The battle continues...
Feno slays a black skeleton while Kyro slays the necromancer Patrik. Gnorcia vaults onto the back of a zombie and absolutely shreds it with Vengeance. Unfortunately, this leaves her in a vulnerable position to be hit back to back (in the back) by powerful skeletons. Before she can drink a healing potion, she is struck again which knocks her unconscious and her precious vial is smashed. Feno kills another zombie, but finds himself beginning to be surrounded by undead. Kyro continues to fire deadly arrows from his perch in a tree. Arnd and Armatzi continue to flee in terror while Niki keeps her lightning spell brewing in the background until she can cast another strike. She steps up beside Feno to engage in melee using Mr. Paws.
On the other side of the lake, Lhoss has met up with the elves Dorian and Llywillian and a band of Gran March knights. She is exhausted and out of breath having sprinted at top speed, but is able to indicate with Thieves Cant that there are reinforcements on the other front. Niki rushes up to Gnorcia and binds her wounds to keep her from bleeding out. The heroes then do something they don't often do: they drink some potions that aren't just for healing! Feno downs a vial containing a potion of super-heroism and Lhoss hands Dorian a potion of hill giant strength. She then digs in the bag of holding and gives a magic long bow to Llywillian for the fight. Llywillian immediately fires a shot and takes down a zombie from the small group of villains who have broken off the main group to engage with the eastern front. Dorian moves forward to form the point of a defensive arc, flanked by knights, behind which Lhoss stands. Lhoss casts a sleep spell on the necromancer Tovio and is simultaneously hit by a magic missile cast by the same. She takes a small hit, but he takes a nap. Lhoss then lobs a vial of oil onto a zombie (and for once is a pretty good shot). Llywillian attacks and slays a steel skeleton which causes something strange to happen... the skeleton crumbles and all of the remaining undead creatures vanish like a mirage. The fallen necromancers also disappear; it seems some illusory magic had been at play. Even the damage each of the heroes had taken in the fight was illusory and Gnorcia stood up, well and whole.
With the enemies dispelled, the town was surveyed. Nearly every building to the west of the lake had taken some level of damage, up to and including being totally demolished. The buildings to the east had been fortified and were somewhat spared. Everyone gathered at the temple and learned the sad news that Ramne, the mayor, and the chief priest had been killed. The reunited saviors were pleased to see their entire party had survived. Some other villagers had been slain, some fled, women and children had been evacuated to the east. The jeweler and shopkeeper were among the missing. Priestess Misha had taken upon herself the mantle of leadership. She begged the Saviors of Orlane to find Nanor, Derik, and the cultists and defeat them for good. The group vowed to do so but first to help with the extensive job of cleaning up Orlane and making it a hospitable village once again
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