In the Forests of Entri on a quest to save Boris from petrification in a collection of spellcaster statues by the mysterious wizard Prend, Feeliu was fooled and tricked into accepting a Wish from the Barbazu demon Tearhh Entz. The trickster assumed the visage of a crippled Gnome Bard and approached the halfling rogue and her strange compatriots, seeking aid for magical research. Enticed by the opportunity to become a shadow dancer, Feeliu spoke, "I wish that the past few months were different and that I learned to shadow dance."

Reality shifted.

Events that were, never occurred.
Lovers never met.
Children were never born.
Wrongs were never righted.

A pious warrior monk named Rankir escaped the battle for Syrenteh, continuing to serve the Alliance by scouting and reporting on the activities of Knightwatch.

The Goron Alchemist Dinson still wanders the wastes of the Gerudo Desert, pondering the strange doings of a clan of female warriors and their recent resistance movement against a well known warlock of the region.

The Company of the Shining Stone endures but with a deep hatred for the disbanded members of the Knightwatch, who in an opportune moment stranded them in the extraplanar lair of Gannon the Nelfashnee Demon Lord.

The grizzled old ranger Lenny O'Malley left the group shortly after the Gerudo Desert debacle and lives in Lethis, serving as a military advisor.

The Druid Circle of Hesron sustained the loss of their two most powerful members in what became an epic battle in the town of Vericoste, destroying 50% of the settlement before Nyan fleed and the worm wizard was destroyed.

The Master Spy Nyan has been revived, but with all his memories intact - including his experience in hell, as well as the knowledge of what would have been. This has overloaded Nyan's ability to reason and driven him insane, manifesting as multiple personalities, the original with schizophrenia. All, however, have a burning hatred for Boris as Nyan's skull is permanently marked with his signature.

The Duke of Moldnistrea and their armies fought bravely against Knightwatch before the group's final dissolution after the final blow of the battle was struck. The Paladin Archibald refused to engage Duke Boris with the armies of Moldnistrea at his command and vowed to return with the edict of Iomadae, and that all false idols must pay for their arrogance.

The grisly details of the public execution of the former royalty of Moldnistrea have created a reputation of fear and respect for the savage dragon disciple, exacerbating the xenophobic tensions of the various states and leading to the creation of militias to combat the growing threat presented by Trianestra.

The halfling rogue Feeliu did meet the wizard Yawvil, but upon inquiring about shadow dancing she was quickly placed in the caring hands of the master shadow dancer Syresthena Tieran (Rogue 5/Shadow Dancer 10), an old adventuring associate of the enigmatic spellcaster. She has passed on the mantle of the far flung guild to Feeliu on her deathbed. The guild itself is a remnant of what it once was after the new King Threncewell brutally dismantled their network during his Trials of Order. Her reasons for reaching the canopy statue garden in the Forests of Entri are to restore the guild's mage, Virth Krinstar (Sorcerer 6/Shadow Mage 5) to consolidate her power base and regain the hidden glory that the guild once personified.

STAT WISE
Feeliu lived differently, becoming a Shadow Dancer at the lowest possible level and advancing as far as possible in the prestige class during character creation. Where and what she did is up to Dixi, but he'll leave plenty of tasty plot hooks for people to utilize later. Equipment change with 140,000 gold to spend.

Boris has no Staff of Fire but he did keep his Tan Bag of Tricks, which is how the party has been getting through traps.

This installation includes the assassination of a Monk King, his adventuring party and includes the Artificer class and 'Kerai Man'. It's pretty tasty.

The Defense of the Imperial Alliance
The Imperial Alliance lays to the southeast of Trianestra, East of Ikana Canyon, bordered in by the Syrenteh Desert and Terra Range by the south and the Persepolys River from the east. Heavily patrolled and governed from the capital Terrapolis, the ruling family has governed the Alliance for centuries. King Reginald Joseph Threncewall is the current ruler, ascending to the throne after completing the Trials of the Order of Law monk sect, succeeding his father King Yesan in honor combat. He, as his fathers have, rules by the law and the law alone. The long standing dynasty has created a number of odd ruling powers within the hierarchy. There is a known but officially denied thieves guild, headed by the mysterious Alseir Hellspaht, who has protected the dynasty from below for as long as anyone can remember. Beezlow Yuntrell is an ambitious and powerful young spellcaster who has risen to the position of High Mage, with rumors that he and Trask Drasleen, Commander of the Imperial Guard, accompanied King Threncewell on some of his trials to attain the crown, shadowed by an elf named Elaith Tarryndorn. Recently King Threncewell has seen fit to open the country to commerce but for centuries they remained an isolated state. During the decade of his rule the exotics of Syrenteh and the Jungles of Ternak have spilt out into the mainland and the taxes levied on the goods have allowed for the burst in infrastructure and production, doubly bolstered by the rapid militarization and expansion of the Imperial Alliance itself. The whole of the nation worships Abadar, Judge of the Gods, so here, Law is All.
The party receives an invitation to King Threncewell's Court. Shortly after, however, Zuzu, the daughter of Zarzuzu Beinter, arrives with a gift (The Alka-Seltzah, DC 15 UMD) and invitation to Kerai before they travel to Terrapolis. As they travel there they notice the strange goods and creatures people have as they approach Alliance territory and walk the patrolled roads inside the nation.
The first thing that stands out to you as you approach the Imperial Alliance is the Wall. About twelve miles south of Villageopolis and extending as far as the eye can see east and west there is a thirty foot high wall made of granite reaching up towards the sky. Along the top of the wall you can see a guard walking idly down the length and back, with a small shack sitting every ten miles or so. The gate on the main road is massive, huge slabs of heavy oak framed and latticed by steel. Small teams of horses on either side of the doors pull them open and close on the massive, squeaking and groaning hinges. Once inside the gate you walk a short distance along the wide bricked roadways and start across the unnaturally verdant and beautiful lands of the Alliance. The whole countryside is segmented into small plotted farms which were placed very carefully in geometric patterns to maximize yield, water distribution and general efficiency, each larger plot serviced by an irrigation channel. The roads are heavily patrolled by pairs of soldiers nearer the border and farther in towards Terrapolis and outside Kerai they travel in threes, one of which rides a wolf the size of a horse with ebony fur and red eyes that occassionally snort smoke, fitted in fie-schorched barding.

