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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1364382" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p>Empythacoreaus and Tharhack try to get the wraith to move into the last remnants of daylight, but the wraith refuses to play along. Another blast a heaven form the pit fiend persuades the great wraith to retreat, to the ground floor one level down. Empythacoreaus and Tharhack watch as the wraith slips through the floor and begins to descend to the entry floor, where Gothmog and Charekyal lay helpless. Rebrey also lays helpless, unbeknownst to Empythacoreaus and Tharhack. </p><p></p><p>Tharhack heads for the stairs, as the pit fiend takes flight and leaves through the gaping hole in the wall, and lands in front of the entry doors. Tharhack reaches the stairs, and climbs down about ten feet. He spots the wraith almost finished coming through the floor, Tharhack then leaps the remaining twenty feet, and lands next to the unconscious Gothmog. Empythacoreaus reaches the door, and spies Rebrey's broken form laying across the door's path, his armor pock marked where something acidic had been splashed across it. </p><p></p><p>The wraith floats down to face Tharhack, The half-orc swings his mighty sword across the wraith's path. The wraith however is unimpeded by the attack as the blade passes harmlessly through it's torso.</p><p></p><p>"Your body is the well holding the nectar from which I will suck dry." Moans the wraith as it reaches out with elongated arms and wraps it's ethereal fingers around Tharhack's skull.</p><p></p><p>The wraith's eyes begin to glow a dull silver as Tharhack feels the inescapable pull of death tug at his very being. Tharhack tries in vain to remove the nonexistent wraith's hands from his head, then his sight is blinded by a burning white light that envelopes him and erases his fear of death. Tharhack lets go and feels himself falling. </p><p></p><p>"How long will they be out of it for?" Tharhack asks</p><p></p><p>"I am uncertain, the utterance of the dark verses were never meant to be taken so lightly as to allow the stricken individual a chance to recover. They might never recover, or more likely they'll recover but they'll not be whole ever again." Empythacoreaus answers</p><p></p><p>"I wish I could've been more of a help to you in your battle." Rebrey interjects</p><p></p><p>"Nonsense, your waist was the perfect size to allow my a clear shot at the apparition, I am relieved that it had not completely drained my half-orc friend of his life entirely." Empythacoreaus' response while meant to be light hearted only depressed the paladin more, for when Tharhack and Empythacoreaus removed Rebrey from the ground between the door, and attempted to revive him did they find he was injured more seriously than Tharhack would be able to heal him.</p><p></p><p>Tharhack sought the words to tell Rebrey his shattered pelvis was beyond Tharhack's ability to repair injuries. Rebrey would remain a paraplegic until greater healing could be located. Rebrey was already wondering what Empythacoreaus and Tharhack knew, if Rebrey couldn't walk how would they get him to where greater healing could be found. Empythacoreaus let it be known he couldn't stay very long, for he needed to hunt Klithgor down before he caused much more damage than he was probably doing this moment. Tharhack was troubled by Gothmog and Charekyal, neither of them could travel at the moment either. Even if Tharhack dragged Rebrey behind him in a stretcher, Tharhack could only carry Charekyal, meaning Gothmog would be left behind. Tharhack could drag Gothmog and carry Charekyal, but that would mean leaving Rebrey behind.</p><p></p><p>The night wore on as the three men weighed their options, listening to Gothmog and Charekyal's fevered nightmares. Just before dawn, the top of Emthur's tower gave off a bluish glow, and they knew that they would need to make the decision now before they had an extremely tee'd off lich out looking for them.</p><p></p><p>"I shall make the decision for you, leave me here. Take Gothmog and Charekyal and get them out of here." Rebrey tells them</p><p></p><p>"I shall not leave a friend to die. If I have to drag all three of you, I swear it will be done." Tharhack responds</p><p></p><p>"While I appreciate your enthusiasm old friend. Even that is a task you cannot complete, nor is it one I wish to see you try. Taking two of us will already slow you to a walk, taking three of us and you might as well march us towards the tower." Rebrey replies</p><p></p><p>Tharhack wanted to argue logic with Rebrey, but he knew that whomever got left behind would wind up running across the lich eventually, and none of his choices for who would be left behind would be able to defeat Emthur. With his spells renewed, Tharhack walked over to Alriand's grave and cast <em>consecrate</em> on the mound, hoping that Emthur would be unable to have her rise into undeath to be his servant.