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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 4319496" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p>My companions and I discussed what to do in light of the information Urkobona had provided us. Both Sideh and I recognized the name Sargeantanis. We have heard him listed among the many bastard offspring of Gnnnst; according to legend, Sargeantanis’s mother was a black dragon. He is about the equivalent of a demonic knight, although we could not be sure how much of that status was a courtesy because of his birth and how much was a representation of his true power.</p><p></p><p>Even if Sargeantanis was at the bottom of the plausible power range we could estimate for him, he still represented a serious threat to our efforts to establish an area of Caldefor beyond the Shadow. If he were in the area that would be beyond the new Shadowline, especially if he had an army with him, we might be unable to move the Shadowline at all. After some discussion, we agreed to head directly to the Circle. Breaking into the treasury at Lord Bastion’s manor could wait, whereas we now had a pressing need to reach the Circle before Sargeantanis reached the remnants of Dragonhold Ripgut. We also decided to bring the fifty Rappa, and three of the Rakshasa—the paladin, the wizard, and a redactor, as well as all 120 of the human mercenaries and the wagon with the matrix. We left the Pachaks and the Eums at the manor, along with the Trueborn and the priest and a redactor from the Rakshasa to cure the surviving Eums.</p><p></p><p>We made the best speed we could manage en route to the fallen Circle. We met no difficulties for the first two days, but forces of Shadow attacked us without warning on the third day. Some of the humans at the edges of the column suddenly started sinking into the ground. We had operated in Shadow long enough to be able to infer what that meant: a yellow eum attack. Sideh rode over to the area of the attack, giving orders to the rest of our troops, and yelling back to us that he estimated that about 100 eums had attacked. I summoned a fiendish dire weasel and sent it down one of the holes. It would not be able to kill many yellow eums, but it was one of the few things I could do that had any likelihood of working. The Rappa grabbed some of the sinking mercenaries and began flapping their wings, hauling them up despite the yellow eums. By this point it was clear that we were under attack from both sides.</p><p></p><p>Spring then cast an impressive <em>Major Image</em>. He created the illusion of a large school of thoqqua burrowing through the ground to attack the eums. About three-quarters of the eums on that side released the people they were attempting to pull down. Most fled, but we later found the unmarked corpse of one of the yellow eums—apparently, Spring frightened it to death. The Rakshasa psion engaged the eums on the other side, unleashing a powerful a mind blast directly through the ground that concealed the attackers. He killed one eum outright, another three continued dragging their victims down, and otherwise complete quiet reigned on that side. With only a handful of eum still attacking, we could concentrate our efforts on hauling the rest of the people up. The ultimate butcher’s bill was not bad, especially in light of the size of the force we faced. Two men were carried off, and about two dozen more had been injured. The redactor checked for taint and found that five of the human mercenaries were tainted. With a redactor and a supply of skin, it would be trivial to remove the taint once we reached an area where we could rest and wrap them in skin. The paladin and Sideh were able to heal the rest, at least to the point where they could continue without delaying us.</p><p></p><p>In the middle of that night, the Rakshasa paladin relayed a report to Spring. “It is reported to me, esteemed one, that we are being watched from without the camp.”</p><p></p><p>“By?”</p><p></p><p>“Apparently green eums. A small band-- a scouting party, I suspect. There are reports of four, roughly at the cardinal points.”</p><p></p><p>“But that’s just what we have seen. Might there be more waiting?”</p><p></p><p>“The Rappa have reasonable night vision. I see no reason to doubt their report.”</p><p></p><p>Spring ordered the rest of us awakened. Sideh and I explained that the great danger from green eums is the spread of disease. They are the servants of Orugub, but they carry the diseases of their mother, Malya. In most of the world, the Compact limits their threat, but in Shadow, they can cause a plague. If they returned with a substantial force, we would be all but doomed—even if we slew them, they would likely infect enough of our troops to destroy our force over time.</p><p></p><p>We headed out to ambush one, while the Rakshasa guarded the other directions. If we could pick them off individually, it would likely be easy enough</p><p></p><p>Spring shot our target twice with his crossbow before it could respond at all, although Sideh missed twice with his bow. The eum hurled a thin triangular object at Spring—his throw would have had deadly effect against most people, but passed right through Spring because of his incorporeality. The fiendish ape I summoned appeared a moment after the eum’s attack and finished it off.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the other three eums saw the engagement-- they twirled and ran off. Sideh shot one, and our wizard followed up with enough magic missiles to kill it. I ordered the Rappa to overfly the remaining two and to attack with javelins. They could not possibly survive an attack of nearly two dozen javelins each. Fortunately, we killed them all without any wounds or melee. We ordered all of our troops to remain in camp and to not approach the corpses.