Nessian Warhound LE Large Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Fire, Lawful) 12 HD CR 9
Space 10ft; Reach 10ft; Spd 40ft
HP 126; Init +6; Darkvision 60ft, Scent; Perception +12
AC 24, touch 11, flat-footed 22 (+6 armor, +2 Dex, +7 natural, –1 size)
BAB +12; CMB +21; CMD 33 (37 vs. trip)
Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +5
Immune: Fire; Weaknesses: Vulnerability to Cold
Bite +20 (2d6+12/19–20 plus 2d6 fire)
Special Attacks Breath Weapon (30ft Cone, every 1d4 rounds, 10d6 Fire, Reflex DC 21)
Feats: Alertness, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Stealth, Survival), Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills: Acrobatics +16, Perception +12, Stealth +21, Survival +13; Languages: Infernal, +2 Chain Shirt Barding
Str 27, Dex 15, Con 21, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 6

Elite Guardsmen LN Human Fighter 11 CR 11
Init +3; Speed 30ft; Low-Light Vision; Perception +12
AC: 26=10 + 9 Armor +3 Dex +4 Shield, Phalanx 28
HP 117; BAB +11/+6/+1; CMB +14; CMD 27 (+18 and 31 in Phalanx)
Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +4
Bonus Feats Improved Shield Bash, Two-Weapon Fighting, Shield Slam, Shield Master, Shield Focus, Greater Shield Focus
Bravery +3, Armor Training x3, Weapon Training Spears +2/Heavy Blades +1
Melee +17/+12/+7 Spear (1d8+5, Crit x3)
or +14/+9/+4 Longsword (1d8+4, Crit 19-20/x2) and +13/+8 Shield Bash (1d6+2, Crit x2, Free Bull Rush)
Skills: Acrobatics +14, Intimidate +11, Perception +12, Sense Motive +12, Linguistics +2 (Infernal)
Feats: Toughness, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Defense, Dodge, Shield Wall, Coordinated Maneuvers, Coordinated Defense
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12
Equipment: MW Longspear, MW Longsword, MW Heavy Shields, MW Full Plate, Potion of CCW

Kerai
The lands themselves have prospered as King Threncewell promoted a subsect of monks devoted to nature who have aided the farmers, creating a second agricultural revolution that sustains the booming population, which is almost entirely human. A small enclave of gnomes have persisted in the hills between Terrapolis and Terra Range in a town named Kerai. Kerai's relationship with the Imperial Alliance has been a tenuous one after they proved to be the only humanoid population resistant enough to survive the genocides of the evil King Jareth some five centuries ago. Since that time they have maintained an uneasy treaty, recently opening up trade of their unique artificer items, a movement largely attributed to Zarzuzu Beinter, Mayor of Kerai, Noble of the Court and Master Artificer. They have long fought for independence from the Alliance for the small delta made between the two realms, but King Reginald does not recognize their right to rule themselves.
About five miles off the paved road and onto the beaten path, the outer settlements of Kerai come into view. Little people living in little homes built into little hillsides. Most dip into their holes in the ground the instant they get sight of Boris, and those few gnomish children too bewildered to know any better are quickly dragged inside by their frightened parents. The small plots of land and animal pens surrounding the pathway are clearly cared for meticulously and grow in abundance. After about an hour of walking you reach the center of Kerai, where a few guards stand wielding strange devices, eyeing the party warily. Before you can reach the square a one-eyed gnome walks out of the most elaborate building, one carved into the root system of a gigantic oak tree. The small assemblage of guards move aside as he walks out, and before greeting the party he slaps the medallion on his chest with one hand. Metallic rings spring out and wrap around his figure, making chainmail as the medallion itself floats off and becomes a one foot across disc that moves around his person in an orbit. Morphing out of the rings on each shoulder are cannons of some kind, and across his back extending into the air above his head some kind of miniature catapult. He floats in the air, having bulked up considerably once the armor linked itself together and surrounded by a field of transparent bark and stone. "Ho there! I am Kerai-Man, Zarzuzu Beinter, and we need to talk! Come inside, come inside. Your, Boris! Our homes are modest and not accustomed to guests of your...stature. This is a reduce person potion and yours; please consider it a gift of goodwill."
Once inside his private office, Zarzuzu will explain the details of the genocide and Kerai's hatred for the Imperial Alliance and their unwillingness to recognize their sovereignty. The past seven fathers of his generations have all died in combat against the Kings of Threncewell fighting for independence, and he has trained his entire life to do the same. He knows the layout, he knows the defenses, and he has a plan. The plan his father detailed as he lay dying froma mortal wound inflicted by King Yesan. Zarzuzu himself has a rivalry with King Reginald, explaining his ill-attempt during youth to eliminate the then Prince. He pledges his support for Boris' rule if they would be willing to give Kerai sovereignty, and the aid of a rebel faction in the sanctioned Thieve's Guild of Terrapolis.

