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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4504065" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 10 - The Halls Beneath (Part 4)Dulvarna glanced right as she skirted the northern edge of the well and as she did so, she saw Thira loose a bolt of silver magic from her staff that stuck a hobgoblin in the chest. The creature was hurled backwards and landed at the feet of the newcomers who had emerged from the southern passage. A wolf darted form the passage then and circled around the far side of the well to join the hobgoblins on the north side of the well and Dulvarna moved to meet the creature. She slashed her blade across its muzzle and then cut into the side of the hobgoblin next to the wolf. The goblin gasped, gurgled and then pitched forward onto the floor. Behind her, Dulvarna heard the twang of Enlishia’s bow and heard Erlmoor roar as he charged the huge hobgoblin who had led the others in from the southern passage. Erlmoor roared again and showered the chieftain in acid. The hobgoblin drew back and raised his shield but then came forward again. The paladin brought his blade down across his body to block the goblin’s spear and then moved left and then right, seeking an opening. At a barked command, another hobgoblin joined its leader shield to shield, spear and flail held forward to keep the dragonborn at bay and he began to pray silently. This would be a tough battle and he would need the aid of his companions. He only hoped that Lavren or Enlishia would aid him and not the accursed drow who had brought so much strife to their band already. Even as he finished his prayer he saw the spear come forward and lowered his blade a fraction too late. He drove the spear point downwards so that the shaft missed his belly but drove into the front of his hip instead. Blinding pain filled his mind as the spear struck bone and he staggered away with a grunt. He would not cry out and focused instead on breathing evenly and banishing the dizzying nausea he felt. To his left he heard Lavren cursing an enemy in elven and he heard the now familiar crackle of the black energy searing from his wand. The dragonborn hoped again that the elf would come to his aid but he knew the eldritch blast had been aimed elsewhere. There was still Enlishia, Enlishia would aid him. The nausea passed and he stepped forward just as a flail swept down at him. He raised his blade and parried, roaring his wrath at his enemies again. He saw a flash of silver then and a bolt of arcane energy lanced into the hobgoblin with the flail forcing it back a step. The tiefling was aiding him, Erlmoor realised. It was aid of a sort, the paladin decided, and he would be thankful for it.Dulvarna Slashed at the wolf but it darted to her right as Kel charged into the battle and seized the drow’s left leg. With a jerk of its head, it dragged the drow from her feet to land with a thump on the hard stone floor next to the well. Dulvarna slashed at the wolf but it ducked the back out of her reach and then darted towards Kel. From the far side of the well she heard Erlmoor roar once again and glanced across to see the huge hobgoblin retreating a step and bleeding from a wounded sword arm. The hobgoblin stabbed out as Erlmoor came forward and drove its weapon into the dragonborn’s shoulder. Bother fell away from each other, bleeding and tired. The paladin needed help quickly, Dulvarna decided but she had to get past the enemies before her. She heard Erlmoor cry out then and saw that he had sunk to his knees.“Aid him!!” Dulvarna snarled at Kel as the drow crawled away from the wolf and pushed herself to her feet.“He would not aid me!!” the drow spat back and swung wildly at the wolf.“Pray you never need him to!!” Dulvarna replied through gritted teeth and silently she cursed the drow and the trouble she had brought upon them herself.Thira lowered her staff and called to mind a spell that she had never unleashed in anger before. She uttered the words, focused her mind and then felt the dizzying rush of power as a shimmering arrow of green, glowing liquid streaked to the hobgoblin with the flail and burst in a spray of sizzling acid. The hobgoblin cried out and took a step back from Erlmoor giving the paladin a moment of respite at least. To the left, Thira saw the huge wolf drag Kel from her feet once more and wondered whether she could yet aid the drow but then Dulvarna surged at the beast, drove her blade into its flank and drove it away again for a few moments. Beside Thira, Enlishia loosed an arrow at the acid burned hobgoblin that drove into its shoulder and drew another howl of pain from the creature. It reeled dangerously near the well and Erlmoor saw his chance. He thrust out with his sword, plunged it into the hobgoblin’s side and pitched it into the well. The dragonborn roared his triumph for a moment but then, as Thira watched in horror, the hobgoblin chieftain thrust his spear into the paladin’s side and with a gasp, he fell before his enemy. The hobgoblin gave his own triumphant roar and started towards Thira and Enlishia. Lavren lowered his wand and uttered desperate incantations and loosed black, crackling fire at the chieftain but it flew wide and struck the wall beyond the hobgoblin.Enlishia watched as Kel struck desperately at the hobgoblin before her and knew she had to hold off the chieftain as he rounded the well. Thira loosed silver bolts from her staff but each missed the hobgoblin and struck the wall behind. Dimly, in the corner of one eye, Enlishia saw the wolf leap at Kel and push the drow to the ground while tearing at her throat. The ranger risked looking over and knew the drow would not get up once the wolf had finished. only Dulvarna’s blade saved the dark elf from being torn apart. Dulvarna dived forward and swung a huge blow at the wolf that cut down into its shoulder blades and saved the dark elf from being torn apart. Enlishia knew the battle was all but lost so she drew two arrows from her quiver and nocked them to her bow string. She loosed them at the same time but they split into the air and flew towards wolf and chieftain alike. One took the wolf in the throat and felled it with a whimper while the second struck the chieftain in the shoulder. The ranger threw down her bow and started towards the hobgoblin, drawing her sword as she ran. She met the huge goblin with her blade and brought it down on his shield with a ringing crash. The hobgoblin turned his body and threw her blade out wide before driving his spear low into her thigh. Enlishia recoiled as pain lanced through her leg and warm blood soaked her breeches. Enlishia turned away and cursed but saw Thira reach the edge of the well then. The tiefling unleashed flame from her staff to engulf the two hobgoblins that still faught but both raised their shields and protected themselves from the fire. Enlishia cursed again and then turned back to her enemies.Dulvarna waited for the hobgoblin to come at her and as it leapt over the body of the wolf, she darted left. The chains of the goblin’s flail swished past her right shoulder and she stepped forward past the blow, slashing her blade down back of her enemy’s right leg. He twisted around and Dulvarna turned to meet him as he seemed to swing the flail in from her right. Instead, the goblin reversed his swing and brought the flail out wide to strike Dulvarna’s left shoulder, knocking her back a step past Kel’s sprawled form. The hobgoblin came on at Dulvarna, following her as she retreated towards Lavren until the elf loosed a blast of crackling black energy from his wand and halted the goblin. From the right, across the well, Dulvarna saw flashed of silver as Thira aided Enlishia who was retreating before the huge hobgoblin chieftain. They had little time, the warrior woman realised and so she summoned up all her pent up anger. With a roar she surged at the hobgoblin and swatted aside the flail with a powerful swing. She swung her sword back and knocked aside the shield before plunging her blade into the chest of her foe. With a gasp, the hobgoblin sank to his knees and then pitched over at her feet. Dulvarna leapt over the goblin and charged around the well, rushing at the chieftain’s back. He heard her coming and twisted at the last but her thrust, aimed originally at the small of his back, still drove into his hip and spun him around on the spot. Enlishia surged forward and pressed the hobgoblin from the other side and as she did so, searing black energy from Lavren’s wand struck the goblin’s side. The goblin staggered and a silver bolt from Thira’s staff passed just over top of his head. He thrust his spear towards Enlishia but she parried the wild thrust and Dulvarna stabbed her blade at the back of the chieftain, forcing him to turn desperately. Enlishia took her chance then, thrusting her blade high into the back of the hobgoblin’s neck and up into its skull. It staggered, fell to its knees and pitched forward on the stone floor.</blockquote>

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