The Temple of the Cleansing Blade

The morning after the battle with the quth-marens, Horde Commander Koll presented Grim, Zumm, Verschoyle and Hurgadar with military decorations in the form of carved humanoid jawbones inscribed with the word 'courage' in several languages. These grant a +2 circumstance bonus to Diplomacy if you wear them openly while dealing with current or former members of the Droaam army and anyone else friendly to the Droaam army who knows enough about history to recognize them. Horde Commander Koll also gave you a special mission: to infiltrate the Temple of the Cleansing Blade and assassinate the high priest before he could unleash more undead on the besieging army.

You entered the temple via the sewers, where you were attacked by a hideous water-based undead that had escaped from the pages of Dragon magazine. It nearly drowned Hurgadar but you got it in the end. Paik charmed one of the guards sent to intercept you, and he directed you to the temple proper where the priest was. On the way you were attacked by a evil incorporeal spirit who permanently drained Paik's Constitution down to 4. Hee hee hee.

Thanks to your charmed ally, you managed to take the enemy cleric unawares and Verschoyle affected him with a confusion spell. He was coherent enough to unleash dark energy on you, almost killing Zurga. After much confused running around and switching targets, the guards lay dead and Zumm ripped off the evil priest's face.