Zarzuzu Beinter, Small N Gnome Artificer 12
Init +8; HP 69; Speed 20ft; Low-Light Vision; Perception +20
AC: 29=10+9(6) Armor +4 Shield +4 NA +1 Size + 1 Dodge
BAB +9/+4; CMB +9; CMD 23; Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +11
The Pick +11/+6 (1d6+2, Crit x4); Ranged +14 Devices
Special Abilities: Jack of All Trades, Weird Science, Item Creation, Scribe Scroll, Brew Potion, Bonus Feats (Magical Aptitude, Quicken Spell, Maximize Spell), Craft Wondrous Item, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Salvage, Metamagic Science, Craft Wand, Craft Rod, Elbow Crease (Craft +6), Craft Staff, Improved Metamagic Science
Feats: Spell Focus+Greater (Necromancy), Dodge, Mobility, Shot on the Run, Improved Initiative
Skills: Appraise +10, Craft (Alchemy, Armorsmithing, Weaponsmithing) +29, Diplomacy +16, Disable Device +19, Escape Artist +20, Knowledge (Arcana, Engineering) +21, Perception +20, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +25, Stealth +7, Use Magic Device +22; Str 12, Dex 18, Con 16, Int 22, Wis 16, Cha 16
Equipment: Antimagic Grenades x6, Throwing Bola, Inventions 6/Day each, UMD of 15 to Activate by others, broken for good on a 1. DC to use after charges: Royalty 31, Gook Catapulizer 26, Others 21)
Royalty: Deafness (Fortitude DC 20 Negates); Ray of Enfeeblement (1d6+5 Str, Fort DC 19 Half) 6 Charges/Day; Bestow Curse (-6 to 1 Abil Score, -4 to Attacks, Saves and Checks, 50% chance to not act each round, DC 22 Will)
Alka-Seltzah: Entangle (40ft radius, Reflex DC 16; Difficult Terrain only, Fail: Entangled, DC 16 Escape or Strength) 6/Day
Gook Catapulizer: Heatstroke (Ray of Exhaustion: 1d4 Nonlethal, -4 to save by clothed/armored, Fort DC 19 for Fatigue); Acid Arrow (2d4 Acid for 3 Rounds)
Robotic Monster Balls (Summon Monster IV, 3 Random Monsters from 3rd Level List per charge by HIM)
Kerai-Man Armor: +3 Unfolding Elven Chain
Shield (+4 AC, 10 Minutes per use)
Kerai's Lament (Spiritual Weapon: Slingstaff, Range 80ft, 1d8+3, Auto Attack, 10 Rounds) 6/Day
Wind Cannon (Hurricane Blast: 25ft Radius Burst, Medium can't move forward, Small are prone, Reflex DC 19)
Darkvision Goggles (10 Hours per Use)
Shoulder Dragon Cannon (Dragon's Breath DC 20 Reflex for Half, 10d6 elemental)
Enchantments: Bull's Strength, Bear's Endurance, Cat's Grace, Barkskin (+4NA), Haste, Fly: 2/Day
Haste, Stoneskin, Improved Invisibility 1/Day

The city of Terrapolis is a wonder to behold. It doesn't have the same grand scale in population that Lethis has, but unlike the port city it's architecture is unravaged by time. The gigantic facade on the Terra Range is a symbol of balance, creating a wondrous castle below. The rich quarter immediately surrounds the keep and it progressively gets more poverty stricken the farther from the castle you get, until the Military District, which occupies the outer ring of the city proper. There is an emphasis on archways and in comparison to Lethis the additional features of the buildings are spartan at best their bleak exteriors broken only by the countless statues of Abadar in varying sizes, all covered in gold, all kneeling with the gavel on the ground. The people themselves are quiet in demeanor and mind their own business, socializing in the streets only briefly, fleeing as soon as they catch sight of Boris. There seems to be a guard every other corner and virtually no crime to be seen as you approach Threncewell Keep. You notice carved into the mountainside the symbol of balance, on one side are demons and devils, liches and monsters, and on the other angels and the forces of good. The accoutrements of the palace are just as sparse here as on the surrounding buildings, and the objects inside are either extremely mundane such as oil rag torches or extremely complicated, like the curious grandfather clock in the entryway. If it isn't a flame, it's old and wooden, and if not it's clockwork. The whole thing is bizarre but makes a certain sense.The court is the one grandiose room in the whole palace, a chamber twenty five feet across and high, perhaps fifty feet in, placed deep within the mountain itself and adorned with ancient banners, with the freshest looking one of the bunch above the throne upon which the King sits. Adorned in a golden robe and expensive looking delicate spectacles atop his head is a jeweled crown that radiates a quiet power and sense of calm, a certainty to his movements and words. His demeanor is regal and strong, imposing but carefully maintained. On one side of him sits a grizzled human, large and bulky but clearly battle worn, a small rod siting ominously atop his knees. On the other side of him is a much younger human likely still in his teens, idly petting the head of an extremely small, chicken sized thunder lizard. As you enter the room you realize you've passed another figure that stands out from the litany of guards, a humanoid dressed for travel in the wilderness, his cowl pulled down to cover his face.

