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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4840635" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 14 - Eaters of Knowledge (Part 1)</strong></p><p></p><p>The stairway leading from the northern part of the chamber led down into the water chamber where the dead lizard folk still floated in the dank, blood-stained water. The companions made their way carefully through the chamber, avoiding the pipe entrance at the foot of the stairs and the other scattered throughout the chamber. Torches taken from the bandit lair lit their way and more were tucked into the belts of the companions as they made their way forward. They turned north again when they reached the north-south passage from the pit of the dead and they ignored the side door on the left, passing on to the double doors at the end of the long hall. Dulvarna and Erlmoor pushed open the doors and each of the companions took a sharp intake of breath as they beheld the great chamber within.</p><p>“The library!” Vyrellis said from the orb, her voice hushed. “Heed not the whispers!”</p><p></p><p>Shelves packed with books lined the walls and stands to the sides of the wide chamber with barely the height of two men between the tops of the shelves and the ceiling. In the centre, a grassy square surrounded a proud statue of a moon elf princess. At first, the chamber appeared to be deathly quiet but then the companions began to hear faint whispers. They began as barely audible sounds but then grew louder and began to press upon the minds of each of the companions – an unintelligible jumble of words in many languages, like a thousand voices murmuring at once.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor led the way into the room, moving right toward the nearest stand of shelves while looking closely at the statue. As he moved forward, he found himself drawn toward the shelves by the whispers and as he moved on, he had to exert real effort. As he reached the end of the bookshelf, he saw movement ahead of him and a hairless grey-skinned humanoid emerged from behind a stand of shelves in front of him. The creature wore dark, flowing clothes but also had pieces of spiked armour strapped to its shoulders and legs. It held a curved scimitar in its right hand and rushed at the paladin, swinging the blade in low.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor retreated and brought his blade down to parry but he only succeeded in deflecting the scimitar away from his belly and into his thigh. He staggered and limped back as Enlishia came forward, nocking an arrow to her bow as she came. She loosed an arrow that drove into the creature’s right leg and then fired again, but the second shaft flew wide of the mark and drove into the end of a stand of shelves. The ranger staggered as something else beyond the whispers assailed her mind and as she saw Erlmoor do the same, she knew what they faced here.</p><p>“These are eaters of knowledge, oft called the Brood of Shar,” she called to the others. “And the one we see is not the only one.”</p><p></p><p>As if to emphasise the ranger’s point, there was sudden movement on top of the shelves that stood against the east wall of the room. Another of the creatures moved into view there with a longbow in its hands and as the companions looked, it reached for an arrow to nock to the string. Thorn started toward the creature high on the shelves, throwing down the torch he carried in his left hand and drawing forth his totem stick. He chanted an incantation and gestured at the creature, calling forth an icy blast of wind that threw the archer back against the wall. </p><p></p><p>Dulvarna rushed to aid Erlmoor, her blade singing out as she reached the creature he faced and driving into the eater’s right leg just below Enlishia’s arrow. The creature grunted and staggered to its left. Telkya moved forward to aid Thorn, throwing down her own torch and raising her amulet. A bolt of golden light lanced out and struck the archer creature just as it began to recover from thorn’s icy blast of wind. Then Telkya heard a shout from Lavren behind her and as she turned, she saw that another of the scimitar-wielding creatures had emerged from behind a long stand of shelves to the left and was advancing toward Enlishia’s back. The warlock moved into the room and rushed to stand beside Thorn but as he reached the druid, he turned around and raised his wand. He uttered a curse and a bolt of black energy crackled out to strike the creature in the chest and hurl it backwards. It jerked its shoulders as though loosening its muscles once it had stopped retreating and then it raised its blade to resume its advance.</p><p></p><p>Telkya looked back toward the archer high on the shelves and as she did, another eater of knowledge, this creature dressed in long, flowing robes, emerged from behind the stand of shelves in front of her. The creature raised both its hands and uttered something unintelligible at Thorn. The druid suddenly staggered as a terrible pain filled his head. He reached up his left hand to try to block out the agony and reeled to the left and right as the pain refused to leave him. Then, as suddenly as it had been summoned, the pain was gone but the druid was left dazed and confused by the attack. </p><p></p><p>Suddenly, Lavren cried out again as an arrow drove into his left shoulder and threw him back. He and Telkya both looked around for the second archer and spotted the creature atop the shelves that stood against the west wall of the chamber. Lavren cursed under his breath, snapped the shaft off in the wound and then raised his wand to face the warrior closest to him.</p><p>Erlmoor roared and sprayed acid at the eater before him only for the creature to duck and shield its body with the armour on its arms. The dragonborn surged forward before his enemy could recover and lashed his blade in from his right to drive into the hip of the creature before him. It spun away to its left and then turned around to let out a terrible scream from its mouth that pierced the minds of Dulvarna and Erlmoor and threw them back. Enlishia rushed forward to the foot of the statue and loosed an arrow into the side of the eater. She reached over to her quiver and drew forth another arrow that she nocked to her bow and released straight away. This shaft flew wide of the creature and drove into a book on one of the shelves against the eastern wall.