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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4612099" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 9 - The Deeper Hold (Part 2)From the dais, Telkya knew she had to aid Dulvarna somehow and so she began a new prayer that would call down a column of searing divine light upon the wights. It descended on the closest wight to Dulvarna and seared the undead creature’s flesh until it shrank back against the iron door in the western wall but still it did not fall. Litiraan loosed a silver bolt at the same wight seeing what his sister was trying to achieve and as the magic burst through the breastplate of the wight, the creature collapsed into inanimate grave matter before the iron door. Lavren uttered his own incantation then and the next wight burst into flames and staggered as it tried to advance but it came on nonetheless. As the eldritch flames died the wight mounted the dais and lashed out a clawed hand at Telkya but the elf ducked back beyond its reach. Enlishia retreated from the dais and loosed one and then a second arrow into the creature but still it kept coming and Telkya fell back before it.Erlmoor reeled again as one of the wight’s claws slashed his shoulder and he lashed out wildly again, too wildly he knew, with his sword. The creature stopped its advance for the instant it took his sword and then came on at him again and as the grave-chill spread from the wound in his shoulder he retreated a step, wondering how his companions yet fared.Dulvarna ducked back from the slashing claws of the wight before her and then struck the creature a mighty blow in the side that caved in its armour and its ribs but still it kept advancing. She retreated towards Lavren and as she did so, Telkya leapt off the dais and loosed a beam of light from her amulet towards the other wight still in the main chamber. The divine flame missed and the wight hissed its contempt at the priestess but then Litiraan loosed a silver bolt from his wand that seared through its chest and dropped it as a heap of bones and armour to the chamber floor. The last of the wights started forward, still seeking Dulvarna but as it did so, Lavren cursed it in his own tongue and then loosed his familiar bolt of crackling black energy at the creature. It seared into the wight’s shoulder and halted it for a moment but then it started forward again only to be stopped once and for all by an arrow from Enlishia’s bow that shattered as it struck the wight and splintered within its body. The creature collapsed beside its companions as armour and bone.The companions turned toward Erlmoor as the paladin was struck again by the claws of the last wight and reeled back from the alcove. Dulvarna started forward and staggered but still she circled around the western side of the statue to aid the dragonborn. Telkya went with her and as she scrambled atop the rubble of the western anteroom, she began to pray loudly. Light seared from the amulet in her hand but struck only the wall beside the wight. Erlmoor prayed fervently then, offering up a sacrifice to Lathander of his ability to heal in exchange for divine strength. His blade glowed with white light and he plunged it into the chest of the wight. The creature shrieked its tormented agony and the paladin retreated, seeking to bring it into the main chamber where his companions could reach it. The wight screeched again and followed him but Litiraan and Lavren were waiting for it. A silver bolt flew past the wight and struck the wall behind it but the black bolt from Lavren’s wand struck it full in the chest and hurled it back amongst the rubble scattering its armour and its bones amidst the ruin of its chapel.</blockquote>

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