Threncewell debates Boris' legitimacy, ending in a brief combat and escape or dismissal from the court; regardless, Threncewell swears to end Boris' life. Either way, the party will be enticed into the sewers (fearing the flying around Lawgiver) by rebel members of the rogue's guild seeking Alseir's demise. There they will be directed to use the alternate routes to reach the bathrooms in the royal quarters and therein, King Threncewell. The alternate route is unfortunately laden with traps (two Negative Energy, one Icebox, two Max Fireballs, finally a Rolling Boulder Trap before) including a colossal lower chamber where the Lawgiver sits, waiting for anyone attempting to enter the castle via the passages in the mountain, carved by dwarves centuries ago.

THE SEWERS OF TERRAPOLIS
Fleeing the castle seemed daunting enough but as the claxons go off and spellcasters float into the sky by the dozens, while the clamor of platoons amassing around the city rings out, the options for escape begin to dwindle quickly. As you run down an alleyway a halfling child motions for you to follow, and soon after you leap down an opened grate into the sewers. The walls of the fifteen foot high and across tunnels are granite, soaked black with moisture and years of it's toxic environment. It smells sickly and pungent with the odor of human waste (Fortitude DC 13 or Sickened 5d6 Rounds, save every 10 minutes). Even walking on the walls doesn't help to escape the occassional scraping of excrement from getting onto your clothing and person, Dremil being the only one lucky enough to get away clean on his floating disk. It quickly becomes clear that the tunnels never get any real maintenance but occassionally a spell goes off and some of the tunnel is cleaned, although it never interferes with your movement. Several times you come to intersections but a map that one of the halfling children stuffs into your hands proves to be spot on accurate, and with some deliberation and a few turn arounds the party manages to circumvent the one or two tunnels that have collapsed. Every once in a while the rabbit squeaks up proclaiming, "We're about fifty feet under the mountain at this point. A hundred now. Hundred twenty five? I'm losing count. This whole counting bit is new to me. Useful sure but I'm not sure what use I've got for it," gradually getting more and more talkative as you move forward. Eventually, the map ends but the tunnels do not. There are three different passages, left, straight, and right.

The LEFT passage appears to have caved in. The jump is about eight feet across. On the other end of the expanse is an Icebox Trap (Perception DC 30; Disable Device DC 30; With a successful Perception, anyone who noticed the trap can make a DC 20 Reflex Save to stop their jump. If they fail the save, their jump check DC goes up by 10; If the Icebox Trap goes off, a Maximized Fireball trap goes off immediately). After the jump, the tunnel goes slightly upward for about 100 feet opening up into a gigantic room.
The CENTER passage is the only one of the three that has a sewage channel running through it. After venturing in about thirty feet, there are pressure sensitive panels on each of the walkways that run parallel to the channel that each activate an Energy Drain Trap (Perception DC 34; Disable Device DC 34). Once the party has passed these stones they walk another thirty feet, where an Alarm Spell activates a Rolling Boulder Trap (Perception w/Detect Magic DC 20; Disable Device DC 25; Perception to hear boulders DC 30) that forces the party to either destroy a 10ftx10ft boulder or sprint into a gigantic room.
The RIGHT passage is a small maintenance tunnel. Every forty feet into it there are steps with Energy Drain Traps (Perception DC 34; Disable Device DC 34) but it is otherwise unremarkable. After the second trapped step, there are a set of stairs going up which lead onto a balcony in a gigantic room.

