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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Valerian" data-source="post: 1401417" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p><strong>The Party Gains Some Vengeance</strong></p><p></p><p>Arrows were already notched when the party sees what clearly was once a beautiful nymph walk through the doorway. Now a single blue horn came out of her forehead, her once alabaster skin now a sky blue, and her eyes, likely once a pleasant color, now glow a feral red. With a sinking stomach, Tess, Lucius, Siabrey and Shaun recognize her face as the nymph they saved near Mephys.</p><p></p><p>For Shaun and Lucius, the fact that it was the nymph they once helped was the last thing they saw of her. She wore nothing from her waist up, and invariably their eyes, along with Pellaron’s were drawn lower than her face, and her beauty shone brightly into their eyes... a brightness which faded into the inky black of blindness. Grumki, for his part, found nymphs and the like completely unattractive (he would later say they looked too thin and prone to breaking, unlike a nice half orc woman), and thus completely ignored her save for the fact she was a foe, and carried a wicked looking knife in her hand.</p><p>Tess and Siabrey loosed their arrows immediately, both striking the creature hard in the belly. Aris and Grumki did so as well, their shots hitting her in the shoulders. The creature noticeably reeled from the blows, writhing as her familiar voice cried out.</p><p></p><p>It was only then that Tess and Siabrey noticed Elenya trembling; not with fear, but unbridled rage. They had never seen the young woman angry, but now her normally smiling face was a dark storm of fury, as she almost mechanically extended a hand at the creature, and snarled, “The tables are now turned, bitch! I know your spell!” </p><p></p><p>To everyone’s surprise, there was a loud, thunderous crackle, and a loud rumble shook the room as a bolt of lightning leapt from her hands, sizzled through the air, and impacted the dark nymph full in the chest. Their foe’s body was wreathed in crackling electricity, and even after Elenya’s spell ended a mere second later, small arcs of shockin power still danced across the formerly natural form before them.</p><p></p><p>The creature was tottering near collapse, but turned to the party, and opened her mouth. A bright flash flickered in the depths of her throat, and to the shock of a party, she replied with a frightening blast of her own. The thunderous boom shook the very ceiling of the room, and Pellaron, Aristophle, and Grumki recoiled as a massive jolt of electricity shuddered through their bodies. </p><p></p><p>Tess now had to contend with her own rising fury, as the full knowledge of who this creature was and what it did to Elenya dawned on her. With a cry of fury and anger, a massive songstrike rose in her throat, and lashed at the creature, chipping away at her horn and sending several scales flying off of her shoulders.</p><p></p><p>For Siabrey too, the full knowledge of who this was began to dawn, and in a fury, she closed range, delivering a precise arrow to the throat from barely 30 feet away. The creature recoiled again, but her gurglings did not die, and she did not tumble. Instead she righted herself, and even looked prepared to begin work on another spell.</p><p></p><p>Shaun, meanwhile, was filled with a rage, both at this creature for blinding him, and for what it did to his beloved Elenya. Even though he was blind, he listened attentively for the nymph’s cries of pain, and deftly drew his bow. His arrow ran true... save its path took it far to the left of the nymph, causing it to nearly slice off Siabrey’s ear. The fighter quickly glanced back with a scowl, before focusing again a split second later on the target at hand.</p><p></p><p>It was Aristophle, who had quickly reloaded his crossbow, that then launched his bolts. Even as wisps of smoke wafted from his burnt cloak and electrified form, a bolt sped true, hitting the wobbling abomination in the forehead, causing the creature to tumble over with a thud.</p><p></p><p>Over the next few minutes, Pellaron, Shaun, and Lucius began regaining their sight, the world slowly fading back into view in monotone, then color. As they blinked hard, Elenya hugged Shaun, her rage leaving her body in shudder of relief and fear.</p><p></p><p>“That was my jailer...” Elenya began, her voice muffled by Shaun’s clothes. “She said she was a nymph of the forest, who joined Gra’zzt of her own free will! She tried to charm me into joining her... she tried to show me that it was the only way, and she hurt me whenever I refused... but hon,” she held Shaun close, “I was strong! I thought of you! I was strong!”</p><p></p><p><em>Oh Elenya!</em> Shaun pulled her closer, only now beginning to differentiate her pale skin color from the red of Siabrey’s cloak that covered his love. “I love you hon. I knew you were strong, I knew you wouldn’t let them get to you!” </p><p></p><p>Siabrey turned to Lucius, looking at his eyes. They glowed, even brighter now, and she could see her shadow creeping along the floor as their brightness grew even more. <em>They may not have have gotten to Elenya... but they are quickly getting to Lucius!</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>(DM’s Epilogue: The creature they faced, named Eriola, was indeed the nymph the party had helped earlier. As the party was just arriving in Irulas, her pond was overrun by the Countess’ armies marching northwards from burning Mephys, and she was captured. Subjected to tortures and mind control spells, she caved in, and her mind joined those of the dark. She fully enwrapped herself in the powers of Grazz’t, agreeing to have painful magical procedures done to her to bind to her elements of a blue dragon and elements of vile fiends. </p><p></p><p>In such a form, she was placed as one of several jailers in the newly settled Temple of Hextor, around the same time the party a week out of Irulas, and some three weeks before Elenya’s capture. Her first charge, a local village woman, died unfortunately under her “care,” and her carcass was left to rot in the jail. A few days later, riders arrived with a new toy... Elenya. She took wonderful care to properly haunt, harm, and maim the girl, yet keeping her alive and in enough health that information could be extracted. </p><p></p><p>The girl proved most hard to crack, and it was only when Eriola discovered she was pregnant and threatened the child did she finally reveal she was not the woman the Temple sought after, instead an associate of hers. She felt further information could be gained, and was returning with some equipment to assist in ‘questioning’ when she discovered a large group of unexpected guests in her torture chamber...