On Feastday, the 14th of Lormesta, the final battle against Grishom Stone began! The town of Wehnimer's Landing had seen waves of demons, golems and fire elementals attack, each assault from the invaders pushed back every time. After much fighting to defend the town, Mayor Walkar and Councilman Juramis launched an attack on Erythro Island, accompanied by the heroes and defenders of Wehnimer's Landing!

While the attack on Erythro Island was underway, an onslaught of summoned minions still attacked Wehnimer's Landing, but many local citizens and heroes rose up to defend the town while the battle to end Grishom Stone raged far away. Reported by witnesses who participated in the invasion, the man known as Elithain Cross soon joined the attackers on the island and helped lead the way into the depths of Grishom's domain, destroying four of his powerful golem creations before he could activate them.

With the spiritual aid of many present, Elithain drew upon the heroes' energies to imbue it into a magical orb, which once they confronted Grishom in his ritual chamber, the light within the orb was able to be activated to temporarily weaken the summoner. Once Grishom was weakened by the heroes' spiritual assault, Elithain was able to use his scepter to turn Grishom into stone, preventing his ritual and severing the link with him and the island.

In a surprising turn of events, Elithain immobilized the heroes and finished Grishom's ritual, channeling the spirits of hundreds of women into a large chunk of urnon, successfully creating a golem with the dominate spirit of his daughter, Madelyne. With his two goals accomplished, the defeat of Grishom Stone and the claiming of the urnon golem, Elithain teleported away taking his new powerful servant with him.

Having been betrayed by Elithain, the heroes were left with little time to react. With the stone form of Grishom before them, the heroes destroyed the statue then located the heart of Erythro Island. Surviving against disease, blood golems and death maggots, the heroes finally destroyed the heart and quickly escaped as the island began to break apart and decay around them.

Returning to Wehnimer's Landing, the mayor collapsed from exhaustion and had no choice but to turn in for the night. Early this morning, Mayor Walkar reappeared outside of Moot Hall, looking healthier and addressing those present.

"Grishom Stone is dead! I have looked forward to nothing more than being able to utter those words! Our town has suffered for nearly two years from the manipulations and depravity of Grishom and his summoner allies. We have seen golems nearly topple our walls and trolls besiege our gates. We have seen our own people threaten to divide our town, blindly forgetting that this monster sacrificed many of our women and children. But through all of the darkness, we have survived. We have grown. We have become stronger because of it. Our citizens and heroes of this town have risen up to protect it, time and again. We have seen allies from other cities arrive to join our cause, to take up arms in our time of need. We have seen friendships formed in these trying times and they are bonds that no zealot or demon can break. I could not be more proud of our citizens and allies and I can never thank you all enough for your sacrifices. Together, all of us, helping in any way we could, we defeated our enemy once and for all! Most of all we have shown the world that Wehnimer's Landing is a force to be respected and feared."


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