Energy Drain Trap CR 10; Type: Magic; Perception DC 34; Disable Device DC 34
Trigger Visual (True Seeing); Reset None
Spell Effect: Energy Drain, Atk +10 Ranged Touch, 2d4 temporary negative levels, DC 23 Fortitude negates after 24 hours
Icebox Trap CR 10; Type Magic; Perception DC 30; Disable Device DC 30
This trap forms a 1-foot-thick wall of ice along every wall (blocking doorways) and reduces the temperature in the room to –30º F for 12 minutes. Once the trap runs its course, both doors unlock, but the walls of ice blocks remain for 12 minutes.
Trigger: Proximity (Alarm); Duration 7 rounds; Reset Automatic
Spell Effect (Wall of Ice covers every wall of entire room; CL 12th); Extreme Cold (1d6 cold damage/minute; creatures in contact with exposed metal take an additional 1d6 points of cold damage per round); multiple targets
Maximized Fireball Trap CR 13; Type: Magic; Perception DC 31; Disable Device DC 31
Trigger: Proximity (Alarm); Reset: None
Spell Effect (Fireball, 60 Fire Damage, DC 14 Reflex save for half damage); Multiple Targets (All Targets in a 20-ft.-Radius Burst)
Rolling Boulder Trap CR 10; Type: Mechanical; Perception DC 30; Disable Device DC 25
Trigger: Location (3 minute delay); Reset: Automatic
Effect Rolling Boulders (12d6 bludgeoning damage; DC 25 Reflex save for half); Multiple Targets (All targets in the ground or below 20ft in the air in a 15ftx200ft line)

As you exit the tunnel you enter into a massive room. About five feet below you are a complex array of channels, making a maze of water. You quickly realize that this must be the center distribution chamber for the entire sewer system of Terrapolis. All in all it's about a hundred feet high and two hundred across and in. A gigantic statue of Abadar, Judge of the Gods, sits in a center dias in the sewer, occupying most of the massive cavern. A massive gavel rests in one hand against the ground where it kneels in perpetual silence. As they approach the statue they notice it is conspicuously completely clean of any grime or residue of any kind. (From 100ft, Perception DC is 45, 80ft 40, 60ft 35, 40ft 30, 30ft 25 Once the party is within 30ft or goes to pass by the Lawgiver it will act.)

Lawgiver LN Gargantuan construct (extraplanar) CR 15
Spd 40ft, Fly 60ft (Perfect); Space 20ft; Reach 20ft
HP 200; Init +1; All-Around Vision, Darkvision 60ft; Perception +33
AC 34, touch 7, flat-footed 33 (+1 Dex, +27 natural, -4 size)
BAB +18; CMB +33; CMD 44; Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +13
Construct Traits; DR 15/Chaos; Immune: Acid/Elec/Flank/Rust; Resist Cold/Fire 10; SR 25
Gavel of Abadar +25/+20/+16 (4d6+16) or 2 Slams +25 (1d8+11)
Feats: Alertness, Awesome Blow, Cleave, Furious Focus, Great Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Overrun, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Knowledge [religion])
Skills: Appraise +7, Fly +7, Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering) +8, Knowledge (Local) +8, Knowledge (Religion) +26, Perception +33, Sense Motive +29; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception
Str 32, Dex 12, Con --, Int 14, Wis 24, Cha 20
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal
All Around Vision: +4 racial bonus on Perception checks. Cannot be flanked.
Freeze: An observer must succeed on a DC 25 Perception check to notice the Lawgiver is really alive and not a statue.
Gavel of Abadar: A Gargantuan warhammer that is treated as though it had the axiomatic weapon quality. Aside from dealing the usual +2d6 points of damage to creatures of chaotic alignment, three times per day, as a standard action, the Lawgiver can touch a creature with the hammer. Any creature touched in this way is affected by the spells cure serious wounds, neutralize poison, remove blindness/deafness, remove curse, remove disease, and remove paralysis, as if cast by an 18th level cleric. If the Gavel of Abadar is ever removed from the Lawgiver’s hands, the herald can summon the weapon back to its hand as a standard action.
Golden Body: A creature of living gold and blessed steel, it has immunity to acid, electricity, critical hits, and rusting effects.
Wings of Abadar: Free action to manifest, 60ft flight with perfect maneuvability, dismiss at will. Standard action to assume the form of a two-headed golden eagle. Normal HP and Perception but Eagle Stats.

After walking straight through the tunnels another fifty feet you are approached by a cloaked humanoid figure that steps out of the shadows. "Greetings, Boris the Green Avenger, Pecka of the Green Claw, Dremil, Poonjob, Zarzuzu the Mayor of Kerai and of course - Feeliu, the shadowy figure of two pasts. Congratulations on destroying the Lawgiver. You've got a day until they know. So now you're on a timeline to get Threncewell Killed, am I right? Well I'm Alseir Hellspaht, we need to talk." The Beholder will talk the party around while moving them into better position to use all of his eye rays, and has no pretense of cutting a deal. He cannot be bribed and doesn't want to dismantle his network, and he certainly knows that Feeliu would attempt to absorb it into the Shadow Dancers. The tunnel is 15 feet high and across, and once he makes his move Alseir drops the Alter Self so the party really knows what they're dealing with.

