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<blockquote data-quote="Neverwinter Knight" data-source="post: 430498" data-attributes="member: 596"><p><strong>The Aftermaw</strong> </p><p></p><p>Percifona looked up at the sky. Although it was a beautiful day and she was feeling better, her heart was troubled. It was not that it was for concern for her friends, far from it, she was sad because the others were probably out there slaying monsters and evil men. AND SHE WANTED TO JOIN THEM! SNEACK ATTACK! But still, she had been very ill and had it not been for Brother Calmert and his medicine, she would still be in bed with fever.</p><p></p><p>As she stood out there in front of the Inn of the Welcome Wench, two armor-clad men approached her. "Hey, you there! Aren't you Sephyra? You are, are you not?" one asked. "No you idiot" replied the other. "She is Percifona. Ah, no you're right, she's Daphne. Then they looked at each other, then at Percifona and then shouted together "Well, who are you?" Percifona sighed, she could not get used to Burne's Badgers as they called themselves. Burne supposedly recruited these men as prisoners from the battle of Emridy Meadows. Since then these chaotic fighters served him loyally, although they were known to play strange pranks on people. "I", she emphasized, "am Percifona. You'd better remember this!" "Oh great joy", they both replied. "Then we can take you with us back to the tower. Lord Burne wants to see you."</p><p></p><p>The wizard looked worn out, as though he had been drinking heavily the past night, she thought. On her way to the castle, the two guards had only stopped once to egg one of the villagers. She would never understand why a man of Burne's status had such servants. "You wanted to see me, Lord Burne?" "Ah, Percifona", the wizard managed a mild smile. "Good thing you are here. I want to show you something." He led her to a little room with a circular table. In the middle there was a small ball of dull white crystal. "Look into this crystal ball and tell me what you see." Percifona looked and, to her surprise, she saw Ike standing in a nicely furnished room, looking over the remains of a battle. There was blood everywhere. "I have kept watch over your friends for the last hour or so. They could use your help." Percifona was eager to join her friends. So they had been battling away without her. Not fair. "OK, I'll be on my way then." Burne smiled. "I think I can get you there very quickly. Stand aside." With a few words and gestures of magic he conjured up a door. "If you step through this door, you will find yourself with your friends. I will try to watch over you once in a while, but my, ah, let's say reception in this place is very bad. And that is even though I'm tuned in onto something one of your friends has. Oh, and by the way, if things go badly for you, take reinforcements with you. I think Elmo's brother Theleb used to be a sword for hire and might come with you, for a price." Percifona thanked Burne and stepped through the gate.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ike turned around and was surprised to see a glowing portal in the northern wall. He readied his greatsword and almost cut down his friend Percifona as she stepped into the room. "Perce', how'd you get here ?" Percifona greeted her friends and told them what had occurred. "Hmm, so Burne is watching us, is he." Ike looked like a little child. He had an idea.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p>In his scrying room Burne shook his head. No, he thought, this band of adventurers lacked any sort of discipline and the seriousness necessary to complete difficult quests. He got up and left the room, feeling the need for a warm meal and a mug ale. In the room, the crystal ball was still glowing. And there were people in there moving, no, rather standing in the room moving their hands. They were waving.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p>Kruskar and Merlos brought their friend up to date. Then they decided to take on of the captured guards with them to the prisoners. He should lead the way. The other two were tied up and locked in Romag's quarters.</p><p></p><p>They approached the door and Kruskar knocked. A peephole opened, and a human face looked through. "Hello, sir, what is the password?", he asked. "I am Kruskar, and I am your new commander and left hand of Romag", Kruskar answered the man. "Open this door at once." To his right, the guard they had taken with them waved and made gestures. Percifona closed in and put her sword in at his back. The man stopped.</p><p>"What is the password, sir", the guard demanded. "I am Kruskar and I'm new here. So just open the door." But his bluff was not very good and the guard was on alert. He closed the peephole and shouted "Guards, to me." Through the door, Kruskar could hear all kinds of movements and a horn.</p><p>"I tried to warn you", their prisoner said. "You have to say the password right away." "Really, or were you rather trying to warn your friends. Maybe I should just kill you now." Percifona looked like she meant it. That was enough, something in the guard snapped and he ran away, screaming. He did not get far, however, and stopped just after two yards and looked disbelievingly at Percifona's short sword that was protruding from his chest. Then he fell dead.</p><p></p><p>They took a while to prepare for combat, then Ike decided to run in the door. He forgot about the floor trap and fell into the pit. It was not deep, but as he was about to climb out, some of the bones on the bottom started to move. A skeleton got up and advanced on Ike.