Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20140206023248/@comment-12599067-20140209202722

It was at this time that Makoru and company bolted into the room, swords flashing and spells ready. Makoru launched himself down the steps with Jack not far behind, but they were too late. Even as one of the Anchorites who Novo had slammed into fell to the ground, the last ward shattered and the lid of the sarcophagus exploded, sending rubble flying in all directions.

When the dust cloud that had been sent up cleared, the tomb was open, with an Anchorite peering down into the sarcophagus. Daithi had been pinned under a large chunk of stone and Jack had been knocked to the ground by the sheer force of the explosion, leaving only two people able to reach the necromancers on the opposite side of the antechamber. The other Anchorite rose to his feet, picking up the heavily wounded Novo and hobbling over to the tomb with the Commander still leaning on his shoulder.

Sickly laughter echoed through the room as Novo reached into the sarcophagus and retrieved his prize. In one hand he held a circlet of iron and bone, with soul gems adorning the sinister crown. In the center lay a large black soul gem, glittering in the dim light of the tomb.

"The Crown of Bones..." one of the Anchorites gasped. Novo adopted a malicious smile and turned his head to look at Daithi.

"See, son of Aodhan? You cannot stop the dawn," Novo smiled, turning to the rest of the group and grinning up at them from across the antechamber. "Don't you understand? This is the beginning of a new age, an age of order! You are all mad to try and stop a time of peace and order, and so the world must be burned! And I think I know just where to start," he said as he looked to Makoru, and then to Daithi.

"Remember this, son of Aodhan. You could've avoided this. You and you alone are responsible," Novo hissed. He then turned and nodded to an Anchorite, who withdrew a teleportation scroll from a back pocket. "Until we meet again," he laughed just before the thunderclap resounded.