Alseir Hellspaht, Beholder LE Large Aberration, Rogue 2 CR 15
Init +6; Senses All-Around Vision, Darkvision 60 ft, Perception +23
Spd: 5 ft, fly 20ft (Good); Space 10 ft. Reach: 5 ft.
AC 31; Touch 12, Flat-Footed 28 (–1 size,+4 Armor +2 Dex, +15 NA, +1 Dodge)
Hp 111; Base Atk +9, CMB +8 CMD 20 (cannot be tripped)
Fort +9, Ref +8, Will +11
Ranged Eye rays +10 Ranged Touch, Range 150ft
Melee bite +2 (2d4)
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 18, Int 17, Wis 15, Cha 15
Feats Dodge, Flyby Attack, Hover, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Skill Focus: Perception,
Skills: Bluff +20, Fly +18, Intimidate +16, Knowledge (Arcana) +16, Perception +23, Sense Motive +20, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +12, Survival +16
Special Abilities: Trapfinding, Sneak Attack +1d6, Evasion, Rogue Talent: Honeyed Words
Languages Aklo, Common; Treasure: Double; Ring of Alter Self, +1 Studded Leather with Moderate Fortification
Eye Rays (Su): Each of an Eye Tyrant’s small eyes can produce a magical ray once per round as a free action. During a single round, a creature can aim only three eye rays (Eye Tyrant) at targets in any one 90-degree arc (up, forward, backward, left, right, or down). The remaining eyes must aim at targets in other arcs, or not at all. An Eye Tyrant can tilt and pan its body each round to change which rays it can bring to bear in any given arc. Each of an Eye Tyrant’s ten eye rays resembles a spell cast by a 13th-level caster but follows the rules for a ray. Each eye ray has a range of 150 feet and a save DC of 17. The save DCs are Charisma based. The ten eye rays include:
Charm Monster: The target must succeed on a Will save or be affected as though by the spell. Eye Tyrants use this ray to confuse the opposition, usually employing it early in a fight. The Eye Tyrant generally instructs a charmed target to either restrain a comrade or stand aside.
Charm Person: The target must succeed on a Will save or be affected as though by the spell. Eye Tyrants use this ray in the same manner as the charm monster ray.
Disintegrate: The target must succeed on a Fortitude save or be affected as though by the spell (26d6). The Eye Tyrant likes to use this ray on any foe it considers a real threat.
Fear: This works like the spell, except that it targets one creature. The target must succeed on a Will save or be affected as though by the spell. Eye Tyrants like to use this ray against warriors and other powerful creatures early in a fight, to break up the opposition.
Finger of Death: The target must succeed on a Fortitude save or be affected as though by the spell (130 hp). The target takes 3d6+13 points of damage if its saving throw succeeds. Eye Tyrants use this ray to eliminate dangerous foes quickly.
Flesh to Stone: The target must succeed on a Fortitude save or be affected as though by the spell. Eye Tyrants like to aim this ray at enemy spellcasters. They also use it on any creature whose appearance they find interesting. (After the fight, the Eye Tyrant takes the statue to its lair as a decoration.)
Inflict Moderate Wounds: This works like the spell, causing 2d8+10 points of damage (Will half).
Sleep: This works like the spell, except that it affects one creature with any number of Hit Dice (Will negates). Eye Tyrants like to use this ray against warriors and other physically powerful creatures. They know their foes can quickly awaken the sleepers, but they also know that doing so takes time and can delay an effective counterattack.
Slow: This works like the spell, except that it affects one creature. The target can make a Will save to negate the effect. Eye Tyrants often use this ray against the same creature targeted by their disintegrate, flesh to stone, or finger of death ray. If one of the former rays fails to eliminate the foe, this ray might at least hamper it.
Telekinesis: An Eye Tyrant can move objects or creatures that weigh up to 325 pounds, as though with a telekinesis spell. Creatures can resist the effect with a successful Will save.
Antimagic Cone (Su): An Eye Tyrant’s central eye continually produces a 150- foot cone of antimagic. This functions just like antimagic field (caster level 13th). All magical and supernatural powers and effects within the cone are suppressed—even the Eye
Tyrant’s own eye rays. Once each round, during its turn, the Eye Tyrant decides whether the antimagic cone is active or not (the Eye Tyrant deactivates the cone by shutting its central eye).
All-Around Vision (Ex): Eye Tyrants are exceptionally alert and circumspect. Their many eyes give them a +4 racial bonus on Perception checks, and they can’t be flanked.
Flight (Ex): An Eye Tyrant’s body is naturally buoyant. This buoyancy allows it to fly at a speed of 20 feet. This buoyancy also grants it a permanent feather fall effect (as the spell) with personal
range.

At the end of that long hallway where the beholder's corpse lay on the ground is a chute dispensing excrement and waste into a channel that runs along below a grating in the granite floor. The five foot across chute smells horrendous (Fortitude DC 20 or sickened 5d6 rounds) and runs up at a 60 degree angle into the darkness. A Climb check (DC 20) allows you to get up the shaft without much trouble, exiting into a small chamberpot deep within the recesses of the royal castle.

