03 Siege of Darkness by Forgotten Realms

Author:Forgotten Realms [Realms, Forgotten]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T14:57:39.224000+00:00

"Who are you?" she asked.

I am Errtu,came a reply in her mind. Baenre knew the name,knew the creature was a balor, the most terrible and powerful of alltanar'ri. Lloth had armed her well!

She felt the pure malice of the connected creature buildingwithin the sulphur, felt the energy growing to where she thoughtthe lump would explode, probably bringing Errtu to her side.

That could not happen, of course, though she did not know it.

It was the power of the artifact itself she felt, that seeminglyinnocuous piece of sulphur, imbued with the magic of Lloth,wielded by the highest priestess of the Spider Queen in all of Menzoberranzan.

Purely on instinct, Baenre flattened her hand, and the sulphursent forth a line of glowing, crackling yellow light. It struck the wallhigh on the Oblodran tower, the very wall between K'yorl andBaenre. Lines of light and energy encircled the stalagmite mound,crackling, biting into the stone, stealing the integrity of the place.

The sulphur went quiet again, its bolt of seemingly live energy freed, but Baenre did not lower her hand and did not take her awestruck stare from the tower wall.

Neither did the ten thousand dark elves that stood behind her.Neither did K'yorl Odran, who could suddenly see the yellow lines of destruction as they ate their way through the stone.

All in the city gasped as one as the tower's top exploded intodust and was blown away.

There sat K'yorl, still atop her black marble throne, suddenly inthe open, staring down at the tremendous gathering.

Many winged tanar'ri swooped about the vulnerable matronmother, but they did not approach too closely, wisely fearing thewrath of Errtu should they steal even a moment of his fun.

K'yorl, always proud and strong, rose from her throne andwalked to the edge of the tower. She surveyed the gathering, and sorespectful were many drow, even matron mothers, of her strangepowers, that they turned away when they felt her scrutinizing gazeon them, as though she, from on high, was deciding who she wouldpunish for this attack.

Finally K'yorl's gaze settled on Matron Baenre, who did notflinch and did not turn away.

"You dare!" K'yorl roared down, but her voice seemed small.

"Youdare!" Matron Baenre yelled back, the power of her voiceechoing off the walls of the cavern. "You have forsaken the SpiderQueen. "

"To the Abyss with Lloth, where she rightly belongs!" stubbornK'yorl replied, the last words she ever spoke.

Baenre thrust her hand higher and felt the next manifestation ofpower, the opening of an interplanar gate. No yellow light cameforth, no visible force at all, but K'yorl felt it keenly.

She tried to call out in protest, but could say nothing beyond a whimper and a gurgle as her features suddenly twisted, elongated.She tried to resist, dug her heels in, and concentrated once more on bringing forth her powers.

K'yorl felt her skin being pulled free of her bones, felt her entireform being stretched out of shape, elongated, as the sulphur pulledat her with undeniable strength. Stubbornly she held on through the incredible agony, through the horrible realization of her doom. Sheopened her

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