The group moves to engage the avdnturing grup, and right now they also sandwich Lormand between them and the woman and his half orcs.
"Did you think on my offer?" says Lormand
"What kind of offer?" says the woman
"Dear lady, we can't match Cannith's offer at this point, but surely ten thousands will be enough"
"No, thanks. We'll kick you out of the piers and get their money"
The brief conversation is interrupted by a loud "boom". Stulgar was able to see what happened: Ceshil drew somethin from his clothes and threw it with all his strenghth against one of the boat's bottom. It hen shattered, resounding like a thunder and sending a wave through all the piers. If you thought it'd somehow weaken the wooden structures you were wrong. However, short after the loud sound, several warforged start climbing the piers and boats and haul a heavy chest and one dangerous looking, dog-like construct on the eastern pier. The constructs appraise the scene with inhuman eyes and, dripping water and grime, grab their weapons and shields.
"Did you think I'd come with just these two as my only protection?" exclaims Ceshil "You still have an opportunity, bring here the crystal or I'll go for it!"
"Treacherous bastard! I said no surprises!" answers the woman, who appraises the chest with greedy eyes, and whispers something to those around them. The woman herself cast a spell, and her form seem to explode into a multitude of her own, obviously illusion, but it's impossible to distinguish the real her. The shifter goes north, as Lormand suggested, and dissapears from sight. The half orcs, however, draw large swords and gleefully jump into the southern barge: one of them nerly cuts in half one of Lormand's men, while the other is just barely able to dodge the heavy blade.
[ooc: Finally1 sorry for having you waiting for so long, though I don't know if you'll like it...
Not many rules related comments; the 'boom' was a thunderstone.
From now, skulls in the map represent characters that have been dropped this round (not neccesarily dead). It looks like there are more warforged underwater; they helped climb the iron defender and hauled the chest, which is located in the square NW of where Ceshil is currently standing.
The half orcs wield bastard swords. The warforged have mithral plating, shields, and wield battleaxes.
Lormand and his guys.
Siobhan
Niccolo
Raven
Ceshil, swordmen, warforged
Half orcs, shifter and woman
Stulgar <----
Orerreth.]
