The Lich looked up, his eye sockets filled with a vicious red light.
"I did nothing, save what I was ordered to do. I'm a commander, I only followed my orders. Orders that were given to me by Draz'nen, who I do not see in the ranks up there."
The fiends whispered among themselves, attempting to turn this to their own gain. At last, the pit lord spoke again.
"You dare to implicate a baron of hades?"
"Yes, I do. If you'll look in the infernal depository for the plans of that battle, you will find that they are all properly submitted in his name."
The Lich was making this all up, as he slowly marred the runes on the chains that binded him.
"In fact, I think you'll find that Draznen, sitting in the 3rd row, to the far right was involved heavily as well."
The Demon lord looked just a bit afraid, if you were looking for it, and in the hells, everyone is.
"I... I had nothing to do with it! The arrogant little worm is a liar!"
The crowd did not believe him, and only noticed that the Archlich had left when the warding crystals to the left and right of the room that provided the lights disappeared.
The Lich ran down the endless corridors, but found it blocked off by a Bluelezau, which is a massive humanoid with the head of a ram. This did not stop him as he jumped up and shoved his hand into his face, paralyzing it an-
Wait, what?
I'd forgotten all about being able to do that. Stupid! Stupid! I must remember to use that forgotten ability in the future.
This did not stop him as he jumped up and shoved his hand into his face, paralyzing it and he ran down the corridor, until he was out of the range of the courtrooms anti-magic field. Casting planar gate, he escaped to another plane.
Meanwhile, in the present, he awoke from his meditations and walked back inside.