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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4685500" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 17 - The Howling Pillars (Part 2)</strong></p><p></p><p>Enlishia heard a roar erupt from the pillar behind her and turned just as a demon burst from the closest pillar in the entry chamber. Though it walked on two legs, the creature that emerged seemed more beast than biped. Its arms were too large for its body and ended in enormous claws while sharp tusks jutted from its lower jaw. In its eyes an unholy fire burned while its skin was an angry shade of crimson. With another roar, it rushed at Enlishia, lashing out with one of its clawed hands. The ranger ducked and leapt back a step, desperately trying to draw back her bow. Then, the pillars began to scream in rage and the air around them began to warp. </p><p></p><p>Enlishia glanced over her shoulder and saw Telkya and Litiraan vanish before her eyes and retreated another step from the demon before her. She drew back her bow and loosed an arrow at the creature and before it had struck home, she was reaching over her shoulder for another shaft. As the first arrow drove into the demon’s shoulder, she loosed a second that pierced its left arm. The creature roared and rushed towards her but Lavren was still beside Enlishia and he raised his wand. The elf uttered a curse in elven and black, crackling energy seared into the demon’s left side, driving it off balance. It staggered to its right and then lurched towards the ranger and the warlock with carnage in its eyes. Enlishia panicked and reached for another arrow but she new she could not loose it in time.</p><p></p><p>When the nauseating warping of the pillars stopped, Litiraan found himself standing beside Erlmoor near the first of the pillars close to the doors to the entry chamber. The pillar roared, almost as though it were reacting to the return of these two interlopers and from its writhing flesh, it disgorged another of the crimson-skinned demons. The creature turned on the spot and lashed out at Litiraan, catching the disorientated wizard on the side of the head and slamming him into the pillar. Other roars resounded around the complex of chambers as more terrible demons erupted from the pillars of flesh.</p><p></p><p>Light exploded before Litiraan’s eyes but he reached out for the pillar with both hands nevertheless, keeping hold of sword and wand as he did so. Using hands, blade and wand, he pushed himself away from the pillar and reeled back towards the entryway where the double doors stood open. Leveling his wand to where he thought the demon was, he mumbled a spell and loosed a silver bolt. A scream from the many mouths of the pillar told him that he had struck the unsightly column of flesh and not the demon he had hoped to hit. As his eyes cleared, he saw the demon turn its red eyes towards him but then Erlmoor roared and for a moment, Litiraan was spared.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor rounded the pillar and roared again, spraying acid over the demon and forcing it to recoil. He raised his voice in a chanted prayer to Lathander then and brought his blade down to cleave open the demon’s shoulder. The red-skinned creature roared its anger and leapt back beyond the reach of the dragonborn’s next blow. Litiraan silently thanked Corellon for the dragonborn’s intervention and felt some hope return. But then he remembered that Telkya had vanished.</p><p></p><p>Telkya reeled as she reappeared between two of the pillars of flesh with Dulvarna just ahead of her. An ape-like demon much as the one they had slain in the shrine faught the warrior woman and was pressing her back. A moment later, Telkya heard roars from the pillars next to her and knew that her own doom had come to claim her.</p><p></p><p>A crimson skinned demon burst from the pillar to Telkya’s right first and she ducked as a clawed hand swung out but she was too slow. The claw struck the back of her head and sent her staggering forward into the archway that led through to the shrine. She turned, raising her sword, as another demon burst from the other pillar and leapt at her. This creature, too, swung out with a clawed hand but this time, Telkya was quicker and ducked under the blow. She stabbed her sword into the armpit of the demon on the left and then leapt back towards Dulvarna. </p><p></p><p>Telkya wondered for a moment whether she was right to draw her enemies towards Dulvarna’s blade. She could be dooming them both. Just as quickly as the doubts arose, she decided that this was her only chance. Even with all the help that Corellon could give her, she could not slay two demons alone. Telkya looked back over her shoulder and saw Dulvarna dart forward and twist around the back of the ape-demon. She slashed across one hamstring but before she could slash the other, the beast turned and slammed a shovel-sized claw into the warrior woman’s shoulder, sending her reeling. It lashed out with its other claw and Dulvarna