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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4878079" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 21 - Halls of Madness (Part 4)</strong></p><p></p><p>The grick finally threw down Telkya and lashed out a tentacle toward Thorn. The appendage wrapped around the druid wolf and raised him from the ground while the hook at its end, drove painfully into his flank. He growled and twisted in the creature’s grasp while biting and clawing at it but it would not let go of its new prey. The remaining foulspawn sensed victory and with a roar, surged at Erlmoor, feinting left and then slashing its blade in from the right to cleave into the dragonborn’s side. He grunted and fell against the flesh wall beside him as the noxious vapour seared his body from the inside. </p><p>Lavren rushed to Erlmoor’s side helping him up from the wall and then lashing out his wand with his left hand. A bolt of black energy lanced out to the foulspawn’s shoulder and threw it back a step but it barely stopped its attacks, coming back a moment later, snarling and hissing. Behind the others, Enlishia realised that she could not aid them with her bow and instead rushed off after Dulvarna, determined to find another way from which to attack the grick and its companion. She passed Dulvarna a little way down the corridor and turned right into another westward leading passage which she felt sure would lead them around behind their enemies. Dulvarna followed but more slowly, binding a strip of cloth around her wounded body as she limped over the slime and into the side passage. The two companions heard the sounds of battle almost at once and knew that they had found the right way.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor raised his blade wearily as the foulspawn came at him once again, parrying its attacks with what he knew to be the last of his strength. As he fought, he prayed and then looked down at Telkya with satisfaction as he body glowed with divine light. As Telkya’s eyes flicked open, the dragonborn smiled and then rushed at his enemy, clashing blade on blade two keep the creature away from the wounded elf maid. Dimly, he heard Thorn cry out as the grick tore at him with its beak but he knew he could not help the druid directly. All he could do was to fight until he fell and buy Dulvarna a little more time to come to their aid. With a growl, Thorn dropped to the floor beside Erlmoor and the dragonborn nodded his appreciation of the druid wolf’s efforts before driving his foe back another step. Then Telkya rose beside Erlmoor, lashing her blade out at the foulspawn before ducking past the two combatants to get away from the grick. She uttered a healing prayer with her back against the wall and her blade before her and then she leapt forward to join the paladin in his desperate battle. Erlmoor smiled and roared hin his own triumph then but as he did, his strength finally failed him. The foulspawn drove his blade toward the dragonborn’s chest and Erlmoor’s parry was too slow. He knocked aside the creature’s blade but only drove it downward into his belly. He felt searing pain as the blade pierced his flesh and dimly, knew that his sword had fallen from his spent grasp. He staggered back from his enemy, fell into the wall and then collapsed at Lavren’s feet as blackness took him.</p><p></p><p>Lavren cried out as Erlmoor fell, lashing out with his wand and hurling a bolt of black energy into the chest of the foulspawn. It staggered back and from somewhere behind it, a bow sang out. An arrow thudded into the creature’s chest and it lurched forward. Another arrow flashed past its head and drove into the flesh wall next to Telkya and a guttural cry that the companions knew could only be Dulvarna erupted behind the grick. Blood sprayed from the creature’s back as Dulvarna lashed her blade into the monster’s body and Thorn, Telkya and Lavren felt their spirits soar.</p><p></p><p>Desperately, the grick lashed a tentacle around Thorn again and dragged him toward it. The druid wolf clawed and bit at the appendage, tearing at the flesh of the creature and slowly loosening its grip. Behind him, Telkya rushed at the foulspawn and plunged her blade into its side with a prayer on her lips. She reached out the amulet in her left hand toward Erlmoor and a burst of divine light reached out to touch the dragonborn. His eyes flicked open and more divine light bathed him, healing his wounds and restoring his strength. The foulspawn, realising its peril, turned on Telkya fiercely, lashing out left and right with his sword only to find an apparently delicate elven blade blocking each huge blow. A moment later, a bolt of black light seared into the creature’s side and its sword fell from suddenly lifeless hands. The foulspawn let out one last hiss and then collapsed beside its companion.