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A Chronicle of Ice, Luck and Honour - updated 19th December
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<blockquote data-quote="Spider_Jerusalem" data-source="post: 2268849" data-attributes="member: 5507"><p><strong><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Get that door open Milo! Now!"</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Milo reacted before Thalin and flipped backwards. In mid-air, Milo drew his crossbow and screamed for Torious to get up.</p><p></p><p>The Aasimar lay sliced in a heap beneath the bulk of the spider. A mesh of blood and bones protruded from his chainmail. His face was blank, but his scars were not yet extinguished.</p><p></p><p>With a thunderous scream of arcane words, Thalin drew on terrible sources of dark power. For a flicker of a moment, he saw the chamber fill with the souls of dead dwarves. An audience of pitted eyes stared at him, then enveloped the spider in a rush of ghostly limbs.</p><p></p><p>The sword spider moved backwards suddenly, cowering away and swiping at the air in a frenzy.</p><p></p><p>Thalin pushed forwards in a moment of bravado, stepping between the spider and his fallen companion. Milo fired a crossbow bolt into the spider's side. The halfling then threw his rucksack to the ground and fumbled for the remaining two bottles that his mother had entrusted to him.</p><p></p><p>As Thalin held back the spider with sweeps of <em>Shard</em>, Milo tipped one bottle into Torious’ open mouth. Then in desperation, splashed the contents of the second bottle into the gaping wound in his chest. With a squeal of delight from Milo, the potion had immediate effect and the bones that had been snapped and shattered began to realign themselves and the muscles bulged back into place. </p><p></p><p>Transfixed by this, Milo only heard Thalin after the mage had screamed twice already, “MILO! Take Torious through the side door!” shouted Thalin, still holding the spell as best he could. With a mighty grunt, Milo heaved Torious onto his back and began dragging him to the side door. </p><p></p><p>Thalin cursed as the spider sprinted across the web, causing the spell to lose some potency as Thalin had to turn to keep the spider in his field of view. With a sickening feeling, Thalin watched in defeat as the spider emerged fully from the web and dropped silently into the corridor that they had originally come in from. The spider stopped at a safe distance, its glistening eyes monitoring the mage with an alien intelligence.</p><p></p><p>“Get that door open Milo! Now!” shouted Thalin, risking a look over his shoulder at his halfling companion. Milo threw his weight into the circular door handle again, inching it closer to opening.</p><p>“I’m trying… its too heavy!” answered Milo in desperation.</p><p>With a final surge of magic, Thalin forced the spider back another few feet before dropping the spell completely, and not looking back, sprinted across the huge chamber towards Milo and Torious.</p><p></p><p>As the oppression around it suddenly died, the sword spider crept from the tunnel and seeing the man running, launched itself towards the fleeing adventurers. Landing with the skin-shredding screech of its legs, the spider scuttled forwards to recover its lost meal.</p><p></p><p>With a clatter of metal, Thalin hurled <em>Shard</em> to the floor and not stopping to slow, clasped the handle with both hands and using the momentum from running, spun the handle round in a whir of metal. With a combined thrust, Thalin and Milo spilt through the door and onto damp, moss-covered floor. With a scream, Milo looked back and saw the spider about to pounce. Thalin acted quickly and dragged Torious through the door as Milo began to inch the door closed again.</p><p></p><p>Thalin rolled backwards and unhitched his crossbow as the sword spider leapt, and with a smooth action released a bolt into the spider’s cluster of onyx eyes. The spider sprawled short, but suddenly jumped again as Milo forced the door closed. The thump of the spider hitting the door shocked Milo back, but he crouched up and spun the handle closed, locking the sword spider out. With a gasp of utter relief, Milo collapsed onto Torious, who promptly sat up and stared dumbly around him.</p><p></p><p>Opening his mouth to say something, Torious shut his mouth again as he realised no words could detail what he had just seen.</p><p></p><p>Breathing heavily, Thalin sat back against the lichen-coated wall and rolled his head to the side, looking down the wide corridor they now sat in. </p><p></p><p>Five small blue-skinned humanoids gaped in fear at the three invaders, and dropping their bag of fish in front of them, gargled in panic and raced back down the corridor to raise the intruder alarm…</p><p></p><p></p><p>To be continued in…</p><p></p><p><strong>Ice, Luck and Honour</strong></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"><strong>Chapter 5: The Early Wyrm Catches the Birds</strong></span></p><p></p><p>As the heroes flee from the lair of aquatic goblins and fiendish birdmen, they must confront the mightiest of dangers. But the situation goes from bad to worse as Lyle tracks the heroes down, cutting off their escape.