ducked. Wounded and dazed, Dulvarna lifted her blade and faught on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4685500, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 17 - The Howling Pillars (Part 2)[/b] Enlishia heard a roar erupt from the pillar behind her and turned just as a demon burst from the closest pillar in the entry chamber. Though it walked on two legs, the creature that emerged seemed more beast than biped. Its arms were too large for its body and ended in enormous claws while sharp tusks jutted from its lower jaw. In its eyes an unholy fire burned while its skin was an angry shade of crimson. With another roar, it rushed at Enlishia, lashing out with one of its clawed hands. The ranger ducked and leapt back a step, desperately trying to draw back her bow. Then, the pillars began to scream in rage and the air around them began to warp. Enlishia glanced over her shoulder and saw Telkya and Litiraan vanish before her eyes and retreated another step from the demon before her. She drew back her bow and loosed an arrow at the creature and before it had struck home, she was reaching over her shoulder for another shaft. As the first arrow drove into the demon’s shoulder, she loosed a second that pierced its left arm. The creature roared and rushed towards her but Lavren was still beside Enlishia and he raised his wand. The elf uttered a curse in elven and black, crackling energy seared into the demon’s left side, driving it off balance. It staggered to its right and then lurched towards the ranger and the warlock with carnage in its eyes. Enlishia panicked and reached for another arrow but she new she could not loose it in time. When the nauseating warping of the pillars stopped, Litiraan found himself standing beside Erlmoor near the first of the pillars close to the doors to the entry chamber. The pillar roared, almost as though it were reacting to the return of these two interlopers and from its writhing flesh, it disgorged another of the crimson-skinned demons. The creature turned on the spot and lashed out at Litiraan, catching the disorientated wizard on the side of the head and slamming him into the pillar. Other roars resounded around the complex of chambers as more terrible demons erupted from the pillars of flesh. Light exploded before Litiraan’s eyes but he reached out for the pillar with both hands nevertheless, keeping hold of sword and wand as he did so. Using hands, blade and wand, he pushed himself away from the pillar and reeled back towards the entryway where the double doors stood open. Leveling his wand to where he thought the demon was, he mumbled a spell and loosed a silver bolt. A scream from the many mouths of the pillar told him that he had struck the unsightly column of flesh and not the demon he had hoped to hit. As his eyes cleared, he saw the demon turn its red eyes towards him but then Erlmoor roared and for a moment, Litiraan was spared. Erlmoor rounded the pillar and roared again, spraying acid over the demon and forcing it to recoil. He raised his voice in a chanted prayer to Lathander then and brought his blade down to cleave open the demon’s shoulder. The red-skinned creature roared its anger and leapt back beyond the reach of the dragonborn’s next blow. Litiraan silently thanked Corellon for the dragonborn’s intervention and felt some hope return. But then he remembered that Telkya had vanished. Telkya reeled as she reappeared between two of the pillars of flesh with Dulvarna just ahead of her. An ape-like demon much as the one they had slain in the shrine faught the warrior woman and was pressing her back. A moment later, Telkya heard roars from the pillars next to her and knew that her own doom had come to claim her. A crimson skinned demon burst from the pillar to Telkya’s right first and she ducked as a clawed hand swung out but she was too slow. The claw struck the back of her head and sent her staggering forward into the archway that led through to the shrine. She turned, raising her sword, as another demon burst from the other pillar and leapt at her. This creature, too, swung out with a clawed hand but this time, Telkya was quicker and ducked under the blow. She stabbed her sword into the armpit of the demon on the left and then leapt back towards Dulvarna. Telkya wondered for a moment whether she was right to draw her enemies towards Dulvarna’s blade. She could be dooming them both. Just as quickly as the doubts arose, she decided that this was her only chance. Even with all the help that Corellon could give her, she could not slay two demons alone. Telkya looked back over her shoulder and saw Dulvarna dart forward and twist around the back of the ape-demon. She slashed across one hamstring but before she could slash the other, the beast turned and slammed a shovel-sized claw into the warrior woman’s shoulder, sending her reeling. It lashed out with its other claw and Dulvarna ducked. Wounded and dazed, Dulvarna lifted her blade and faught on. [/QUOTE]
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