The battle against the Wraith Lord Korgath and his minotaur guards raged on. [[Cub]] summoned bolts of lightning from above, striking the necromancer, while his companion Tiko licked [[Bordak]]'s wounds, bringing him back from the brink of death. [[Grom]] attempted to command the remaining minotaur to approach him, but the creature resisted the mental intrusion. Seeing an opening, [[Grumthar]] flew into a rage, his axes and swords a blur of motion as he carved through the minotaur before teleporting atop a central spire, where he discovered a mysterious, swirling black orb. Korgath, angered by the resistance, teleported next to Silen and slashed her with his necrotic blade. [[Bordak]], reinvigorated by [[Cub]]'s healing, charged forward and, with a flurry of blows, shattered the last minotaur guard. He then turned his fury upon Korgath himself, landing a series of devastating strikes. The Wraith Lord, enraged, was about to deliver a final, killing blow to [[Bordak]] when [[Grom]] shouted a challenge, drawing the undead creature's attention. Korgath turned on [[Grom]], who managed to deflect several attacks with illusory duplicates of himself before being struck down. [[Tarnik]], seeing his companion fall, channeled divine energy into his polearm, striking Korgath with holy light. Korgath, relentless, struck the fallen [[Grom]] again, pushing him closer to death. He then turned his attention to Silen, cutting her down and delivering several more blows, ensuring her demise. The party's bear companion also fell to the Wraith Lord's power. [[Grumthar]], seeing the orb was magically fixed in place, abandoned it and charged Korgath. With a final, desperate surge of power, [[Grumthar]]'s weapons struck true, and the Wraith Lord exploded in a shower of purple energy that was absorbed into the black stone. In the aftermath, Sayla's spirit appeared, confirming the stone was now free. Faced with a terrible choice, [[Cub]] used his magic to bring [[Grom]] back from the dead, but Silen and the bear were lost forever. [[Grom]] awoke to the horrifying vision of Silen being dragged into the fiery hells. Overcome with grief, he clutched her lifeless body, screaming in anguish. The party, heavy with loss, took the now-freed stone to the ruined Temple of Gonash. Placing the stone on an altar, they worked together to channel divine energy, which blasted through the temple and shattered the oppressive mist that had choked the city for so long. With the curse lifted, lost memories flooded back into the minds of the heroes. Sayla's spirit appeared one last time to thank them and bid [[Grumthar]] a personal farewell before fading away. The party made camp by a lake, where they buried Silen. That night, their dreams were filled with visions: [[Tarnik]] was rewarded by the goddess Lasaria, while [[Grom]] was visited by Arya, the [[Aria, Goddess of Birth and Death|goddess of death]], who gave him a crystallized tear—a key to a potential, perilous quest to rescue Silen's soul from the hells.