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Chapter 11 - Loose Ends (Part 2) Enlishia picked up her bow and darted across the doorway, loosing an arrow as she went. It drove into the ogre’s shoulder, drawing forth another roar from the creature and while it was distracted, Telkya stabbed at the orc before her and ducked through the doors...

Chapter 11 - Loose Ends (Part 1) Dulvarna listened carefully at the door and heard voices speaking in a guttural tongue. A rumbling voice interrupted the speakers and the first speaker laughed harshly and then resumed talking. “This one’s not empty,” she whispered to the others. They had...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 7) A bolt of fire flew past Telkya and struck the wall behind her and as he saw the bolt miss, Lavren recovered a little. He pushed himself off the table and leveled his wand at the theurge, uttering a curse as he did so. A black bolt of crackling energy...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 6) Erlmoor held his own foe at bay despite his increased size and now the huge duergar was a much better target. An arrow drove into its arm and as the dwarf flinched, Erlmoor prayed and then advanced. His blade glowed white and he plunged it into the...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 5) Dulvarna surveyed the wide hall, taking in the two fireplaces – both filled with roaring flames – one on either side of the chamber. A short staircase flanked by statues of leering gargoyle-like monsters led up to an area furnished as a bedroom...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 4) “We must be ready for battle, Lord Thane,” said Framarth without preamble as he rushed into Murkelmor’s chamber. “They hold the eastern side of the chasm and came forth across the north bridge behind me.” “Then you will go for aid from Oldukr,” said...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 3) “Someone is on the bridge,” said Telkya suddenly as the three former servants cleared away the breakfast dishes the table that they had moved to the smithy. The door across the bridge had opened and a squat figure that could only be a duergar had...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 2) Thane Murkelmor looked down from the raised platform on which he stood and slowly took in what his most trusted theurge had told him. How could he not have seen this? How could his hold have been attacked while he sat here and knew nothing until his...

Chapter 10 - Reunion and Reckoning (Part 1) “We should return to the wight chamber and rest,” said Erlmoor as he woke with Telkya kneeling and praying beside him. “Lord Litiraan,” came a voice from one of the pits and the elf looked down. “Kelathann,” he said as he realised that the faces...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 7) Dulvarna slashed out with Aecris and smashed the blade into the side of the breastplate that the duergar sorcerer wore. The gray dwarf retreated nonetheless and uttered another incantation. This time, poisonous fumes rose up from the floor of the chamber...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 6) A quill bounced off Erlmoor’s shoulder plate and then the second duergar was upon him. The dwarf’s hammer slashed out from the right and cracked into the dragonborn’s leg, almost knocking him from his feet. He staggered but managed to keep his footing until...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 5) Dulvarna stopped before the south facing door at the end of the passage and held her blade ready in two hands while reaching out for the iron ring handle. They had rested for the night in the ruined chapel with the fallen wights and eaten a bland breakfast...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 4) “They are not coming back,” said Calder, the older of the two men, as they peered out warily at the bridge across the chasm. They had rested warily where they had been left near the gate to the Horned Hold but once several hours had passed they had returned...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 3) “Dulvarna at least cannot go onwards or back from here without rest,” said Litiraan as the companions tended their wounds. Dulvarna had become pale as death and had all but collapsed once the battle was ended, her breathing now ragged and laboured. “Litiraan...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 2) From the dais, Telkya knew she had to aid Dulvarna somehow and so she began a new prayer that would call down a column of searing divine light upon the wights. It descended on the closest wight to Dulvarna and seared the undead creature’s flesh until it...

Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 1) When each had tended to their wounds and explored the side rooms off the hall and the barracks they found that they had two ways open to them. Double doors led west from a corridor that led out of the entry foyer while another pair of doors led north from...

Chapter 8 - Across the Chasm (Part 5) At the northern end of the hall, Enlishia lashed her blade across the shoulder of the duergar she faced and forced him back for a moment. The dwarf lashed out with his hammer but she parried the riposte easily and twisted his hammer aside so that she could...

Chapter 8 - Across the Chasm (Part 4) The duergar rushed at Erlmoor and smashed its hammer overhand into the base of the dragonborn’s neck. Gasping for breath, Erlmoor fell back and Litiraan loosed another silver bolt to keep the gray dwarf at bay. It flew high and wide and struck the wall...

Chapter 8 - Across the Chasm (Part 3) When breakfast was done, the six companions led the three former prisoners to the gates of the northern hold and told them to flee northward if they failed to return or if anything troubled them. Then the six made their way to the barred doors of the...

Chapter 8 - Across the Chasm (Part 2) Dulvarna was woken by the smell of frying bacon and felt refreshed almost as soon as she opened her eyes. She began to rise but pain lanced across her ribs and she winced, leaning against the table for a moment. Enlishia steered her towards a seat at the...