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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 4856353" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Session 21, Part 5</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Suniel didn't wait to see what it was in the cave that had killed Kezzek, he simply threw the most powerful fire spell he knew into the cave. In the flash of flame that erupted, he caught a glimpse of two figures. </p><p></p><p> One, deep in the cave and barely in the light of the blast, was a tall skeleton with what looked like pink, pulsing intestines wrapped about its ribs and ending in a set of needle-like pincers that stuck from the skeleton's mouth like some obscene tongue. <em>Mohrg</em>, Suniel thought, the name rising up out of decades-old half-suppressed memories.</p><p></p><p> The other was black, slick, almost featureless except for eyes that burned with a pale blue light. Suniel had no name for it, but it brought back images of the dark things that had begun to walk in the shadows around Thessalock when they were still working together on their grand dream in the Ashen Tower.</p><p></p><p> As the flames enveloped the creature, its eyes met his and Suniel felt like an icy hand grabbed his soul and tugged.</p><p></p><p> He closed his eyes and jerked back, gasping as the icy ephemeral grip loosed. “Don't look in its eyes,” Suniel shouted to the others. Judging by Kormak's shocked look, he already had, but the fact that he was still charging towards it was testament to his resilience. Harold's expression was grim as he looked the thing in the eye and began firing.</p><p></p><p>As Suniel summoned up another more controlled blast of flame, Kormak leapt through the air towards the creature. It didn't even look in his direction as the mohrg's “tongue” shot out, yanked Kormak out of the air, and dragged him into the depths of the cave.</p><p></p><p> The black, soulless creature staggered back as Harold walked towards it, loosing an arrow with every step. Suniel hurled a burning cinder that hit it square in the chest and burned a gaping hole clear through it. The thing cast one last hollow look at Suniel and dissolved away into the darkness.</p><p></p><p> Suniel summoned a light to his hand and ran with Harold into the cave towards the sounds of struggle. As they neared it, there was a resounding <em>crack</em> and a moment later Kormak walked into the light with a rib-cage in one hand, three feet of ropy intestine in the other, and small bleeding pincer-marks all over his body.</p><p></p><p> “That was gross,” he said. “Let's not fight any more of those things.”</p><p></p><p> They stopped and exchanged brief glances and nods as the adrenaline rush of battle subsided. Then, as one, their gazes turned to where Kezzek's body lay.</p><p></p><p> ***</p><p></p><p> “Wake up, sleepy,” a muffled voice said from what seemed to be a long ways away. “Come on, wake up.”</p><p></p><p> Bradic awoke to find himself tied back-to-back to his cousin, his armor stripped away. The ugly dwarf knelt next to him, while the wizard – that he now saw was an elf – and the human archer stood a few paces away, jaws set and eyes hard. His mind was foggy and his arm and head pulsed with pain.</p><p></p><p> “What were you planning to do in this place?” the archer said, gesturing towards the cave where the stacks of coffins burned.</p><p></p><p> “Don't go in there, there's two terrible-” he began.</p><p></p><p> “Too late,” the elf said, cutting him off. “Our companion is already dead.”</p><p></p><p> Bradic's head slumped down. He took a deep breath and looked back up. “Are you going to kill me?”</p><p></p><p> “That would depend on what you say in the next few minutes,” the archer said, his expression saying he meant it. “Choose your words carefully for what they might tell us is all that is buying you the breath to speak them.”</p><p></p><p> His mind suddenly sharpened. He saw the Greywarden lying in repose on the furs of his cousin's bed through the pavilion door. He saw the bodies of the men, their armor glinting in the sunlight as clouds of flies swarmed around their corpses. He saw the orange light of the burning coffins in the cave. He felt the hard sunlight burning down on his face. He felt the lack of breath in the body tied to his back.</p><p></p><p> He took another deep breath and nodded. “I will tell you everything I know, as well as I can tell it.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 4856353, member: 60965"] Session 21, Part 5 Suniel didn't wait to see what it was in the cave that had killed Kezzek, he simply threw the most powerful fire spell he knew into the cave. In the flash of flame that erupted, he caught a glimpse of two figures. One, deep in the cave and barely in the light of the blast, was a tall skeleton with what looked like pink, pulsing intestines wrapped about its ribs and ending in a set of needle-like pincers that stuck from the skeleton's mouth like some obscene tongue. [I]Mohrg[/I], Suniel thought, the name rising up out of decades-old half-suppressed memories. The other was black, slick, almost featureless except for eyes that burned with a pale blue light. Suniel had no name for it, but it brought back images of the dark things that had begun to walk in the shadows around Thessalock when they were still working together on their grand dream in the Ashen Tower. As the flames enveloped the creature, its eyes met his and Suniel felt like an icy hand grabbed his soul and tugged. He closed his eyes and jerked back, gasping as the icy ephemeral grip loosed. “Don't look in its eyes,” Suniel shouted to the others. Judging by Kormak's shocked look, he already had, but the fact that he was still charging towards it was testament to his resilience. Harold's expression was grim as he looked the thing in the eye and began firing. As Suniel summoned up another more controlled blast of flame, Kormak leapt through the air towards the creature. It didn't even look in his direction as the mohrg's “tongue” shot out, yanked Kormak out of the air, and dragged him into the depths of the cave. The black, soulless creature staggered back as Harold walked towards it, loosing an arrow with every step. Suniel hurled a burning cinder that hit it square in the chest and burned a gaping hole clear through it. The thing cast one last hollow look at Suniel and dissolved away into the darkness. Suniel summoned a light to his hand and ran with Harold into the cave towards the sounds of struggle. As they neared it, there was a resounding [I]crack[/I] and a moment later Kormak walked into the light with a rib-cage in one hand, three feet of ropy intestine in the other, and small bleeding pincer-marks all over his body. “That was gross,” he said. “Let's not fight any more of those things.” They stopped and exchanged brief glances and nods as the adrenaline rush of battle subsided. Then, as one, their gazes turned to where Kezzek's body lay. *** “Wake up, sleepy,” a muffled voice said from what seemed to be a long ways away. “Come on, wake up.” Bradic awoke to find himself tied back-to-back to his cousin, his armor stripped away. The ugly dwarf knelt next to him, while the wizard – that he now saw was an elf – and the human archer stood a few paces away, jaws set and eyes hard. His mind was foggy and his arm and head pulsed with pain. “What were you planning to do in this place?” the archer said, gesturing towards the cave where the stacks of coffins burned. “Don't go in there, there's two terrible-” he began. “Too late,” the elf said, cutting him off. “Our companion is already dead.” Bradic's head slumped down. He took a deep breath and looked back up. “Are you going to kill me?” “That would depend on what you say in the next few minutes,” the archer said, his expression saying he meant it. “Choose your words carefully for what they might tell us is all that is buying you the breath to speak them.” His mind suddenly sharpened. He saw the Greywarden lying in repose on the furs of his cousin's bed through the pavilion door. He saw the bodies of the men, their armor glinting in the sunlight as clouds of flies swarmed around their corpses. He saw the orange light of the burning coffins in the cave. He felt the hard sunlight burning down on his face. He felt the lack of breath in the body tied to his back. He took another deep breath and nodded. “I will tell you everything I know, as well as I can tell it.” [/QUOTE]
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