</p><p></p><p>An arrow struck the floor in front of Telkya while beside her, Thorn shifted into his wolf form and leapt at the robed creature in front of him. His teeth seized the creature’s arm and dragged the eater toward Lavren and Telkya for a moment before the creature shook the wolf free. Telkya looked back desperately toward the other creature that advanced toward them with its scimitar in hand but as she caught Dulvarna’s eye, she realised that the warrior woman had seen the creature two. She spun on the spot, lashed out with her blade and beheaded the creature before her. Then she twisted away and moved to meet the new foe that came from the western side of the room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4840635, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 14 - Eaters of Knowledge (Part 1)[/b] The stairway leading from the northern part of the chamber led down into the water chamber where the dead lizard folk still floated in the dank, blood-stained water. The companions made their way carefully through the chamber, avoiding the pipe entrance at the foot of the stairs and the other scattered throughout the chamber. Torches taken from the bandit lair lit their way and more were tucked into the belts of the companions as they made their way forward. They turned north again when they reached the north-south passage from the pit of the dead and they ignored the side door on the left, passing on to the double doors at the end of the long hall. Dulvarna and Erlmoor pushed open the doors and each of the companions took a sharp intake of breath as they beheld the great chamber within. “The library!” Vyrellis said from the orb, her voice hushed. “Heed not the whispers!” Shelves packed with books lined the walls and stands to the sides of the wide chamber with barely the height of two men between the tops of the shelves and the ceiling. In the centre, a grassy square surrounded a proud statue of a moon elf princess. At first, the chamber appeared to be deathly quiet but then the companions began to hear faint whispers. They began as barely audible sounds but then grew louder and began to press upon the minds of each of the companions – an unintelligible jumble of words in many languages, like a thousand voices murmuring at once. Erlmoor led the way into the room, moving right toward the nearest stand of shelves while looking closely at the statue. As he moved forward, he found himself drawn toward the shelves by the whispers and as he moved on, he had to exert real effort. As he reached the end of the bookshelf, he saw movement ahead of him and a hairless grey-skinned humanoid emerged from behind a stand of shelves in front of him. The creature wore dark, flowing clothes but also had pieces of spiked armour strapped to its shoulders and legs. It held a curved scimitar in its right hand and rushed at the paladin, swinging the blade in low. Erlmoor retreated and brought his blade down to parry but he only succeeded in deflecting the scimitar away from his belly and into his thigh. He staggered and limped back as Enlishia came forward, nocking an arrow to her bow as she came. She loosed an arrow that drove into the creature’s right leg and then fired again, but the second shaft flew wide of the mark and drove into the end of a stand of shelves. The ranger staggered as something else beyond the whispers assailed her mind and as she saw Erlmoor do the same, she knew what they faced here. “These are eaters of knowledge, oft called the Brood of Shar,” she called to the others. “And the one we see is not the only one.” As if to emphasise the ranger’s point, there was sudden movement on top of the shelves that stood against the east wall of the room. Another of the creatures moved into view there with a longbow in its hands and as the companions looked, it reached for an arrow to nock to the string. Thorn started toward the creature high on the shelves, throwing down the torch he carried in his left hand and drawing forth his totem stick. He chanted an incantation and gestured at the creature, calling forth an icy blast of wind that threw the archer back against the wall. Dulvarna rushed to aid Erlmoor, her blade singing out as she reached the creature he faced and driving into the eater’s right leg just below Enlishia’s arrow. The creature grunted and staggered to its left. Telkya moved forward to aid Thorn, throwing down her own torch and raising her amulet. A bolt of golden light lanced out and struck the archer creature just as it began to recover from thorn’s icy blast of wind. Then Telkya heard a shout from Lavren behind her and as she turned, she saw that another of the scimitar-wielding creatures had emerged from behind a long stand of shelves to the left and was advancing toward Enlishia’s back. The warlock moved into the room and rushed to stand beside Thorn but as he reached the druid, he turned around and raised his wand. He uttered a curse and a bolt of black energy crackled out to strike the creature in the chest and hurl it backwards. It jerked its shoulders as though loosening its muscles once it had stopped retreating and then it raised its blade to resume its advance. Telkya looked back toward the archer high on the shelves and as she did, another eater of knowledge, this creature dressed in long, flowing robes, emerged from behind the stand of shelves in front of her. The creature raised both its hands and uttered something unintelligible at Thorn. The druid suddenly staggered as a terrible pain filled his head. He reached up his left hand to try to block out the agony and reeled to the left and right as the pain refused to leave him. Then, as suddenly as it had been summoned, the pain was gone but the druid was left dazed and confused by the attack. Suddenly, Lavren cried out again as an arrow drove into his left shoulder and threw him back. He and Telkya both looked around for the second archer and spotted the creature atop the shelves that stood against the west wall of the chamber. Lavren cursed under his breath, snapped the shaft off in the wound and then raised his wand to face the warrior closest to him. Erlmoor roared and sprayed acid at the eater before him only for the creature to duck and shield its body with the armour on its arms. The dragonborn surged forward before his enemy could recover and lashed his blade in from his right to drive into the hip of the creature before him. It spun away to its left and then turned around to let out a terrible scream from its mouth that pierced the minds of Dulvarna and Erlmoor and threw them back. Enlishia rushed forward to the foot of the statue and loosed an arrow into the side of the eater. She reached over to her quiver and drew forth another arrow that she nocked to her bow and released straight away. This shaft flew wide of the creature and drove into a book on one of the shelves against the eastern wall. An arrow struck the floor in front of Telkya while beside her, Thorn shifted into his wolf form and leapt at the robed creature in front of him. His teeth seized the creature’s arm and dragged the eater toward Lavren and Telkya for a moment before the creature shook the wolf free. Telkya looked back desperately toward the other creature that advanced toward them with its scimitar in hand but as she caught Dulvarna’s eye, she realised that the warrior woman had seen the creature two. She spun on the spot, lashed out with her blade and beheaded the creature before her. Then she twisted away and moved to meet the new foe that came from the western side of the room. [/QUOTE]
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