It was the best of time travel; it was the worst of time travel.

Goings-on
Arriving in Constantium to meet an exceedingly angry Lucius Stronginthearm, the party has to diplomatically sort their way through reconciling their undead appearances with their virtuous intent. Padrig, having an excellent grasp on Roman history, particularly that of Dwarven culture, proclaims the party the reincarnations of the five Goodly Ghouls, which sates the anger of the villagers. They are allowed to stay the night in the inn, and Padrig suggests yet again the construction of dwarf holes. Thanks to the intricacies of time travel, however, the party has no net gain of money from building the holes in the past, as the money they make in the present vanished as soon as work on the dwarf holes began.

Lucius offers the party the use of the town teleportation circle, and they reappear on the Italian mainland, where they encounter Darrak again, leading a group of dwarven warriors and monks. However, being yet again stripped of their enchantments due to teleportation, they are attacked on sight, and forced to massacre the dwarves while Darrak takes off on a drake, headed in the direction of Caesar's summer palace. The party agrees to follow him, as they all feel it is more important to see the Caesar than to actually be in Rome proper. Before they can do so, they are greeted again by the cowboy, who offers to teleport them directly to the palace. They accept, and find themselves suspended in the aether, slowly suffocating.

Continued...