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The orange glow provides some warmth, but the tomb still seems remarkably cold, as Zendak descends the stairs. The closest coffins are the oldest, the progenitors of this noble house. The bodies inside, he's sure from experience, will be withered away and little more than dust. Those souls are among the hardest to capture. Luckily, his intended target should be fresher, and thus easier to tame.Zendar pauses to breath heavily. This was really not for him - her was a Necromancer, not a fricking Barbarian! He shook his head and moved deeper into the crypt.
His main target was obvious, to resurrect the ghost of mother of current countess. After that, he would raise a few more - he needed workforce, after all. But most of all - he needed information. Thus, mother of former countess would make a great source of it. That, and he needed some ghost pussy. It's been to long since he had some.
Still, it would be better to be careful for the traps. Zendar lighted the torch and walked deeper into the darkness.
He heads down floor after floor, the air becoming stale as layer after layer of Earth and stone seperate him from the surface. Finally, though, he arrives at the most recent level - below which is merely a ditch, dug out but not decorated, as its future inhabitants haven't died yet.
There are three coffins in here
- Helsing von Ausling, from its age and the male name, Zendak assumes this was the countess' Father.
- Claudia von Ausling, this one is roughly the same age as the father's. He guesses this was the mother.
- Liberl von Grout, from the different name, Zendak assumes this was her husband.
Standing among the coffins, Zendak thinks. He can summon the spirits of any number of them - though doing multiple at the same time will make it harder. The degree of control he can exert depends on how well the ritual goes - at its best, necromancy can make a ghost completely obedient to the point of being unable to even consider disobedience. On the other side of the equation, if he does a poor job, the ghost will be trying to free itself and take revenge - or be free from the start if he fucks up particularly badly.