deafened any thought her or noise around her! Her body became numb, and any movement became sluggish.

"You meddle in affairs beyond what your meager minds could ever comprehend!" Sounded the infuriated voice of Sevarian as the black haired dark mage had turned to face the intruders. The man was wearing his full set of silver polished steel plate armor adorned with a cloak and tabard of the White Hand.

Extending an arm out to the side, a staff suddenly flew forth from beneath one of the walls of the room, springing out from under a bolt of cloth. Snatching it as it came at him, Sevarian turned his arm to point his staff now at the entrance to the room where Liaena, Sharon and the rest of the group stood.

The base of the staff seemed to be made out of a pitch black metal - saronite, a notorious ore that was known as the blood of an old god. Multiple miniature bones adorned the shaft and head, holding a green plague crystal at the end that pulsated with a sickening and debilitating aura. 

Summoning a spell, Sevarian slammed the bottom of his staff into the floor beneath him - causing a wave of necrotic energies to shoot out in every direction. As it touched the bodies of the slain trolls, the magic seemed to dissipate into them as they were reanimated. But while the animated corpses of the trolls who had been victim to the ritual began to rise, glowering around them with empty green eyes, Sevarian had already slung his staff around, firing plague bolts in the direction of the group!

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"I will take your silence as a sign of consent." Sherpa concluded coldly as he looked down at the defeated Rae'liel. Motioning for the knight behind Rae'liel to take her with him, Sherpa began to walk across the battlements with Rae'liel and the Knight in tow. Along the way, he motioned for some more chevaliers to follow him, and soon the group that was lead by Sherpa would consist of an additional nine chevaliers and two battlemages.

Walking into the main fortifications, Sherpa lead the group as he walked in front, heading down a large flight of stairs taking them deeper down into the very core of the reef itself, all the while Rae'liel was pushed after him while surrounded by the chevaliers.

"Do try to keep up, my dear Sin'Dorei. I would hate to miss the party." Sherpa said as he walked down the stairs, slightly motioning towards Rae'liel with his head.