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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4504061" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 9 - The Ashen Tower (Part 3)</strong></p><p></p><p>“You are drow!” said Micor as though it were a curse. Both elves started towards her. </p><p>“Kill it!” he roared then and rushed at her.</p><p>Kel parried his blades and retreated before the elves having known that this time would surely come if she travelled abroad in the surface world. Hillsfar had kept her safe and protected but now she was within Cormyr and she would not be tolerated, least of all by elves.</p><p>“No!” Lavren called out from the trees beyond the trail. “She is with us. She is friend and ally.”</p><p></p><p>Kel saw him rush to her right and an instant later a blast of black, crackling energy struck Micor between the shoulder blades and pitched him forward towards her. Kel struck out then herself, realising that she had no choice and that at least one of her new allies would side with her. She brought her morning star down in a great overhead swing but the elf met the blow with both blades crossed. Her eyes met the elves beyond his crossed blades.</p><p>“I healed your brother,” she snarled at him.</p><p>“With dark power,” he spat back.</p><p>She pushed on both blades and shoved her away then as his brother circled to her left and Dulvarna looked up from the slain hobgoblin to try to discern what was happening.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor slashed at the hobgoblin priest again but again he parried and the dragonborn cursed silently. A silver bolt lanced into the second archer and then an arrow from Enlishia’s bow that drove into the top of its chest and it fell back, wounded but unbowed. The priest snarled something at the archer in the goblin tongue and the archer spat back a seemingly defiant response. Erlmoor glanced at the archer and then regretted it as the priest jabbed its staff up under his chin and sent him staggering backwards. For a moment he saw only white light but as he shook his head it cleared and he raised his sword again.</p><p></p><p>He heard a thud and saw the archer fall back from the ruin wall with an arrow in its eye and then he realised what the priest had been snarling at hapless archer. There was fear in the eyes of the priest now and Erlmoor knew that it would break and run. He took a step towards the hobgoblin then and raised his blade, determined to cut it down before it fled.</p><p></p><p>“This is senseless,” cried Dulvarna as she realised what the elves were trying to do. “Kel is an ally and already a friend.”</p><p>“Already a friend,” Ilar snapped as he darted at the drow. “You barely know her then and you brought her into the midst of my people and this forest.”</p><p>“But she healed you,” Dulvarna replied.</p><p>“And I would rather not have been healed,” Ilar answered.</p><p>“Then I am sorry,” said Dulvarna then, and she truly was. “Even those who have dwelt forever in the dark deserve a chance to live in the light.” She turned towards Ilar and slashed her blade across the elf’s left arm while praying silently for Lathander’s forgiveness.</p><p>“Well I am not,” Micor shouted as he feinted with his short blade and then drove his long blade at Kel. The drow could not move her heavy morning star back in time as she realised the first thrust was a feint and the blade plunged into her belly. She gasped, looked pleadingly at Dulvarna and then fell for the second time to the grassy floor of the wide clearing.</p><p>“No!!” Lavren cried from the left. “You’ll pay for that!”</p><p></p><p>With a step, the elf vanished and reappeared behind Micor with his blade in his hand. He thrust it towards the elf’s back but at the last, Micor twisted to one side and the blade only pierced his hip. He staggered, turned and then rushed at the elf.</p><p></p><p>Enlishia nocked an arrow to her bow and waited for a moment for the archer to rise but the hobgoblin did not. She had thought as much. To her right, Thira leveled her staff and loosed a silver bolt that struck the priest in the should and knowing that she must do the same, the ranger started off to the right seeking a good place from which to strike at her quarry. Even as she reached the ideal place and nodded to Thira she heard Erlmoor give out another angry roar as he rushed the priest for one last time. His blade swatted the hobgoblin’s stave aside and then slashed deep into the priest’s belly. The hobgoblin gasped and bent forward and as he did so, the dragonborn shifted to one side and brought his blade down on the back of the priest’s neck. The hobgoblin’s head fell away and the decapitated body pitched forward to lie amongst the tumbled stones of the ruin.