The door opens easily enough, its hinges still in good working order. Inside is a large crypt, with a human male dressing in robes surrounded by two nightshades. The human spins around, and snarls at the group, "What the?...How DARE you disturb my work!" He then motions for the nightshades to attack, giving them orders to capture the group.

The group will not be captured so easily, and draws their weapons. Theranion makes a bid to the human to cease the attack and talk, but the human retorts that the group has already interfered enough with his plans. There is a flash of light from the human's hand, and the entire room suddenly sprouts vines from every corner, as though summoned by an Entangle spell.

Zendril manages to duck out of sight of the human, and attempts to circle around him just as the human casts the spell. Everyone but Theranion and Nataya find themselves trapped by the vines, and the human begins casting another spell. Though Theranion and Nataya manage to avoid being entangled, they must struggle to move even a foot through the tangle of vines. Nataya quickly grows weary of the process, and draws her bow to shoot down the nightshades.

Theranion at first tries to engage the human (who is obviously a wizard), but when his sling bullet hits the wizard, it merely deflects away, shattering one layer of Stoneskin surrounding the wizard. Theranion then casts Magic Missile at the wizard. His spell fizzles upon coming in contact with a magical globe that flashes around the wizard. With few other choices, he tries to engage the wizard in melee, but the wizard merely Blinks around the room, firing off snide remarks between spells.

Theranion and the human wizard continue to engage in a spell battle, which Theranion soon loses. The wizard heads for the door, passing through the tangle of vines as if they weren't even there. As a last-ditch effort, Theranion pulls out his Rope of Entanglement, and tosses it at the wizard just as the wizard retaliates with a Fear spell. Theranion is hit fully by the effects of the spell, and curls up on the floor, trembling uncontrollably.

Even though the rope entangles the wizard, he is able to activate a magical ring on his finger, and conjures a wall of thorns to block the doorway, temporarily sealing the group in the crypt. Nataya manages to reach the entrance, and begins hacking away at the wall, despite the cuts and scratches inflicted to her arms by the magical thorns. Theranion finally comes out of the spell-induced fear, and Zendril manages to free himself of the vines.

When they finally cut through the thorn wall, they find Theranion's magical rope laying on the ground, and the wizard nowhere in sight. Theranion gets a strange idea, and pulls out his Wand of Fire, shooting it back into the crypt. The fireball ignites the vines in the room, filling it with smoke. When no one emerges from the smoke in the room, Theranion grumbles a bit, realizing that the wizard has escaped.

With a little time to rest, Theranion sits down and starts to sketch from memory the facial features of the wizard he just faced. As he finishes the sketch, the face looks disturbingly familiar. As soon as the crypt is clear of smoke, he heads in and searches the room. One of the coffin tombs has been opened, its occupant missing, and engraved into its side is a name that sends a slight shiver down his spine -- "Colderan Morn, Mage-Lord of Dagger Falls"