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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4581162" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 6 - The Horned Hold (Part 2)Erlmoor lent his own sling to the barrage while the orcs answered with crossbow fire. A bolt nicked Telkya again while she sent searing light in amongst the orcs. Enlishia split the skull of the reeling and wounded orc with an arrow and felled him beside his companion while Lavren seared another with his black flame. Litiraan conjured two rays of ice from his wand, one of which froze only the bars of the portcullis while the other struck the shoulder of another orc behind the gate. Telkya staggered back as a bolt struck her in the shoulder and Lavren reeled back against the cavern wall as he was struck in the hip. Telkya’s response was to raise her voice in prayer and loose a ray of golden light into the nearest orc. Enlishia loosed an arrow into the chest of the same orc and then Lavren unleashed a crackling, black bolt that seared through the orc’s head and felled it beside its companions. The orcs seemed to waver then but still they unleashed another barrage of crossbow bolts. Another struck Telkya while one clattered into the stone beside Lavren. The elf looked down at where the missile had struck and smiled to himself. Telkya unleashed another bolt of light that struck an orc and Erlmoor finally found accuracy with his sling, loosing a stone with the whirring weapon to strike the same orc in the leg. It hissed its pain and staggered back from the gate. A crossbow bolt nicked Lavren’s shoulder and drove the smile from his face. He cursed the orc who had wounded him and loosed crackling black energy at his foe. It struck the shoulder of the orc and sent it reeling backwards. Litiraan loosed a silver bolt at the same orc but the missile struck the bars of the portcullis and ricocheted down to the floor of the inner chamber. Another bolt struck Telkya then and Litiraan cursed loudly, looking anxiously at his sister. Telkya turned towards him and half-smiled but he saw the strain on her face and knew that her strength was weakening. She began another prayer and Litiraan tried to banish his worries as his sister faught on.Dulvarna cursed as badly as she had ever cursed as she loosed another sling stone and this time, the missile found the chest of an orc and knocked the creature backwards. Elation filled her as she reached for another missile and for a moment she reconsidered her decision to buy a bow. She shook her head. She had the gold and knew how to fire a bow. She would go to the trading post as soon as they returned to the Seven Pillared Hall. Beside Dulvarna, Erlmoor loosed a stone and demonstrated himself another candidate for buying a bow, although Dulvarna suspected he could not shoot one. The stone he fired struck the stone beside the gate and ricocheted to struck the ledge at Litiraan’s feet. The elf jumped back in shock but beside him, Lavren and Enlishia held firm. The ranger loosed and arrow from her bow that struck an orc in the chest. Lavren sent purple rays searing through the bars and struck the same orc as Enlishia had wounded. Litiraan added his own enchantment to the barrage and the orc staggered as though suddenly weary. Crossbow bolts struck the stone around the companions or flew out over the abyss but none came near to striking a target.“They are all but beaten,” Dulvarna called out and she charged at the gate.Telkya loosed a ray of light at an orc and sent it reeling as Dulvarna grabbed hold of the bars and Erlmoor loosed sling stone as he hesitated in deciding whether to join the warrior woman. One of the orcs shot Dulvarna with his crossbow from close range, the bolt driving into her side. She staggered but still pulled on the gates. Enlishia loosed an arrow at the orc and Lavren unleashed black, crackling energy but both flew wide of the mark. A silver bolt from Litiraan’s wand struck the creature and it screeched in pain but held firm at the gate. The other two orcs took up their spears again and stabbed at Dulvarna. A spear pierced her hip and she staggered back with a gasp, blood pouring down her leg. She rushed at the gates again with the last of her strength and heaved at them and with a loud crack, the portcullis was torn from its hinges. It clattered to the ground beside Dulvarna, who twisted out of the way of the heavy metal gate and beyond it, the orcs panicked.Telkya unleashed light from her amulet while Erlmoor threw down his sling and charged with a prayer on his lips. He drew his sword, which now glowed brightly, and drove it into the chest of an orc. The creature gasped and fell beside its companions. Enlishia rushed after Erlmoor, firing an arrow from her bow as she ran and behind her came Lavren and Litiraan. Black energy felled another orc and the last bolted for double doors in the eastern wall of the room beside the chamber’s fireplace. Dulvarna rushed after him, catching the orc at the doors and slashing her blade across the back of one of its legs. It stumbled and fell against the double doors as it tried to pull them open. Telkya rushed into the room, loosing light from her amulet but striking only the half-opened doors and Erlmoor followed her. The dragonborn drove his blade into the orc’s shoulder and the creature slumped forward. An arrow from Enlishia’s bow drove into its left shoulder and then a blast of black, crackling energy spun it around it face its pursuers. It reached out desperately for the half-open doors but as it did so, Litiraan completed his spell and a silver bolt of energy seared through its chest, piercing its heart and felling it where it stood. Telkya rushed up and pushed the double doors shut.“We are in no state to go wandering blindly,” she said firmly. The others could not disagree.</blockquote>

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