</p><p>Just then they heared noises from a path to the south. Sounds of men and a horn was blown again. Maria looked around a corner and was almost blasted with arrows. They were coming. At that moment the door in front of them opened.</p><p></p><p>They faced several archers, protected by warriors. Their enemies started to close in from the other side. Ike had quickly destroyed the skeleton and climbed out of the pit. As he entered the room he was attacked by a warrior in jet-black platemail armor. He dealt Ike a powerful wound. Maria sealed off their southern flank with a wall made of wind; she had become quite powerful. The others one by one jumped the pit and entered the combat in the other room. A cleric had joined in as well, casting spells and aiding the dark warrior. As the weaker guards fell, they left the room through a door in the north. The weakened party regrouped and also went through the door in the north after hearing noise from the south.</p><p></p><p>Continuing, they went through a complex network of tunnels and hallways, amazed of the size of the dungeon. Then they came by a set of stairs, leading down. From there they heard whipping sounds and screams. When they explored the area, they found a torture chamber with a mad human wielding a cat o' nine tails and a gnoll operating a winch. They were actively torturing a human male and utterly surprised when they were attacked by the party. They fell dead in a few rounds.</p><p>In the room they discovered four prisoners, two human girls and two orcs. The pretty one of the girls asked the party to search for her younger brother, who had been captured as well, but she declined Ike's request that she marry him. The orcs asked for weapons to revenge themselves on their captors.</p><p>The party took them all with them and explored some more, finding more prisoner cells. The mostly held zombies, though, but in one they found a gnomish warrior, who introduced himself with Gwunnilon. He also told them the rest of his name, but it was too long to remember for a non-gnome.</p><p></p><p>The friends explored some more, still, and encountered the cleric and the dark warrior, who fled before them. But they decided not to push their luck any further. After all, they were badly wounded and out of spells. They needed rest. So they chose to leave the dungeon and come back another time.</p><p></p><p>Their way out was a close call, though. The guards had laid ambushes in many of the passage ways and had obviously recruited the help of undead creatures. Finally they managed to escape the dungeon. The orcs they had freed had perished, though. Still, they had won a big battle and went back to their Moathouse with their heads held high.</p><p></p><p>to be continued...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neverwinter Knight, post: 430498, member: 596"] [B]The Aftermaw[/B] Percifona looked up at the sky. Although it was a beautiful day and she was feeling better, her heart was troubled. It was not that it was for concern for her friends, far from it, she was sad because the others were probably out there slaying monsters and evil men. AND SHE WANTED TO JOIN THEM! SNEACK ATTACK! But still, she had been very ill and had it not been for Brother Calmert and his medicine, she would still be in bed with fever. As she stood out there in front of the Inn of the Welcome Wench, two armor-clad men approached her. "Hey, you there! Aren't you Sephyra? You are, are you not?" one asked. "No you idiot" replied the other. "She is Percifona. Ah, no you're right, she's Daphne. Then they looked at each other, then at Percifona and then shouted together "Well, who are you?" Percifona sighed, she could not get used to Burne's Badgers as they called themselves. Burne supposedly recruited these men as prisoners from the battle of Emridy Meadows. Since then these chaotic fighters served him loyally, although they were known to play strange pranks on people. "I", she emphasized, "am Percifona. You'd better remember this!" "Oh great joy", they both replied. "Then we can take you with us back to the tower. Lord Burne wants to see you." The wizard looked worn out, as though he had been drinking heavily the past night, she thought. On her way to the castle, the two guards had only stopped once to egg one of the villagers. She would never understand why a man of Burne's status had such servants. "You wanted to see me, Lord Burne?" "Ah, Percifona", the wizard managed a mild smile. "Good thing you are here. I want to show you something." He led her to a little room with a circular table. In the middle there was a small ball of dull white crystal. "Look into this crystal ball and tell me what you see." Percifona looked and, to her surprise, she saw Ike standing in a nicely furnished room, looking over the remains of a battle. There was blood everywhere. "I have kept watch over your friends for the last hour or so. They could use your help." Percifona was eager to join her friends. So they had been battling away without her. Not fair. "OK, I'll be on my way then." Burne smiled. "I think I can get you there very quickly. Stand aside." With a few words and gestures of magic he conjured up a door. "If you step through this door, you will find yourself with your friends. I will try to watch over you once in a while, but my, ah, let's say reception in this place is very bad. And that is even though I'm tuned in onto something one of