Shandra

Shandra is an NPC and a boss in the Razor's Edge campaign.

Encounter
Upon entering the throne room of the Merfolk Crypt, the party discovered a clearly unhinged woman talking to a skull. She spoke of collecting skulls in the name of Lldyr, the Azure Dragon and is very openly infatuated with him.

She was tasked with the collection of skulls, and was likely cursed much like Lldesh and unable to leave the crypt. Supposedly, if she collected enough skulls, she would have been permitted to leave, but it is likely that this was a lie she was lead to believe... or merely insane ramblings of a madwoman.

Summary of Battle
The group was very thoroughly unprepared for this encounter, and Samson and Ayla spent a good portion of it running about the room trying to keep on top of Shandra. Ultimately, Arremer was pushed to the limit merely attempting to keep the party standing in the face of the immense onslaught they were faced with, and ultimately could not undo the damage the Eladrin Bladesinger dealt. Shandra dealt the first blow, hurling a black fireball at Samson and Ayla. Ayla was mostly unharmed, but Samson felt it (but hey he's a badass he'll live). At Delina's suggestion, Ayla and Samson held their charge until Delina could weaken Shandra- but she misjudged Shandra's plan, and on Ayla's charge rather than mounting a counterattack Shandra merely teleported away. Samson fared somewhat better, but things were already not going according to plan. It was quickly apparent that any kind of plan wasn't going to work, as they discovered her teleportation was not a one-off trick but instead her primary means of traversing the battlefield. She danced from Caelith to Arremer to Delina, striking a moderate blow on Arremer and a devastating one on Delina. Delina, left barely standing, only egged her on more, before raining fire down upon her. This seemed like a sound strategy, as Ayla and Samson finally got their chance to knock Shandra around, but ultimately she teleported from a prone position and proceeded to make life hell for Arremer as she stripped the life from everyone but Delina with powerful necrotic energy (lucky, as Delina would not have remained standing). Despite his valiant effort, Arremer was unable to keep everyone standing, and after a particularly brutal blow Ayla was left broken and bloody at Delina's feet. Forgoing any attempt to attack, Delina pulled Ayla back from the edge of death, informing her that she was counting on her to keep this battle going. With that encouragement, Ayla charged back into the fight. Before long Ayla and Samson had forced Shandra to finally retreat, leaving an army of skeletons in her wake. Delina wasn't having it. With her psionic powers she yanked Shandra back across the room into a snug position between Ayla and Samson, and it wasn't long before Arremer gave the word for Samson to end things for good. Arremer, Delina, and Ayla were all greatly wounded during the battle.

Party composition at time of defeat: Samson, Ayla, Arremer, Delina, Caelith