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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4908652" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 25 - The Palace of Bones (Part 1)</strong></p><p></p><p>The companions found an elven bow and a set of dwarf-forged armour in the ruins of the tomb as well as half a dozen gemstones and rested there while Erlmoor and Rendil recovered from the grave-touched wounds they had suffered. When they were ready to leave, Erlmoor donned the new armour and found it fitted his large form while Enlishia left her old bow behind and took up the elven weapon.</p><p>“Draxius haunts my dreams,” Lavren admitted as he unlocked the southern doors with his dagger.</p><p>“As he does mine,” Erlmoor said. “He taunts me to kill him.”</p><p>“Then kill him we shall,” Enlishia said as Lavren pulled open the doors.</p><p></p><p>The ranger had gathered up her spent arrows from around the tomb to refill her quiver and now nocked one to her bowstring as Erlmoor and Rendil took up the lead. A passage led southward from the doors and then split a little way ahead, one branch leading off to the west while the main passage ended a little way ahead at a set of double doors. Erlmoor turned down the side passage, ignoring the doors ahead and led the companions on until this passage, too, ended in a set of doors. Putting up his sword, the dragonborn grasped one iron ring as Rendil grasped the other and together, they heaved the doors open to reveal a large chamber whose furnishings were all made of bones. Some were lashed together with leather cords or bound with iron rings while others seemingly held together by unseen magical force. The Head of Vyrellis shrieked in fury as her eyes fell on a tiefling with purple skin and eyes that glowed with a sickly green light. His body was draped in a heavy mantle, with skulls decorating his shoulders and shadows pooled around him.</p><p>“Destroy him!” Vyrellis screamed. “Strike him down and we shall claim our freedom!”</p><p></p><p>From the shadows to the right lumbered a huge skeleton and from beneath the platform came another and a third came from the right. They looked like the skeletons of ogres and each wielded a huge club made from the bone of a great beast. The first strode to the doors in a handful of steps and lashed out with its club, striking the doorframe above Erlmoor’s head. The dragonborn leapt under the weapon and into the chamber before slashing his blade at the creature’s leg. It stepped back beyond his reach and while Enlishia looked for a clear shot at the creature, Gendar levelled his staff at it. A blue bolt flew from the tip of the stave and tore into the skeleton’s ribs, shattering one and burning another. Gendar darted past Rendil and into the chamber but as he did, the skeleton swung out its club and smashed him in the back, slamming him into one of the bone pillars. Skeletal hands reached out from the pillar and seized the drow drawing him close against the structure as though to crush him. He cried out and behind him, the companions heard one of his ribs crack loudly.</p><p></p><p>Enlishia raised her bow and began firing, an arrow driving into the skeleton’s hip and a second flying past it and on into the chamber. Beside her, the ranger saw Lavren vanish in a shower of light motes and a moment later, a blast of black energy seared past the skeleton from behind, striking the door frame. Rendil slashed his blade into the creature’s leg and it staggered back a step but still it would not fall and from within the hall of bones, two more skeletons were coming. The first to reach the battle smashed down its club toward Erlmoor but at the last, the dragonborn leapt back beyond its reach and the huge weapon struck the floor of the chamber. In front of Enlishia, Telkya vanished as Lavren had and a moment later, the ranger heard her cry out from somewhere within the chamber. Still, a bolt of divine light flashed past the skeleton from within the chamber and from that, Enlishia deduced that Telkya still faught on.</p><p></p><p>Lavren looked back at his wife who had been grabbed by skeletal hands that had reached out from a torture rack made of bone. She was held against the end of the device but she still struggled and would not be easily cowed, the elf knew. He looked back across the chamber and knew at once that he faced a graver danger as the third of the huge skeletons strode across toward him. It lashed out with its club and though the warlock lowered his sword to parry, the weapon still struck him in the belly, driving the wind from him and throwing him back into Telkya. Dimly, Lavren heard Draxius chanting from the upper platform and forced himself to leap to his left to avoid whatever spell was being directed at him. Sure enough, a spectral hand, seemingly the rotten arm of some undead creature, appeared where he had been and clutched at the empty air desperately. It vanished a few moments later and Lavren congratulated himself on his escape, until he looked up and saw the skeleton raising its club to strike at him again.