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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4845321" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 15 - The King's Hermitage (Part 2)</strong></p><p></p><p>Telkya looked toward Lavren and winked knowingly before closing her eyes and vanishing into a shower of light motes. She reappeared in the northern chamber a few feet from the man who claimed to be a King of Cormyr. She raised her amulet and loosed golden light at the horned man but he dodged easily to his right and evaded the divine bolt. A moment later, Lavren appeared, his back to the north wall of the chamber and his wand levelled at the eater of knowledge. He cursed the creature, loosing a crackling bolt of black energy that seared into the creature’s back and hurled it forward, towards Dulvarna. It let out a terrible scream and as it seared into the warrior woman’s head, she fell back into the barrels and crates again.</p><p></p><p>Enlishia loosed an arrow quickly to try and silence the creature and she succeeded for the eater stopped its scream as the shaft drove into its shoulder. The ranger fired again but her second arrow clattered off the stone wall next to the creature and struck the floor in front of Lavren. Dulvarna pushed herself off the crates then and lashed her blade across the eater’s belly driving it back another step into the room. She looked toward Galaghard as she heard the man utter another command and as she looked, lightning burst from his staff and struck Telkya in the chest, throwing her back into Lavren. The bolt coursed through her and then arced out to strike Lavren and then Dulvarna and once again, the warrior woman was hurled back painfully into the crates and barrels behind her. As Dulvarna looked up, dazed and wounded, she saw the horned man turn away from the battle and vanish into the curtain without moving it aside or indeed disturbing it at all.</p><p></p><p>Thorn and Erlmoor saw Galaghard reappear behind the eaters of knowledge at the same time and at the same time they surged forward. Again, Thorn in wolf form seized the arm of the creature that faced the pair and this time, as the eater was dragged to its left, Erlmoor drove his sword into its side. It reeled back but still it lashed out and this time, its blade struck the flank of Thorn’s wolf form and slammed him into the wall to his right. The druid snarled his annoyance as he regained his feet but in his heart he knew that he could not take many more blows like that one.</p><p></p><p>Telkya loosed a bolt of golden light at the eater of knowledge in the doorway and then turned toward the curtain, thinking to follow Galaghard. She rushed over to the curtain and with some effort, moved the heavy drape aside. She looked back toward Lavren and as she did he loosed a black bolt wildly at the eater of knowledge and rushed to pass through the curtain ahead of her. As he passed the curtain it seemed to tangle his legs as though it moved of its own accord but still he passed through it with a stumble and found himself in a bed chamber with a cot against the west wall and a desk against the south, covered in books and scrolls. He looked back to see if the others followed him just as an arrow from Enlishia’s bow drove through the throat of the eater and it fell to the floor of the chamber. He beckoned to the others and they made to follow him into the chamber.</p><p></p><p>As Enlishia reached the curtain, it seemed to slip from Telkya’s grasp to fall in front of the ranger. She made to push it aside but it enveloped her and held her firmly around the waist and legs, half in and half out of the bed chamber beyond. Dulvarna came forward and moved aside the left hand side of the curtain but as she tried to pass through, the curtain again fell back and enveloped her, holding her in place. She struggled beside Enlishia but despite their efforts, neither could get free.</p><p></p><p>Thorn summoned the fury of his werewolf ancestors and leapt at the eater of knowledge with a growl. He seized the creature’s leg and clung on as it tried desperately to shake the wolf druid free. Erlmoor roared, spraying acid onto both the creatures to force them back and as they retreated, he advanced. He stepped into the doorway and plunged his sword into the belly of the eater of knowledge that Thorn had seized in his wolf jaws. The creature gasped and then collapsed, falling limply to the floor. Thorn let the creature go and Erlmoor stepped into the doorway in front of him to meet the other eater blade to blade, determined to defend the wounded druid. </p><p></p><p>Telkya tried to slip past the edge of the curtain as her companions struggled with it but somehow, a part of the drape tangled around her left leg and held her firm just inside the bed chamber. Lavren looked back to his stranded companions and for a moment found their struggles funny. Trying to keep a smile from his lips, he rushed to the around the desk to the southern wall of the room where a similar curtain hung, decorated with the same grassy field beneath a starry sky as the other was. He pulled the curtain aside, noting a blood red full moon near the horizon of the tapestry scene but as he tried to pass through, the curtain somehow entangled him around the waist and he found himself trapped, a little way into the other room. To his left, Erlmoor faught an eater of knowledge while standing over the body of another while in front of the warlock, Galaghard stood beneath a dome supported by four columns. The robed man smiled as he saw the elf’s predicament and all humorous thoughts vanished from Lavren’s mind. Then Enlishia burst through the curtain to the elf’s right and became ensnared as he was. The horned man’s smile broadened.