Though the door is trapped, Theranion has a way for the party to enter without tripping it. The door is old and has many cracks in its frame. By using several potions of gaseous form, the party will be able to slip through undetected and position themselves to surround the remaining invaders. The trick will be timing it right, since they will have no control over when the potions' effects wear off.

Once through the door, they discover the room is actually a large abandoned family mausoleum. The walls are lined with several alcoves with plaques covering each of the burial crypts in the walls. At the far end of the room is a large statue, depicting an ancient ancestor of the De'Arnise family. And in front of the statue are three giant trolls hovering over a man that the party quickly identifies as Nalia's father.

The largest of the trolls is dressed very elaborately, especially for a troll, and there is little doubt this is the leader of the troll invaders. As the party watches helplessly, the troll growls at the man, demanding to know where he has hidden the rest of the family�s treasure hordes. When the man refuses to answer, the troll raises up a multi-lashed scourge whip and proceeds to beat the man repeatedly with it.

By this time, Nataya is absolutely seething, and the second the potions wear off, she charges headlong at the trolls. The trolls and the rest of the party are momentarily caught off guard by the sudden outburst. Nataya's hatred of trolls is well known to the party by this time, but never have they seen her go completely berserk like this. They can only guess that something far worse than trolls has set her off.

She slaughters the first troll before the others can even react, slicing straight through its body with the sheer force of her attack. A moment later, the rest of the party opens fire on the other 2 trolls. The leader of the trolls backs off a few steps, and begins casting a spell while the other engages the party. The party is not fast enough to stop the casting, and is hit by a cloud of poisonous gas.

The poison leaves half the party temporarily incapacitated, and it is up those still standing to fend off the attacks of the two trolls. The second troll falls after a few minutes, but not before the leader has had a chance to cripple most of the party. It falls to Zendril to engage the leader, as the amulet he wears protected him from the effects of the poison. Theranion manages to follow and uses his own magical skills against the remaining troll while Zendril keeps him from casting any further spells.

As the leader finally falls, his body beings to morph, quickly changing to that of a middle-aged man bearing the clothes and adornments of an unidentified nobleman. It is by this time that Nalia has returned from leading her aunt to safety, and sees her father's lashed body lying on the ground. The beating he took from the leader proved to much for him, and he died sometime during the battle. The party watches silently as Nalia bends over her father's body, while Nataya lets out her frustrations on the charred body of one of the trolls in the far corner.

Lord De'Arnise has fallen...