The Island

Baruman screams, in excitement, fear, or anticipation in unclear as Elph hops to extricate his great from the rotting boots. Eddisham throws the orb just after the circle collapses while Shmautz moves to protect him and is suddenly joined by a large cat that hotels fiercely at the witch. The witch shrieks when the orb shatters at her feet enveloping her in a pulsating light that blind your all for several frightening seconds.
As the shriek finally fades and you regain your eyesight. Blinking you peer around and find at the witch has reverted to Artenia once more, though looking exhausted and weak. Reaching out her hand she calls out and a brief flare of fire arrears at Baruman's neck frightening the young adventurer. The flames disappear and a small creature jumps to the ground before the spirit. Laying her hand on its head she sighs and begins to fade. Thank you for your help.
I have shown all I learned to the Foxfire Familiar. He will help guide you. I am sorry but I must rest now
Her voice fades till you can barely hear the last words. A glow descends from the ceiling and pulls the spirit away Goodbye

The little fox give s short sharp bark/yip and sends a mental acknowledment of its name to Baruman and relays to him what it learned from the spirit.

As you discuss your options Baruman and Elph inform the others that they were part of a larger force. The others were battling the undead outside. With the necromancr slain you are uncertain of how this will afect the battle.

After recovering for a moment from your recent ordeal you all head back down stairs then continue to the basement crypts. You find the room were the Ogre Wight fought Eddisham and Shmautz with 3 doors leading deeper underground. You cautiously explore each but encounter no more animated dead. Just the still kind. Each hallway lead to another chamber that likewise had 3 additional doorways leading even deeper into the crypts. On the floor of each is an elaborate ritual circle. Eddisham feels magical and deathly emanations and Shautz sees dark energies pulsing into and out of the circles as if they are living hearts.

After a short discussion you decide to try and disable the circles without removing all traces at this point so that you can show them to the priest who should be nearby with the others having last been seen fighting the undead. Between the two of them they find key points of the ritual that should disrupt their functions
and make note of the symbols before Eddisham uses magical liquid light to wash away the key glyphs and symbols.

As they are doing this Baruman pokes around the crypts but a cautioning word form Elph, who kept an eye on the inquisitive youth, about the all to real spirit they met perhaps not appreaciate her relatives bodies form being looted. Baruman does not give up and scours the pathways you travel and comes up with several small baubles, only about a third of which seem to have markings or emblems denoting them personal items. Collecting the unmarked goods he comes up with a small but not unimpressive pile of gleaming metal and gems.

Completing the disabling of the 3 ritual sites you head back up to the 2nd floor and stepping out onto the balcony look out to see the cemetery empty but there is a large contingent on the shore that looks to be treating their wounded. The boatman that brought Elph and Baruman here has joined them. Looking around you see none of the undead that were being fought when they arrived.