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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mathew_Freeman" data-source="post: 721600" data-attributes="member: 1846">The continued diary of Galak, Cleric of Girru.It seems that the attack upon the demoness is to wait. Sigurd, Aos and Xyzzy are preoccupied with research of various kinds. Sigurd seems to be researching the killing of orcs in the southern section of the city, Xyzzy researches the labyrinthe, and Aos seems to be researching his girlfriend...Maryse has also gone missing. No doubt she is talking to the nobles, preparing the way forward to Imaar in the near future. No matter. In the mean time, I have been introduced to three new allies, Lorne, Leo and Tarquin.[Note: Lorne and Leo are other PC's that weren't able to play last time, and Tarquin in Leo's cohort. Lorne is a Fighter/Rogue, Leo a slightly unorthodox mage, and Tarquin another cleric.]Captain Larius called us into his office. It seems that in the abscence of the others, we were to take over clearing out Gaxmoor of the troublesome spots. There are four more to deal with - a group of ogres, some trolls, a mysterious ampitheatre where soldiers reported a fireball and the residence of a necromancer who may be launching some sort of counterattack. The four of us decided to take those tasks in that order, and asked a notable fighter, Red Ivy, to accompany us.The ogres were scouted by Lorne, and swiftly despatched in melee combat by myself and Ivy. The trolls, despite showing a marked resistance to Leo's spells, fell swiftly to my flame strike, and we burned the corpses. We also recovered a suit of ornate bronze breastplate armour from the building.The source of the fireballs was revealed to be a curious creature of red skin and considerable height, perhaps ten feet in all! He wounded Leo, somewhat accidentally as he was scouting in bird form, and continued what seemed to be a performance of acting and poetry! He was clearly quite mad...We prepared ourselves and charged at him, but before we could reach him he blasted us with fiery breath! My skin crisped from the impact and I was forced to heal myself instead of moving to melee range. Red Ivy took him down, to my regret. I had been keen to test my most potent combination of spells upon him. My preparations were all for naught and the short durations of the spells made them irrelevant.Examining the body, we found him to be a half fire giant/half red dragon, a dangerous combination indeed. We took his magical items and a large gemstone, and reported our success to Captain Larius.It seemed that this necromancer was a notable alchemist. With some aid from the Witch that has allied herself with the army, we moved to his house. Leo took bird form again and reported an earth elemental guarding steps downstairs. He then took earth elemental form and burrowed into the earth, returning some minutes later to say that he had found another way in!We moved to the front of the house, and smashed a downstairs window to get inside...only to be met by a horrific Iron Devil, weilding a powerful scythe! Ivy and Lorne fled in fear, and the group scattered. Tarquin used a dimension door to flee, Leo sunk back into the earth and we, lacking magical movement abilities, fled. The Devil followed and struck Red Ivy again...this was all too much for me. I concentrated all my will upon it - and managed to dismiss it back to wherever it had come from! We regrouped and attacked again...Looking downstairs, we saw the elemental had moved to block us. Without a pause, I dropped a bead from my necklace of fireballs down the gap, scorching it badly. Ivy dropped in next, along with Lorne and myself, and proceeded to destroy it. The necromancer threw a net of entangling power, which we all managed to avoid, and we took the fight to him.However, his numerous magical protections meant that we were unable to hurt him in any real way, and he used a scroll of teleport to escape. Note to self - keep a dimensional anchor prayer ready at all times.We took what loot we could from him, and reported back to Larius. He praised us for our help, and said that nearly all of Gaxmoor was clear of humanoid forces. All that really remained was to kill the Demoness in the labyrinth below...Edit: Added in Ivy's name to the above, and corrected myself on the Iron Devil. Thanks, S'mon!</blockquote>

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