[IC] Chapter 1-11: The Sea of Hate

[Lugar]

"Tell me Mendor, how would one close this gate if one wanted to, and being a creature of such a dismal place, do you know what Chant of Ages is?"

"You wield the power to open a gate from the Negative Energy Plane to the plane of your existence. If you enter the Negative Energy Plane the gate will collapse. Obviously you self-proclaimed yourself to be the commander of undead armies, that's why you have no idea, right? As for the Chant; I'm a librarian and not a minstrel. Go ask that troubadour friend of yours."

How long will the circle he is trapped in last?
"I cannot find any weakness in the circle so I cannot break it. I cannot tell if it will disappear after an amount of time but such circles usually remain until destroyed by an external force, like an earthquake or an outsider whose power is greater than the circle's."

What is the Key of Hate?
"The key to hate is to stop loving. All of us intelligent undead hate all living beings."

What are these magic items and how do they work? (the items from the vault, the bottles found in the locked commode and the adamantine scimitars included)
"I cannot tell their properties without touching them."

"If I enter the circle, the gate will close?  Answer this question." Lugar does not like the prospects of self-sacrifice without reward. His stony dwarven heart just got more stony at hearing that. "An oerthquake hmmm.... Tell me, will damaging the stone the circle rests on  destroy the link to your plane and close it, or will it free you?"