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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Droid101" data-source="post: 1873482" data-attributes="member: 942">Grog dives in, the spittle flying from his mouth, and he grabs onto the huge gnoll’s legs.  With a swift motion the gnoll falls on top of him.  The gnoll is no stranger to wrestling, and he grabs ahold of Grog with two muscled arms.Grog wiggles free and rolls to his feet, slugging the gnoll in the head, then grabbing its head into a headlock.  The gnoll tries to lift Grog up, but Grog shifts his center of gravity and slams the gnoll’s head into the ground.  Grog knees the gnoll in the chin twice, and the gnoll finally breaks free, flailing its limbs wildly.Grog takes a solid punch to the gut, and a grazing hit to the face.  Blood and spittle from both fighters is flying left and right.Eltharion, Ogrim, and Bloodthorne wince, flinch, and gasp at the brutal hand-to-hand fight taking place in front of them, but none of them move to help Grog.  Viknen, the old gnoll, is similarly amazed.Grog dives in again, trying to grab onto the gnoll’s leg and trip him.  The gnoll instead backpedals, and Grog lands on his face.  The gnoll then does a diving elbow slam to Grog’s head.  Grog’s vision goes blurry for a moment, but the instinct and rage in his blood keep him moving quickly.Grog thrusts his head up once, twice, and three times; scoring a deep head-but move on the gnoll’s face each time.  Blood pours out of gashes on the creature’s nose and forehead onto Grog.The gnoll tries to retaliate with a similar move, but both of his head-buts hurt him more than they hurt Grog.  Grog pushes the gnoll off and twists the thing’s arm back as far as he can.  The gnoll lets out a yelp, but manages to spin around and clock Grog in the neck with his free hand.  Grog stumbles back, clutching his throat.He shakes it off, however, and charges right back in.  He fakes a two-fisted overhead punch, but then goes in low with a kick to the gnoll’s groin.  The gnoll falls to his knees, unable to even pronounce the pain he suffers.  Grog takes that opening to sock him in the face.  The punch is so solid that the gnoll’s teeth can be heard separating from their sockets in his mouth.  The gnoll falls backward and collapses onto the grass.Grog falls to a knee, his rage and adrenaline fading fast.  He is panting heavily and covered in blood; both his and the gnoll’s.“Grog, you’re the man!” Eltharion calls out, and the other gnolls yelp and bark out in unison.“Ye don well in protectin’ me!  I be allowed to be stayin’ here now!  How can I be repayin’ you?” Viknen pipes up.“Maybe if you can help us figure out where we are, and how we can get back home,” Ogrim says.“I can be leadin’ you.  I don tink dey want me here, cause of me usin’ da black magics.  They’d rader I leave dis place,” Viknen responds.  “We on an island, to da north is the place where all da ships be goin’.  From dere I tink we can be findin’ our way to wherever you need to be getting’.”“Thank you very much,” Eltharion says while healing up Grog and the large gnoll.“Mek dan frul das,” the gnoll says, while stumbling to his feet.“Da chief is sayin dat yous the best fighta he’s eva seen,” Viknen translates.“He’s not too bad himself…” Grog rubs his head.The Heroes take rest in the gnoll tribe.  They get a pretty large teepee type building to sleep in.  The chief lets them borrow a small boat they have for fishing, to use to get back to the main land.  He will send two gnolls to man the boat and return with it.“Da chief says it be official.  I don gotta be banished to da metal place, but I can’t be stayin’ here wit da gnolls, cause of de black magics,” Viknen returns from the chief’s tent.“You’re welcome to come with us.  We’re formidable warriors, and we’ll protect you,” Eltharion offers.“Tank you much.  I’ll be goin’ wit you as long as deese old bones hold up,” Viknen says.  “Da boat be ready wheneva we need to be goin’.”“We set out tomorrow.  Adlai has got to be wondering where we are by now,” Eltharion says.  The Heroes take their rest.After all this time, will the Heroes finally get home?  Will they finally get a rest or some time off, or will something new go wrong?  Find out next time!</blockquote>

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