The Twenty-Eighth Session

Halrek flashes back to the night his tribe was invaded. Remembering the slaughter, and the helplessness he felt being pinned and tortured by Zekiev Ibixus, the sacrifice of his friends that kept him alive, he felt only a need for revenge as he re-opened his eyes in the Myth Drannor war hall. He and Shag snuck into the room, blinking down behind the general, and blinked his hammer away as Shag thunderstepped them further back into the room. Engaging in combat, they began to clash with the general and his 2 bodyguards.

Meanwhile, Aoth and Yief continued their battle at the gates against the greater Ebony Legion. The Balrog summoned 2 lesser balrogs, and began a greater assault on the resistance. They fought back, and with Aoth and Yief's swift command, were able to subdue the balrogs. Yief's unit took a defensive stance and held the northern front of the battle, keeping the Legion from wrapping around and surrounding the resistance. Aoth broke off from his unit and charged alone at three Ebony units that were beginning to surround Amante Ganni's unit, receiving a blessing from Alehel as a Shield of Faith, rendering him practically indestructible. Rayeth flew over, aiding the resistance with an array of breath weapons.

Inside, Shag and Halrek continued their bout in the war room. Halrek got pinned down by the Berserker, but eventually got out from his grip. He and Shag overcame the warlock, and Shag banished the Berserker. Together, they began to overcome Zekiev, until a last ditch effort from the general where an eldritch blast killed Shag, and Halrek had to finish the fight alone. In a lightning fast movement, Halrek hit a weak point in the armor and dismembered the general. Pinning him down, Halrek began to lose himself in a fit of rage as he continued to use his mek'leth to tear the general's remaining limbs off, before kicking his helmet off and stabbing his rapier through his cheeks, pinning his head sideways into the ground. Halrek then picked up his hammer, and used it to cauterize the wounds, prolonging Zekiev's death, and dealing the same torture back to him that he initially dealt to Halrek. After healing Shag, he went back to the general, waited for his body to begin succumbing to the wounds, and then beheaded him.