Quote Originally Posted by hamishspence View Post
Raised creatures don't come back with full hit points - only as many hit points as they have hit dice:

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/raiseDead.htm

so Durkon would only have 14 hit points after being Raised the first time.

Still, Flame Strike at Hilgya's level is going to do a lot of damage. These elementals are likely to be low on HP.
The first one was a resurrection, not a raise dead, in order to work on remains of undead. Resurrection gives you full hit points back.