Role

Chapter 3

In the meantime, Burtralis toys with a shard made of an unidentifiable
obsidian material. His frustration grows - he is not finding any answers
with these tentative magical tests. It is time for more drastic measures.
Gathering an array of magical equipment, he channels great energy into the
shard, seeking his answers...

... and finding something he would rather not have found. The shard
shatters with a hollow shriek, and tenebrous black mist swirls out of the
crumbling object. The mist manifests itself into an extraplanar creature of
pure, pulsating darkness. A howling splits the sultry night-air, rousing
the expedition's mages - 'I am Kortempest, Lord of the Cculgra! Your
world is MINE to consume!'

A fierce battle rages, as the mages struggle to dismiss the Nightwalker. It
is fortunate that the Nightwalker had been weakened by its sudden release
from its prison-shard, and that its grasp on the Prime Material Plane is
weak, even in a place such as Azuremain. A coordinated Dismissal spell by
a dozen conjurers is enough to banish the creature to its home plane. With
a shriek the creature whirls out of the Prime Material Plane, cursing its
banishers.