THE PALACE OF ABADAR
"I know the way," Zarzuzu says as the last member of the party exits the chamberpot, "just follow me. Don't worry about making a ruckus - I've got us covered." He then says some gnomish word (Donkeyf%#$*!), disappears and suddenly the scent of cannibus reaches your nose. Dremil's ears perk up and he says, "Oh I can follow him. Everyone, hold Dremil's hand and follow!" He turns invisible and in turn hits everyone else with it. You exit the bathroom and pass through the empty halls of the castle, as at this point it is far after hours and into the evening. After a few minutes of walking down twisting hallways you come to a grand door, where three small silver and red balls sit. Shortly after, Zarzuzu's armored form condenses in front of you. He pulls out six perfectly formed golden balls and affixes a throwing scoop to his right hand. "Wait twelve seconds, then come in. Your magic won't work. We have the advantage in numbers, and I'll ruin him enough that you should be able to finish him off." He turns to rush in, tapping his medallion and suiting up before he points to the silver and red balls. "Feeliu, I need you to throw these down the hallway and basically block them off from reaching this door while we do this. Just hit this button and try to feel it out. Wish me luck!" And with that, the cyclopic gnome opens the door to the Royal Chamber and darts inside. Zarzuzu will throw all the antimagic field balls at once and then fire the wind cannon (quickened), on the next round he will turn the Darkvision goggles on (quickened), and hit him with the The Royalty. The party enters the next round into complete darkness as his Slingstaff (quickened), and then the Gook Catapulizer go off. Threncewell will destroy Zarzuzu first, unless another party member proves to be a bigger threat. Elaith does not strike until it seems the situation is beyond King Threncewell's control.

King Reginald Joseph Threncewall of the Imperial Alliance Human Lawful Neutral Monk 14/Rogue 4 CR 19
Speed: 70ft, Climb 35ft, Walk on Air 35ft; True Sight; Perception +34
HP: 259; BAB +13/+8/+3; CMB +26; CMD 47; SR 24
AC: 50 = 10+5 Armor +8 Dex +8 Wis +4 Shield +5 Deflection +5 Natural Armor +4 AC +1 Dodge
Fort +24, Ref +27, Will +24
Melee +25/+25/+20/+20/+15/+15 Unarmed (2d8+9+1d6 Fire, Melee Touch Attack, Crit 19-20/x2)
Ranged +26/+26/+21/+21/+16/+16 (1d2+11+1d6 Frost, Crit x2, Range 10ft)
Special Abilities: Sneak Attack +2d6, Trapfinding, Trap Sense +1, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge, Rogue Talents (Minor Magic: Detect Magic 3/Day, Major Magic: Shield 1/Day), Bonus Feats (Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack, Improved Critical: Unarmed), Unarmed Strike (2d8), Flurry of Blows (+14/+14/+9/+9/+4/+4), Stunning Fist (19/Day, Fort Save DC 26 or Staggered 1d6+1), Fast Movement +40ft, Maneuver Training, Still Mind, Ki Pool (Magic, Lawful, 15 Points), Slow Fall 70ft, High Jump, Purity of Body, Wholeness of Body, Improved Evasion, Diamond Body, Abundant Step, Diamong Soul, AC Bonus +4
Feats: Improved Initative, Combat Expertise, Spider Step, Cloud Step, Combat Reflexes, Improved Disarm, Greater Disarm, Quick Draw, Luck of Heroes, Skill Focus: Perception, Snatch Arrows
Skills: Acrobatics +29, Bluff +26, Climb +17, Diplomacy +26, Knowledge (Dungeoneering, History, Local, Religion) +16, Linguistics +25, Perception +29, Sense Motive +29, Sleight of Hand +20, Stealth +29, Use Magic Device +25
Str 26, Dex 26, Con 26, Int 22, Wis 26, Cha 20
Equipment: Belt of Physical Perfection +6 (K), Monk's Robe, +1 Amulet of Brilliant Energy Mighty Fists (K), Shirt of Wisdom +6 (K), Amulet of Natural Armor +5 (K), Bracers of Armor +5 (K) (Greater Fortification, Determination, Glamered), Ring of Protection +5 (K), Ring of Freedom of Movement, Crown of The Imperial Alliance (K) (Helm of Brilliance), Cloak of Resistance +5, Spectacles of True Sight (K), 50 +3 Icy Burst Shurikens

Elaith Tarryndorn Half-Elven Master Scout Fighter (Archer) 11/Ranger 2/Rogue 4 CR 18
Init +12; Spd 30ft; Darkvision 60ft; Perception +45
AC: 28 =10+5 Armor+9 Dex+5 Deflect+3NA+1 Dodge
HP 130; BAB +16/+11/+6/+1; CMB +19; CMD 44
Fort +13, Ref +19, Will +7
Ranged +34/+34/+29/+24/+19 Longbow (1d8+14+1d6 [x2 on first hit in full attack] Electricity, Crit 19-20/x3, 130ft)
Skills: Acrobatics +22, Knowledge (Geography, Nature, History) +16, Perception +45, Stealth +53, Survival +34
Bonus Feats: Dodge, Quick Draw, Rapid Shot, Precise Shot, Improved Precise Shot, Manyshot
Feats: Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus+Greater: Composite Longbow, Weapon Specialization+Greater: Composite Longbow, Mobility, Shot on the Run, Toughness, Skill Focus: Perception, Skill Focus: Survival
Str 16, Dex 28, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 14
Abilities: Trapfinding, Evasion, Rogue Talents (Fast Stealth, Sniper's Eye), Sneak Attack +2d6, Trap Sense +1, Uncanny Dodge, Favored Enemy: Humans +1, Track, Wild Empathy, Combat Style Feat: Point Blank Shot, Hawkeye, Trick Shots (Disarm, Sunder, Trip at -4 CMB), Expert Archer +4, Safe Shot
Equipment: Bracers of Armor +5 (Greater Shadow), +5 Shocking Keened Composite Longbow, Belt of Dexterity +6, Ring of Protection +5(K), Amulet of Natural Armor +3, Cloak of Elvenkind, Eyes of the Night Eagle, Boots of Speed, 4 Potions CSW

