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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 4822617" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Chapter 46</p><p></p><p></p><p>Carzen stood in a defensive stance, his shield up, as he looked back and forth between the two threats. </p><p></p><p>Vhael hadn’t looked away from the werewolf, although he had to have heard the gnolls come in; their hyenas had started a raucous barking as soon as they’d spotted the intruders. The dragonborn’s eyes were fixed on the creature that had been Terrlen Darkseeker, and he was talking to it, something about how they were not his enemy. To Carzen, it didn’t look like the thing was buying it; it growled as it slowly rose, letting the savaged and bloody carcass of the choker fall at its feet. </p><p></p><p>He glanced back at the gnolls. They had brought lights with them, a pair of heavy lanterns that blanketed the room in warm light. He counted them almost reflexively, a pair of spearmen, an archer, and four hyenas in the left group, three more archers and another four hyenas to the right. Even as his brain calculated the odds he was stepping slowly backwards, toward the exit. He started to turn back toward Vhael, expecting the order to fall back. </p><p></p><p>One of the gnolls barked an order, and all sorts of unpleasant things happened at once. </p><p></p><p>Fire exploded around the gnolls even as the hyenas sprang forward, with those odd clipped barks that sounded almost like laughter. Surina’s <em>avernian eruption</em> singed several of the gnolls, and one of the archers fell back screaming, trying to put out the flames that flared up one arm. The other archers fired their bows, the shafts lancing through the ranks of the intruders. Carzen raised his shield by instinct, and heard a loud impact that sent a shudder up his arm. </p><p></p><p>A cloud of roiling frost exploded in the ranks of the charging hyenas, swallowing half of them. It also served to obstruct the aim of the enemy archers—<em>a bit late</em>, Carzen thought—but he could see that it wasn’t big enough to stop them; they’d just move around it and come at them from the flanks. </p><p></p><p>As if to confirm that thought, another arrow shot out from the edge of the cloud, no doubt fired in the same instant that the dwarf had unleashed his spell. With that same preternatural awareness that sometimes fell upon him in the midst of battle, he saw the shaft fly by Vhael’s head, so close that he swore he saw a single droplet of blood flick away from the dragonborn’s scaled hide. The arrow kept going, and it slammed squarely into the center of the werewolf’s chest. </p><p></p><p>Carzen had kept on retreating, but he hesitated in the shadow of the entry. Gral and Surina had remained near Vhael, and they had moved to protect him as the charging hyenas drew closer. One of them split off for the group and came rushing toward Carzen. The fighter lifted his sword to strike. </p><p></p><p>But before the hyena could reach him, something lashed around his neck from behind like an iron band, and he suddenly found himself gasping for air, unable to move. </p><p></p><p>The hyena barked and came straight for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 4822617, member: 143"] Chapter 46 Carzen stood in a defensive stance, his shield up, as he looked back and forth between the two threats. Vhael hadn’t looked away from the werewolf, although he had to have heard the gnolls come in; their hyenas had started a raucous barking as soon as they’d spotted the intruders. The dragonborn’s eyes were fixed on the creature that had been Terrlen Darkseeker, and he was talking to it, something about how they were not his enemy. To Carzen, it didn’t look like the thing was buying it; it growled as it slowly rose, letting the savaged and bloody carcass of the choker fall at its feet. He glanced back at the gnolls. They had brought lights with them, a pair of heavy lanterns that blanketed the room in warm light. He counted them almost reflexively, a pair of spearmen, an archer, and four hyenas in the left group, three more archers and another four hyenas to the right. Even as his brain calculated the odds he was stepping slowly backwards, toward the exit. He started to turn back toward Vhael, expecting the order to fall back. One of the gnolls barked an order, and all sorts of unpleasant things happened at once. Fire exploded around the gnolls even as the hyenas sprang forward, with those odd clipped barks that sounded almost like laughter. Surina’s [i]avernian eruption[/i] singed several of the gnolls, and one of the archers fell back screaming, trying to put out the flames that flared up one arm. The other archers fired their bows, the shafts lancing through the ranks of the intruders. Carzen raised his shield by instinct, and heard a loud impact that sent a shudder up his arm. A cloud of roiling frost exploded in the ranks of the charging hyenas, swallowing half of them. It also served to obstruct the aim of the enemy archers—[i]a bit late[/i], Carzen thought—but he could see that it wasn’t big enough to stop them; they’d just move around it and come at them from the flanks. As if to confirm that thought, another arrow shot out from the edge of the cloud, no doubt fired in the same instant that the dwarf had unleashed his spell. With that same preternatural awareness that sometimes fell upon him in the midst of battle, he saw the shaft fly by Vhael’s head, so close that he swore he saw a single droplet of blood flick away from the dragonborn’s scaled hide. The arrow kept going, and it slammed squarely into the center of the werewolf’s chest. Carzen had kept on retreating, but he hesitated in the shadow of the entry. Gral and Surina had remained near Vhael, and they had moved to protect him as the charging hyenas drew closer. One of them split off for the group and came rushing toward Carzen. The fighter lifted his sword to strike. But before the hyena could reach him, something lashed around his neck from behind like an iron band, and he suddenly found himself gasping for air, unable to move. The hyena barked and came straight for him. [/QUOTE]
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