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<blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 746434" data-attributes="member: 5912"><p>Working their way down the hallway, Thorin opened the next door carefully after Geirmund declared it safe. He opened it slowly, and found more of the diseased dire rats waiting. The group barely had time for a glimpse of what waited for them deeper in the room, it was larger than the others, diseased, covered in puss-filled sores, filthy, and obviously the mother. They were also assaulted by the sickening stench of rotting meat. </p><p></p><p>Snap fired his cross bow, missing as the bolt skittered off the floor just inches from its mark. Thorin brought his war axe down in an arc slicing open the one in front of him, killing it instantly, its innards gushing out onto the floor underneath it, and stepped in to clear the doorway for the others. Two rats raced for the fighters, and the first managed to get through Turk's armor before he could fend it off , while the other went after Thorin. </p><p></p><p>Turk quickly put his greatsword to good use, cutting the head off of rat that bit him, ensuring that the rat would never bite anyone again. Geirmund moved up, eager to get into the battle, but was blocked by the fighters in the door, in melee with the rats. Snap reloaded his crossbow, prepared to fire, given an opening.</p><p></p><p>Thorin swung his waraxe at the rat that had bitten him, and missed, and Kierwin stepped up to the doorway near Geirmund, waiting to fight or heal, watching the battle carefully, assessing the wounds. </p><p></p><p>The huge female dire rat, Guthash, had an opening and attacked. While Turk was engaged with the last two rats, the large female managed to bite him. Ignoring the pain from the wound, Turk attacked the rat on his left, killing it, but swung too high, missing the rat on his right when he followed through. Seeing his opportunity, Geirmund made it into the room and killed the rat that Turk had missed. Leaving the large, hideously diseased female dire rat for them to fight.</p><p></p><p>Thorin gripped his war axe, swinging it in a powerful arc as he hit the mother rat, killing her with one, absolutely perfect blow. The others looked at him, stunned, barely able to believe that he struck such a blow to that bloated, diseased creature.</p><p></p><p>They went to work searching the room, it was obvious that the secret door indicated on the map by the goblins did not exist. They found some silver, some gold and some gems in the filth and nests, but then after searching through the mess for some time, they found a body. Upon close examination, they managed to identify the body as that of the Ranger Karakas from the original party that they were looking for. His gold ring had his name engraved on it. They took the ring as evidence that they had found his body, Kierwin took the purple potion and Turk took the flask of cure light wounds that they found on the body.</p><p></p><p>Minx and Snap stood by the door to the room, speaking privately, well away from the rest of the party.</p><p></p><p>Turk could not just leave Karakas body lying on the floor, and was determined to build a cairn and to pray over it. As he began using the crumbled stone strewn across the floor, he noticed a hole chewed in the wall by the rats. He asked Thorin to guard the new entrance that he had discovered. Thorin responded by saying that if anything, especially a rat, attempted to enter through that hole, its head would immediately be separated from its body. Kierwin and Geirmund stood guard with Thorin, Geirmund trying to get Thorin to explore outside the hole, while Kierwin was doing her best to discourage him. Thorin didn't crawl through the hole, but did get a better look through it. He discovered that it led to the outside of the citadel, back to the chasm they had climbed down to enter the place originally.</p><p></p><p>After Turk had finished the cairn, placing Karakas' body to rest, and Kierwin was satisfied that Thorin was going to stay put inside the citadel, she walked over to pay her respects. She filled Turk in on the destination of the hole they'd found. Unfortunately, it did them little good at the time, they really had no need to go outside the citadel. </p><p></p><p>Turk finished the cairn as best he could with the materials available, and prayed to Pelor, while Kierwin bore silent witness. "Pelor, I know not the god this one followed, but see if you can take care of him in the afterlife, and lead him to goodness and righteousness. Give us strength that none of this party, even Minx, shall fall upon this fate, which this brave lad Karakas has met. In his name, follow his light and his godliness. Amen"</p><p></p><p>"Shall we move on in our quest, to save the other three?" Finished, Turk who was ready to go. "And also, of course, to find the apple, so we shall be able to help Osa's niece. And... if we may quarter the apple, we could even, perhaps help Minx."</p><p></p><p>Kierwin added, "And Thorin!"</p><p></p><p>Turk did not know about Thorin, "You are injured?"</p><p></p><p>"Aye, it was the mummy, same as Minx...." Replied Thorin, who was nowhere near as sick as Minx was.