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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9629921" data-attributes="member: 59816">The plan seemed to go well, with Doc and Gimlak diving off of the cliff and flying low, concealed by the cliffs from the eyes of the stone giants atop the gatehouse. The many torches flickered in the wind, still quite strong, even if it was the most calm it had been since their arrival. As night fell, they'd made their way out of the northern gorge and back up onto the road. By then, the roc-rider had gone to roost somewhere high in one of the three spires.In the shadows under the cliffs, it was sometimes difficult to spot where a rock would jut out in front of them, and yet, they could not fly too far away from the cliff wall, lest they be seen by the sentries. Doc and Gimlak had twice come close to smashing into one or another, or diving accidently into a fold between two parts of cliffside.Donnell, the Colonel, and Kahru had travelled up the road invisibly, and were attempting to catch up, going around the north spire from closer to the gates.Eventually, they made their way to the north spire's "window", an opening high in the wall (relative to the interior) that allowed light and air into the cavern within. Doc was first to land on its ledge. A few oversized torches were placed into holes bored into the caverns walls, and they lit the place with a dim light and the smell of burning grease. The Frost Giant had turned in, but had not gone to sleep. Doc could see him sitting on a pile of furs on a ledge that was built onto a corner where the cave twisted eastward.Looking southward from above, Doc could see the frosthawk, a great bird that stood only a little shorter than a man. It was hopping about above and beside a pile of rocks, sized perfectly to be thrown by a giant. It seemed that a rat was hiding in the pile, and the hawk knocked a few rocks aside before catching the rat and swallowing it whole. But its instincts were sharp and it immediately turned around and looked straight up at Doc, crouched down above it.It spread its wings and shrieked a high-pitched cry while hopping forward.[ooc]I won't immediately throw down a combat roller, in case you guys have any clever ideas on how to avoid it, but if you don't... this might be Round 1. Let me know OOC.[/ooc][spoiler="Map"][ATTACH=full]401669[/ATTACH][/spoiler]</blockquote>

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