Soldiers' Tomb (#9/31, #343/365)
"You enter a large chamber, atop a small stone platform with rocky steps leading down to the main floor, which is crowded with rows of skeletal soldiers, armed with curved swords and clad in bronze scale armour. Many of them have collapsed into small piles of bones leaving large gaps in the ranks, but, eeriely, as you enter the room all the skulls of the remaining skeletons snap in your direction, eyeing you warily."
Contents: These Skeleton Warriors are the remaining legionaries of the Djaratian Emperor. They will attack anyone who descends to the floor, who is not Undead, a Necromancer, Demonologist or Black Sorcerer, or a bearer of the Ring of the Black Skull. Otherwise, they will merely stand where they are, though watching the entry platform. If commanded as a fighting force, their Mass Combat stats are given below.
Stats:
8-48 SKELETON WARRIORS, SKILL 8 STAMINA 6, Khopesh (as per Scimitar), Scale Armour, Large Shield. Bladed and pointed weapons cause 1 STAMINA damage, blunt and crushing weapons do full damage.
Mass Combat stats:
SKELETON WARRIOR INFANTRY
Battle Skill: 8
Battle Stamina: 6
Attacks: 1
Morale: 8
Movement: 4
Special: Undead
Weapons: Khopesh (as per Scimitar)
Armour: Scale Armour, Large Shield
Cavalry Tomb (#10/31, #344/365)
"You enter a large chamber, atop a small stone platform with rocky steps leading down to the main floor, which is crowded with rows of skeletal horses, on which sit skeletal soldiers, armed with spears, shortbows, and clad in bronze scale armour. Many of them have collapsed into small piles of bones leaving large gaps in the ranks, but, eerily, as you enter the room all the skulls of the remaining skeletons, both soldiers and horses, snap in your direction, eyeing you warily."
Contents: These Skeleton Warriors and their Skeletal Steeds are the remaining cavalry legionaries of the Djaratian Emperor. They will attack anyone who descends to the floor, who is not Undead, a Necromancer, Demonologist or Black Sorcerer, or a bearer of the Ring of the Black Skull. Otherwise, they will merely stand where they are, though watching the entry platform. If commanded as a fighting force, their Mass Combat stats are given below.
Stats:
8-48 UNDEAD (SKELETAL) STEEDS, SKILL 7 STAMINA 7, Hooves (as per Large Claw. Bladed and pointed weapons cause 1 STAMINA damage, blunt and crushing weapons do full damage.
8-48 SKELETON WARRIORS (one for each steed), SKILL 8 STAMINA 6, Spear, Short Bow, Khopesh (as per Scimitar), Scale Armour, Large Shield. Bladed and pointed weapons cause 1 STAMINA damage, blunt and crushing weapons do full damage.
Mass Combat stats:
SKELETON HEAVY CAVALRY
Battle Skill: 8
Battle Stamina: 7
Attacks: 2
Morale: 8
Movement: 8
Special: Undead
Weapons: Spear, Long Bow, Hooves
Armour: Scale Armour, Large Shield
Numbers: 8-48
Keeper of the Silver Key (#11/31, #345/365)
"This is an opulent chamber whose walls are carved with elaborate inscriptions in Djaratian script. In the centre of the chamber are three immense sarcophagi, whose outer lids have been sculpted to represent fearsome warriors."
Contents: The sarcophagi contain the mummified remains of Commander-Marshall Ilkya-Tenkanen the Malevolent and two of his strongest and most loyal bodyguards, entombed with him in death to be reborn as REVENANTS, extremely powerful undead servants and guardians. As soon as the Heroes touch the sarcophagi, all Revenants will erupt forth and attack!
The inscriptions on the walls detail the lives of this might warrior and his conquests over the newly risen Caarth, various Orc tribes and the armies of neighbouring nations.
In
each sarcophagus is a bag of 4-48 ancient Djaratian gold coins, 1-3
canopic jars (carved from Agate and worth 50GP each) containing nothing
but dust, and a gold ceremonial head-dress adorned with small sapphires
emeralds and obsidian pieces worth 200GP total. In addition to his magical weapon and armour (see stats below), Ilkya-Tenkanen also has two unique magical objects - the Ring of the Black Skull and the Silver Key.
Ring of the Black Skull: This bronze ring bears a flat obsidian stud carved in the shape of a black skull. The ring is dedicated to Quezkari, God of Dark Sorcery, and can only be worn by followers of Quezkari, Undead creatures, or spellcasters with at least 2 points in Necromancy. The ring allows the wearer to command up to 100 Undead troops.
Silver Key: This is the only known key that opens the Emperor's Tomb and Treasury.
Stats:
Commander-Marshall Ilkya-Tenkanen the Malevolent, GRAND REVENANT, SKILL 10 STAMINA 14, Green Metal Khopesh (as per Scimitar), Black Steel Plate Armour, Large Shield. Bladed and pointed weapons cause 1 STAMINA damage, blunt and crushing weapons do full damage. Grand Revenants can only be slain by powerful enchanted objects, such as a vial of Blackfire or a flask of Oil of Disenchantment, All other attacks will appear to cause damage only for the creature's bones to knit together and for it to jump back on its feet, ready to carry on the attack!
Ilkya's Green Metal Khopesh functions as a Sword of Sharpness, their shield is an Arrow-Proof Shield, and their Black Steel Plate Armour is a suit of Armour of Protections, while they wear the Ring of the Black Skull (see above) on a skeletal finger of their left hand and keep the Silver Key on a pendant around their neck. To claim these though, it is necessary to permanently slay the Grand Revenant (see above).
2 LESSER REVENANTS, SKILL 9 STAMINA 8, Khopesh (as per Scimitar), Scale Armour, Large Shield. Bladed and pointed weapons cause 1 STAMINA damage, blunt and crushing weapons do full damage.
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