</p><p></p><p>Empythacoreaus wrapped Charekyal in a blanket to help keep Tharhack from getting burned while carrying her, he then helped make the sled that Gothmog was on earlier stronger and wider, to better accommodate Gothmog's girth.</p><p></p><p>Empythacoreaus and Tharhack parted ways as the pit fiend promised to come looking for Tharhack once Klithgor has been destroyed. Tharhack watched the pit fiend take flight and disappear over the canyon wall, knowing that the destruction of the monster Klithgor was a priority, and for everyone's continued safety Klithgor would need to be destroyed.</p><p></p><p>"You better get going if you want to get a good headstart, getting up this canyon wall is going to take most if not all of the morning hours." Rebrey told Tharhack</p><p></p><p>"I'm not leaving you here, I'll die by your side defending your body till my last breath." Tharhack replied</p><p></p><p>"You're stupid. Having us both dead gives Gothmog and Charekyal no chance at a recovery. Shouldn't they have that right? If you stay Emthur will gain four more minions, if you go he can only gain me." Rebrey answers</p><p></p><p>"I was unable to help Bimbar, I wasn't strong enough to save Alriand, and I won't be cowardly enough to leave you here to die." Tharhack responds</p><p></p><p>"You're not leaving me here to die, you're saving two people from death. There is greater good here, you have to see past your personal feelings, and your pride. Kord wants you to be strong you're no good to him dead, be strong now, save Gothmog and Charekyal. Then come back for me." Rebrey replies</p><p></p><p>Tharhack feels the pain of Rebrey's loss even though he isn't assured of it. Tharhack helps Rebrey inside the entry doors of the skull building, leaving ten days worth of rations for him, Tharhack takes only one day for himself. Tharhack leaves Rebrey with his flail beside him, a prayer to guide him, and a small pouch by his side. </p><p></p><p>Tharhack gathers up Charekyal, and begins his slow ascent up the winding path on the canyon wall, never looking back. As the midday sun rises overhead, Tharhack crests the canyon wall, and heads north. Hoping to find a town within a day or so that might be able yo offer Gothmog and/or Charekyal some kind of assistance.</p><p></p><p>Rebrey takes the small pouch and empties the contents of it into his palm, a large diamond falls from it's hiding place in the pouch. Rebrey thinks the gift odd as he's not going to be able to spend it, Rebrey holds it up to his eyes to admire it, and sees the twisting dark form within.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 1364382, member: 11574"] Empythacoreaus and Tharhack try to get the wraith to move into the last remnants of daylight, but the wraith refuses to play along. Another blast a heaven form the pit fiend persuades the great wraith to retreat, to the ground floor one level down. Empythacoreaus and Tharhack watch as the wraith slips through the floor and begins to descend to the entry floor, where Gothmog and Charekyal lay helpless. Rebrey also lays helpless, unbeknownst to Empythacoreaus and Tharhack. Tharhack heads for the stairs, as the pit fiend takes flight and leaves through the gaping hole in the wall, and lands in front of the entry doors. Tharhack reaches the stairs, and climbs down about ten feet. He spots the wraith almost finished coming through the floor, Tharhack then leaps the remaining twenty feet, and lands next to the unconscious Gothmog. Empythacoreaus reaches the door, and spies Rebrey's broken form laying across the door's path, his armor pock marked where something acidic had been splashed across it. The wraith floats down to face Tharhack, The half-orc swings his mighty sword across the wraith's path. The wraith however is unimpeded by the attack as the blade passes harmlessly through it's torso. "Your body is the well holding the nectar from which I will suck dry." Moans the wraith as it reaches out with elongated arms and wraps it's ethereal fingers around Tharhack's skull. The wraith's eyes begin to glow a dull silver as Tharhack feels the inescapable pull of death tug at his very being. Tharhack tries in vain to remove the nonexistent wraith's hands from his head, then his sight is blinded by a burning white light that envelopes him and erases his fear of death. Tharhack lets go and feels himself falling. "How long will they be out of it for?" Tharhack asks "I am uncertain, the utterance of the dark verses were never meant to be taken so lightly as to allow the stricken individual a chance to recover. They might never recover, or more likely they'll recover but they'll not be whole ever again." Empythacoreaus answers "I wish I could've been more of a help to you in your battle." Rebrey interjects "Nonsense, your waist was the perfect size to allow my a clear shot at the apparition, I am