</p><p></p><p>Kierwin healed the fighters as best she could before they left the room, no matter where they went, they were walking into battle with goblins, if not worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taboo, post: 746434, member: 5912"] Working their way down the hallway, Thorin opened the next door carefully after Geirmund declared it safe. He opened it slowly, and found more of the diseased dire rats waiting. The group barely had time for a glimpse of what waited for them deeper in the room, it was larger than the others, diseased, covered in puss-filled sores, filthy, and obviously the mother. They were also assaulted by the sickening stench of rotting meat. Snap fired his cross bow, missing as the bolt skittered off the floor just inches from its mark. Thorin brought his war axe down in an arc slicing open the one in front of him, killing it instantly, its innards gushing out onto the floor underneath it, and stepped in to clear the doorway for the others. Two rats raced for the fighters, and the first managed to get through Turk's armor before he could fend it off , while the other went after Thorin. Turk quickly put his greatsword to good use, cutting the head off of rat that bit him, ensuring that the rat would never bite anyone again. Geirmund moved up, eager to get into the battle, but was blocked by the fighters in the door, in melee with the rats. Snap reloaded his crossbow, prepared to fire, given an opening. Thorin swung his waraxe at the rat that had bitten him, and missed, and Kierwin stepped up to the doorway near Geirmund, waiting to fight or heal, watching the battle carefully, assessing the wounds. The huge female dire rat, Guthash, had an opening and attacked. While Turk was engaged with the last two rats, the large female managed to bite him. Ignoring the pain from the wound, Turk attacked the rat on his left, killing it, but swung too high, missing the rat on his right when he followed through. Seeing his opportunity, Geirmund made it into the room and killed the rat that Turk had missed. Leaving the large, hideously diseased female dire rat for them to fight. Thorin gripped his war axe, swinging it in a powerful arc as he hit the mother rat, killing her with one, absolutely perfect blow. The others looked at him, stunned, barely able to believe that he struck such a blow to that bloated, diseased creature. They went to work searching the room, it was obvious that the secret door indicated on the map by the goblins did not exist. They found some silver, some gold and some gems in the filth and nests, but then after searching through the mess for some time, they found a body. Upon close examination, they managed to identify the body as that of the Ranger Karakas from the original party that they were looking for. His gold ring had his name engraved on it. They took the ring as evidence that they had found his body, Kierwin took the purple potion and Turk took the flask of cure light wounds that they found on the body. Minx and Snap stood by the door to the room, speaking privately, well away from the rest of the party. Turk could not just leave Karakas body lying on the floor, and was determined to build a cairn and to pray over it. As he began using the crumbled stone strewn across the floor, he noticed a hole chewed in the wall by the rats. He asked Thorin to guard the new entrance that he had discovered. Thorin responded by saying that if anything, especially a rat, attempted to enter through that hole, its head would immediately be separated from its body. Kierwin and Geirmund stood guard with Thorin, Geirmund trying to get Thorin to explore outside the hole, while Kierwin was doing her best to discourage him. Thorin didn't crawl through the hole, but did get a better look through it. He discovered that it led to the outside of the citadel, back to the chasm they had climbed down to enter the place originally. After Turk had finished the cairn, placing Karakas' body to rest, and Kierwin was satisfied that Thorin was going to stay put inside the citadel, she walked over to pay her respects. She filled Turk in on the destination of the hole they'd found. Unfortunately, it did them little good at the time, they really had no need to go outside the citadel. Turk finished the cairn as best he could with the materials available, and prayed to Pelor, while Kierwin bore silent witness. "Pelor, I know not the god this one followed, but see if you can take care of him in the afterlife, and lead him to goodness and righteousness. Give us strength that none of this party, even Minx, shall fall upon this fate, which this brave lad Karakas has met. In his name, follow his light and his godliness. Amen" "Shall we move on in our quest, to save the other three?" Finished, Turk who was ready to go. "And also, of course, to find the apple, so we shall be able to help Osa's niece. And... if we may quarter the apple, we could even, perhaps help Minx." Kierwin added, "And Thorin!" Turk did not know about Thorin, "You are injured?" "Aye, it was the mummy, same as Minx...." Replied Thorin, who was nowhere near as sick as Minx was. Kierwin healed the fighters as best she could before they left the room, no matter where they went, they were walking into battle with goblins, if not worse. [/QUOTE]
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