Editing Challengers of the Unspeakable (section)

===The Tomb of Horrors===
[[Image:Acererak.png|thumb|200px|left|The demilich Acererak.]]
When the Challengers arrived in Silverstone, they learned that the Brightstone Heroes had already sent word ahead about the Far Realm, realizing that their mission had merely been a ploy to sideline them for a time. They busied themselves with researching the Far Realm until they were contacted by the sorceress [[Theriana]]. She explained that though they may be on different sides, she had a vested interest in the world not ending and thus wished to help close the portal. As it had been opened with the scythe of Nerull, closing it would require powerful artifacts of both Nerull and the Far Realm. Theriana had two in mind in particular.

The first was the skull of the demilich [[Acererak]], who had built a deadly tomb to lure adventurers and treasure hunters to their deaths to gather souls for Nerull. The second was an extradimensional Estorian prison known as the [[Pyramid of Shadows]] that used the energies of the Far Realm to teleport throughout the world. Theriana proposed that she would obtain one, while the Challengers obtained the other, after which she would use them together to close the portal. The Challengers agreed and decided to go after Acererak's skull, and though she warned them not to tell [[Myra Brigg]] of her plan they did so anyway. Myra believed that she wanted to avert the world's doom, but warned them not to trust her even so.

The challengers delved into the Tomb of Horrors, overcoming many deadly traps and powerful monsters. They eventually reached Acererak's crypt, finding the demilich to be nothing more than a floating skull with gemstone eyes and teeth. They battled the demlich, even as he teleported them throughout the tomb, until at last Kalth landed a mighty blow that shattered the skull into dust, the gemstones clattering to the floor. After picking them up to take back to Theriana, they plundered the treasures within Acererak's crypt. Among them was a crystalline axe named [[Farbane]] that Harthur claimed. They then departed the Tomb of Horrors and began traveling back to Silverstone.

[[Image:Shoth-Gorag.jpg|thumb|right|Shoth-Gorag emerges from the Far Realm.]]
As they headed up the mountain pass they were stopped by Tephra, who wanted Acererak's soul gems. When they refused, she attacked them briefly before summoning the aberrant monstrosity [[Shoth-Gorag]] to kill them. After Ro slew the beast, it melted, leaving only a large black stone - its heart. They took it back to Myra. Reasoning that Shoth-Gorag's heart was itself a powerful object infused with the powers of the Far Realm, they decided not to meet with Theriana at all. They gave the heart and the gems to Myra, who began researching a way to use them to close the portal.