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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4861549" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 18 - The Hall of Blizzards (Part 2)Dulvarna managed to scramble to her feet a few moments later, lashing her blade across into the left leg of one of the knights as she did so. She held her footing but beside her, Telkya struggled to rise, floundering on the slippery surface. Another blade of winter emerged from the southern room to join the battle and Lavren retreated before the onslaught, falling to the floor as he did so. He loosed a bolt of black energy from his wand even as he fell that seared into the chest of the nearest blade of winter. The elf flinched but as he did, the attack seemed to dissipate only for a nearby knight to cry out as though he had been wounded in his companion’s stead. The blade smiled and advanced while the knights came forward as one.One of the knights stepped toward Dulvarna and feinted to the right before driving his blade into the warrior woman’s shoulder. She cried out as a cold pain lanced through her body and tendrils of ice leapt from the wound to envelop her body. Dulvarna staggered and almost fell but then Erlmoor rose to his feet, lashing his blade across the chest of the elf lord as he did so, a prayer on his lips. The knight cried out and fell back while Dulvarna struggled with her bonds.Another knight stepped toward Telkya who still struggled on the floor and plunged his blade down into her side. She too cried out and again, the tendrils of ice shot from the wound and enveloped the elf maid. Behind Telkya, Enlishia scrambled to her feet and retreated out of the hallway and through the doorway, turning as she reached the safe ground of the corridor outside. She raised her bow and took aim at the nearest knight, before loosing an arrow that drove into the shoulder of the elf. She nocked another and let fly but this time the knight was ready and ducked to the left, letting the arrow fly past and on down the hallway.The blades of winter came forward next, one advancing toward Lavren and then stabbing downward to his right at Telkya. The blade pierced the elf maid’s thigh and drew another cry of pain from her as she lay helpless on the blood-stained ice. Thorn saw Telkya’s peril and fired his crossbow, the bolt flying straight and true into the chest of the blade of winter. Again, the elf flinched and again the nearest knight staggered back as though he himself had been wounded. Another elf plunged his blade downward at Telkya but this time she managed to roll aside and the sword struck only ice. Still, the elves came forward fiercely and the companions seemed to stand little chance against them.Another knight stepped toward Dulvarna and plunged his blade into her side just above her hip as she struggled with the icy bonds of her earlier wound. Yet more ice tendrils leapt out from this new wound to envelop and hinder her. Another blade stabbed down at Telkya but this sword snagged on the chainmail jerkin she wore and failed to reach her flesh beneath. Still she struggled, lashing out with her sword as best she could and trying desperately to free herself from the bonds of ice that enveloped her. Then, at the far end of the hallway, another elf emerged from a side passage to the south, this one an elf maid with snow white skin and pale blue hair. Her eyes were like ice and the point of the spear she held seemed to be made of ice as well.“A sorceress,” Telkya hissed as she recognised the garb of the newcomer. “A blizzard speaker from the northern lands.”“Kill them all,” snarled the blizzard speaker in Common so that the companions could hear her command. The elves looked back at their leader and surged forward with unquestioning obedience.One of the blades of winter circled around to the north and leapt into the doorway to the northern chamber, stabbing his sword at Erlmoor as he did so. The dragonborn brought his blade down and parried the blow with his own sword before shoving the newcomer back into the chamber. Another came up behind the first and together they pressed forward again. Dulvarna meanwhile summoned what remained of her strength and lashed out with her blade toward the nearest knight. The elf brought his blade down to parry but Aecris clove though the sword, knocking it aside and then driving deep into the elf’s belly. The knight gasped and then fell to his knees, his sword clattering to the ice as he clutched at the blood and entrails pouring from the mortal wound he had suffered. He looked up plaintively at Dulvarna and then fell forward on the ice, a pool of blood growing around him.Telkya uttered a healing prayer where she lay, restoring some of her strength and then she leapt to her feet, lashing out with her sword as she did so. Her blade slashed across the back of the nearest of the blades of winter but for the third time, the elven warrior flinched while one of the knights cried out in pain. The blades roared their defiance and rushed at the companions, one leaping over the fallen knight and stabbing his sword at Erlmoor. Again the dragonborn parried the blow but as he did, he slipped and fell to the ice again. Still he lashed out with his blade and as his sword struck the side of the elf before him, a crack of thunder sounded. The elf flinched and lurched to his right but it was the knight beside him who cried out, blood erupting from an unseen wound in his side and flowing down his mail and the cloak he wore over it.“The knights are keeping the others alive,” Erlmoor roared. “Kill them first.”Lavren heard the dragonborn’s cry and tried to stand but he fell back to the ice, stunned for a moment. As he recovered, he saw one of the knights hiss a challenge to Telkya and then stab his blade down into the elf maid’s shoulder. She cried out again and Lavren cried out himself as he felt the crushing weight of helplessness descend upon him. Then he heard Enlishia’s bow sing behind him and two arrows flew over his head one after the other. Both drove into the knight that had wounded Telkya and with a gasp, the elf fell back, blood pouring down his chest and arm. Lavren felt a measure of hope return for a moment but then he felt a blade stab into his leg and knew that he had problems of his own.</blockquote>

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