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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4566692" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 4 - Hidden Light and Brazen Darkness (Part 5)Lavren slapped aside the hobgoblin’s sword and whipped his own blade across his enemy’s chest, drawing blood from a deep wound and forcing the hobgoblin back into the passage entrance. The creature stabbed out again but again the elf parried and moved forward for the killing blow. Plunging forward, he drove his blade into his foe’s belly and as the hobgoblin fell, he felt the creature’s strength flow into him from his sword and fey magic of his warlock powers fill his soul. He gasped as he transformed into a silver mist that moved along the corridor and then reformed into his elven form halfway down the hall. With sword and wand in hand, he moved cautiously along the hall until the sounds of battle grew louder and the corridor turned to the south. There, at the end of the southern passage, stood a hobgoblin archer, his attention fixed on the battle in the wide hall below him. Lavren turned towards this new foe and leveled his wand at the creature.Enlishia ducked back around the corner of the passage and loosed one arrow and then a second into the chest of the next hobgoblin coming up the southern corridor. It fell back with both shafts through its breastbone and another stepped over its companion. This was the last archer, though, and Enlishia knew its accuracy was no match for hers. She ducked back around the corner as the hobgoblin started forward, seeking a better shot. The ranger waited for the hobgoblin to round the corner but it never did. Instead, she heard the twang of a bowstring and an arrow drove into Telkya’s shoulder blade from behind. The elf priestess reeled forward and staggered as Litiraan looked around to see where the shot had come from. Enlishia cursed her poor judgment, nocked an arrow to her bow and moved forward to the corner once again.A small goblin crossbow bolt drove into Erlmoor’s thigh but he paid it no mind. Of more concern were the two human warriors he now faced, blade to blade at the corner of the narrow balcony. Erlmoor parried a mace swing and twisted the warrior away from him but as he did so, another goblin bolt drove into his hip and threw him off balance. Erlmoor lashed out with his blade anyway and struck the man under the arm, almost throwing him off the balcony and forcing him two twist awkwardly to maintain his footing. Erlmoor roared his defiance for all to hear and surged forward again.Dulvarna feinted low and as the hobgoblin chieftain moved his blade down, she twisted on the spot and brought her blade up high. The sword came down with all the momentum of her spin and all the weight of its mighty blade. Had the chieftain not moved, it would have cloven his skull but although he did it still smashed through the collar bone of his left shoulder and almost severed his arm. A silver bolt from Litiraan’s wand seared into the chest of the hobgoblin and drove him back a step. With a panicked and pained grimace, the hobgoblin looked back over his shoulder, up the steps. With his spear held awkwardly in one hand, the hobgoblin stepped back and then darted away up the steps. He pushed his way past the archer at the northern doorway, jolting the hobgoblin so that his next arrow flew straight downwards into the floor of the lower chamber. The huge hobgoblin turned through the doorway but was met by an elven curse. A searing black bolt lanced out and struck him in the chest. He staggered back onto the balcony and as the archer watched helplessly, he pitched over backwards to land with a dull thump amidst the chains below.Telkya ducked back through the double doors, a prayer on her lips and her amulet in her hand. She loosed a bolt of light from the symbol that struck the archer in the southern corridor in the shoulder and sent him reeling backwards. Enlishia ducked around the corner and loosed two arrows, both of which missed the hobgoblin and at that, the creature hissed its defiance at the ranger. Raising its bow, the hobgoblin loosed another arrow that drove into Enlishia’s leg and then retreated back a step down the corridor.The goblins on the ledge looked anxiously at the fallen chieftain on the floor of the main chamber and turned their attention away from Erlmoor. One rushed across to stand before the toad-like statue and leveled its crossbow at Dulvarna. It let fly the bolt but the missile clattered harmlessly into the stone at the feet of the warrior woman. She pointed her blade at the goblin and then rushed up the stairs towards the archer who still stood in front of the northern doorway, stunned by the fall of his chieftain. Dulvarna’s blade lashed out and brought the hobgoblin back to its senses as it tore into his chest and spun him around to face her. The hobgoblin let his bow clatter to the floor and drew his curved sword from his belt. The archer lashed out and drew blood from Dulvarna’s cheek as she recoiled to evade the blow. A silver bolt struck the stone above the hobgoblin’s head and the archer visibly flinched. Then it heard elven cursed from the corridor to its right and it knew it was doomed.</blockquote>

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