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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4689680" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 17 - The Howling Pillars (Part 4)</strong></p><p></p><p>Lavren reeled backwards as the crimson-skinned demon rushed at him and struck him forehand with its clawed hand. He reached out to the wall next to him to steady himself and felt a wave of nausea assail him. He struggled through the urge to vomit and pushed himself upright just as the terrible flesh pillars began to scream in familiar rage once more. Lavren looked over at Enlishia just as the air began to shimmer around her and then in an instant, both the ranger and the demon she had been fighting had vanished.</p><p></p><p>Lavren returned his attention to the demon that shared the chamber with him and raised his sword. As he did so, he saw two arrows drive into the side of the red-skinned creature and throw it to the right a step. Enlishia had to have reappeared in the entry chamber, he realised, and as he leapt back to put his back against the wall, he knew he had a chance to fell this demon as it stood alone against he and the ranger.</p><p></p><p>Hastily, Lavren hissed a curse in elven and loosed a bolt of crackling black energy from the wand in his left hand, infused with the power of the Shadowfell that flowed through the gloved he wore. The bolt seared into the demon’s chest and sent it staggering back away from the elf. He stepped forward and loosed another bolt, this one of eldritch fire but the demon was not strong enough to resist a second spell. The bolt seared through its breastbone and pierced whatever dark ember served the creature as a heart. The demon let forth one last anguished roar and then fell forward to land at Lavren’s feet. The elf smiled to himself and rushed through the archway into the entry chamber. His arrival was greeted by a fiercesome roar even greater than that of the demon that had just fallen. Enlishia glanced towards Lavren as she retreated into the archway and Lavren stopped, sword and wand wavering in his hands as he looked upon the might of the ape-demon, shifted by the pillars as the companions had been.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor felt the nauseating shift as the pillars screamed in rage and found himself a heartbeat later facing an archway with an altar beyond it. On the altars sat the glyph-covered, golden bell and before it, Litiraan had appeared, seemingly as dazed as the others. Erlmoor started to call out to the elf but as he did so, a demon appeared before him and roars filled the air behind him. He turned on the spot and saw that her was surrounded. To his left, close to the flesh pillar against the eastern wall of the chamber, Telkya and Dulvarna had appeared but they were beyond his reach. For now, the dragonborn stood alone.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor ducked as a claw lashed out towards his neck and felt the tearing weapons whistle through the air above his head. He rose quickly but as he did so, another demon rounded the pillar next to him and backhanded him across the face, sending him reeling. Another struck him across the back, its claws driving his armour into his flesh and spinning him back towards the other demons. More claws lashed out, one grabbing his arm and dragging him towards the slavering maw of one of the demons. Erlmoor pushed out with both elbows and freed himself leaving the jaws of the demon to snap shut on empty air.</p><p>“Take the bell and get it out of here,” Erlmoor called out to Litiraan desperately and the elf heard him.</p><p></p><p>Litiraan reached out for the bell and grasped its bone handle, carefully avoiding the sharp, steel spikes set along its length. Even as he grasped it, the spikes seemed to change position and stab outwards, driving themselves into his hand as though to secure themselves there. Litiraan’s blood flowed down over the bone handle and he cried out but he knew he had to escape with the bell and turned to flee westward, staggering out of the altar chamber.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor saw the elf leave and smiled to himself before raising his voice in prayer to Lathander. He thanked the Morninglord for Litiraan’s bravery and offered up his own life to save his companions from this terrible place. As his blade glowed brightly, he plunged it into the chest of one of the demons and with a terrible roar, the creature stumbled backwards and fell against the archway that led into the altar chamber. The other demons roared their anger and moved forward to bring down the troublesome paladin once and for all but then Telkya and Dulvarna joined the battle.