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor reeled back as the first skeleton slammed its club into his chest. He spun around on the spot and leapt back toward the creature, smashing his sword into its side and cleaving through its ribs to its spine. The creature staggered and a moment later an arrow smashed through its skull. The skeleton collapsed into a pile of bones and as Erlmoor recovered from the blow he had suffered, Enlishia turned her bow on the next of the undead creatures. Beside the dragonborn, Gendar struggled in the grip of the skeletal hands but still managed to loose a bolt of blue energy at one of the skeletons. Erlmoor admired the courage of the drow for as he looked at him, he saw that the dark elf was bleeding from several wounds and drawing his breath in ragged gasps. To his right, Erlmoor saw that Telkya was trapped and Lavren fought in front of her with his blade, trying to keep another of the skeletons at bay. Rendil came up beside him and lashed out his sword, a spell on his lips. Green flame wreathed the blade and it smashed into the hip of the nearest skeleton, shattering the bone. The creature lurched back unsteadily and then smashed down its club toward the halfling. Rendil leapt to his right but the club struck him a glancing blow on the shoulder and sent him reeling away.</p><p></p><p>Lavren held his blade before him but knew he could not hold off the skeleton for long. The skeleton swung its club and he ducked under it but the elf knew that more blows would come and they would be more accurate. Suddenly, he felt a wave of heat from his right and as he looked he saw an amber orb fly down from one of the higher platforms. It burst into a searing fireball against the wall of the chamber and while Telkya threw herself downward behind the rack that held her, the flames struck Lavren in the back and flung him forward. Telkya rose and shouted a prayer while struggling to free herself from the skeletal hands that held her. A column of light descended on the skeleton before Lavren, blackening and shattering its bones. It staggered but then lashed out wildly with its club. Lavren ducked again despite the pain of his burned back and the huge weapon passed over his head. The elf rose again, grateful for the momentary reprieve, and then leapt at the skeleton with his sword before him but from the platform he heard Draxius raise his voice in another incantation. A screaming missile flew from the tiefling’s hand and behind him, Lavren heard Telkya cry out. As he looked back he saw a a small, glowing skull strike his wife in the side and then burst into a pool of black shadow. With an inarticulate roar, Lavren rushed at the skeleton that blocked his way to Draxius, his blade leading his charge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4908652, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 25 - The Palace of Bones (Part 1)[/b] The companions found an elven bow and a set of dwarf-forged armour in the ruins of the tomb as well as half a dozen gemstones and rested there while Erlmoor and Rendil recovered from the grave-touched wounds they had suffered. When they were ready to leave, Erlmoor donned the new armour and found it fitted his large form while Enlishia left her old bow behind and took up the elven weapon. “Draxius haunts my dreams,” Lavren admitted as he unlocked the southern doors with his dagger. “As he does mine,” Erlmoor said. “He taunts me to kill him.” “Then kill him we shall,” Enlishia said as Lavren pulled open the doors. The ranger had gathered up her spent arrows from around the tomb to refill her quiver and now nocked one to her bowstring as Erlmoor and Rendil took up the lead. A passage led southward from the doors and then split a little way ahead, one branch leading off to the west while the main passage ended a little way ahead at a set of double doors. Erlmoor turned down the side passage, ignoring the doors ahead and led the companions on until this passage, too, ended in a set of doors. Putting up his sword, the dragonborn grasped one iron ring as Rendil grasped the other and together, they heaved the doors open to reveal a large chamber whose furnishings were all made of bones. Some were lashed together with leather cords or bound with iron rings while others seemingly held together by unseen magical force. The Head of Vyrellis shrieked in fury as her eyes fell on a tiefling with purple skin and eyes that glowed with a sickly green light. His body was draped in a heavy mantle, with skulls decorating his shoulders and shadows pooled around him. “Destroy him!” Vyrellis screamed. “Strike him down and we shall claim our freedom!” From the shadows to the right lumbered a huge skeleton and from beneath the platform came another and a third came from the right. They looked like the skeletons of ogres and each wielded a huge club made from the bone of a great beast. The first strode to the doors in a handful of steps and lashed out with its club, striking the doorframe above Erlmoor’s head. The dragonborn leapt under the weapon and into the chamber before slashing his blade at the creature’s leg. It stepped back beyond his reach and while Enlishia looked for a clear shot at the creature, Gendar levelled his staff at it. A blue bolt flew from