</p><p></p><p>“So die all dark priests who cross my path,” Erlmoor called.</p><p>Enlishia nodded her approval and then looked to the right to survey the battle there. She stared for a moment as her senses took in the two slain hobgoblins and the fallen drow whose hood had at last fallen back to reveal her darkly beautiful features. Still a battle raged around these and she realised then that her companions were fighting the elves who had come with them. A horrible realisation settled in the pit of her stomach then. They were fighting over Kel and there was no side could win this battle.</p><p></p><p>Enlishia started forward as Ilar turned away from the fallen drow and darted forward at Dulvarna. She aimed along the arrow she had intended for the hobgoblin priest and loosed the shaft. It drove into Ilar’s back between his shoulder blades and pierced his heart. The elf opened his mouth in a strangled gasp and pitched forward at Dulvarna’s feet.</p><p>Dulvarna looked down at the slain elf and stepped back from both fallen Ilar and Micor who yet faught. She threw aside her blade and looked at the battle with tearful eyes.</p><p></p><p>“This cannot happen here,” she called out. “We have common enemies who may yet lurk within these ruins. This ends now!”</p><p>“It ends with my death!” Micor roared as he saw his brother’s fallen form. “It has gone too far to stop now!”</p><p></p><p>He turned on Lavren and slashed his blade across the elf’s chest. Lavren took a step back and then began to began to curse in elvish. He thrust his blade into Micor’s shoulder and drove him back. Thira loosed a silver bolt from her staff that struck the elf in the back and he staggered, all but sinking to his knees.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor rounded the trees then and charged towards the battle, apparently thinking that his companions had surrounded the last of the hobgoblins. As he neared the battle, Enlishia aimed along another shaft and loosed the arrow, this one flying higher and driving through the neck of the elf. Micor gasped and gurgled as Kel had done when blood had filled her throat and then he sank to his knees. He fell forward to land in the blood-soaked grass at Lavren’s feet and everyone looked away. Only then did Erlmoor draw near enough to realise what had happened.</p><p>“In the Morninglord’s name,” he said quietly. “What have you done?”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4504061, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 9 - The Ashen Tower (Part 3)[/b] “You are drow!” said Micor as though it were a curse. Both elves started towards her. “Kill it!” he roared then and rushed at her. Kel parried his blades and retreated before the elves having known that this time would surely come if she travelled abroad in the surface world. Hillsfar had kept her safe and protected but now she was within Cormyr and she would not be tolerated, least of all by elves. “No!” Lavren called out from the trees beyond the trail. “She is with us. She is friend and ally.” Kel saw him rush to her right and an instant later a blast of black, crackling energy struck Micor between the shoulder blades and pitched him forward towards her. Kel struck out then herself, realising that she had no choice and that at least one of her new allies would side with her. She brought her morning star down in a great overhead swing but the elf met the blow with both blades crossed. Her eyes met the elves beyond his crossed blades. “I healed your brother,” she snarled at him. “With dark power,” he spat back. She pushed on both blades and shoved her away then as his brother circled to her left and Dulvarna looked up from the slain hobgoblin to try to discern what was happening. Erlmoor slashed at the hobgoblin priest again but again he parried and the dragonborn cursed silently. A silver bolt lanced into the second archer and then an arrow from Enlishia’s bow that drove into the top of its chest and it fell back, wounded but unbowed. The priest snarled something at the archer in the goblin tongue and the archer spat back a seemingly defiant response. Erlmoor glanced at the archer and then regretted it as the priest jabbed its staff up under his chin and sent him staggering backwards. For a moment he saw only white light but as he shook his head it cleared and he raised his sword again. He heard a thud and saw the archer fall back from the ruin wall with an arrow in its eye and then he realised what the priest had been snarling at hapless archer. There was fear in the eyes of the priest now and