Hewligan's Rise of the Runelords: The Skinsaw Murders

[hewligan]

There is silence behind the door. You can hear the faint whistling of wind in the chamber, and the distant creaks of an old house bending gently in the wind, but otherwise there is silence.

 

[Rhun]

Danth twirls his flaming sword in hand and nods at his companions. "Ready?"

 

[frostrune]

"Ready," Jokad nods as he ignites his sword as well. "I'll go first. Move through quickly and maybe we can bypass them again."

 

[Fenris]

"Ready," Jokad nods as he ignites his sword as well. "I'll go first. Move through quickly and maybe we can bypass them again."

"If they are there still. I don't hear them. Maybe they came in response to Iesha, or even us, but summoned by Aldern. Or worse that moldy thing" says Jovik shuddering.

 

[hewligan]

Jokad bursts into the old kitchen room, his sword ready to strike at the rat horde. The place is silent, but it is far from empty.

The floor is thick with their dead bodies. Hundreds of them. The tables are covered in their corpses. The small, bloated, blind bodies ankle deep in places. Jokad moves uncertainly forward, kicking them away as he wades into the room. Hundreds and hundreds of dead rats fill the room.

Danth follows him in, followed by Kael and Jovik. Mal follows in their wake, careful to step in the cleared areas as if not wanting his fur to touch their corpses.

Something has killed them all, but their bodies are untouched from blade or fire.

Danth shakes his head. It looks like they may have fallen dead from the terrible backlash that you all felt when you set fire to the moss. Perhaps these things were connected to the horrible affliction that you have, at least temporarily, dismissed.

You all feel a tension rise, relieved that you are not going to have to scrap your way out of this place.

Then you hear an almighty roar above you, as if some angry demon is raging above your head. You hear the footsteps, heavy and sluggish, as they approach you from above. Something is descending the stairs towards you.

 

[Rhun]

"That can't be good," whispers Danth, gripping his sword tightly. "We should take defensive positions."

 

[Fenris]

"That can't be good," whispers Danth, gripping his sword tightly. "We should take defensive positions."

Jovik whipsers back "Why would we want to do that Danth, it isn't like we have found anything evil, vile or dangerous in this house." says Jovik sarcastically, but ends with a wink to Danth as he creeps up to hide against the staircase.

 

[Friadoc]

"I really like the shiny badges," says Kael with a gallows chuckle. "I just need to remember the trouble that goes with it."

That said, Kael slowly moves to a position, ready for the common battle. Or so he hopes.

 

[frostrune]

Jokad nods grimly at Danth's words and silently moves to a position opposite Jovik on the other side of the stairs.

He readies to attack if the monstrosity enters the room (assuming its an enemy... ya right).

 

[Rhun]

Danth takes up a position nearby, looking for a spot where he can see whatever comes down the stairs, but where he won't be immediately visible to it.