Cold Truths (part 1: The Missing Duke)

[Krug]

Woden screams to see Skaris wounded. "Skaris! Be careful! Flank old friend flank!" he shouts. He arms his sling and shoots a bullet at either a creature which is not yet engaged in combat with one of his comrades, or one nearest Skaris.

 

[Mimic]

Aleran drops his crossbow and pulls out his staff as he heads towards creature #3, if he is able to attack he will.

 

[mps42]

TYler Stemps over the fallen foe and slashes at the creature stepping out of the doorway, but his sword clangs off of it's metal scale armor.

Gerard, somewhat behind Tyler, stabs at the creature with his lance and deals a mighty blow to its chest. It is sorely wounded.

Skaris recovers from the blow and, with the encouragement of His friend, circles the foe. Skaris launches himself at the foes' legs and is able to get a solid hold and begins to shred the creatures leg.

The monster takes a swipe at Tyler, his heavy axe carries no force, though as it falls to the ground.

Uri drops his bow and draws a short sword from its' sheath and swips and the monster approaching him and is able to penetrate the things defenses. The creature drops to the ground.

Swipe, seeing the creature fall, saves his sling bullett and stands ready.

Aleran comes up behind Uri, but the creature now lies on the ground, bleeding.

 

[Mimic]

With the but of his staff Aleran will roll the creature on its back to get a better look at it.

ooc: Trying to figure out what it is.

 

[Krug]

Did my sling hit anything?

Woden unleashes another sling bullet at the nearest unblocked creature.

 

[mps42]

Did my sling hit anything?

Woden unleashes another sling bullet at the nearest unblocked creature.

OOC: OOps, sorry I got your slinginess and that of Lazlow confused. No, your bullet woudl not have hit anything as all visible creatures are down.

 

[taitzu52]

(OOC- Are we still in initiative mode? Still any baddies up?)

 

[mps42]

With the but of his staff Aleran will roll the creature on its back to get a better look at it.

ooc: Trying to figure out what it is.

You approach Uri and the creature in front of him cautiously. Poking it with the end of your staff reveals no movement so, using your staff for leverage, you roll the creature onto its' back.
It looks very much like the others: Large, about the size of the average man, body covered in thick hair or fur (which is longer on the head like a mans' hair and, at least on this one, has been braided in several places). The face it much like that of an ape, flat with large nostrils high up between the eyes, thin but long lips covering a mouth full of sharp teeth. There are two larger fangs, apparenly the Canines, on both top and bottom.
The creature you are looking at it wearing good quality hard leather armor and, emblazoned on the leather Breastplate, is the same stylized bird painted in red.

 

[mps42]

Uri:
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While you've never seen anything quite like this creature before, there were many stories in your homeland about similar ones. Called 'crazen' by some and 'man-apes' by others, the descriptions in those stories always mentioned the vicious nature of the beasts. The only saving grace of them, at least from the stories of your elders, is that they never gathered in large numbers. 'Boy,' you clearly remeber the elders saying, 'if those things ever got organized, men would fall before them like winter wheat.'
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[taitzu52]

Uri reaches down and picks up his bow, slinging it on his back. As he watches Aleran prod the creature, his eyes narrow in some sort of distant recognition. "The Crazen.", gasps Uri, almost in a whisper. "The elders in my homeland would speak of these, man-apes. But there is something wrong here.", he says, turning to Aleran, "They were never known to be organized. Small tribes. Few and far between. This bodes ill for us." The scarred ranger looks around for any more signs of danger, and then sheathes his sword, and tries to tie up his wounds.