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Chapter 8 - Ambush of the Outcasts (Part 3) In the doorway, Erlmoor glanced to the left to see how his companions fared and then roared, spewing acid over the cambions before him. As they shrank back, he raised his voice in prayer and struck out with his blade, the sword glowing brightly as he...

Chapter 8 - Ambush of the Outcasts (Part 2) They followed the southern passage out of the monolith chamber until, after a short way, it widened into a long, hooked corridor. A number of mirrors hung on the outer wall and a set of doubled doors pierced the opposite wall, across from the mirrors...

Chapter 8 - Ambush of the Outcasts (Part 1) “What I cannot understand,” Erlmoor rumbled slowly over a mouthful of fried meat from his trail rations. “Is if you were imprisoned here with Draxius, then how did the royal line of Cormyr continue?” The companions had made camp in the chamber of...

Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 5) The elf maid lashed out with her right hand and loosed a black ray towards Erlmoor and the dragonborn ducked to his right to evade the bolt. Beyond the elf body, Telkya hurled a bolt of golden light from behind the corpse that flashed past and...

Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 4) Dulvarna spun around the corpse and lashed her blade across the back of its left thigh, forcing it to lurch and stagger forward. She spun back in front of it and as she did, Erlmoor raised his sword against his shoulder and held forth his left hand...

Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 3) Dulvarna leapt forward without hesitation, her blade in her hands already. She lashed out as she reached the headless elf body and cut a wound across the body’s left thigh. Erlmoor rushed in behind Dulvarna and drove his blade into the headless...

Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 2) The wide hallway opened after only a few feet into a wide chamber around which four stone monoliths had been arranged. Great plumes of energy streamed out of the monoliths and toward a central wall of arcane force. Vyrellis gasped as the companions...

Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 1) “We cannot leave the level,” said Vyrellis as the companions surveyed the chamber before them. They had tended to their wounds in the hallway outside the ice chamber and then had opened the double doors to the north that led out of the hall. A wide...

Chapter 6 - The Chamber of Ice (Part 4) Dulvarna looked over her shoulder and knew that she had little time to finish the zombies if she was to aid Lavren and the others. With a guttural roar, she rushed at them in a fury, her blade slashing left and right into both with single blows. The...

Chapter 6 - The Chamber of Ice (Part 3) The demon came forward out of the doorway and stabbed out with its trident, driving the points into Lavren’s left shoulder. The elf reeled back and retreated a few more steps until he was back to back with Enlishia. He raised his wand and hurled a bolt of...

Chapter 6 - The Chamber of Ice (Part 2) Dulvarna turned to face the zombie that had emerged next to her, already wounded by Lavren’s eldritch blast. She slashed Aecris across from right to left and clove the blade into the creature’s side. It lurched back the other way and then awkwardly...

Chapter 6 - The Chamber of Ice (Part 1) “You suffered badly in that battle and yet you stood firm,” said Vyrellis as Lavren examined the orb in a corner of the wooden platform on which the companions had uncomfortably spent the night. “Truly you are the hero I have been seeking to save me.”...

Chapter 5 - Troubled Waters (Part 4) Enlishia loosed two arrows into the water close to the last sahuagin but it was not enough to stop it hurling another blast of water at Lavren. Again the elf was thrown back into the bridge post and this time he cried out as something sharp drove into the...

Chapter 5 - Troubled Waters (Part 3) In the water next to the bridge, Erlmoor realised that the sahuagin were now trying to reach Lavren and moved in front of them again, lashing out with his blade at the wounded sahuagin. The enchanted sword glowed again as it struck home and this time, it...

Chapter 5 - Troubled Waters (Part 2) On the other side of the bridge, Dulvarna stabbed her sword down into the water where the sahuagin had stood and connected with its shoulder, drawing more blood into the pool where Enlishia and Litiraan now stood. Dulvarna retreated along the bridge toward...

Chapter 5 - Troubled Waters (Part 1) Only Telkya remembered having read of Draxius in an old tome that had survived the Fall of Myth Drannor. “He ruled when the City of Song still flourished and it fell six centuries and more ago,” said Telkya. “If he lived until perhaps a hundred years after...

DM Note - Draxius the Neverdying For those who wish to know more about Draxius then what little is recorded about him can be found in the Grand History of the Realms. This will however give some idea of future plot developments in this story hour so if you don't want to spoil the surprises...

Chapter 4 - The Pit of Death (Part 4) “You out there!” called a voice almost as soon as the ettin was defeated. The voice came from an alcove in the eastern wall of the chamber where several severed heads could be seen hanging. “We can help each other, I just know it,” called the voice again...

Chapter 4 - The Pit of Death (Part 3) The creature reared and then lunged at Erlmoor with its mouth wide to bite at him. Summoning what strength he had left, he dodged to the right and raised his blade. With a prayer on his lips he swung out with the sword he had taken from Caustrex’s hoard...

Chapter 4 - The Pit of Death (Part 2) Another corpse rose behind Dulvarna and lashed out at her with a fist. She ducked under the blow but as she did, another rose and flailed at her. She ducked back and an arrow drove into each of the zombies sending them falling back amongst the grim pile of...