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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4675556" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 15 - Blackfangs (Part 4)</strong></p><p></p><p>Litiraan forward to stand beside Dulvarna then and began to chant a spell while weaving his wand before him. As the incantation reached its climax, he extended his wand and from it poured a curtain of flame that engulfed the hay bales and the gnolls beyond them. With yips and yelps of pain, the hyenas ducked down and slapped at their armour and clothes as they caught fire but the hay barrier they could not save. Dulvarna looked over at Litiraan and smiled, knowing that he had removed the barrier. She threw down her bow and reached for her blade but as she did so, an arrow drove into the elf’s chest and drove him staggering back from her. He wanly smiled back and then nodded, urging her forward. With her own nod, she raised her blade and charged the gnolls.</p><p></p><p>Enlishia and Telkya rushed around the boar pen, stepping over the fallen hyenas as they went. Enlishia paused and turned back towards Erlmoor, raising her bow towards the beast he battled. She loosed an arrow and then a second with out watching where the first went. Both flew straight and true into the throat of the hyena and dropped it at Erlmoor’s feet. Again dragonborn nodded his thanks and then raised his blade to charged at the gnolls. As he started forward, Telkya crossed the chamber ahead of him, a prayer on her lips. She raised her left hand and a bolt of light seared out to strike on of the gnolls in the back and pitch it forward. Erlmoor charged the gnolls and roared as he came, unleashing a spray of acid from his mouth. The gnolls half-turned and then threw their arms over their heads in desperate efforts to protect themselves. Realising they were being attacked from both sides now, panic set in. Some reached for the jagged-bladed axes at their belts while others raised their bows, determined to keep loosing arrows for as long as they could.</p><p></p><p>Lavren loosed more black energy over the head of one gnoll while another threw down its bow and ran at Telkya with a wicked-looking axe in its right hand. The priestess raised her blade but at the last moment, the gnoll twisted its axe under her guard and slashed the jagged blade into her side. She gasped and staggered back towards a pair of doors in the chamber’s western wall. Another gnoll rose before Lavren and loosed an arrow towards the elf. Lavren saw the shaft being let fly and he knew he could do nothing to escape it. An instant later, the arrow drove into his throat and drove the air from his mouth. With a gasp, he felt blood filling his throat and collapsed sideways into the wall of the chamber.</p><p>Dulvarna let out another guttural roar and leapt forward onto the dying embers of the hay bales. The barrier collapsed beneath her and landed on her feet amongst the hot ashes. She swung out with her blade, splitting the breastplate of the gnoll before her and driving the point on into the chest of the nearest gnoll. With a gasp and a strangled yelp, the gnoll sank to his knees and then fell down face first into the burning ruin of the hay bale barrier. </p><p></p><p>Behind Dulvarna, Litiraan summoned the last of his strength and loosed another silver bolt from his wand. It lanced out and seared into the chest of the last gnoll at the barrier, driving it back and away from the burning hay. The gnoll growled and raised his bow as panic rose in Litiraan. Just as he felt he would surely fall to the next arrow, a feathered shaft drove through the gnoll’s throat from the back and the creature pitched forward into the blackened and burning hay. At the far end of the chamber, Enlishia smiled and started off around the boar pen once more.</p><p>Telkya stabbed and slashed at the gnoll but each time her enemy parried her attacks expertly and she realised quickly that she was outclassed. The gnoll grinned for a moment but then it looked to its right and its toothy grin vanished. Erlmoor’s blade came in high from the gnoll’s right and it simply ducked without parrying. He lashed out at Telkya again, the jagged blade tearing into her left arm and spinning her away. The gnoll twisted to the right then as it sensed a knew enemy and Dulvarna’s blade stabbed past its left side mere inches away. The gnoll grinned again, enjoying outwitting its opponents but it knew it could not last. A moment later an arrow flew in from the left and drove deep into its stomach. It yelped and gasped but even as it bent forward, a second shaft flew in and this drove into the side of its neck. The gnoll gasped again and then pitched forward onto the floor at the feet of its enemies.