your friends has. Oh, and by the way, if things go badly for you, take reinforcements with you. I think Elmo's brother Theleb used to be a sword for hire and might come with you, for a price." Percifona thanked Burne and stepped through the gate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ike turned around and was surprised to see a glowing portal in the northern wall. He readied his greatsword and almost cut down his friend Percifona as she stepped into the room. "Perce', how'd you get here ?" Percifona greeted her friends and told them what had occurred. "Hmm, so Burne is watching us, is he." Ike looked like a little child. He had an idea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In his scrying room Burne shook his head. No, he thought, this band of adventurers lacked any sort of discipline and the seriousness necessary to complete difficult quests. He got up and left the room, feeling the need for a warm meal and a mug ale. In the room, the crystal ball was still glowing. And there were people in there moving, no, rather standing in the room moving their hands. They were waving. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kruskar and Merlos brought their friend up to date. Then they decided to take on of the captured guards with them to the prisoners. He should lead the way. The other two were tied up and locked in Romag's quarters. They approached the door and Kruskar knocked. A peephole opened, and a human face looked through. "Hello, sir, what is the password?", he asked. "I am Kruskar, and I am your new commander and left hand of Romag", Kruskar answered the man. "Open this door at once." To his right, the guard they had taken with them waved and made gestures. Percifona closed in and put her sword in at his back. The man stopped. "What is the password, sir", the guard demanded. "I am Kruskar and I'm new here. So just open the door." But his bluff was not very good and the guard was on alert. He closed the peephole and shouted "Guards, to me." Through the door, Kruskar could hear all kinds of movements and a horn. "I tried to warn you", their prisoner said. "You have to say the password right away." "Really, or were you rather trying to warn your friends. Maybe I should just kill you now." Percifona looked like she meant it. That was enough, something in the guard snapped and he ran away, screaming. He did not get far, however, and stopped just after two yards and looked disbelievingly at Percifona's short sword that was protruding from his chest. Then he fell dead. They took a while to prepare for combat, then Ike decided to run in the door. He forgot about the floor trap and fell into the pit. It was not deep, but as he was about to climb out, some of the bones on the bottom started to move. A skeleton got up and advanced on Ike. Just then they heared noises from a path to the south. Sounds of men and a horn was blown again. Maria looked around a corner and was almost blasted with arrows. They were coming. At that moment the door in front of them opened. They faced several archers, protected by warriors. Their enemies started to close in from the other side. Ike had quickly destroyed the skeleton and climbed out of the pit. As he entered the room he was attacked by a warrior in jet-black platemail armor. He dealt Ike a powerful wound. Maria sealed off their southern flank with a wall made of wind; she had become quite powerful. The others one by one jumped the pit and entered the combat in the other room. A cleric had joined in as well, casting spells and aiding the dark warrior. As the weaker guards fell, they left the room through a door in the north. The weakened party regrouped and also went through the door in the north after hearing noise from the south. Continuing, they went through a complex network of tunnels and hallways, amazed of the size of the dungeon. Then they came by a set of stairs, leading down. From there they heard whipping sounds and screams. When they explored the area, they found a torture chamber with a mad human wielding a cat o' nine tails and a gnoll operating a winch. They were actively torturing a human male and utterly surprised when they were attacked by the party. They fell dead in a few rounds. In the room they discovered four prisoners, two human girls and two orcs. The pretty one of the girls asked the party to search for her younger brother, who had been captured as well, but she declined Ike's request that she marry him. The orcs asked for weapons to revenge themselves on their captors. The party took them all with them and explored some more, finding more prisoner cells. The mostly held zombies, though, but in one they found a gnomish warrior, who introduced himself with Gwunnilon. He also told them the rest of his name, but it was too long to remember for a non-gnome. The friends explored some more, still, and encountered the cleric and the dark warrior, who fled before them. But they decided not to push their luck any further. After all, they were badly wounded and out of spells. They needed rest. So they chose to leave the dungeon and come back another time. Their way out was a close call, though. The guards had laid ambushes in many of the passage ways and had obviously recruited the help of undead creatures. Finally they managed to escape the dungeon. The orcs they had freed had perished, though. Still, they had won a big battle and went back to their Moathouse with their heads held high. to be continued... [/QUOTE]
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