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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 7504929" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Getting there! The group will level to 7th at the end of Book 8 (after the group is reunited again in Severon). I'll post some updated stats at the start of Book 9 (remind me if I forget). </p><p></p><p>* * * </p><p></p><p>Chapter 214</p><p></p><p>A full dozen armored dwarves escorted them to the surface. This time they felt more like an honor guard, the companions less like prisoners, Bredan thought. Darik and Dergan walked in their midst. The pair would be accompanying them back to Severon as representatives of Ironcrest. That had been part of the concessions negotiated in exchange for yielding the dwarves’ piece of the shattered key, but Bredan remembered that Konstantin had been ready to yield that point even before they had arrived.</p><p></p><p>They paused at end of the entrance tunnel for one more look at Underhold. Quellan had been right before; the place was a wonder.</p><p></p><p>“I think that I am actually going to miss this place,” Xeeta said. “Despite everything that happened.”</p><p></p><p>“I concur, but I will be glad to see the others again,” Quellan said. He looked over at Konstantin, but the wizard looked distracted. The iron box was secure in his satchel, and he kept one hand resting on it despite all of the protections that surrounded them.</p><p></p><p>They were greeted by a gust of cold mountain air and bright morning sunshine when they exited the mountain via the huge doors to Hightown. Their horses were not waiting for them; they would not need them for the return journey. The dwarves required them to leave the city before Konstantin could initiate his <em>teleportation circle</em>, but they had cleared a space within sight of the upper town’s walls for them to use. They would be outside of the protection of the dwarvish city for only a few minutes.</p><p></p><p>Bredan watched the citizens of Hightown as they made their way through its streets. He wondered how much they knew of what had transpired below in recent days. Hightown was less than an hour’s trek from the Darkfall Gate, but somehow it felt like it was much further. Maybe it was the transition from the perpetual twilight and mechanical wonders of Underhold to the bright sunshine and cold mountain air of Hightown.</p><p></p><p>The gates in the outer wall ground open at their approach. Their escort left them there, so it was just the six members of their diminished party that continued out onto the edge of the broad stone shelf that supported Hightown. Bredan could see the road that they had traveled to get here, and the deep, wooded valley that spread out below. It felt like they had been gone for months instead of just a handful of days.</p><p></p><p>Darik took them to the space reserved for the wizard’s spellcasting. It was a cleared span of rock, maybe five paces across. Konstantin began his preparations, using chalk and ink to inscribe a round pattern upon the stone. Bredan had seen it before, so he looked back toward the city. He remembered thinking before how hard the place had looked with its sentries and the siege engines that had tracked their approach. Now it felt tentative, a fragile bulwark of civilization against the violent hordes that surrounded it.</p><p></p><p>“I have never left the boundaries of Ironcrest,” Darik said abruptly.</p><p></p><p>“It is the way of our people to resist change,” Dergan said to him. “But there are times when one must adapt to it or be destroyed.”</p><p></p><p>“Our peoples were allies once before,” Bredan said. “Not all change is bad.”</p><p></p><p>“A pity it takes a mysterious and dangerous threat to bring people together,” Xeeta said.</p><p></p><p>Dergan looked as though he might have responded, but the wizard had finished his preparations and urged them forward. Konstantin gathered them around the circle as he incanted the trigger words for his spell. A shimmering took hold in the air above the design. The wizard lifted his arm, and as it came down they all took a step forward into the pattern, and disappeared.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 7504929, member: 143"] Getting there! The group will level to 7th at the end of Book 8 (after the group is reunited again in Severon). I'll post some updated stats at the start of Book 9 (remind me if I forget). * * * Chapter 214 A full dozen armored dwarves escorted them to the surface. This time they felt more like an honor guard, the companions less like prisoners, Bredan thought. Darik and Dergan walked in their midst. The pair would be accompanying them back to Severon as representatives of Ironcrest. That had been part of the concessions negotiated in exchange for yielding the dwarves’ piece of the shattered key, but Bredan remembered that Konstantin had been ready to yield that point even before they had arrived. They paused at end of the entrance tunnel for one more look at Underhold. Quellan had been right before; the place was a wonder. “I think that I am actually going to miss this place,” Xeeta said. “Despite everything that happened.” “I concur, but I will be glad to see the others again,” Quellan said. He looked over at Konstantin, but the wizard looked distracted. The iron box was secure in his satchel, and he kept one hand resting on it despite all of the protections that surrounded them. They were greeted by a gust of cold mountain air and bright morning sunshine when they exited the mountain via the huge doors to Hightown. Their horses were not waiting for them; they would not need them for the return journey. The dwarves required them to leave the city before Konstantin could initiate his [i]teleportation circle[/i], but they had cleared a space within sight of the upper town’s walls for them to use. They would be outside of the protection of the dwarvish city for only a few minutes. Bredan watched the citizens of Hightown as they made their way through its streets. He wondered how much they knew of what had transpired below in recent days. Hightown was less than an hour’s trek from the Darkfall Gate, but somehow it felt like it was much further. Maybe it was the transition from the perpetual twilight and mechanical wonders of Underhold to the bright sunshine and cold mountain air of Hightown. The gates in the outer wall ground open at their approach. Their escort left them there, so it was just the six members of their diminished party that continued out onto the edge of the broad stone shelf that supported Hightown. Bredan could see the road that they had traveled to get here, and the deep, wooded valley that spread out below. It felt like they had been gone for months instead of just a handful of days. Darik took them to the space reserved for the wizard’s spellcasting. It was a cleared span of rock, maybe five paces across. Konstantin began his preparations, using chalk and ink to inscribe a round pattern upon the stone. Bredan had seen it before, so he looked back toward the city. He remembered thinking before how hard the place had looked with its sentries and the siege engines that had tracked their approach. Now it felt tentative, a fragile bulwark of civilization against the violent hordes that surrounded it. “I have never left the boundaries of Ironcrest,” Darik said abruptly. “It is the way of our people to resist change,” Dergan said to him. “But there are times when one must adapt to it or be destroyed.” “Our peoples were allies once before,” Bredan said. “Not all change is bad.” “A pity it takes a mysterious and dangerous threat to bring people together,” Xeeta said. Dergan looked as though he might have responded, but the wizard had finished his preparations and urged them forward. Konstantin gathered them around the circle as he incanted the trigger words for his spell. A shimmering took hold in the air above the design. The wizard lifted his arm, and as it came down they all took a step forward into the pattern, and disappeared. [/QUOTE]
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