</p><p></p><p>Telkya raised her left hand high and chanted a prayer to Corellon that brought down a column of divine light upon the nearest demon. The creature roared and spat as the divine fire burned it and then Dulvarna rushed at it with her blade raised above her head. Aecris came down and split the creature’s shoulder, driving down into its chest but still the demon would not fall. With a roar that mixed pain and defiance, the creature turned its terrible gaze on this new foe and prepared to smite her with its terrible claws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4689680, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 17 - The Howling Pillars (Part 4)[/b] Lavren reeled backwards as the crimson-skinned demon rushed at him and struck him forehand with its clawed hand. He reached out to the wall next to him to steady himself and felt a wave of nausea assail him. He struggled through the urge to vomit and pushed himself upright just as the terrible flesh pillars began to scream in familiar rage once more. Lavren looked over at Enlishia just as the air began to shimmer around her and then in an instant, both the ranger and the demon she had been fighting had vanished. Lavren returned his attention to the demon that shared the chamber with him and raised his sword. As he did so, he saw two arrows drive into the side of the red-skinned creature and throw it to the right a step. Enlishia had to have reappeared in the entry chamber, he realised, and as he leapt back to put his back against the wall, he knew he had a chance to fell this demon as it stood alone against he and the ranger. Hastily, Lavren hissed a curse in elven and loosed a bolt of crackling black energy from the wand in his left hand, infused with the power of the Shadowfell that flowed through the gloved he wore. The bolt seared into the demon’s chest and sent it staggering back away from the elf. He stepped forward and loosed another bolt, this one of eldritch fire but the demon was not strong enough to resist a second spell. The bolt seared through its breastbone and pierced whatever dark ember served the creature as a heart. The demon let forth one last anguished roar and then fell forward to land at Lavren’s feet. The elf smiled to himself and rushed through the archway into the entry chamber. His arrival was greeted by a fiercesome roar even greater than that of the demon that had just fallen. Enlishia glanced towards Lavren as she retreated into the archway and Lavren stopped, sword and wand wavering in his hands as he looked upon the might of the ape-demon, shifted by the pillars as the companions had been. Erlmoor felt the nauseating shift as the pillars screamed in rage and found himself a heartbeat later facing an archway with an altar beyond it. On the altars sat the glyph-covered, golden bell and before it, Litiraan had appeared, seemingly as dazed as the others. Erlmoor started to call out to the elf but as he did so, a demon appeared before him and roars filled the air behind him. He turned on the spot and saw that her was surrounded. To his left, close to the flesh pillar against the eastern wall of the chamber, Telkya and Dulvarna had appeared but they were beyond his reach. For now, the dragonborn stood alone. Erlmoor ducked as a claw lashed out towards his neck and felt the tearing weapons whistle through the air above his head. He rose quickly but as he did so, another demon rounded the pillar next to him and backhanded him across the face, sending him reeling. Another struck him across the back, its claws driving his armour into his flesh and spinning him back towards the other demons. More claws lashed out, one grabbing his arm and dragging him towards the slavering maw of one of the demons. Erlmoor pushed out with both elbows and freed himself leaving the jaws of the demon to snap shut on empty air. “Take the bell and get it out of here,” Erlmoor called out to Litiraan desperately and the elf heard him. Litiraan reached out for the bell and grasped its bone handle, carefully avoiding the sharp, steel spikes set along its length. Even as he grasped it, the spikes seemed to change position and stab outwards, driving themselves into his hand as though to secure themselves there. Litiraan’s blood flowed down over the bone handle and he cried out but he knew he had to escape with the bell and turned to flee westward, staggering out of the altar chamber. Erlmoor saw the elf leave and smiled to himself before raising his voice in prayer to Lathander. He thanked the Morninglord for Litiraan’s bravery and offered up his own life to save his companions from this terrible place. As his blade glowed brightly, he plunged it into the chest of one of the demons and with a terrible roar, the creature stumbled backwards and fell against the archway that led into the altar chamber. The other demons roared their anger and moved forward to bring down the troublesome paladin once and for all but then Telkya and Dulvarna joined the battle. Telkya raised her left hand high and chanted a prayer to Corellon that brought down a column of divine light upon the nearest demon. The creature roared and spat as the divine fire burned it and then Dulvarna rushed at it with her blade raised above her head. Aecris came down and split the creature’s shoulder, driving down into its chest but still the demon would not fall. With a roar that mixed pain and defiance, the creature turned its terrible gaze on this new foe and prepared to smite her with its terrible claws. [/QUOTE]
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