Draiss considered his response carefully, before shrugging to himself, and deciding on honesty. "I don't know if the Beyonders are returning, but I was part of an adventuring group that tried to stop a Marilith from opening a permanent portal to an unknown location. I died trying to unwork it, which, due to how I was trying to unwork it, meant that the portal was bound to me and went critical when I died. I ascended, as did the seven others in the chamber. All of us received a significant portion of Beyonder power, though currently every one of the other Beyonder tainted ones has been doing their level best to destroy me. I have killed two of the eight that were in that chamber, as well as three others that had ascended through deals with the Beyonders.<br/><br/>One of my companions from that battle is here as well, and I tried, mostly successful, to purge her of the taint, and it cleared up the current one, but she is still getting further contact from them. Still has her power, but since she can't leave here without having them contact her and order her to try and kill me, we are both obviously hesitant to do so."