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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Droid101" data-source="post: 1902753" data-attributes="member: 942">The rain pelted their faces as they quickly flew out northeast over the city and into the fields.  The area immediately surrounding them was brightened up by the light from Eltharion’s Sun-sickle.Eltharion, Ogrim and Viknen flew a little bit behind Ely, Dendybar, Xyxtactil and Kev’Zen.“Kev’Zen, Xyx, you two get out of here to our secondary base.  Ely and I will stay here and do some damage,” Dendybar says.  Kev’Zen and Xyxtactil start flying directly north.“Try to make yourselves useful,” Ely says back to the Heroes, his leathery wings pumping hard and fast.“Same to you,” Eltharion grits his teeth as they fly on.They were flying about 50 feet off the ground.  Below them they could see goblin stragglers running toward the castle.  They seemed bigger than normal…“Don’t worry about them, we’re after the leaders…” Ogrim says as they continue their flight.Two blasts of electricity came from either side of them.  The bolts cut through both Eltharion and Ogrim.  They were able to dodge out of the way of the first, taking only minor burns.  Ogrim dodged the second, and the second one fizzled out once it came in contact with Eltharion.Two dark elves wearing dark cloaks could be seen flying on either side of them.  Another one appeared out in front, closer to Ely and Dendybar, blasting them with lightning.“Looks like our cover is blown, let’s do this,” Eltharion says as he flies at one of the wizards.  He slashes him across the chest, drawing a line of blood and a cry of pain from the elf.Ogrim flies out at the other one, hacking down with his Orc-Killer axe.  It blasts through the dark elf’s collar bone and deep into his chest plate.  The elf dies immediately, and falls down to the earth below.Dendybar, being invisible already, leisurely flies around the back of the last dark elf wizard.  He reaches around and positions his dagger in front of the elf’s neck, and slashes it violently.  Blood sprays out at every angle, and Ely laughs as the elf falls to the earth without a sound.“Keep your eye on them…” Ogrim says to Viknen.The dark elf on Eltharion flew back and let out five magical missiles.  Each one fizzled out as it connected with Eltharion, who was unharmed.  Eltharion closed in and let out a lethal seven hit combination, cutting and slashing the dark elf to ribbons, and his body fell to the ground below.“Let’s go, I can see the orc troops,” Ely says, pointing down to the ground with his golden right arm.  He pulls out his long Ashblade, and it sprays ash all around as he does so.Sure enough, the well-armored orc battalion could be seen up ahead.  They seemed very well organized, but were stationary at the moment.“Stay behind us, we don’t want you getting hurt,” Eltharion says to Viknen as he and Ogrim fly down to the ground.  Ely and Dendybar join them.  The orcs spot Ogrim, Eltharion and Ely, as they aren’t invisible.“Let them come to us…” Ely says, swinging his blade around, creating a cloud of ash.Ogrim and Eltharion get into defensive stances.  Dendybar readies his longsword and dagger, staying quiet.The orcs let out a loud roar and charge.  There must be at least five hundred of them.  They are all wearing heavy plate armor with shields and longswords.  The Heroes (and villains) are standing ten feet apart, creating a defensive line.Ely lowers his blazing red eyes to the orcs as they approach.  With a mere thought, he lets out a devastating horrid wilting spell, which obliterates about thirty of the orcs instantly; the moisture in their bodies evaporates leaving them as dried out husks of skin in metal armor.  The orcs don’t stop their charge, and they slam into the party.They try to file around them, but are stopped dead.  Literally.Ogrim slams his axe into the first one that reaches him, cleaving through three others, killing all four instantly.Eltharion enters a lethal dance as the orcs approach him.  He cuts down three of them, each one taking two well-placed cuts from his Sun-sickle and Moon-scimitar.Dendybar devastates the orcs as well, spinning in their midst unseen, he slashes six throats out.  The sight must be terrible to the other orcs, seeing the necks of their comrades being ripped out by an invisible force.Ely swings his blade with exceptional strength and skill as well, cleaving through three and cutting down two more with a second swipe.The orcs continue to file in, being summarily cut down.  