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<blockquote data-quote="Morpheus Kenlor" data-source="post: 41209" data-attributes="member: 824"><p><strong>Our Beginning...and their End.</strong></p><p></p><p>His skin exploded. Tears ripped across his body and flames shot from the wounds. His roars of pain were so loud that I feared they would split my skull. I suddenly felt a huge weight lift of me and at the same time hearing slow, rhythmic beats against the air. He was trying to escape. I couldn’t let him. I wouldn’t. No-one attacks me without facing the consequences. No-one. </p><p>I pushed myself of the ground and tried to slash the beast as it flew away from me but it was in vain. He was out of my reach. I was about to blast him out of the sky but when I looked to my left I saw I didn’t have to. </p><p>Krunk, who just finished off a giant by flying upward and smashing his axe through the jaw and skull of the creature, was flying further up and arched towards the dragon. He soared towards the beast and tore its throat apart with his crystal axe. The dragon desperately tried to ward off Krunk with one claw and hold his throat together with the other, but it was useless. Krunk easily dodged the flailing monstrosity and slammed his beautiful two-handed axe straight into the left eye of the dragon, which sunk deeply into his skull. Krunk pushed himself off the lifeless dragon which tumbled ungracefully in the air and smashed into the cold ground. I turned my attention to a retreating giant. While cradling his mangled arm he looked at me over his shoulder. I could see straight into his eyes. The hope that his life won’t be taken and that he could live to see another day was overly evident. A smile grew on my face when I realized I could crush that hope with a thought. I pointed my arm towards the giant and a dark purple orb of light formed in my outstretched hand. Although dripping blood clouded my vision, thanks to Bob’s spell I was able to focus perfectly on the retreating oaf. I closed my eyes and let Cyric’s Blessing guide the burning ray. When I opened my eyes I could see the smoldering carcass lying on the ground, heavily burned. I turned around to see the last giant grabbing Krunk in the air and slamming him against the ground. Krunk, however, was undeterred and split the giants’ right knee-cap, causing blood to gush from the wound and the giant to stagger on his good leg. The huge monster took a few steps back, cocked his head back and spat out a bone-numbing blizzard. </p><p>This time, however, I was prepared. The blast hurt, but it was nothing compared to what I had suffered before. That was his final attempt to save his life. He had nothing left. Then, the creature was pounded with everything we had. </p><p>Krunk slashed off his right leg in the middle of the shinbone. </p><p>Faramir released five red glowing orbs which exploded in the giants’ chest. </p><p>Lefay threw her two deadly blades both into his heart. </p><p>And finally a small bolt sunk deeply into the back of the giants head, thanks to the little thief. </p><p>And I? </p><p>I turned around and gazed across the scorched, bloodied and body-strewn fields, leaving the giants’ screams for mercy and his cries in pain behind me. I looked at the still smoking bodies of the gnolls, the torn apart carcasses of the giants and dragon, but there was something dreadfully wrong. </p><p></p><p>If this is just the beginning…what trials would come next? </p><p></p><p>“Whereto now, Morph?” Lefay said in a weary, breathless voice. </p><p>“You know where our mission will take us.” I looked across the fields to my left and through the blowing snow I could see black walls glooming ahead. </p><p>“Zhentil Keep.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morpheus Kenlor, post: 41209, member: 824"] [b]Our Beginning...and their End.[/b] His skin exploded. Tears ripped across his body and flames shot from the wounds. His roars of pain were so loud that I feared they would split my skull. I suddenly felt a huge weight lift of me and at the same time hearing slow, rhythmic beats against the air. He was trying to escape. I couldn’t let him. I wouldn’t. No-one attacks me without facing the consequences. No-one. I pushed myself of the ground and tried to slash the beast as it flew away from me but it was in vain. He was out of my reach. I was about to blast him out of the sky but when I looked to my left I saw I didn’t have to. Krunk, who just finished off a giant by flying upward and smashing his axe through the jaw and skull of the creature, was flying further up and arched towards the dragon. He soared towards the beast and tore its throat apart with his crystal axe. The dragon desperately tried to ward off Krunk with one claw and hold his throat together with the other, but it was useless. Krunk easily dodged the flailing monstrosity and slammed his beautiful two-handed axe straight into the left eye of the dragon, which sunk deeply into his skull. Krunk pushed himself off the lifeless dragon which tumbled ungracefully in the air and smashed into the cold ground. I turned my attention to a retreating giant. While cradling his mangled arm he looked at me over his shoulder. I could see straight into his eyes. The hope that his life won’t be taken and that he could live to see another day was overly evident. A smile grew on my face when I realized I could crush that hope with a thought. I pointed my arm towards the giant and a dark purple orb of light formed in my outstretched hand. Although dripping blood clouded my vision, thanks to Bob’s spell I was able to focus perfectly on the retreating oaf. I closed my eyes and let Cyric’s Blessing guide the burning ray. When I opened my eyes I could see the smoldering carcass lying on the ground, heavily burned. I turned around to see the last giant grabbing Krunk in the air and slamming him against the ground. Krunk, however, was undeterred and split the giants’ right knee-cap, causing blood to gush from the wound and the giant to stagger on his good leg. The huge monster took a few steps back, cocked his head back and spat out a bone-numbing blizzard. This time, however, I was prepared. The blast hurt, but it was nothing compared to what I had suffered before. That was his final attempt to save his life. He had nothing left. Then, the creature was pounded with everything we had. Krunk slashed off his right leg in the middle of the shinbone. Faramir released five red glowing orbs which exploded in the giants’ chest. Lefay threw her two deadly blades both into his heart. And finally a small bolt sunk deeply into the back of the giants head, thanks to the little thief. And I? I turned around and gazed across the scorched, bloodied and body-strewn fields, leaving the giants’ screams for mercy and his cries in pain behind me. I looked at the still smoking bodies of the gnolls, the torn apart carcasses of the giants and dragon, but there was something dreadfully wrong. If this is just the beginning…what trials would come next? “Whereto now, Morph?” Lefay said in a weary, breathless voice. “You know where our mission will take us.” I looked across the fields to my left and through the blowing snow I could see black walls glooming ahead. “Zhentil Keep.” [/QUOTE]
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