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<blockquote data-quote="Droid101" data-source="post: 2135075" data-attributes="member: 942"><p>Bink, Viknen, Bloodthorne, Ogrim, Eltharion and Grog make their way north. They needed to catch up to the dwarves if they wanted to help them re-take their underground strongholds from the dark elves.</p><p></p><p>“We knew it wasn’t you, Grog. We knew you couldn’t have done it…” Eltharion says, trying to comfort their obviously troubled friend.</p><p></p><p>“I’m fine now… don’t worry. We got him, and I’m fine,” Grog says, with his high-pitched goblin voice.</p><p></p><p>“Anyone else figure out how Blaze talked to us?” Bink asks.</p><p></p><p>“Anyone else feel strange?” Eltharion asks, suddenly overcome with an odd, gut-wrenching feeling.</p><p></p><p>“Actually, yes…” Bink replies, getting a similar feeling. They stop to look around.</p><p></p><p>“Wait! Look, we can fight now, and maybe we’d win, maybe you’d win, but for sure, both sides would be severely weakened and probably unable to escape the battle up above,” Dendybar reasons calmly. A flicker and two forms can be seen floating above everyone. One is the dark elf with spiked out hair that they’ve faced so many times before. The other is a dark cloaked creature with tentacles writhing from beneath its hood. Ely Cromlich, with his golden arm and leg, stands next to Dendybar.</p><p></p><p>“What the hell?” Eltharion draws his weapons instantly.</p><p></p><p>“Somethin’ seems familiar…” Ogrim thinks a moment.</p><p></p><p>“Familiar? Are you crazy? Look, if we work together we can get out of here, okay?” Dendybar reiterates. The rolling grassy hills around them fade and turn into the inside of a deep Oubliette. And then changes back again. Dendybar and the others vanish. The Heroes are alone again.</p><p></p><p>“What’s going on?” Eltharion asks, still on edge. The queasy feeling comes back.</p><p></p><p>The kukri-wielding skaven smiles a toothy smile to Bloodthorne as he throws an eight-hit combination at him. Bloodthorne can’t dodge enough of the lightning-fast blade attacks, and collapses into a flesh-torn mass.</p><p></p><p>Ogrim shield-bashes the skaven, who flies backward from the powerful hit. It flips to its feet and snarls evilly, and then vanishes. Bloodthorne remains on the ground.</p><p></p><p>“Okay, this is not good, we need to hide somewhere!” Eltharion exclaims.</p><p></p><p>“It won’t do any good, the terrain is changing…” Bink says, as once again the grassy fields fade away and a darkened cave forms around them. The Great Horned Rat, the fallen skaven God swings his glaive menacingly before dissipating.</p><p></p><p>“Hold on…” Ogrim says, still thinking.</p><p></p><p>Ogrim grits his teeth and slams into the first creature with a hard-pressed axe combination, splintering chitin with each blow. Grog takes the opportunity to finish that one; distracted by the dwarf’s axe, Grog spins his katana over his head, his eyes filling with blood and his muscles expanding, he chops down, cracking through exoskeleton and brain matter. The insect collapses. Bink shoots off a set of <em>magic missiles</em> at the insect fighting Eltharion. It is weakened considerably from the bolt and missiles, but stays standing.</p><p></p><p>It takes one final punch to send Eltharion to the ground; a hit to the head spills blood over his face, and he collapses in a heap. It takes a few quick steps to engage Bink. </p><p></p><p>“Where are these things coming from!?” Bink unleashes another blast of arcane energies that fries and destroys the umber hulk completely. Eltharion still lays unconscious.</p><p></p><p>“All this stuff happened in the past…” Ogrim says hesitantly.</p><p></p><p>“Wait a minute… we just fought the self proclaimed ‘Master of Time.’ Do you think…?” Bink doesn’t want to even think about it.</p><p></p><p>“Dis be some bad magics, mon,” the old gnoll, Viknen, mumbles.</p><p></p><p> Bink quickly casts a <em>sending</em> spell to Adlai.</p><p></p><p><em>Adlai, things from the past attacking us, any ideas?</em></p><p></p><p>And after a moment, a response.</p><p></p><p><em>Prophecy speaks of time-flux. This will continue to happen until you “make ultimate sacrifice.” Need to head to time cavern.</em></p><p></p><p>Bink wasn’t with the rest of the group when they were transported back in time, previously.</p><p></p><p>“Is there any way to teleport us there?” Ogrim asks, knowing the answer is probably no.