While Ke'Sha soars to the sky, an excitement and all powerful feeling fills him. If he were not an undead, a rush of adrenaline and dopamine would course through his veins. He spreads his tattered wings and feel the enormous power of this new form. His eyesight and all his senses are so greatly sharpened, and the ease to glide and consume vast distances, seeing the village, the camp and the trees from great height, he feels amazing and that this is the best way to serve the lord of the undead.
After the swift flight, Ke'Sha lands, contrary to his huge bulk he makes a graceful land, gently touching the ground. He folds his wings, waves his long neck and his tail, and enjoys this powerful form for few more minutes until his company will arrive.
He waits for Tom to climb down and already prepares his plans for the tasks at hand.
'Busy night... but a glorious one...'
When Allakhain arrives with the trolls, and Drommacus joins with Gur and Binky, Ke'Sha demands their attention and explains the next steps in their work.
"These people are to be ascended and serve our god. The older woman will be turned into a wight. The guard and the younger female will become ju-ju zombies. In the process we will rid them of their unneeded souls. They are yours, Drommacus, as we agreed. For the ju-ju zombies, I'll drain their life power completely, then raise them as ju-jus. The older woman will be turned by a more complex ritual. Drommacus, we have to be coordinates so you get what you desire. Punctuality is of essence. Allakhain, you can help in the rituals if you like, and if you see fit, we can create in the future more minions for you as well.
Don't forget that we don't finish this glorious night with these three, we are merely starting, so save your strength and keep sharp mind." Not expecting any questions, Ke'Sha, somewhat regretfully assumes his own form again, only to immediately change it into a Spectre. Since the body form is much similar to Ke'Sha's own than the draco-lich, he suffers less anguishing spasms, but this time great cold flows through his body and he seems to fade as if part of him rips away and transported to a parallel dimension. He sees the world in shades, very similar to the sensation being in the ethereal plane by Allakhain's magic, and the voices around him are not clear, requires his concentration. On the other hand, he can see threads of pure life force flow through his comrades... Well, some of them... The trolls look like huge dark blobs... But Allakhain is glowing. With every heart beat these threads shake and glitter, and he craves for this light, find it hard to resist touching it... consuming it. The demons life force looks completely different. Glowing red but weaved with black lines, flows slowly but strongly. Yet he craves it too. He feels great hunger... He looks around and now turn his gaze to the ground. Seeing the three humans bound, and they too, like Allakhain have blinding threads of wight light flowing through them. His mind focused again and what a pleasure... Killing two... birds... in a single stone.
"Come Drommacus. It is time." his voice sounds like a whisper passing through great obstacle. Barely heard, eerie, yet can't be avoided. He kneels between the guard and the young woman and moves his hands close to their bodies. Their life force starts to pull toward his hand and his face twists with a mixture of pleasure, envy, and greed. He looks sideway making sure Dromaccus is ready to reap their souls and then he touches them.
Immediately his mind explodes. He sees vision of their lives. Their mundane boring life, yet it is full with joy, joy he would never feel, he would never know as spectre. Through the process he learns their names and knows he will soon have to use it. Their life force current is so fast, as if the negative plane is a black hole sucking it with never ceasing strength. He feels it flow through him only to immediately vanish and waste. And in a moment, it is done. He can see their life force no longer. As the trolls. Dark blobs.
Barely feeling his body, he rises again. Every inch of him chills, and again, his service to his god is the ultimate one. He assumes most powerful undead shapes only to create more undead. His mind is clear, he whispers few words, hugs himself and in moments assumes his own form for the second time within minutes.
Even completely transformed back, Ke'Sha keeps his eyes closed for a moment, contemplating on the sensations he just passed. It's overwhelming. Yet, as he told his friends, if one can call this gang friends, their work has just begun.
With a quick look at Drommacus, verifying he got their souls, Ke'Sha raises both bodies, but knowing the great secrets of necromancy, and since their life force was drained and they touched the negative plane only moment ago, Ke'Sha uses a changed ceremony. It takes longer as he moves around the bodies using incantations and oaths, the air around the bodies shimmers and it seems as if shadows of the people float back a forth above the bodies, each time Ke'Sha grips the shadows, saying more incantations and releases the shadows again. Each time it seems as if the bodies spasm more and more. Dead, yet moving and gaining mobility. Repeating this circling over and over, the ritual almost comes to an end when Ke'Sha binds the anti-life force to the meat using these people names that he came to know while draining their life.
"Juher!" he commands the guard,
"Tagna!" he commands the young woman,
"Rise and serve the lord of the undead! Your lord and mine!"
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(OOC: It takes long, but really fun. I'll post for making the wight later. I hope tomorrow since I think the other guys are ready to move on, and I still plan to summon animal and an undead...
I forgot the Alracity can work for multiple creatures, so yeah, why not on all the three
Although for Tom I thought it is crucial so he won't fall of the draco-lich back.
Ke'Sha casted another assume undead form, and animate dead. I'm not sure anymore about the sources. In one description it says that juju zombies are created when their life is drained by energy drain spell. No mention of animating. But I recall a different source that spoke of drain [not spell], and animate. Another that requires Raise dead (5th lvl) after draining. There is also source that draining CON I think or STR to 0 creates juju... So I hope Spectre drain + animate is OK. I also have spare animate dead if you rule animate per juju is required, which is reasonable. And two Raise dead if that's the rule.
Next thing:
1. turn old woman to wight using 'Create undead minion' muhaha
2. Animal sum III, cast slay living on it (I've two in case it is lucky). Then animate dead monster on it.
3. Summon undead, hope to control it. Undeath to death on it if not and it is too formidable.
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