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Faye discovers where Rook was stabbed.
Chapter 22 and Season 1 Finale[]
Astral Legion HQ[]
The crew led by Loch investigates Rooks location at the Astral Legion HQ but they turn up empty-handed at first and are ambushed. Discovering a data trove of the entire astral legions movements, shipments, troop deployments and weapons Faye finds camera footage of unead looking mushroom infected creatures draging Rooks body away towards an unknown fate. The creatures carried a curiously familiar sigil on their chests, "the necromancers" sigil.
Just as they are about to leave they get attacked by Kaiphus The Collector, now hitting them with cheap shots and equipped with cloaking technology. Barely making their way out the assassin is overwhelmed by infected undead, they use the distraction to their advantage as they flee.[1]
Eros browses the Necromancers library
Kythus faces the death spider
The Necromancers temple[]
Leaving unscathed the next order of investigation leads to an underground temple, the stronghold of the necromancer. A group is gathered to investigate the temple including the magic users among the slummers, better equipped to counter this mysterious force. Led by "the lightbringer" Bo they descend deeper and deeper down into the earth. The temple's magical presence become overwhelming, Kythus uses his runic magic, Kee’ra and Raleigh their protective magic. Throughout the ordeal they face many dangers including a gigantic spiderlike monster guardian but overcome the hordes until they find themselves face to face with the necromancer himself.
The Necromancer appears at the brothel and delivers his ultimatum
Sending his undead minions to attack in the chaos they get swarmed and escape but in the chaos both Warren and Fandiarius are lost and get captured . Taunting his new prey the necromancer mutters that they will make fine additions to his "flesh pits".
Leaving with a threat[]
Gathering up at the brothel while the row is under attack by undead the scattered slummers seem lost on what to do next until they are graced with none other by a magical appearance from the Necromancer himself. He gives them an ultimating to accept his gift of neverending life, if they promise to become his own pets, replant the grove in his image and help him take over the entire Savior City. Left no other choice the mayor agrees.[2]
An armored infected turned into a monstrous being with limited intelligence attacks, shooting the slummers from above
Attack on horror[]
Never before have the slummers of Callous Row been as united as this time when facing a common foe. Launching both an assault as well as a rescue operation that involves every capable hand they attack the Necromancers temple head on.
Facing hordes of undead they battle mindless zombies, some occasional much deadlier infected space marines weilding machine guns, the group frees Warren, who is dazed and confused as well as Fandiarius only to lose him to a deadly fall into the dephts below. Alfons is attacked by an infected weilding a chainsaw and is sawed in half before them, continuing it's hunger for mutilation the being puts its dead eys on Bo. If Bo "the lightbringer" had died then and there, not much hope would remain in defeating the necromancer. Before the infected gets to Bo it is stopped by R.G.-2 who is severely damaged and has his wrist sawed off. The onslaught doesnt end there, the infected chainsaw wielder takes Leilani hostage, backing up towards a bottomless void. Threatening to toss her frail body down to certain death, RG rushes in and pushes Leilani to safety, but his heroic action turns into a sacrifice as he falls over the ledge together with the creature. Both disappear down in the foggy darkness.
Bo fights the necromancer in a battle of light versus darkness
Light versus darkness[]
No time to mourn the dead the remaining carry on and face up against the necromancer and his minions, Bo leaves the safety of their magical barrier and engages in a magical struggle of one-on-one - it's light versus darkness. Nearly faultering for a moment Bo eventually overpowers him and as he staggers down, she seizes the moment to stab him repeatedly when he had his guard down.
Rook chained to the wall behind the necromancers throne
As Bo is engaged in a mental battle, Talus is engaged in a physical one fighting the death spider guarding none other than Rook, chained to the wall behind the necromancers throne. With assistance Talus sacrifices himself and with the help of his fellow combatants defeat the death spider and rescue Rook who is amazingly still alive.
Rook is reunited with Faye.
Unchained, Rook is reunited with his adoptive daughter Faye. Leaving the dead behind the party evacuate the cursed temple still containing staggering undead. Rook supported after getting some first aid, returns to his bar.[3]
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