relieved that it had not completely drained my half-orc friend of his life entirely." Empythacoreaus' response while meant to be light hearted only depressed the paladin more, for when Tharhack and Empythacoreaus removed Rebrey from the ground between the door, and attempted to revive him did they find he was injured more seriously than Tharhack would be able to heal him. Tharhack sought the words to tell Rebrey his shattered pelvis was beyond Tharhack's ability to repair injuries. Rebrey would remain a paraplegic until greater healing could be located. Rebrey was already wondering what Empythacoreaus and Tharhack knew, if Rebrey couldn't walk how would they get him to where greater healing could be found. Empythacoreaus let it be known he couldn't stay very long, for he needed to hunt Klithgor down before he caused much more damage than he was probably doing this moment. Tharhack was troubled by Gothmog and Charekyal, neither of them could travel at the moment either. Even if Tharhack dragged Rebrey behind him in a stretcher, Tharhack could only carry Charekyal, meaning Gothmog would be left behind. Tharhack could drag Gothmog and carry Charekyal, but that would mean leaving Rebrey behind. The night wore on as the three men weighed their options, listening to Gothmog and Charekyal's fevered nightmares. Just before dawn, the top of Emthur's tower gave off a bluish glow, and they knew that they would need to make the decision now before they had an extremely tee'd off lich out looking for them. "I shall make the decision for you, leave me here. Take Gothmog and Charekyal and get them out of here." Rebrey tells them "I shall not leave a friend to die. If I have to drag all three of you, I swear it will be done." Tharhack responds "While I appreciate your enthusiasm old friend. Even that is a task you cannot complete, nor is it one I wish to see you try. Taking two of us will already slow you to a walk, taking three of us and you might as well march us towards the tower." Rebrey replies Tharhack wanted to argue logic with Rebrey, but he knew that whomever got left behind would wind up running across the lich eventually, and none of his choices for who would be left behind would be able to defeat Emthur. With his spells renewed, Tharhack walked over to Alriand's grave and cast [I]consecrate[/I] on the mound, hoping that Emthur would be unable to have her rise into undeath to be his servant. Empythacoreaus wrapped Charekyal in a blanket to help keep Tharhack from getting burned while carrying her, he then helped make the sled that Gothmog was on earlier stronger and wider, to better accommodate Gothmog's girth. Empythacoreaus and Tharhack parted ways as the pit fiend promised to come looking for Tharhack once Klithgor has been destroyed. Tharhack watched the pit fiend take flight and disappear over the canyon wall, knowing that the destruction of the monster Klithgor was a priority, and for everyone's continued safety Klithgor would need to be destroyed. "You better get going if you want to get a good headstart, getting up this canyon wall is going to take most if not all of the morning hours." Rebrey told Tharhack "I'm not leaving you here, I'll die by your side defending your body till my last breath." Tharhack replied "You're stupid. Having us both dead gives Gothmog and Charekyal no chance at a recovery. Shouldn't they have that right? If you stay Emthur will gain four more minions, if you go he can only gain me." Rebrey answers "I was unable to help Bimbar, I wasn't strong enough to save Alriand, and I won't be cowardly enough to leave you here to die." Tharhack responds "You're not leaving me here to die, you're saving two people from death. There is greater good here, you have to see past your personal feelings, and your pride. Kord wants you to be strong you're no good to him dead, be strong now, save Gothmog and Charekyal. Then come back for me." Rebrey replies Tharhack feels the pain of Rebrey's loss even though he isn't assured of it. Tharhack helps Rebrey inside the entry doors of the skull building, leaving ten days worth of rations for him, Tharhack takes only one day for himself. Tharhack leaves Rebrey with his flail beside him, a prayer to guide him, and a small pouch by his side. Tharhack gathers up Charekyal, and begins his slow ascent up the winding path on the canyon wall, never looking back. As the midday sun rises overhead, Tharhack crests the canyon wall, and heads north. Hoping to find a town within a day or so that might be able yo offer Gothmog and/or Charekyal some kind of assistance. Rebrey takes the small pouch and empties the contents of it into his palm, a large diamond falls from it's hiding place in the pouch. Rebrey thinks the gift odd as he's not going to be able to spend it, Rebrey holds it up to his eyes to admire it, and sees the twisting dark form within. [/QUOTE]
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