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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4643216" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 11 - Loose Ends (Part 2)Enlishia picked up her bow and darted across the doorway, loosing an arrow as she went. It drove into the ogre’s shoulder, drawing forth another roar from the creature and while it was distracted, Telkya stabbed at the orc before her and ducked through the doors out into the corridor. The orc snarled its anger but turned on Erlmoor instead, lashing out with its axe and smashing the jagged blade into the dragonborn’s hip. He roared in pain this time and staggered and the orc came forward to finish the dragonborn.Dulvarna wove her blade before her and then stepped forward suddenly, driving Aecris into the orc’s shoulder. The creature hissed and reeled back from her towards the ogre that stood behind it. Black, crackling energy seared past the ogre then followed by a silver bolt that struck one of the iron doors behind the creature. Wildly, it cast around, seemingly seeking Telkya but when it found her beyond the doors and out of reach, it lashed out at Dulvarna with its huge club. The warrior woman saw the blow coming and raised her blade to parry but such was the power of the blow, she was thrown back painfully against the wall anyway. The orc came forward then, smashing the haft of his axe into Dulvarna’s face and shattering her nose in a spray of blood. Her head flew backwards and struck the wall and for a moment she saw only white light. Dulvarna staggered as her knees buckled and felt blackness reaching for her but then she heard a familiar roar of defiance and pulled herself back from the abyss.Erlmoor roared and drove the orc back with a flurry of brutal blows that cut at the creature’s chest and shoulders. An arrow flew past the orc then and it glanced back over its shoulder. As its did so, one arrow and then another drove into its throat and it fell to the stone floor at Erlmoor’s feet. The dragonborn nodded his thanks to Enlishia and then let forth another roar as he charged the ogre. He heard Telkya praying behind him and as he reached the creature, a bolt of searing light struck it in the hip. It roared its own response and readied its club to meet the charging paladin.Dulvarna shook off her dizziness just as the orc came at her again, its axe raised high for a killing blow. The warrior woman raised her sword and parried the blow, forcing the orc away from her. As it stepped back, she brought her blade in low, slicing into the creature’s hip, splintering the bone and driving her blade through into the orc’s guts. With a pained gasp, the creature staggered back another step, tearing Aecris free from its belly and then fell over backwards on the stone floor at the feet of the ogre. Dulvarna looked up at the fierce ogre then, expecting it to strike at her but suddenly, it staggered lashing out at imaginary foes while clawing at its own head with one hand. As it reeled from the effects of one of Lavren’s most powerful curses, a silver bolt from Litiraan’s wand struck the creature in the chest. It roared and lashed out angrily at Erlmoor. The dragonborn leapt aside and the huge club struck the floor beside him, cracking the stone there. “Kill it!” roared Erlmoor as he drove his blade into the ogre’s side. “Kill it now!”An arrow drove into the ogre’s neck and it staggered and then a bolt of golden light seared into its chest, piercing its heart. The ogre looked down at the blackened and burned wound dimly for a moment as the last life faded from it and then it pitched over backwards on the floor of the chamber.</blockquote>

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