From behind them, some thunderous footfalls could be heard.Four 20 foot tall storm giants wade into the ranks of the orcs and approach the party.Viknen takes this as his queue.“Close your eyes mon!” he calls down to Ogrim and Eltharion, and his eyes once again turn into clear blue sapphires.  With a flash of blue light, one of the giants falls down asleep, toppling several orcs.The storm giants are as well armored as the orcs.  Shiny plate mail and huge two-handed greatswords.  They continue their charge until they reach the party.One of them hacks into Eltharion, knocking the wind out of him and opening a large cut along his arm.One slashes into Ely, drawing a deep wound as well.  The last one stabs into Ogrim, jabbing into his stomach.  Ogrim grunts in pain.From behind the giants, three armored drow females could be seen.  Each one carrying a writhing snake flail and heavy shield.Ogrim, Eltharion, Ely and Dendybar strike back against the giants.  They score a few hits, but the sheer size of the giants keeps them standing and fighting at almost full strength.  The dark elf priestesses then heal the giants after the onslaught.“We can’t win this, time for a tactical retreat,” Ogrim calls out, and the other nod.  “Meet up at Baron!”Ogrim and Eltharion fly up out of the giant’s reach, but then two of the priestesses fly at them, meeting them in mid air.  They have out their snake flails and shields.“Not so fast!” one of the female dark elves calls out in Undercommon.One of them lashes out their flail, but Ogrim blocks it with his shield.  The other one’s flail bites into Eltharion, and he grits his teeth from the burning poison.“Bitch,” Eltharion slashes into her, scoring six lightning-fast hits, sliding his blade under her adamantium armor.  She keels over in pain, holding onto her stomach.Ogrim slams his axe into the priestess on him.  It cuts into her flank hard, and she is thrown back from the impact.The castle is lost.  Retreat to Baron.  The message enters their heads like a hammer.  Eltharion, Ogrim and Viknen’s stomachs drop simultaneously.Down below, they could see Dendybar and Ely finish off one of the giants and start flying off in different directions.  Viknen flies up behind Eltharion and heals him.  They also see two dark elf wizards fly up to the giants and cast fly on them.“Okay, now it’s really time to go,” Ogrim says.“Let’s split so they can’t follow,” Eltharion says.  He spins his blade and slashes one last time at the priestess, cutting her across the neck and killing her.  Her body falls to the ground, connecting with an orc soldier below. Ogrim flies west and Viknen north.  They speed off and don’t seem to be followed.  Ogrim heads back to the city to get a horse, since he felt the fly spell would be ending soon.  After about 15 minutes, he reaches the castle, and enters the stable.The city below as he flew was devastated.  The two sections of wall that were removed were teeming with goblins.  Much of the city was burning, and there were dark figures, goblins, and insane looking kobolds everywhere.Ogrim mounted the horse and rode as fast as he could toward the secret exit Adlai told them about.  He reaches it without incidence, and begins the ride south.………….Eltharion finishes off the priestess and starts to fly away as the other one approaches him.  He flies back to the castle, seeing the same thing Ogrim did; mass destruction and devastation.  He gets his horse from the stable and begins to ride south, out of the city.  As he approaches the city wall, a two goblins come stumbling out of a building nearby with loot.  They drop it and pull out shortswords.Eltharion slashes one with his scimitar and overruns the other as he passes them by.  He reaches the castle wall and the secret exit.  He rides over the invisible bridge, across the moat, and begins the ride south to the beach.  After about an hour he reaches the beach, and meets up with some Brunswick civilians and soldiers walking along the beach to the east.“How goes it?” Eltharion asks.“We got as many people out as we could.  I don’t think the dark elves are following,” the guard responds.Eltharion keeps riding past them, and finally catches up to Ogrim, who is riding alongside some civilians.The castle is lost.  The dark elves have won.  Is the Dark Tide going to consume the world?  And what happened to Bloodthorne and Grog??</blockquote>

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