King Threncewell lay dead at your feet in the darkness, his bodyguard slain not too far away. You all pant from the rush of battle, replete of some strength after the king's relentless assaults. Your amplified senses can distinctly hear the combat outside the doorway; Beezlow Yuntrell's high pitched voice echoes arcane power into the hallways of the castle and Trask Drasleen's cries havoc in battle, the clamor of his two-bladed sword striking the clockwork monsters coming less frequently as you imbibe potions and loot the bodies of the dead.

Trask Drasleen Commander of the Imperial Guard Human LN Fighter 15 CR 16
Init: +4; Speed 30ft; Darkvision 60ft; Perception +16
HP 169; BAB +15/+10/+5; CMB +22; CMD +36
AC: 37=10 +14 Armor +4 Dex +5 Deflection +3 NA +1 Dodge
Fort +13, Ref +9, Will +6
Melee +29/+29/+24/+24/+20/+20 (1d8+16+1d6 Fire/1d8+12+1d6 Frost, Crit 18-20/x2)
Ranged: +22/+22/+17/+12 (1d8+13+1d6 Elec, Crit x3, Range 120ft)
Special Abilities: Bravery (+4 Will vs Fear), Armor Training +4, Weapon Training Double +3/Bows +2/Monk +1, Bonus Feats: Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack, Quick Draw, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Precision Shot, Shot on the Run
Feats: Exotic Weapon Proficiency, Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization, Greater Weapon Specialization, Improved Critical: Two-Bladed Sword, Two Weapon Fighting, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Greater Two-Weapon Fighting
Skills: Acrobatics +19, Intimidate +20, Sense Motive +16, Perception +16
Str 24, Dex 18, Con 18, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 14
Equipment: Dwarven Belt, Boddice of Strength +6, +4 Flaming Burst/+4 Frost Burst Two-Bladed Sword, +3 Electric Burst Composite Longbow (K), +5 Fullplate of Speed

Beezlow Yuntrell High Mage of the Alliance LN Human Wizard 15 CR 16
Init +12; Speed 30ft; Low-Light Vision; Perception +2
HP 120; BAB +7/+2; CMB +7; CMD 26
AC: 30=10+5 Armor +4 Dex +5 Deflection+ 5 NA+ 1 Dodge
Fort +12, Ref +14, Will +16
Melee +7/+2; Ranged +11/+6
Special Abilities: Arcane Bond: Skweezee the Compsagnathus Familiar (Init +2), Arcane School: Universal, Cantrips, Scribe Scroll, Bonus feats (Silent Spell, Still Spell, Spell Perfection: Hold Monster)
Skills: Knowledges (Arcana, Engineering, Geography, History, Local, Nature, Nobility, Planes) +25, Linguistics +25, Spellcraft +25
Feats: Improved Initiative, Combat Casting, Toughness, Dodge, Spell Focus+Greater: Transmutation , Spell Focus+Greater: Enchantment, Spell Perfection: Baleful Polymorph
Str 10, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 24, Wis 14, Cha 14
Equipment: Headband of Int +6, Ring of Protection +5 (K), Bracers of Armor +5, Cloak of Resistance +5, Ring of Natural Armor +5 (K)
Spells /Day DC +2 DC to all Enchantment/Transmutation Spells
0th 4 17 Detect Magic
1st 4+2 18 Shield x2, Magic Missile x4
2nd 4+2 19 Scorching Ray x3, Glitterdust x2, Bear's Endurance
3rd 4+2 20 Haste x2, Dispel Magic x4
4th 4+1 21 Greater Invisibility x2, Fire Shield, Dragon's Breath x2
5th 4+1 22 Baleful Polymorph x2, Hold Monster x2, Dismissal
6th 3+1 23 Disintegrate x2, Greater Heroism, Enemy Hammer
7th 2+1 24 Banishment, Greater Teleport, Summon Monster VII
8th 1 25 Form of the Dragon III

Skweezee the Compsognathus Familiar LN Tiny Magical Beast 15HD CR 14
Init +6; Low-light Vision, Scent; Perception +4
Speed 40 ft, Swim 20 ft; Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
AC 25, touch 16, flat-footed 23 (+2 Dex, +9 Natural, +4 size)
HP 60; BAB +7; CMB +2; CMD 14; SR 20
Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +9
Melee: Bite +9 (1d3–1+Poison, Fort DC 12 Frequency 1/rd for 4; -1d2 Str, cure 1 save)
Feats: Improved Initiative
Skills: Acrobatics +20, Perception +19, Stealth +28, Swim +7
Str 8, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 11, Cha 5
Special Abilities: Alertness, improved evasion, share spells, empathic link, Deliver touch spells, Speak with master, Speak with animals of its kind, Spell resistance, Scry on familiar