Rannos and Fin change their appearance and hustle inside. They are way behind the OGM and Margaret. Fin moves towards the injured Grtak, who is in the process of standing up, signaling that he has this one and catch up after.
Rannos sees Margaret draw a dagger and plunge it both hands into the side of a wall just beyond the doorway, then jerks the blade sideways.
As an engineer in the employ of the church of Gond, she is aware that the walls are made of plaster over a frame and somewhat thinner wall of vastly stronger materials. Behind every door to high-value areas aboveground is a magically electrified portcullis that can be lowered in an emergency, provided one had the right key. However, by cutting into the wall, the rope suspending the portcullis is vulnerable to be cut. This vulnerability was in fact intentional, as highly damaging attacks against the door should be enough to damage the portcullis mechanism enough to lower it automatically, after which it locks into place. Combined with a highly advanced and trapped lock that encourages attempts at force, this system is highly effective against thieves.
The portcullis goes down, and the second Grtak Hobgoblin smacks right into it, gets blasted by the electrical charge, and bounces off. He falls to the floor twitching fro mthe electrical charges.
The Grtak OGM goes around, taking another route into the back room, as Rannos follows.
People are now aware of the battle in progress, and Fin throws several smoke bombs around to add to the confusion.
Rannos sees the Margaret jump over the firearms counter. Rannos had not noticed this, but in many cases, there are two identical guns on display in the glass casing instead of one, but only once is ever taken out to show to potential customers. This is becuase the others are loaded. She turns a musket and fires a shot into the Grtak's gut. It cases him to pause momentarily, but it does not knowk him down. He charges at her swinging his huge adamantine baton. Margaret raises her dagger to block it, but she is not even close to strong enough. She does manage to deflect it slightly, and it strikes her arm rather than her head. The dagger falls to the ground and she is thrown into the wall. As she bounces back, the Grtak OGM kicks her accross the temple, and she falls.
He raises his club to finish her when Rannos reaches him
Rannos draws his double-bladed sword as he reaches the Grtak officer. The brute tries to parry Rannos blade from the center, but Rannos just pivots it into his flank instead. Before the OGM can get his defenses back up and parry Rannos' final blow, Rannos' flurry had struck him 3 times (29dmg).
Having recovered, the Grtak officer holds his weapon up to Rannos' as they press and jocky for position. The OGM suddenly jumps up, using his weight to smack Ranon's sword down, then he swings and strikes Rannos twice (42dmg) before Rannos can regain his defences.
They jockey some more, and Rannos lunges, slipping his blade into the OGM as the OGM's baton goes right past his shoulder. Rannos twists the blade, cutting some rib outt before hitting on the other side as well. He twists the blade up again,cutting deeply into the OGM's arms as he brings down the baton, causing the OM to drop his weapon. Rannos twirls his weapon yet again, jamming it up the OGM's throat (54dmg). The Grtak officer falls dead. Rannos hears Margaret mouning behind the counter.
