Doing battle with undead skeletons, The Unclean, Daksha herself and a Blasphemous undead beast they learned Bali was in fact deeper in the underground tunnels, but also that he was quite mad due to his constant contact with the dead Spirits that roamed the world unseen by normal folks. Heading down into the bowls of the Necropolis the group came on Bali in an ancient chamber dedicated to the Deva and to housing the dead, a chamber centuries old. Bali was seated inside a ring of ethereal fire, while bhuts, shades and ghosts of the dead, floated about the room. A battle erupted as wights climbed up from the underground river that split the room. The group survived, barely, Ghanji nearly succumbing to an enchanting tune played by one of the crypt dwelling shadows. Others suffered similar dangers, being drained of life and strength, but in the end the group survived. Nakan, dueling Bali was holding his own against the Brahmin, but he was slowly loosing ground when a sudden eruption of water appeared. Among the water spout was the ghostly form of Kalyani!
The dead Brahmin arrived to warn the party that her children, Chandra and Bhaskar, were being attacked as the battled with Bali. The spirit form of Kalyani cleansed the chamber of the remaining Bhuts, and spurred the group to return to House Ravi where the children were being housed under the watchful eye of Durjaya, Narmada, Suajata as well as House Ravi itself. Unwilling to let Bali escape again, Shamad knocked the Brahmin out, and sent the others ahead, while he and Nakan, exhausted, took Bali to the Great Ziggurat of Mahabhalla.
Tired and bloody the group, minus Shamad and Nakan, eventually arrived in House Ravi. Shamad and Nakan did battle again with some of the Unclean but escaped the Necropolis and reached the Temple. Arriving in House Ravi the group was faced with a terrible scene. The Ravi Kshatriya were found dead, bleeding in large pools of their own blood, their throats slit. Some of the guards were found poisoned, with rare and exotic toxins. Among the carnage of the house was found the Swami Durjaya. The old Baboon Hengeyoki was barely alive, and held on long enough to whisper to Rhokti and bestow his staff on the young Monkey Hengeyoki. Another friendly face, Suajta Prasad and close friend of Shamad was found on the brink of death, but she still lived barely. However in the main chamber of the house the brutal murder and ritual disembowelment of Kalyani's twins was the real shocker. The young children, only around six years old, lay dead in pools of blood, their intestines pulled from their stomachs, and other terrible atrocities committed against him. In the chamber, reaching out to the children also lay Narmada, the old healer woman from Pequot, dead as well.
Azora moved to the dais where the children were, distraught beyond words, as Rhokti heard the Swami's words before he died of the Agjar Lotus poison, 'œ'¦it was Narmada.' Just then Narmada flipped to her feet, her bluff successful, and she slit Azora throat, sending the Baladhara to the ground, nearly dead, paralyzed and bleeding out quickly. Toranoshi countered, along with the others, but Narmad flipped a Bich'wa into Ghaji's chest, covered with Agjar Lotus Poison, and the Shikari dropped nearly dead as well. In the end, Toranoshi used the same trick against the old woman, sending a shuriken coated in poison, into the woman's leg, and sending her to her mistress '€" Saurama.
Shamad and Nakan arrived too late to do anything but help get the wounded back to the Brahmin's Plaza. Another wounded was found, Yamanora Ravi, the only daughter of Lady and Lord Ravi, and along with the rest she was raced back to the Healing House where the High Brahmin himself came to aid the group. This was six days'¦