</p><p></p><p>“I’ve never been there…” Bink says.</p><p></p><p>“Me neither, now den,” Viknen replies.</p><p></p><p>“I have…” The Necromancer materializes next to the group.</p><p></p><p>“Necro!” Ogrim shouts. “Good timing, friend.”</p><p></p><p>“Let’s get to that cave, and take care of business…” The Necromancer <em>teleports</em> himself, Viknen, Ogrim, Bink and Grog to the time cavern.</p><p></p><p>The outside of the cavern is a shifting mass of temporal flux energy. The statues of The Necromancer, Damaré, Ogrim and Eltharion out front have been demolished. Ogrim and The Necromancer get that queasy feeling.</p><p></p><p>“Someone destroyed the statues of us! They never made it to the future, and therefore we never teleported back to this time!” The Necromancer reasons.</p><p></p><p>“We have to do something, and fast!” Bink says, looking around and thinking. “Adlai said something about the ultimate sacrifice.”</p><p></p><p>Grog didn’t hesitate. He took up his intelligent katana, concentrating.</p><p></p><p><em>Brave one, you know what to do. </em> His blade speaks to him. He sprints forward and jumps into the swirling temporal energy.</p><p></p><p>“Grog, no!” Bink yells. Their vision goes white. They can see nothing. They can feel nothing.</p><p></p><p>They are in a building.</p><p></p><p>The Necromancer, Viknen, Bink and Ogrim are laying on the ground.</p><p></p><p>“Are, are you all right?” a man asks. He shakes Ogrim.</p><p></p><p>“Wha, what’re ye about?” Ogrim stands, as does everyone else.</p><p></p><p>“Are you all right, sir? I sent a summons for you a while ago,” the man says. Ogrim recognizes him.</p><p></p><p>“Mannquelin?” Ogrim states.</p><p></p><p> “Right, anyway. I have summoned you here to ask you a favor. As you know, White has been sick for over a week now. None of the pharmacists who have looked at him know what it is. I had a shaman come from the Isle of the Barbarians off the east coast, and he gave me the recipe for the cure. Moonleaf and Thrulk tusk are the ones we don’t have. Ulgrim, Trisha and Krin are going to find the Thrulk in the northern swamplands. However, they need you to retrieve the Moonleaf from the great Tormyr Forest, the only place it is known to grow. We need it in 3 weeks… we’re counting on you.” Mannquelin seems out of breath, but his stature holds firm. </p><p></p><p>Bink and The Necromancer are confused by the statement. Viknen tilts his head.</p><p></p><p>Ogrim’s eyes go wide in terror.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Droid101, post: 2135075, member: 942"] Bink, Viknen, Bloodthorne, Ogrim, Eltharion and Grog make their way north. They needed to catch up to the dwarves if they wanted to help them re-take their underground strongholds from the dark elves. “We knew it wasn’t you, Grog. We knew you couldn’t have done it…” Eltharion says, trying to comfort their obviously troubled friend. “I’m fine now… don’t worry. We got him, and I’m fine,” Grog says, with his high-pitched goblin voice. “Anyone else figure out how Blaze talked to us?” Bink asks. “Anyone else feel strange?” Eltharion asks, suddenly overcome with an odd, gut-wrenching feeling. “Actually, yes…” Bink replies, getting a similar feeling. They stop to look around. “Wait! Look, we can fight now, and maybe we’d win, maybe you’d win, but for sure, both sides would be severely weakened and probably unable to escape the battle up above,” Dendybar reasons calmly. A flicker and two forms can be seen floating above everyone. One is the dark elf with spiked out hair that they’ve faced so many times before. The other is a dark cloaked creature with tentacles writhing from beneath its hood. Ely Cromlich, with his golden arm and leg, stands next to Dendybar. “What the hell?” Eltharion draws his weapons instantly. “Somethin’ seems familiar…” Ogrim thinks a moment. “Familiar? Are you crazy? Look, if we work together we can get out of here, okay?” Dendybar reiterates. The rolling grassy hills around them fade and turn into the inside of a deep Oubliette. And then changes back again. Dendybar and the others vanish. The Heroes are alone again. “What’s going on?” Eltharion asks, still on edge. The queasy feeling comes back. The kukri-wielding skaven smiles a toothy smile to Bloodthorne as he throws an eight-hit combination at him. Bloodthorne can’t dodge enough of the lightning-fast blade