the tip of the stave and tore into the skeleton’s ribs, shattering one and burning another. Gendar darted past Rendil and into the chamber but as he did, the skeleton swung out its club and smashed him in the back, slamming him into one of the bone pillars. Skeletal hands reached out from the pillar and seized the drow drawing him close against the structure as though to crush him. He cried out and behind him, the companions heard one of his ribs crack loudly. Enlishia raised her bow and began firing, an arrow driving into the skeleton’s hip and a second flying past it and on into the chamber. Beside her, the ranger saw Lavren vanish in a shower of light motes and a moment later, a blast of black energy seared past the skeleton from behind, striking the door frame. Rendil slashed his blade into the creature’s leg and it staggered back a step but still it would not fall and from within the hall of bones, two more skeletons were coming. The first to reach the battle smashed down its club toward Erlmoor but at the last, the dragonborn leapt back beyond its reach and the huge weapon struck the floor of the chamber. In front of Enlishia, Telkya vanished as Lavren had and a moment later, the ranger heard her cry out from somewhere within the chamber. Still, a bolt of divine light flashed past the skeleton from within the chamber and from that, Enlishia deduced that Telkya still faught on. Lavren looked back at his wife who had been grabbed by skeletal hands that had reached out from a torture rack made of bone. She was held against the end of the device but she still struggled and would not be easily cowed, the elf knew. He looked back across the chamber and knew at once that he faced a graver danger as the third of the huge skeletons strode across toward him. It lashed out with its club and though the warlock lowered his sword to parry, the weapon still struck him in the belly, driving the wind from him and throwing him back into Telkya. Dimly, Lavren heard Draxius chanting from the upper platform and forced himself to leap to his left to avoid whatever spell was being directed at him. Sure enough, a spectral hand, seemingly the rotten arm of some undead creature, appeared where he had been and clutched at the empty air desperately. It vanished a few moments later and Lavren congratulated himself on his escape, until he looked up and saw the skeleton raising its club to strike at him again. Erlmoor reeled back as the first skeleton slammed its club into his chest. He spun around on the spot and leapt back toward the creature, smashing his sword into its side and cleaving through its ribs to its spine. The creature staggered and a moment later an arrow smashed through its skull. The skeleton collapsed into a pile of bones and as Erlmoor recovered from the blow he had suffered, Enlishia turned her bow on the next of the undead creatures. Beside the dragonborn, Gendar struggled in the grip of the skeletal hands but still managed to loose a bolt of blue energy at one of the skeletons. Erlmoor admired the courage of the drow for as he looked at him, he saw that the dark elf was bleeding from several wounds and drawing his breath in ragged gasps. To his right, Erlmoor saw that Telkya was trapped and Lavren fought in front of her with his blade, trying to keep another of the skeletons at bay. Rendil came up beside him and lashed out his sword, a spell on his lips. Green flame wreathed the blade and it smashed into the hip of the nearest skeleton, shattering the bone. The creature lurched back unsteadily and then smashed down its club toward the halfling. Rendil leapt to his right but the club struck him a glancing blow on the shoulder and sent him reeling away. Lavren held his blade before him but knew he could not hold off the skeleton for long. The skeleton swung its club and he ducked under it but the elf knew that more blows would come and they would be more accurate. Suddenly, he felt a wave of heat from his right and as he looked he saw an amber orb fly down from one of the higher platforms. It burst into a searing fireball against the wall of the chamber and while Telkya threw herself downward behind the rack that held her, the flames struck Lavren in the back and flung him forward. Telkya rose and shouted a prayer while struggling to free herself from the skeletal hands that held her. A column of light descended on the skeleton before Lavren, blackening and shattering its bones. It staggered but then lashed out wildly with its club. Lavren ducked again despite the pain of his burned back and the huge weapon passed over his head. The elf rose again, grateful for the momentary reprieve, and then leapt at the skeleton with his sword before him but from the platform he heard Draxius raise his voice in another incantation. A screaming missile flew from the tiefling’s hand and behind him, Lavren heard Telkya cry out. As he looked back he saw a a small, glowing skull strike his wife in the side and then burst into a pool of black shadow. With an inarticulate roar, Lavren rushed at the skeleton that blocked his way to Draxius, his blade leading his charge. [/QUOTE]
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