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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4721949" data-attributes="member: 3285">Sibling Rivalry: Part 13 – Lair EntranceThe further they traveled up the mountainside, the worse the weather became. The wind picked up, gusting at times as fast as fifty miles per hour. The temperature had dropped to a bone-chilling ten degrees Fahrenheit. They came to a wide chasm some, one hundred and fifty feet wide. Spanning it was a bridge made of ice. On the other side of the chasm, the mountainside continued with a large round ledge and an even larger cave entrance.“That’s got to be it!” shouted Quintus.  “We need to…” The rest of his explanation died in his throat as a monstrous shape began to form from out of the fog.“Troll!” shouted Ilmarė.  She drew her bow and fired.  The arrow stuck in the long-nosed, slouching thing but didn’t stop it.  It ambled across the bridge on its knuckles, gorilla-like, screeching as it came.“I’ve got it.”  Vlad drew his sword and shield and stepped forward to face the beast.  It backhanded him and he fell, sliding perilously close to the edge of the bridge.“Careful!” shouted Sebastian.  “I can’t use my magic here or I’ll collapse the bridge!”Beldin stepped forward.  “Leave it to a dwarf to take care of a troll.”  He drew Windcutter.  “Come on then, beast.  You’ll not be knocking me down so easily!”The troll roared and charged forward.  Beldin ducked low and hacked at one of its legs.  The troll howled in pain and spun, slapping Beldin sideways.True to his word, Beldin didn’t fall down.  He merely slid upright across the bridge.  He flew right off the edge but buried Windcutter blade into the side.  The dwarf dangled over the void.The troll turned, grinning with a mouthful of needle-like teeth.  It leaned forward to leer at Beldin, savoring its prey.With a mighty lunge, Vlad slammed into the troll’s backside with his shield.  The thing shrieked as it flew end over end, past Beldin, and disappeared into the howling white winds below.Vlad offered Beldin a hand up.“Thanks,” said the dwarf.  “Let’s not speak of this ever again.”Vlad smiled.  “Agreed.”</blockquote>

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