You’ve come to the realization that the assassin is correct. You foresee a long struggle plagued by headache after headache if you continue to deal with these demons. It’s been nothing, but back stabbing and double dealing since you’ve dealt with them. Given your recent “alliance” with Sinthinia, you can only expect more of the same from her. Is that what you really want to deal with? Not to mention if Velzix DOES open the portal to his infernal realm he’ll be even more powerful and no matter what you do, you can’t stand against hell alone and the demons would NEVER follow the likes of you.

Joining the vampire clans might not be ideal, but then again nothing you’ve done so far has.

“Alright, I’ll join.”
“Excellent. Though I certainly hope you’re being sincere. It would be such a shame if you lying…”
“No I mean it. My days of walking with demons are going to be at an end soon. One way or another.”

Coming to an agreement, you prepare yourself for this assassination attempt. You also plan to have all your undead troops strike at just the right time to cause even more chaos since you won’t be sticking around after Velzix’s death. At least you hope you won’t.

A few days pass and Sesisek tells you that he has everything ready. He mentions he’ll be taking care of Sinthinia personally along with her whole secret service. You’ll meet the vampire assassins in a dead forest near Fury.

You send Sinthinia a message that you’ll be arriving at Fury to report what Sesisek is planning. She’ll be expecting you, but what will actually happen, will be completely different.

You make your trek to Fury, without incident with your hidden friends in tow. You take a deep breath before entering the gates where upon you half expect the demon guards to stop you, but nothing happens. You’ve succeeded. Your next move is to get as quickly as possible to Velzix’s inner chambers.

You don’t get far when an alarm is raised…

“Assassins! Kill them! Sinthinia’s orders!” one of the demon guards says. Suddenly you’re surrounded on all sides

Shit, apparently Sinthinia was somewhat wise to your last act of treachery.

You mentally call out to your undead minions to attack anything living.

“Come on! Secrecy is over! We gotta haul ass to Velzix!” you exclaim.

While chaos is reigning in the fortress, you and the vampires easily dispatch those that would attempt to stop you. When you get to Velzix’s inner chambers where he’s attempting to open up a portal to get reinforcements.

“Treachery. I expected this from Sesisek, but I am very disappointed in you. I had such plans…oh well perhaps I will yet get pleasure when I break your bones and have you flayed over the course of a very long and painful torture period. And I assure you, you’ll be very much alive to experience it.”

Velzix’s portal opens and a swarm of demons come pouring out. The vampire assassins waste no time and begin their work with deadly efficiency. Your abominations have less finesse, but they get the job done.

Velzix unleashes horrible infernal magic that causes a couple of the assassins to liquefy. You’re just trying to stay out of the way of most of the fighting and attempting to keep a control over your troops, but you soon realize you’re going to have to play a direct role in his death and unleash your own negative energy bolts at Velzix.

The battle is brutal, and dead bodies soon litter the chamber. You’re beginning to feel the effects of the energy you’ve expended in this fight. Thankfully Sesisek arrives with some of his mortal lackeys, giving you a breather. He looks like he’s seen a hard battle already, but still has a lot of fight left due to the revenge that fuels his rage.

“Velzix! Your bitch is dead! Now you shall join her!” he shouts and unleashes a flurry of blades upon his former master.

In the mean time the femal vampire assassin that first approached you comes to help you up.

“Come on let’s get out of here.”
“We haven’t killed Velzix yet.”
“Yes we have, look.”

You look over at the battle between the two demons and its clear Sesisek has the upper hand, literally. He’s chopped off one of the Velzix’s limbs at the forearm. You take the assassin’s advice and leave with her.

After a little more fighting to get out of the Fortress, eventually you find refuge in the dead forest again. Chaos has overtaken Velzix’s realm. You doubt if his demonic empire will be able to recover from this, even if he manages to survive.

You’re so tired that you don’t have time to react when you’re suddenly bitten on the neck and drained of your blood.

You feel your life force ebb and then disappear completely…

You die and for a moment you can feel yourself being pulled towards the infernal realm and the hideous tortures that await you there, however you are sudden brought back to the living, so to speak within just a few minutes. You don’t feel the taint of hell within you anymore, but you also feel less powerful in terms of necromantic energy. You can sense that whatever undead troops you raised or controlled have now crumbled or collapsed.

“Good, you’re up. Welcome to your new life. Your blood tasted terrible. Ugh. All tainted and shit. Spat most of it out.”
“Wow, I’m really one of you now.” You say ignoring her comment and still in awe of your new form.

“That’s right. But I think you’ll find that you won’t have some of your powers anymore. While this transition does have benefits, it has it’s downsides as well. But I’m sure Lord Rostov will still find you a welcome addition to the clans. I think he’s actually been interested in meeting and talking with you. Been awhile since we had someone new join us. We should go now, the sun will be up soon.”

The vampire assassin pulls out a black cube like device and presses a few button and you’re whisked away to the Vampire Clan secret fortress. It is there that you begin you new life.

In the years to come, the chaos caused by Velzix’s demonic empire settles down somewhat. Velzix did indeed die that day in battle with Sesisek, but he did not live long after getting his revenge. He was soon cut down by other demons who saw a grand opportunity to kill the hated traitor. The Grand Alliance once again gained the upper hand as the demonic infighting begins to take its toll. Tivadol the Destroyer who was the last remaining demon with any meaningful leadership skills was eventually struck down in battle by your sister who became a hero. Your parents also survive the chaos. This pleases you, well about your Mom and sister anyway.

As for you, once again you find yourself under orders, this time by Lord Rostov, but you don’t mind them. You find this life of ruling the mortal world through the shadows to be more appealing and less hassle. While it is true you no longer possess the powers you once had, and may never get them back, you’ve come to be satisfied with less and not living a life in constant pain anymore.

Your existence continues and the future is unknown as the world’s status quo is starting to return, but your life as a necromancer is over.