Unscratched-itch (Mission Note)

The guild has received a mission from Professor Winry Landor from the Shayra Geological Association (SGA) to escort a valuable artifact that they have dug up from an archaeological dig site back to Crystalbrook where SGA is located. They believe it might have something to do with the lich that we have had a run-in with during a previous mission.

The party met with Professor Winry at the Springshoot inn in Crystalbrook. Their excavation team is investigating an ancient ruin that they believe was home to an ancient death cult that worshiped a lich. They made their way to Pavel's Cross where they were supposed to rendezvous with Krymlyn and the rest of the researchers only to find a gruesome scene. All the people inside Pavel's Cross were killed and eaten by undead monsters. After dealing with the undead, Winry led the party to the dig site an hour away from Pavel's Cross.

Upon arriving at the dig site, the party entered the ancient temple and solved a cryptic puzzle involving putting different bowls and ingredients that opened a secret passage going to a lower chamber where they discovered Krymlyn, the team's leader, huddled in the darkness carrying what seems to be a femur bone. When the party tried to take the bone away from him, he started attacking the party along with a few more undead monsters by his side. After some close calls, the party emerges victorious as they were able to destroy the ancient artifact which they confirmed to be another phylactery. The lich is livid.

Winry, visibly distraught by the news that her team has been slaughtered and turned into undead monsters, vows to help the guild to put a stop to this ancient evil and has put a high alert to the other geological associations to be very careful in dealing with potential artifacts that are suspected to be a lich's phylactery. By destroying the phylactery, the guild has slowed down the return of the still unidentified lich.