</p><p></p><p><strong>Next......Baphomet's Shrine</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4675556, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 15 - Blackfangs (Part 4)[/b] Litiraan forward to stand beside Dulvarna then and began to chant a spell while weaving his wand before him. As the incantation reached its climax, he extended his wand and from it poured a curtain of flame that engulfed the hay bales and the gnolls beyond them. With yips and yelps of pain, the hyenas ducked down and slapped at their armour and clothes as they caught fire but the hay barrier they could not save. Dulvarna looked over at Litiraan and smiled, knowing that he had removed the barrier. She threw down her bow and reached for her blade but as she did so, an arrow drove into the elf’s chest and drove him staggering back from her. He wanly smiled back and then nodded, urging her forward. With her own nod, she raised her blade and charged the gnolls. Enlishia and Telkya rushed around the boar pen, stepping over the fallen hyenas as they went. Enlishia paused and turned back towards Erlmoor, raising her bow towards the beast he battled. She loosed an arrow and then a second with out watching where the first went. Both flew straight and true into the throat of the hyena and dropped it at Erlmoor’s feet. Again dragonborn nodded his thanks and then raised his blade to charged at the gnolls. As he started forward, Telkya crossed the chamber ahead of him, a prayer on her lips. She raised her left hand and a bolt of light seared out to strike on of the gnolls in the back and pitch it forward. Erlmoor charged the gnolls and roared as he came, unleashing a spray of acid from his mouth. The gnolls half-turned and then threw their arms over their heads in desperate efforts to protect themselves. Realising they were being attacked from both sides now, panic set in. Some reached for the jagged-bladed axes at their belts while others raised their bows, determined to keep loosing arrows for as long as they could. Lavren loosed more black energy over the head of one gnoll while another threw down its bow and ran at Telkya with a wicked-looking axe in its right hand. The priestess raised her blade but at the last moment, the gnoll twisted its axe under her guard and slashed the jagged blade into her side. She gasped and staggered back towards a pair of doors in the chamber’s western wall. Another gnoll rose before Lavren and loosed an arrow towards the elf. Lavren saw the shaft being let fly and he knew he could do nothing to escape it. An instant later, the arrow drove into his throat and drove the air from his mouth. With a gasp, he felt blood filling his throat and collapsed sideways into the wall of the chamber. Dulvarna let out another guttural roar and leapt forward onto the dying embers of the hay bales. The barrier collapsed beneath her and landed on her feet amongst the hot ashes. She swung out with her blade, splitting the breastplate of the gnoll before her and driving the point on into the chest of the nearest gnoll. With a gasp and a strangled yelp, the gnoll sank to his knees and then fell down face first into the burning ruin of the hay bale barrier. Behind Dulvarna, Litiraan summoned the last of his strength and loosed another silver bolt from his wand. It lanced out and seared into the chest of the last gnoll at the barrier, driving it back and away from the burning hay. The gnoll growled and raised his bow as panic rose in Litiraan. Just as he felt he would surely fall to the next arrow, a feathered shaft drove through the gnoll’s throat from the back and the creature pitched forward into the blackened and burning hay. At the far end of the chamber, Enlishia smiled and started off around the boar pen once more. Telkya stabbed and slashed at the gnoll but each time her enemy parried her attacks expertly and she realised quickly that she was outclassed. The gnoll grinned for a moment but then it looked to its right and its toothy grin vanished. Erlmoor’s blade came in high from the gnoll’s right and it simply ducked without parrying. He lashed out at Telkya again, the jagged blade tearing into her left arm and spinning her away. The gnoll twisted to the right then as it sensed a knew enemy and Dulvarna’s blade stabbed past its left side mere inches away. The gnoll grinned again, enjoying outwitting its opponents but it knew it could not last. A moment later an arrow flew in from the left and drove deep into its stomach. It yelped and gasped but even as it bent forward, a second shaft flew in and this drove into the side of its neck. The gnoll gasped again and then pitched forward onto the floor at the feet of its enemies. [B]Next......Baphomet's Shrine[/B] [/QUOTE]
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