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[center][i][u][h2]Jon Gringot, The Listener[/h2][/u][/i][/center]
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Jon could not help but be furious.

His esteemed Lord Drath'tuthan would have launched the [i]BoneWracker[/i] spell by now had it not been for that blasted Cleric at the back, delaying the process with a puny [i]Counterspell[/i].  James must have known that he couldn't have hoped to interupt The Master's charging but he was smart enough to buy extra time, and what little of it was bought was threatening everything the cult had worked for.

And speaking of; that very blasted Cleric would be easily out of the picture right now if it wasn't for that meddling Druid.  No Druid should have been so powerful, cut off from the very earth and green that fuelled them.  But this oddly dressed one had managed to smuggle entire trees into the temple with him.

Where was everyone?  Could they not hear the alarm?  Why had only the sentries answered the call?  The reason had become clear far too late.  The entrance was barricaded.  The tall one.  With the smart mouth.  Damn him.  Now Lord Drath'tuthan and The Listener would have to concede that they were vulnerable.

The Listener held his head once more as Drath'tuthan screeched in pain.  One of the pests had broken through!  The one with the spear.  But Jon was sure he'd seen her go down.  Why were these wraiths not doing their jobs? She should be dead.  And they should all be dead to BoneWracker now. How was this happening!?

[center][i][u][h2]Drath'tuthan[/h2][/u][/i][/center]
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The Greater Wraith's body had a dimensional tear through it, where Fenna's spear tip had risen with burning, peircing and slashing damage.  In retaliation, Drath'tuthan drew a sword from invisibility, pulling it out of thin air.  A massive laser-blue, smoking greatsword.  Then it swung a wide and low blow at the woman, aiming to cut her in half for her insolence.

Then he lifted the sword in the air and used it like a wizard's staff to summon 6 more wraiths all around him for protection.  Each ghost moved quickly and aggressively, matching the anger (and maybe the fear?) of their master.

When all of Second Chance's weapons erupted with holy fire, there was no question that both Lord and Listener felt fear.  Drath'tuthan was so close to finishing BoneWracker, which would most certainly turn the tide back in their favour.  So distracted by the holy fire was he, that he barely acknowledged MacKensie flying overhead.  In a bid to gain more time, the Greater Wraith levitated high, up to the ceiling, where he could hopefully be out of reach for long enough to have his revenge.

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When MacKensie destroyed the phylactery, Jon Gringot clutched his chest where his heart had once been.  A picture of agony, he writhed and then fell to the floor, convulsing and coughing black blood.  He did not die, but he had weakened considerably.  He struggled to his hands and knees.

"Arrgh!" Jon was struck by James' first light beam, in the arm, causing him to fall flat once again.  The necromancer managed to turn onto his side and cast a ward to block the remaining light beams.

The expert swordsman and the spearman were not doing exceptionally well against Zell and Sil, but were at least handling themselves well enough to survive, now reinforced by the 6 Wraiths.

At the entrance to the ritual chamber, the barricade started shaking as cultists tried to ram their way in.  A piece of door was blasted off, leaving a hole near the top of the entrance, letting in the shouts of cultists and showing their moving shadows in the corridor.  They would not be held off for long.

[i][b]And at the ceiling, the loud magical buzz and crackle of the charging Bonewracker began to grow even louder than the temple alarm as the spell became less than thirty seconds away from activating............................[/b][/i]