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the night passed peacefully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 4319496, member: 3448"] My companions and I discussed what to do in light of the information Urkobona had provided us. Both Sideh and I recognized the name Sargeantanis. We have heard him listed among the many bastard offspring of Gnnnst; according to legend, Sargeantanis’s mother was a black dragon. He is about the equivalent of a demonic knight, although we could not be sure how much of that status was a courtesy because of his birth and how much was a representation of his true power. Even if Sargeantanis was at the bottom of the plausible power range we could estimate for him, he still represented a serious threat to our efforts to establish an area of Caldefor beyond the Shadow. If he were in the area that would be beyond the new Shadowline, especially if he had an army with him, we might be unable to move the Shadowline at all. After some discussion, we agreed to head directly to the Circle. Breaking into the treasury at Lord Bastion’s manor could wait, whereas we now had a pressing need to reach the Circle before Sargeantanis reached the remnants of Dragonhold Ripgut. We also decided to bring the fifty Rappa, and three of the Rakshasa—the paladin, the wizard, and a redactor, as well as all 120 of the human mercenaries and the wagon with the matrix. We left the Pachaks and the Eums at the manor, along with the Trueborn and the priest and a redactor from the Rakshasa to cure the surviving Eums. We made the best speed we could manage en route to the fallen Circle. We met no difficulties for the first two days, but forces of Shadow attacked us without warning on the third day. Some of the humans at the edges of the column suddenly started sinking into the ground. We had operated in Shadow long enough to be able to infer what that meant: a yellow eum attack. Sideh rode over to the area of the attack, giving orders to the rest of our troops, and yelling back to us that he estimated that about 100 eums had attacked. I summoned a fiendish dire weasel and sent it down one of the holes. It would not be able to kill many yellow eums, but it was one of the few things I could do that had any likelihood of working. The Rappa grabbed some of the sinking mercenaries and began flapping their wings, hauling them up despite the yellow eums. By this point it was clear that we were under attack from both sides. Spring then cast an impressive [i]Major Image[/i]. He created the illusion of a large school of thoqqua burrowing through the ground to attack the eums. About three-quarters of the eums on that side released the people they were attempting to pull down. Most fled, but we later found the unmarked corpse of one of the yellow eums—apparently, Spring frightened it to death. The Rakshasa psion engaged the eums on the other side, unleashing a powerful a mind blast directly through the ground that concealed the attackers. He killed one eum outright, another three continued dragging their victims down, and otherwise complete quiet reigned on that side. With only a handful of eum still attacking, we could concentrate our efforts on hauling the rest of the people up. The ultimate butcher’s bill was not bad, especially in light of the size of the force we faced. Two men were carried off, and about two dozen more had been injured. The redactor checked for taint and found that five of the human mercenaries were tainted. With a redactor and a supply of skin, it would be trivial to remove the taint once we reached an area where we could rest and wrap them in skin. The paladin and Sideh were able to heal the rest, at least to the point where they could continue without delaying us. In the middle of that night, the Rakshasa paladin relayed a report to Spring. “It is reported to me, esteemed one, that we are being watched from without the camp.” “By?” “Apparently green eums. A small band-- a scouting party, I suspect. There are reports of four, roughly at the cardinal points.” “But that’s just what we have seen. Might there be more waiting?” “The Rappa have reasonable night vision. I see no reason to doubt their report.” Spring ordered the rest of us awakened. Sideh and I explained that the great danger from green eums is the spread of disease. They are the servants of Orugub, but they carry the diseases of their mother, Malya. In most of the world, the Compact limits their threat, but in Shadow, they can cause a plague. If they returned with a substantial force, we would be all but doomed—even if we slew them, they would likely infect enough of our troops to destroy our force over time. We headed out to ambush one, while the Rakshasa guarded the other directions. If we could pick them off individually, it would likely be easy enough Spring shot our target twice with his crossbow before it could respond at all, although Sideh missed twice with his bow. The eum hurled a thin triangular object at Spring—his throw would have had deadly effect against most people, but passed right through Spring because of his incorporeality. The fiendish ape I summoned appeared a moment after the eum’s attack and finished it off. Unfortunately, the other three eums saw the engagement-- they twirled and ran off. Sideh shot one, and our wizard followed up with enough magic missiles to kill it. I ordered the Rappa to overfly the remaining two and to attack with javelins. They could not possibly survive an attack of nearly two dozen javelins each. Fortunately, we killed them all without any wounds or melee. We ordered all of our troops to remain in camp and to not approach the corpses. The rest of the night passed peacefully. [/QUOTE]
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