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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4796327" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 7 - The Chamber of Monoliths (Part 5)The elf maid lashed out with her right hand and loosed a black ray towards Erlmoor and the dragonborn ducked to his right to evade the bolt. Beyond the elf body, Telkya hurled a bolt of golden light from behind the corpse that flashed past and struck the floor close to the southwest pillar. Arrows flashed past from Enlishia’s bow and then a bolt of blue force form Litiraan’s wand flew over the corpse. A heartbeat later, a bolt of black energy from Lavren’s wand struck the floor behind the corpse and then the storm of force blades swept over Dulvarna and Erlmoor.The blades lashed into Dulvarna’s chest and she fell to the chamber floor just a few feet from the headless corpse. She rose almost immediately and rushed at the elf maid’s body with her blade before her. Erlmoor ducked under the blades and similarly charged at the corpse, but with a prayer on his lips. His blade glowed with a golden light and he swung out at the elf maid only for her to leap away. Vyrellis screamed her anger and frustration and as she did, the body lashed out at the dragonborn with her right hand. The paladin ducked under the blow but Dulvarna was struck by a backhand from the body’s other hand and sent reeling away. Telkya hurled a golden bolt that flew wide of the body and Vyrellis screamed again.“You have to save me, else Draxius has truly won,” the elf’s spirit cried out but the headless corpse seemed almost unstoppable.Enlishia raised her bow and fired two arrows quickly, both flying unerringly into the left side of the corpse but still the animated body would not fall. Lavren hurled a black bolt from his wand that flew past the body’s right shoulder and just missed Erlmoor drawing a growl from the dragonborn. Lavren nodded an apology but the paladin was already raising his blade to fend off the next attack from the elf maid. Meanwhile, Litiraan raised his wand, uttered a spell and hurled a ball of flame to burst behind the corpse. Fire billowed out and as it seared over the back of the elf body, it staggered and lurched towards Dulvarna and Erlmoor. They raised their blades to strike but as they did, the force blades swept over them again.Dulvarna collapsed to the floor, wounded again but pushed herself up with what she thought must surely be the last of her strength. She lashed out with her blade and struck the elf body in the left shoulder, spinning it away from her and towards Erlmoor. The dragonborn fell then as the force blades tore into his right shoulder but he too, rose quickly. His blade slashed out and cut a deep wound in the elf corpse’s right leg but still the body would not fall. Instead it lashed out but again the dragonborn ducked. Dulvarna made ready to duck, anticipating the backhand toward her but instead, the corpse punched the heal of its hand into her breast and she fell back, winded.Another golden bolt from Telkya’s amulet flashed past the elf maid from one side while a moment later, a silver bolt of energy from Litiraan’s wand struck it in the left arm. It lurched to the right and a black bolt from Lavren’s wand seared past its left shoulder where it had been standing. Dulvarna ducked under the blades and rushed the body despite the pain of her tired and wounded limbs. She slammed the hilt of her sword into the body’s chest and drove it back a step but as she looked back to see if Erlmoor followed her, the dragonborn fell to the onslaught of blades once more. The paladin roared as he rose and lashed his blade across the corpse’s belly but still it was not enough. Again the dragonborn began to pray but this time he sought peace from Lathander as he knew that he had expended the last of his strength. The headless corpse lashed out backhand with its right hand and as the blow struck the paladin, bright light and then blackness took him.Dulvarna ducked under the forehand swing from the body’s other hand and looked down to where Erlmoor had fallen, knowing she would soon join him. Dimly, she saw another bolt of golden light flash past and thought that she was surely doomed. Only when the body lurched to the right as another arrow appeared in its side, did she dare to hope for salvation. A silver bolt seared into the corpse just after the arrow  A moment later, a bolt of crackling black energy burst from the body’s belly and the elf maid’s form collapsed into grey sludge on the floor of the room. The storm of force blades vanished and Dulvarna allowed herself to fall to her knees beside Erlmoor. The battle was finally won and as looked over at the dragonborn, she knew that he would live.“Draxius has betrayed me again!” Vyrellis raged as the obsidian sphere rolled out of the foul remains of her physical form. “He must die!” Dulvarna looked dimly toward the orb and nodded her agreement. It was their only chance to escape this place. Draxius had to die.Next.....Ambush of the Outcasts</blockquote>

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