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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kayne" data-source="post: 1009634" data-attributes="member: 13153">Miles' Journal - Part TwelveHammer 17th - We spent the day camped out in a cave, waiting for Halbrinn to return with an alive Khondar. We also tended to our wounds as best we can, We are not even in the clanhold yet and I've already gone through more than half of my potion belts supplies. I ache everywhere!Hammer 18th - This morning, Halbrinn and Khondar teleported back to join us, having had to sell several of Khondar's items to pay the cost of returning him to life (still something I am uneasy about, but I cannot deny we need Khondar, this is afterall his clanhold, and against foes like giants and ogres, his axes are extremely useful), as well as buying a scroll of teleport to return them to our camp. We decided to spend the day resting up, but this was interrupted in the late afternoon when a patrol of five ogres and a giant (doubtless sent out to seek us out), discovered us. Despite our wounds, and the fearsome nature of our foes, we dispatched them all with only Stedd suffering anything like serious wounds. Yevgeny quickly patched him up, and we then decided to counter-attack the stronghold, while we were in good shape and before they were expecting their patrol back.We used magic to force our way past the front gates this time, the guard ogres then pacified by one of Yevgeny's spells. However, we then had a Chimera to deal with! It seems that it was a pet of the ogres who rule this place. It tore into Khondar, damn near killing him (again!). I saw an opening though, and tumbled under it, through its legs, and stabbing it through its hindquarters, slaying the beast, and getting coated in its foul smelling blood in the process! Slayer was pleased, and then suggested that we leap the chasm to deal with the ogres on the other side, imbuing me with his jumping power (which was new to me, didn't know my sword could do that). However, the power he granted me was not strong enough and my leap was woefully short, as I plunged into the chasm, falling down through the darkness into the river at the bottom of it. I blacked out then, the impact knocking me unconscious. When I was later revived, I learned that Rand had flown down the chasm to recover me (and Yvgeny too, as he fell down as well), from the chamber I had fallen into, in which were several of the bandits that had assaulted Lord Morn's keep in Dagger Falls not so long ago. A very curious development!Having taken the entrance to the hold, we then retreated to outside, as continuing was not an option owning to our injuries. while we were resting up, we came under a sudden attack by an Ogre Mage, who took some wounds from us (and dealt some back), but who managed to escape before we could really get our act together, and bring him low. I imagine we'll encounter him again soon enough.Hammer 19th - Too tired from our wounds, we spent today resting and recovering ourselves for the next stage of the attack. Thankfully we were not attacked again, so the mage must have been more injured than I had thought, and is likely licking his wounds, just as we are.Hammer 20th - We marched back into the clanhold very early this morning and attacked again, surprising the two ogres on gate duty who we caught napping. We then swept onwards into the upper level of the clanhold, slaughtering all before us, as after repelling us twice, I think they thought they had seen the last of us, their mistake. In short order we wiped out half a dozen ogres, a giant and the ogre mage, not stopping, just continually pressing forward our assault before any of them had a chance to really get organised. We have essentially secured the entire upper level of the clanhold, and we then camped in what was the ogre mages room, the corridor outside guarded by a casting of a spell called Evard's Black Tentacles. No idea who Evard was, but his spell sure is aptly named.Once we had rested up for a few hours, and the spell guarding us had worn off (actually more the latter, we were ready to go some time before it wore off, at which point Adamo remembered that he couldn't actually dismiss it, and we had to sit around and twiddle our thumbs for a bit). We went and checked to make sure that we had cleared the upper floor of the hold, and after we had assured ourselves that we were not going to get caught in a pincer attack, we proceeded down the stairs to a lower level.Adamo dealt with the Merrow we encountered on the way down, he lurking in a river that the stairs passed over, charming it into leaving us alone. We then entered a vast cavern and battled another giant and ogre, easily taking them out. I took off, at the others urging and scouted down one of the tunnels leading from the room, spying a patrol of ogres and another giant (will they never end?), heading our way. I ran back to the group and we decided to retreat to outside the clanhold to rest up for what was left of the day and night, as we were still in a bad way from all the combat earlier on.Hammer 21st - We decided on a late start, resting till lunchtime and then headed back into the clanhold and down the stairs again... straight into an ambush! A large group of ogres (about half a dozen of them) and a giant, were ready and waiting for us. They had spread pitch on the cavern floor, but to little effect, the smell giving its presence away and we easily escaped a roasting. Khondar though, had the misfortune to dodge the wrong way, and ran right into them, they taking him down before he laid a blow on any of them. all of us were dealt grevious wounds, apart from Halbrinn and Adamo. Stedd and I fought well, my blade claiming three ogres, before a mighty blow from the giant felled me. I was woken later (with a ringing headache, those fists hurt!), to find the battle done. One ogre had fled when Halbrinn had used a spell to scare the ogre's leader to death, his heart simply stopping! I had not seen the gnome use this spell before, truly an impressive addition to his arsenal!. The remaining ogres and the giant had been brought down by Halbrinn and Adamo, all the usual melee fighters of the party having been taken down!</blockquote>

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