attacks, and collapses into a flesh-torn mass. Ogrim shield-bashes the skaven, who flies backward from the powerful hit. It flips to its feet and snarls evilly, and then vanishes. Bloodthorne remains on the ground. “Okay, this is not good, we need to hide somewhere!” Eltharion exclaims. “It won’t do any good, the terrain is changing…” Bink says, as once again the grassy fields fade away and a darkened cave forms around them. The Great Horned Rat, the fallen skaven God swings his glaive menacingly before dissipating. “Hold on…” Ogrim says, still thinking. Ogrim grits his teeth and slams into the first creature with a hard-pressed axe combination, splintering chitin with each blow. Grog takes the opportunity to finish that one; distracted by the dwarf’s axe, Grog spins his katana over his head, his eyes filling with blood and his muscles expanding, he chops down, cracking through exoskeleton and brain matter. The insect collapses. Bink shoots off a set of [I]magic missiles[/I] at the insect fighting Eltharion. It is weakened considerably from the bolt and missiles, but stays standing. It takes one final punch to send Eltharion to the ground; a hit to the head spills blood over his face, and he collapses in a heap. It takes a few quick steps to engage Bink. “Where are these things coming from!?” Bink unleashes another blast of arcane energies that fries and destroys the umber hulk completely. Eltharion still lays unconscious. “All this stuff happened in the past…” Ogrim says hesitantly. “Wait a minute… we just fought the self proclaimed ‘Master of Time.’ Do you think…?” Bink doesn’t want to even think about it. “Dis be some bad magics, mon,” the old gnoll, Viknen, mumbles. Bink quickly casts a [I]sending[/I] spell to Adlai. [I]Adlai, things from the past attacking us, any ideas?[/I] And after a moment, a response. [I]Prophecy speaks of time-flux. This will continue to happen until you “make ultimate sacrifice.” Need to head to time cavern.[/I] Bink wasn’t with the rest of the group when they were transported back in time, previously. “Is there any way to teleport us there?” Ogrim asks, knowing the answer is probably no. “I’ve never been there…” Bink says. “Me neither, now den,” Viknen replies. “I have…” The Necromancer materializes next to the group. “Necro!” Ogrim shouts. “Good timing, friend.” “Let’s get to that cave, and take care of business…” The Necromancer [I]teleports[/I] himself, Viknen, Ogrim, Bink and Grog to the time cavern. The outside of the cavern is a shifting mass of temporal flux energy. The statues of The Necromancer, Damaré, Ogrim and Eltharion out front have been demolished. Ogrim and The Necromancer get that queasy feeling. “Someone destroyed the statues of us! They never made it to the future, and therefore we never teleported back to this time!” The Necromancer reasons. “We have to do something, and fast!” Bink says, looking around and thinking. “Adlai said something about the ultimate sacrifice.” Grog didn’t hesitate. He took up his intelligent katana, concentrating. [I]Brave one, you know what to do. [/I] His blade speaks to him. He sprints forward and jumps into the swirling temporal energy. “Grog, no!” Bink yells. Their vision goes white. They can see nothing. They can feel nothing. They are in a building. The Necromancer, Viknen, Bink and Ogrim are laying on the ground. “Are, are you all right?” a man asks. He shakes Ogrim. “Wha, what’re ye about?” Ogrim stands, as does everyone else. “Are you all right, sir? I sent a summons for you a while ago,” the man says. Ogrim recognizes him. “Mannquelin?” Ogrim states. “Right, anyway. I have summoned you here to ask you a favor. As you know, White has been sick for over a week now. None of the pharmacists who have looked at him know what it is. I had a shaman come from the Isle of the Barbarians off the east coast, and he gave me the recipe for the cure. Moonleaf and Thrulk tusk are the ones we don’t have. Ulgrim, Trisha and Krin are going to find the Thrulk in the northern swamplands. However, they need you to retrieve the Moonleaf from the great Tormyr Forest, the only place it is known to grow. We need it in 3 weeks… we’re counting on you.” Mannquelin seems out of breath, but his stature holds firm. Bink and The Necromancer are confused by the statement. Viknen tilts his head. Ogrim’s eyes go wide in terror. [/QUOTE]
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