</p><p>Dulvarna rushed at the grick, lashing her blade into its back and with a roar, Erlmoor rose before it and drove his own sword into the front of its snake-like body. Still it bit at Thorn with a ferocious appetite, tearing at the wolf druid’s flank with its beak mouth. Thorn’s strength began to face though he still clawed and bit at the creature but Telkya came to his aid as he had come to hers. She raised her amulet and loosed a bolt of light into the grick’s head, driving it back and loosening its grip on Thorn. Its serpentine body weaved unsteadily and then a bolt of black energy tore into it and it fell forward onto the slimy floor.</p><p>“The hidden door back in the corridor offers a way out,” Enlishia called to the others having seen the door that the foulspawn had used as she ran to catch up with Dulvarna.</p><p></p><p>Enlishia turned away from her slain enemies and rushed back to the main hallway. She crossed into a short corridor beyond the hidden door that the foulspawn had used and began to run her fingers along the far wall seeking a trigger for the second hidden door that she knew had to be there. She found the trigger within a few heartbeats and pushed the stone stud that caused the far wall of the passage to slide open. Dulvarna rushed into the passageway a few moments later and the two companions paused, waiting for the others to follow.</p><p>“I thank you for saving me,” said Erlmoor to Telkya before starting after the others but no sooner had he rounded the corner into the main passage than Thorn and Lavren began coughing again. An instant later, both collapsed on the floor of the western passageway. </p><p></p><p>Telkya knelt beside Thorn and uttered a healing prayer that mended some of the damage to the druid’s seared lungs and as he woke, she moved to tend to Lavren, despite the burning in her own throat and chest. Thorn shifted into his human form and rose, looking down at the husband and wife with real concern. His face had half-shifted into the sharpened features that betrayed this werewolf ancestry but still he regarded his new friends with a worried look.</p><p>“Go after them,” Telkya said. “We will come after you.”</p><p></p><p>Thorn did as he was bade and behind him, Telkya uttered another healing prayer. Thorn reached the hidden side passage and stepped inside, waiting for the two elves to follow. They came after what had seemed like a few minutes but was in fact barely a few seconds. As Telkya entered the passageway, she pressed a stud protruding from the wall and the stone slid back into place, sealing out the noxious vapours beyond. Thorn smiled at the two elves and together, the three companions went to join the others. </p><p></p><p><strong>Next......Howls From Beyond</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4878079, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 21 - Halls of Madness (Part 4)[/b] The grick finally threw down Telkya and lashed out a tentacle toward Thorn. The appendage wrapped around the druid wolf and raised him from the ground while the hook at its end, drove painfully into his flank. He growled and twisted in the creature’s grasp while biting and clawing at it but it would not let go of its new prey. The remaining foulspawn sensed victory and with a roar, surged at Erlmoor, feinting left and then slashing its blade in from the right to cleave into the dragonborn’s side. He grunted and fell against the flesh wall beside him as the noxious vapour seared his body from the inside. Lavren rushed to Erlmoor’s side helping him up from the wall and then lashing out his wand with his left hand. A bolt of black energy lanced out to the foulspawn’s shoulder and threw it back a step but it barely stopped its attacks, coming back a moment later, snarling and hissing. Behind the others, Enlishia realised that she could not aid them with her bow and instead rushed off after Dulvarna, determined to find another way from which to attack the grick and its companion. She passed Dulvarna a little way down the corridor and turned right into another westward leading passage which she felt sure would lead them around behind their enemies. Dulvarna followed but more slowly, binding a strip of cloth around her wounded body as she limped over the slime and into the side passage. The two companions heard the sounds of battle almost at once and knew that they had found the right way. Erlmoor raised his blade wearily as the foulspawn came at him once again, parrying its attacks with what he knew to be the last of his strength. As he fought, he prayed and then looked down at Telkya with satisfaction as he body glowed with divine light. As Telkya’s eyes flicked open, the dragonborn smiled and then rushed at his enemy, clashing blade on blade two keep the creature away from the wounded elf maid. Dimly, he heard Thorn cry out as the grick tore at him with its beak but he knew he could not help the druid directly. All he could do was to fight until he fell and buy Dulvarna a little more time to come to their aid. With a growl, Thorn dropped to the floor beside Erlmoor and the dragonborn nodded his appreciation of the druid wolf’s efforts before driving his