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4845321, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 15 - The King's Hermitage (Part 2)[/b] Telkya looked toward Lavren and winked knowingly before closing her eyes and vanishing into a shower of light motes. She reappeared in the northern chamber a few feet from the man who claimed to be a King of Cormyr. She raised her amulet and loosed golden light at the horned man but he dodged easily to his right and evaded the divine bolt. A moment later, Lavren appeared, his back to the north wall of the chamber and his wand levelled at the eater of knowledge. He cursed the creature, loosing a crackling bolt of black energy that seared into the creature’s back and hurled it forward, towards Dulvarna. It let out a terrible scream and as it seared into the warrior woman’s head, she fell back into the barrels and crates again. Enlishia loosed an arrow quickly to try and silence the creature and she succeeded for the eater stopped its scream as the shaft drove into its shoulder. The ranger fired again but her second arrow clattered off the stone wall next to the creature and struck the floor in front of Lavren. Dulvarna pushed herself off the crates then and lashed her blade across the eater’s belly driving it back another step into the room. She looked toward Galaghard as she heard the man utter another command and as she looked, lightning burst from his staff and struck Telkya in the chest, throwing her back into Lavren. The bolt coursed through her and then arced out to strike Lavren and then Dulvarna and once again, the warrior woman was hurled back painfully into the crates and barrels behind her. As Dulvarna looked up, dazed and wounded, she saw the horned man turn away from the battle and vanish into the curtain without moving it aside or indeed disturbing it at all. Thorn and Erlmoor saw Galaghard reappear behind the eaters of knowledge at the same time and at the same time they surged forward. Again, Thorn in wolf form seized the arm of the creature that faced the pair and this time, as the eater was dragged to its left, Erlmoor drove his sword into its side. It reeled back but still it lashed out and this time, its blade struck the flank of Thorn’s wolf form and slammed him into the wall to his right. The druid snarled his annoyance as he regained his feet but in his heart he knew that he could not take many more blows like that one. Telkya loosed a bolt of golden light at the eater of knowledge in the doorway and then turned toward the curtain, thinking to follow Galaghard. She rushed over to the curtain and with some effort, moved the heavy drape aside. She looked back toward Lavren and as she did he loosed a black bolt wildly at the eater of knowledge and rushed to pass through the curtain ahead of her. As he passed the curtain it seemed to tangle his legs as though it moved of its own accord but still he passed through it with a stumble and found himself in a bed chamber with a cot against the west wall and a desk against the south, covered in books and scrolls. He looked back to see if the others followed him just as an arrow from Enlishia’s bow drove through the throat of the eater and it fell to the floor of the chamber. He beckoned to the others and they made to follow him into the chamber. As Enlishia reached the curtain, it seemed to slip from Telkya’s grasp to fall in front of the ranger. She made to push it aside but it enveloped her and held her firmly around the waist and legs, half in and half out of the bed chamber beyond. Dulvarna came forward and moved aside the left hand side of the curtain but as she tried to pass through, the curtain again fell back and enveloped her, holding her in place. She struggled beside Enlishia but despite their efforts, neither could get free. Thorn summoned the fury of his werewolf ancestors and leapt at the eater of knowledge with a growl. He seized the creature’s leg and clung on as it tried desperately to shake the wolf druid free. Erlmoor roared, spraying acid onto both the creatures to force them back and as they retreated, he advanced. He stepped into the doorway and plunged his sword into the belly of the eater of knowledge that Thorn had seized in his wolf jaws. The creature gasped and then collapsed, falling limply to the floor. Thorn let the creature go and Erlmoor stepped into the doorway in front of him to meet the other eater blade to blade, determined to defend the wounded druid. Telkya tried to slip past the edge of the curtain as her companions struggled with it but somehow, a part of the drape tangled around her left leg and held her firm just inside the bed chamber. Lavren looked back to his stranded companions and for a moment found their struggles funny. Trying to keep a smile from his lips, he rushed to the around the desk to the southern wall of the room where a similar curtain hung, decorated with the same grassy field beneath a starry sky as the other was. He pulled the curtain aside, noting a blood red full moon near the horizon of the tapestry scene but as he tried to pass through, the curtain somehow entangled him around the waist and he found himself trapped, a little way into the other room. To his left, Erlmoor faught an eater of knowledge while standing over the body of another while in front of the warlock, Galaghard stood beneath a dome supported by four columns. The robed man smiled as he saw the elf’s predicament and all humorous thoughts vanished from Lavren’s mind. Then Enlishia burst through the curtain to the elf’s right and became ensnared as he was. The horned man’s smile broadened. [/QUOTE]
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