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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4825487" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 11 - Through Dark Waters (Part 3)At the same time, the greenscale next to Dulvarna thrust its spear forward, driving its point into her thigh below the water. She fell back and it stabbed at her again but this time, she lashed her sword across and knocked the thrust aside. The blackscale’s club swept across at her next, striking her right shoulder hard and spinning her away from the greenscale toward Enlishia and Telkya. Then, suddenly, the water around the southern steps frothed and churned and Thorn was sucked under the water. The druid burst from the water a moment later right in front of the nearest blackscale and next to Erlmoor. Thorn rushed at the blackscale and as he did, his features warped and changed into those of a large, black bear. The bear that was Thorn rushed at the lizard creature and tore at its leg with its claws before spinning away and splashing down into the blood-stained water.The lizard folk reeled back apparently as stunned as the companions were by the druid’s transformation. The shaman eventually reacted first, circling around behind the blackscales and the greenscale that Dulvarna had wounded to stand near the northwest corner of the room. It raised its left hand again and uttered an incantation that brought forth a cloud of noxious fumes from the dark water of the chamber. Telkya and Enlishia were engulfed and as their lungs burned they staggered and bent over, coughing painfully.As Thorn the bear resurfaced beside the blackscale, the lizard creature turned toward the druid and lashed out with its club. The huge, spiked weapon struck only the water with a splash as the bear reeled back out of reach. Erlmoor started forward to take advantage of the distraction that Thorn was providing but as he did so, the water around the southern stairs frothed and surged again, sucking the dragonborn toward it. He resisted the pull of the water with all his strength and then leapt away to the blackscale’s right. As he did, he lashed his sword out to his right and drove it into the side of the lizard creature sending it staggering away from him. The blackscale turned and the second greenscale rushed around to its left to tackle Thorn’s bear form. It stabbed its spear into the bear once and then a second time, red blood staining the water around Thorn. The bear’s only response was a roar of anger and the greenscale stepped back before the wrath of the druid’s beast form.Dulvarna surged forward at the greenscale and the blackscale, feinting at the smaller creature and then driving her blade into the belly of the blackscale. It roared in pain and staggered backward away from the fierce warrior woman. Behind Dulvarna, Enlishia recovered enough from the fumes to raise her bow and momentarily considered wreaking revenge on the shaman before instead, taking aim at the blackscale that Erlmoor fought. She raised her bow and loosed one and then a second arrow, both of which drove into the creature’s chest just below its left shoulder. The creature staggered back again and as it did, first a golden bolt from Telkya’s amulet and then a black bolt from Lavren’s wand struck its chest. The creature reeled back another two steps and then fell backwards into the water amidst a growing stain of its own blood.The lizardfolk roared their defiance and surged forward as one then, the greenscale stabbing its spear into Dulvarna’s side and then into her hip and sending her staggering away from it. The remaining blackscale swung its club across before the warrior woman had chance to recover and slammed her back toward Enlishia. A moment later, the water surged around the southern stairway again and Thorn’s bear form was sucked beneath the surface. The druid reappeared in human form close to another stairway in the southern wall of the south-eastern part of the chamber. He started toward the nearest of the greenscales, raising his totem as he came. He uttered an incantation and again called forth the chill wind to assail the lizardfolk. This time, though, the greenscale nearest to the wind, dived under the water and avoided its biting cold. Then Thorn saw the shaman circling around the other greenscale and the blackscale before diving under the water to swim towards him. In that moment, he knew that he would fight a battle to the death with the magic-wielding lizard creature.Erlmoor rushed at the remaining blackscale while raising his voice in prayer. His blade glowed brightly as he swung it at the lizard creature and it drove into the blackscale’s side, cutting a deep wound. The creature roared and reeled away from the paladin but as it did, the greenscale that had attacked Thorn rushed in from the dragonborn’s right. It drove its spear into his right thigh before he had chance to react and then stabbed again but this time, the paladin met the shaft with his blade, knocking it aside. Erlmoor turned back toward the blackscale and retreated but as he did, Dulvarna surged forward behind him and plunged her blade into the belly of the blackscale. It gasped, staggered back a step and then fell back into the water with a splash.</blockquote>

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