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emperor Valerian, post: 1401417, member: 15043"] [b]The Party Gains Some Vengeance[/b] Arrows were already notched when the party sees what clearly was once a beautiful nymph walk through the doorway. Now a single blue horn came out of her forehead, her once alabaster skin now a sky blue, and her eyes, likely once a pleasant color, now glow a feral red. With a sinking stomach, Tess, Lucius, Siabrey and Shaun recognize her face as the nymph they saved near Mephys. For Shaun and Lucius, the fact that it was the nymph they once helped was the last thing they saw of her. She wore nothing from her waist up, and invariably their eyes, along with Pellaron’s were drawn lower than her face, and her beauty shone brightly into their eyes... a brightness which faded into the inky black of blindness. Grumki, for his part, found nymphs and the like completely unattractive (he would later say they looked too thin and prone to breaking, unlike a nice half orc woman), and thus completely ignored her save for the fact she was a foe, and carried a wicked looking knife in her hand. Tess and Siabrey loosed their arrows immediately, both striking the creature hard in the belly. Aris and Grumki did so as well, their shots hitting her in the shoulders. The creature noticeably reeled from the blows, writhing as her familiar voice cried out. It was only then that Tess and Siabrey noticed Elenya trembling; not with fear, but unbridled rage. They had never seen the young woman angry, but now her normally smiling face was a dark storm of fury, as she almost mechanically extended a hand at the creature, and snarled, “The tables are now turned, bitch! I know your spell!” To everyone’s surprise, there was a loud, thunderous crackle, and a loud rumble shook the room as a bolt of lightning leapt from her hands, sizzled through the air, and impacted the dark nymph full in the chest. Their foe’s body was wreathed in crackling electricity, and even after Elenya’s spell ended a mere second later, small arcs of shockin power still danced across the formerly natural form before them. The creature was tottering near collapse, but turned to the party, and opened her mouth. A bright flash flickered in the depths of her throat, and to the shock of a party, she replied with a frightening blast of her own. The thunderous boom shook the very ceiling of the room, and Pellaron, Aristophle, and Grumki recoiled as a massive jolt of electricity shuddered through their bodies. Tess now had to contend with her own rising fury, as the full knowledge of who this creature was and what it did to Elenya dawned on her. With a cry of fury and anger, a massive songstrike rose in her throat, and lashed at the creature, chipping away at her horn and sending several scales flying off of her shoulders. For Siabrey too, the full knowledge of who this was began to dawn, and in a fury, she closed range, delivering a precise arrow to the throat from barely 30 feet away. The creature recoiled again, but her gurglings did not die, and she did not tumble. Instead she righted herself, and even looked prepared to begin work on another spell. Shaun, meanwhile, was filled with a rage, both at this creature for blinding him, and for what it did to his beloved Elenya. Even though he was blind, he listened attentively for the nymph’s cries of pain, and deftly drew his bow. His arrow ran true... save its path took it far to the left of the nymph, causing it to nearly slice off Siabrey’s ear. The fighter quickly glanced back with a scowl, before focusing again a split second later on the target at hand. It was Aristophle, who had quickly reloaded his crossbow, that then launched his bolts. Even as wisps of smoke wafted from his burnt cloak and electrified form, a bolt sped true, hitting the wobbling abomination in the forehead, causing the creature to tumble over with a thud. Over the next few minutes, Pellaron, Shaun, and Lucius began regaining their sight, the world slowly fading back into view in monotone, then color. As they blinked hard, Elenya hugged Shaun, her rage leaving her body in shudder of relief and fear. “That was my jailer...” Elenya began, her voice muffled by Shaun’s clothes. “She said she was a nymph of the forest, who joined Gra’zzt of her own free will! She tried to charm me into joining her... she tried to show me that it was the only way, and she hurt me whenever I refused... but hon,” she held Shaun close, “I was strong! I thought of you! I was strong!” [i]Oh Elenya![/i] Shaun pulled her closer, only now beginning to differentiate her pale skin color from the red of Siabrey’s cloak that covered his love. “I love you hon. I knew you were strong, I knew you wouldn’t let them get to you!” Siabrey turned to Lucius, looking at his eyes. They glowed, even brighter now, and she could see her shadow creeping along the floor as their brightness grew even more. [i]They may not have have gotten to Elenya... but they are quickly getting to Lucius![/i] (DM’s Epilogue: The creature they faced, named Eriola, was indeed the nymph the party had helped earlier. As the party was just arriving in Irulas, her pond was overrun by the Countess’ armies marching northwards from burning Mephys, and she was captured. Subjected to tortures and mind control spells, she caved in, and her mind joined those of the dark. She fully enwrapped herself in the powers of Grazz’t, agreeing to have painful magical procedures done to her to bind to her elements of a blue dragon and elements of vile fiends. In such a form, she was placed as one of several jailers in the newly settled Temple of Hextor, around the same time the party a week out of Irulas, and some three weeks before Elenya’s capture. Her first charge, a local village woman, died unfortunately under her “care,” and her carcass was left to rot in the jail. A few days later, riders arrived with a new toy... Elenya. She took wonderful care to properly haunt, harm, and maim the girl, yet keeping her alive and in enough health that information could be extracted. The girl proved most hard to crack, and it was only when Eriola discovered she was pregnant and threatened the child did she finally reveal she was not the woman the Temple sought after, instead an associate of hers. She felt further information could be gained, and was returning with some equipment to assist in ‘questioning’ when she discovered a large group of unexpected guests in her torture chamber...) [/QUOTE]
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