The world seemed to change in an instant, one moment, DQueene and Shana were laughing and then there was cold darkness surrounding the travelers. DQueene and Shana immediately slowed their horses to a walk. Shana pulling her sword out and searched the darkness with fear sharpened eyes. DQueene began chanting a rudimentary spell to dispel darkness.
Suddenly, ear splitting screams and moans shook the magical darkness, and a bony hand reached up to grab Shana’s ankle and gave a fierce tug. Shana shrieked and immediately swung her sword downward in an attempt to sever the bony limb from its owner.
DQueene’s spell took effect just at that moment, although when she saw what surrounded them she almost wished she could take it back. Shambling decaying bodies were approaching them out of the darkness. The moans of tortured souls crying out for peace echoed from out of the distant gloom. She quickly counted, there were at least 8 Undead warriors, dripping poison from their hands, directly in front of them blocking their road to freedom. Closer to them, within the circle of light, were Skeletal warriors with ancient weapons – some rusty and useless and others shining with a magical light.
