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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4500525" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 5)They heard wolf howls before they had gone very far, first from the left and then answering ones from the right.“Why is this place forbidden to elves?” asked Kel, still keeping her face hidden beneath the hood of her cloak.“It was taken by the servants of an evil god,” answered Micor quietly.“Which evil god?” asked Dulvarna firmly.“Malar, the Beastlord,” Ilar replied.“Brilliant,” said Enlishia, unshouldering her bow. “Just brilliant.”The wolves appeared first from the left of the trail they were following, two of them. Dulvarna drew her sword and met both with her blade, slashing across the muzzle of one as she danced forward. Another darted out of the trees from the right towards Ilar who danced back away from it while reaching for his swords and moved aside to allow Thira forward. The tiefling pointed her staff at the wolf and loosed a silver bolt into the beast’s side, twisting its body away from the elf. Another wolf darted past its companion and leapt up to seize Thira’s outstretched arm, tearing the flesh and almost forcing her to drop her staff. She lashed arm and staff to the right, shaking the wolf free and hurling it into its companion. Both yelped and as they rolled to their feet, Enlishia loosed an arrow into the side of one that drew another yelp from it. Erlmoor was upon the wolves an instant later, roaring his anger and covering both with a shower of acid breath. He struck at the nearest with his sword but it danced back, whimpering and apparently fearful for the moment. Ilar drew forth a longsword then and slashed at the muzzle of the other wolf driving it back, whimpering as the other had. He drew a short sword from his other hip then and spun both before him to keep the wolves at bay while Kel sneered behind his back.“My kin do that better,” she muttered under her breath.“Pardon?” asked Micor from just in front of her as he drew one of his blades.“Nothing, nothing,” answered the cloaked drow.Micor nodded to her and then danced away with his longsword held in both hands. He circled around behind Erlmoor and plunged it into the chest of the nearest wolf, felling it with a last whimper. He turned to grin in victory at Kel but it was momentary.“More wolves are coming,” said Lavren as more howls came from left and right. He drew forth his wand and moved left to aid Dulvarna but then saw the source of one of the howls. Another wolf was loping forward through the trees to the left unseen by his companions. With a flick of his wand and a curse in elvish, he loosed black, crackling eldritch fire at the beast. The wolf was struck in the shoulder but it had broken into a run now and searing, burning agony would not stop it. The wolf leapt as it reached the elf but Lavren turned aside and whilst its teeth grasped his shoulder for a moment and tore painfully into his flesh, the elf ‘s turn and the wolf’s momentum sent it careering to the floor at Thira’s feet.</blockquote>

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