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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4793902" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 3)Dulvarna leapt forward without hesitation, her blade in her hands already. She lashed out as she reached the headless elf body and cut a wound across the body’s left thigh. Erlmoor rushed in behind Dulvarna and drove his blade into the headless body’s other leg, driving it back a step for a moment. The corpse responded with a backhand blow with its right hand that sent Erlmoor reeling. It lashed out in the same way with its left hand and sent Dulvarna spinning away, struck in the face. The corpse held its hands out before it then and a wave of blue force energy struck Dulvarna, Lavren and Erlmoor. Dulvarna and Erlmoor held their ground but Lavren was thrown back away from the headless body while Vyrellis uttered profuse apologies for the hurt that she had done her bearer.Telkya saw Lavren sent reeling and circled behind him, raising her amulet as a prayer came naturally to her lips. She raised the symbol of her faith and let loose a bolt of golden light towards the elf maid’s body. At the last, the corpse dodged to her right and the bolt flew past to strike the pillar in the southeast corner of the square. Enlishia circled around to the other side of the headless corpse and raised her bow, loosing one arrow and then another. Both arrows drove into the right side of the elf maid’s body and it lurched to its left. Litiraan moved to stand beside Enlishia and raised his wand, unleashing a curtain of flame that engulfed the headless body and stopped short of where Dulvarna and Erlmoor stood. The body staggered and Vyrellis called out to the companions urging them on.“Well done, my allies,” she called. “Strike harder and I will be free.”Lavren moved to stand beside Telkya, flashed his wife a smile to reassure her that her was not badly hurt and then raised his wand. He loosed a bolt of black energy a moment later but again, the elf body moved at the last moment and his bolt struck the monolith close to where Telkya’s golden bolt had struck. Dulvarna surged forward, thinking the animated body distracted but as she swung out her sword, the elf corpse leapt back with an agility that its bizarre appearance belied. Erlmoor roared and sprayed acid from his mouth but again, the elf body moved quickly and ducked under the noxious liquid. The dragonborn followed with his blade, though, and this time the corpse was not quick enough. The dragonborn’s sword lashed across the elf maid’s belly and cut a shallow wound that the corpse seemed to ignore. Instead, it slammed its right hand into the side of Erlmoor’s head, once and then a second time. Even as it struck the dragonborn, its left hand lashed out, clipping the top of Dulvarna’s head as she ducked. The hand thrust forward a moment later and shoved the warrior woman in the chest, pushing her back a step. Again the headless corpse held out its hands and a wave of blue energy struck Dulvarna and Erlmoor. Erlmoor was thrown back from the elf maid’s body and sent reeling but again, Dulvarna held her ground. With a steely determination, as she realised that she faced a truly powerful foe, she raised her blade and rushed at the elf corpse once more.Telkya prayed fervently and raised her amulet as a column of divine flame descended towards the elf maid’s body. Again the corpse moved quickly, leaping forward to meet Dulvarna so that the divine fire descended behind it. From the other side of the headless body, Enlishia fired two more arrows in quick succession and these too, drove into the right side of the corpse. It lurched left and as it did, Litiraan loosed a bolt of blue energy that flew past the corpse’s back. Lavren loosed a black ray that flew past the body and then the elf maid clashed with Dulvarna.</blockquote>

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