foe back another step. Then Telkya rose beside Erlmoor, lashing her blade out at the foulspawn before ducking past the two combatants to get away from the grick. She uttered a healing prayer with her back against the wall and her blade before her and then she leapt forward to join the paladin in his desperate battle. Erlmoor smiled and roared hin his own triumph then but as he did, his strength finally failed him. The foulspawn drove his blade toward the dragonborn’s chest and Erlmoor’s parry was too slow. He knocked aside the creature’s blade but only drove it downward into his belly. He felt searing pain as the blade pierced his flesh and dimly, knew that his sword had fallen from his spent grasp. He staggered back from his enemy, fell into the wall and then collapsed at Lavren’s feet as blackness took him. Lavren cried out as Erlmoor fell, lashing out with his wand and hurling a bolt of black energy into the chest of the foulspawn. It staggered back and from somewhere behind it, a bow sang out. An arrow thudded into the creature’s chest and it lurched forward. Another arrow flashed past its head and drove into the flesh wall next to Telkya and a guttural cry that the companions knew could only be Dulvarna erupted behind the grick. Blood sprayed from the creature’s back as Dulvarna lashed her blade into the monster’s body and Thorn, Telkya and Lavren felt their spirits soar. Desperately, the grick lashed a tentacle around Thorn again and dragged him toward it. The druid wolf clawed and bit at the appendage, tearing at the flesh of the creature and slowly loosening its grip. Behind him, Telkya rushed at the foulspawn and plunged her blade into its side with a prayer on her lips. She reached out the amulet in her left hand toward Erlmoor and a burst of divine light reached out to touch the dragonborn. His eyes flicked open and more divine light bathed him, healing his wounds and restoring his strength. The foulspawn, realising its peril, turned on Telkya fiercely, lashing out left and right with his sword only to find an apparently delicate elven blade blocking each huge blow. A moment later, a bolt of black light seared into the creature’s side and its sword fell from suddenly lifeless hands. The foulspawn let out one last hiss and then collapsed beside its companion. Dulvarna rushed at the grick, lashing her blade into its back and with a roar, Erlmoor rose before it and drove his own sword into the front of its snake-like body. Still it bit at Thorn with a ferocious appetite, tearing at the wolf druid’s flank with its beak mouth. Thorn’s strength began to face though he still clawed and bit at the creature but Telkya came to his aid as he had come to hers. She raised her amulet and loosed a bolt of light into the grick’s head, driving it back and loosening its grip on Thorn. Its serpentine body weaved unsteadily and then a bolt of black energy tore into it and it fell forward onto the slimy floor. “The hidden door back in the corridor offers a way out,” Enlishia called to the others having seen the door that the foulspawn had used as she ran to catch up with Dulvarna. Enlishia turned away from her slain enemies and rushed back to the main hallway. She crossed into a short corridor beyond the hidden door that the foulspawn had used and began to run her fingers along the far wall seeking a trigger for the second hidden door that she knew had to be there. She found the trigger within a few heartbeats and pushed the stone stud that caused the far wall of the passage to slide open. Dulvarna rushed into the passageway a few moments later and the two companions paused, waiting for the others to follow. “I thank you for saving me,” said Erlmoor to Telkya before starting after the others but no sooner had he rounded the corner into the main passage than Thorn and Lavren began coughing again. An instant later, both collapsed on the floor of the western passageway. Telkya knelt beside Thorn and uttered a healing prayer that mended some of the damage to the druid’s seared lungs and as he woke, she moved to tend to Lavren, despite the burning in her own throat and chest. Thorn shifted into his human form and rose, looking down at the husband and wife with real concern. His face had half-shifted into the sharpened features that betrayed this werewolf ancestry but still he regarded his new friends with a worried look. “Go after them,” Telkya said. “We will come after you.” Thorn did as he was bade and behind him, Telkya uttered another healing prayer. Thorn reached the hidden side passage and stepped inside, waiting for the two elves to follow. They came after what had seemed like a few minutes but was in fact barely a few seconds. As Telkya entered the passageway, she pressed a stud protruding from the wall and the stone slid back into place, sealing out the noxious vapours beyond. Thorn smiled at the two elves and together, the three companions went to join the others. [B]Next......Howls From Beyond[/B] [/QUOTE]
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