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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JollyDoc" data-source="post: 4121971" data-attributes="member: 9546">The Legionnaires elected to spend their last night before the assault on Gaping Maw in the Court of Stars.  Celeste escorted them back, and they were received as heroes.  The next morning, they gathered before Morwel and Gwynharwf to receive the blessing of the eladrin, and then they parted company with the celestial host, making their way to a secluded point in the forests surrounding the Court itself.  There, Mandi planted the scepter Iggwilv had provided in the ground.  No sooner had she done so than the portal burst into being with a blast of electricity and thunder, reality rippling aside like a curtain.  Clearly visible on the far side was a muddy beach sitting at the edge of a vast, tropical ocean, bounded to the left and right by jagged, razor-sharp cliffs.  The expanse of beach climbed gradually to a line of defensive fortifications a little over a hundred feet away.  Craters and berms lay in the way of the approach to the fortified ridge, and a thick blanket of dark, green fog roiled some fifty feet above, blotting out views of an alien sky.The fortifications crawled with demons, fully two dozen or more.  A dozen or more were hezrous, with an equal number of babaus.  One nalfeshnee was also visible, as well as one marilith.  The latter demon stood atop a bunker, manning an odd looking catapult.  Three pairs of babaus similarly manned a trio of strange ballistae.  As the Legionnaires stepped onto the beach, the siege weapons opened fire, filling the air with a hellish barrage of screaming force missiles and exploding acid orbs.  Mandi was on the move as soon as her feet touched the sand, Sepoto and Daelric right behind her.  As they zigzagged their way up the embankment, explosions began detonating all around them as they tripped some sort of hidden mines.  Quickly the trio made it to the relative cover of a shallow crater and hunkered down.  Before their allies could join them, however, twin walls of whirling blades erupted across the beach head, one before them, and one behind, cutting them off from Tower Cleaver, Octurus and Marius.  A moment later, more demons began appearing in front of them and in front of their comrades as the demonic defenders summoned more of their kind.Tower Cleaver immediately stepped between the teleporting demons and Marius, whipping his axe in a wide arc before him, cutting down a pair of hezrous and one babau before slashing into a second of the assassin demons.  Not to be outdone, Marius used the momentary distraction to explode into flames, roasting another pair of hezrous and another babau as well.  Meanwhile, Sepoto had gone on the offensive as well, wiping out babau triplets as soon as they appeared.  This gave Mandi a clear path towards the fortifications.  Transforming her body into a form with wings, she glided over the blade barrier and landed no more than a dozen yards from the nearest bunkers.  She knew they did not have time to waste in a resource-consuming battle, so she quickly summoned one of her most powerful spells.  Instantly, every remaining demonic defender grabbed their heads as a cacophony of maddening whispers sent them all curling into fetal positions.“Now!”  Mandi commanded.Daelric quickly brought down the twin walls of blades, allowing Sepoto, Cleaver and Octurus to advance.  With deadly efficiency, the three warriors made quick work of the helpless fiends.  A strange quiet descended over the battlefield, punctuated only by the sound of distant roaring coming from somewhere out at sea.  Then, Iggwilv’s voice suddenly sounded in Mandi’s head.‘Lemoriax portal point compromised.  Orcus’s legions shut out.  Arendagrost is present.  If fixed, we can salvage the attack, but only if it’s dealt with immediately.’Mandi sighed, then turned to her team.“Our work’s just beginning,” she said.  “I think we’re in for a very long day…”</blockquote>

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