Erlmoor knew that it would break and run. He took a step towards the hobgoblin then and raised his blade, determined to cut it down before it fled. “This is senseless,” cried Dulvarna as she realised what the elves were trying to do. “Kel is an ally and already a friend.” “Already a friend,” Ilar snapped as he darted at the drow. “You barely know her then and you brought her into the midst of my people and this forest.” “But she healed you,” Dulvarna replied. “And I would rather not have been healed,” Ilar answered. “Then I am sorry,” said Dulvarna then, and she truly was. “Even those who have dwelt forever in the dark deserve a chance to live in the light.” She turned towards Ilar and slashed her blade across the elf’s left arm while praying silently for Lathander’s forgiveness. “Well I am not,” Micor shouted as he feinted with his short blade and then drove his long blade at Kel. The drow could not move her heavy morning star back in time as she realised the first thrust was a feint and the blade plunged into her belly. She gasped, looked pleadingly at Dulvarna and then fell for the second time to the grassy floor of the wide clearing. “No!!” Lavren cried from the left. “You’ll pay for that!” With a step, the elf vanished and reappeared behind Micor with his blade in his hand. He thrust it towards the elf’s back but at the last, Micor twisted to one side and the blade only pierced his hip. He staggered, turned and then rushed at the elf. Enlishia nocked an arrow to her bow and waited for a moment for the archer to rise but the hobgoblin did not. She had thought as much. To her right, Thira leveled her staff and loosed a silver bolt that struck the priest in the should and knowing that she must do the same, the ranger started off to the right seeking a good place from which to strike at her quarry. Even as she reached the ideal place and nodded to Thira she heard Erlmoor give out another angry roar as he rushed the priest for one last time. His blade swatted the hobgoblin’s stave aside and then slashed deep into the priest’s belly. The hobgoblin gasped and bent forward and as he did so, the dragonborn shifted to one side and brought his blade down on the back of the priest’s neck. The hobgoblin’s head fell away and the decapitated body pitched forward to lie amongst the tumbled stones of the ruin. “So die all dark priests who cross my path,” Erlmoor called. Enlishia nodded her approval and then looked to the right to survey the battle there. She stared for a moment as her senses took in the two slain hobgoblins and the fallen drow whose hood had at last fallen back to reveal her darkly beautiful features. Still a battle raged around these and she realised then that her companions were fighting the elves who had come with them. A horrible realisation settled in the pit of her stomach then. They were fighting over Kel and there was no side could win this battle. Enlishia started forward as Ilar turned away from the fallen drow and darted forward at Dulvarna. She aimed along the arrow she had intended for the hobgoblin priest and loosed the shaft. It drove into Ilar’s back between his shoulder blades and pierced his heart. The elf opened his mouth in a strangled gasp and pitched forward at Dulvarna’s feet. Dulvarna looked down at the slain elf and stepped back from both fallen Ilar and Micor who yet faught. She threw aside her blade and looked at the battle with tearful eyes. “This cannot happen here,” she called out. “We have common enemies who may yet lurk within these ruins. This ends now!” “It ends with my death!” Micor roared as he saw his brother’s fallen form. “It has gone too far to stop now!” He turned on Lavren and slashed his blade across the elf’s chest. Lavren took a step back and then began to began to curse in elvish. He thrust his blade into Micor’s shoulder and drove him back. Thira loosed a silver bolt from her staff that struck the elf in the back and he staggered, all but sinking to his knees. Erlmoor rounded the trees then and charged towards the battle, apparently thinking that his companions had surrounded the last of the hobgoblins. As he neared the battle, Enlishia aimed along another shaft and loosed the arrow, this one flying higher and driving through the neck of the elf. Micor gasped and gurgled as Kel had done when blood had filled her throat and then he sank to his knees. He fell forward to land in the blood-soaked grass at Lavren’s feet and everyone looked away. Only then did Erlmoor draw near enough to realise what had happened. “In the Morninglord’s name,” he said quietly. “What have you done?” [/QUOTE]
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