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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DoctorB" data-source="post: 178358" data-attributes="member: 903">Made visible by her spell, the wizardess found herself under attack from a frighteningly accurate archer.  The drow poison soon had her almost unable to move.  The giant now stood just behind the barrier.  Seeing her danger, Karl shouted an ancient dwarven battle cry and attacked the beast with Titansbane.  As it struck the monster, the axe began to glow gently.Galena now realized her danger and cast expeditious retreat (Toiva’s name for the spell, “feet don’t fail me now,” seemed to her particularly appropriate) and prepared to run past the giant though she feared she might not be able to withstand a blow from the mighty club.  The others shouted for her to wait a moment as Arin ran in and drew the beast’s attention, taking a vicious stroke that would surely have killed Galena.  With the monster distracted, she ran past him and the wounded drow.Karl mastered himself enough to run when the others did and the entire party found themselves chased through the long corridors to the river of lava by more goblins and dark elves.  The Champions and their allies arrived at the white crystal bridge over the bubbling magma just ahead of their enemies.  Running into the great chamber, they cried out for the Father.  Even as their enemies entered behind them, a glowing head appeared above the surface followed by the hundred-foot tall form of the great elemental.  The goblins fled from the creature and the drow held back, until they could discover the Father’s allegiance.  Only the archer stood a little forward, firing at the Champions.Karl held up the glowing Heart of the Mountain to the colossus.“I have come to renew the contract of Regor Blackblade,” he shouted.A great glowing hand reached down to take the red stone.  It seemed a speck against the huge finger.“As was agreed before, I will hold this chamber against all who would pass it.”  The mighty voice echoed through the chamber.“Forty annos more will I watch, for the Heart of the Mountain.  I give you my name, heir of Blackblade:  Ardens Masa.”As the words hung in the air, Cobbe imagined he saw a new volcano erupt in some part of the world.Looking once again at the thin bridge of crystal cast over the river, Ardens Masa lifted his fist and smashed it to shards.  The drow on the other side fired their arrows, but knew they were stymied.Soon, the Champions passed once again through the mithril door and its powerful wards.  Invisible and silent, they passed like wraiths through the army still fighting fiercely with the dwarves in their lower tunnels.  Fortunately, the nine-headed monster stood fighting at the other end of the huge opening where the war continued.  Evil had gained no ground in their absence.  Finding their way through the dwarven lines, Karl and Onyx asked after the leader of the fighting.  Everyone remarked in horror at the body of noble Rolf but Joy held her tongue until she stood in the command room of the Kurnzarn, Sidroc Warweaver.“I think I can bring him back when I have had a few days to mediate on the Lady’s power, if he wants to return.” She told him.“I know such things were done in previous generations, but none here now possess the ability.” He replied.Karl knelt, presenting Titansbane to the General.“Until the Wolfcaller can wield it, I will take the Great Axe to fight our enemies,” the Kurnzarn declared.“You have done a great service for the Dwarvenrealm, one that will live in the tales of our Skalds, but I will ask one more thing of you though you may refuse without dishonor.”“We, ah, will be glad to help anyway we can,” Cobbe replied.“I need you to kill the great Hydra.” Sidroc said.</blockquote>

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