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spider_Jerusalem, post: 2268849, member: 5507"] [B][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Get that door open Milo! Now!"[/COLOR][/B] Milo reacted before Thalin and flipped backwards. In mid-air, Milo drew his crossbow and screamed for Torious to get up. The Aasimar lay sliced in a heap beneath the bulk of the spider. A mesh of blood and bones protruded from his chainmail. His face was blank, but his scars were not yet extinguished. With a thunderous scream of arcane words, Thalin drew on terrible sources of dark power. For a flicker of a moment, he saw the chamber fill with the souls of dead dwarves. An audience of pitted eyes stared at him, then enveloped the spider in a rush of ghostly limbs. The sword spider moved backwards suddenly, cowering away and swiping at the air in a frenzy. Thalin pushed forwards in a moment of bravado, stepping between the spider and his fallen companion. Milo fired a crossbow bolt into the spider's side. The halfling then threw his rucksack to the ground and fumbled for the remaining two bottles that his mother had entrusted to him. As Thalin held back the spider with sweeps of [I]Shard[/I], Milo tipped one bottle into Torious’ open mouth. Then in desperation, splashed the contents of the second bottle into the gaping wound in his chest. With a squeal of delight from Milo, the potion had immediate effect and the bones that had been snapped and shattered began to realign themselves and the muscles bulged back into place. Transfixed by this, Milo only heard Thalin after the mage had screamed twice already, “MILO! Take Torious through the side door!” shouted Thalin, still holding the spell as best he could. With a mighty grunt, Milo heaved Torious onto his back and began dragging him to the side door. Thalin cursed as the spider sprinted across the web, causing the spell to lose some potency as Thalin had to turn to keep the spider in his field of view. With a sickening feeling, Thalin watched in defeat as the spider emerged fully from the web and dropped silently into the corridor that they had originally come in from. The spider stopped at a safe distance, its glistening eyes monitoring the mage with an alien intelligence. “Get that door open Milo! Now!” shouted Thalin, risking a look over his shoulder at his halfling companion. Milo threw his weight into the circular door handle again, inching it closer to opening. “I’m trying… its too heavy!” answered Milo in desperation. With a final surge of magic, Thalin forced the spider back another few feet before dropping the spell completely, and not looking back, sprinted across the huge chamber towards Milo and Torious. As the oppression around it suddenly died, the sword spider crept from the tunnel and seeing the man running, launched itself towards the fleeing adventurers. Landing with the skin-shredding screech of its legs, the spider scuttled forwards to recover its lost meal. With a clatter of metal, Thalin hurled [I]Shard[/I] to the floor and not stopping to slow, clasped the handle with both hands and using the momentum from running, spun the handle round in a whir of metal. With a combined thrust, Thalin and Milo spilt through the door and onto damp, moss-covered floor. With a scream, Milo looked back and saw the spider about to pounce. Thalin acted quickly and dragged Torious through the door as Milo began to inch the door closed again. Thalin rolled backwards and unhitched his crossbow as the sword spider leapt, and with a smooth action released a bolt into the spider’s cluster of onyx eyes. The spider sprawled short, but suddenly jumped again as Milo forced the door closed. The thump of the spider hitting the door shocked Milo back, but he crouched up and spun the handle closed, locking the sword spider out. With a gasp of utter relief, Milo collapsed onto Torious, who promptly sat up and stared dumbly around him. Opening his mouth to say something, Torious shut his mouth again as he realised no words could detail what he had just seen. Breathing heavily, Thalin sat back against the lichen-coated wall and rolled his head to the side, looking down the wide corridor they now sat in. Five small blue-skinned humanoids gaped in fear at the three invaders, and dropping their bag of fish in front of them, gargled in panic and raced back down the corridor to raise the intruder alarm… To be continued in… [B]Ice, Luck and Honour[/B] [COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]Chapter 5: The Early Wyrm Catches the Birds[/B][/COLOR] As the heroes flee from the lair of aquatic goblins and fiendish birdmen, they must confront the mightiest of dangers. But the situation goes from bad to worse as Lyle tracks the heroes down, cutting off their escape. [/QUOTE]
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