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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4723824" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 21 - The Inner Sanctum (Part 3)Dulvarna cried out and rushed at the demon in a wild fury. She slashed her blade across the demon’s side and as it turned to face her, she raised her sword above her head and brought it down in a huge blow. Aecris split open the skull of the carnage demon, spilling blood and brains over poor, fallen Erlmoor before the creature crumpled and collapsed to lie atop the paladin. Dulvarna desperately wanted to move the demon aside but she had no time as its red-skinned companion leapt from the steps and rushed at her. It swung out with its right hand and she ducked under the blow before raising her blade and lashing out to keep the creature at bay. Dulvarna looked down sadly at Erlmoor for a moment and then turned her attention back to the foe before her.Lavren loosed a black, crackling bolt into the side of the demon that Litiraan faught. It reeled and staggered back fro a moment before lashing out at the elf wizard. He ducked under the wild swing and rose just as Enlishia let fly from her bow once more. One shaft and then a second drove into the demon’s side, forcing it to lurch back to its right unsteadily. Before it had chance to recover, Litiraan came at the demon ina  furious rage, his blade slashing left and right and tearing deep wounds across the creature’s chest. It staggered again and fell backwards this time, sorely wounded. Litiraan followed with the blade he had named Dragonbane in hand. The demon snarled its defiance but it knew in its black heart that it was doomed.The ape demon leapt forward and lashed out with a backhand swing towards Dulvarna. She Ducked back to evade the blow and then ducked under the forehand swing of the demon’s left arm. Telkya began to pray again while reaching out towards Erlmoor. Pale motes of divine light rained down on the dragonborn and, though he lay beneath the gore-covered carnage demon, he opened his eyes and began to breath more strongly. Telkya smiled again and the dragonborn winked at her without attracting the notice of the demons that fought around him. From the high platform, the gnoll loosed another dark blast of crackling energy and this time, he found a target. The blast seared into Dulvarna’s left shoulder and hurled her back towards Telkya. The huge minotaur skeleton lumbered forward then until it stood beside the ape demon. Its huge axe swung out over the head of the carnage demon before Dulvarna and slammed her away from Telkya, smashing her into the wall of the entry passageway. She cried out as her shoulder slammed into the stone but lashed out with her blade nonetheless to draw blood from the hip of the demon before her. The creature snarled, hissed and leapt at Dulvarna, tearing at her with claws and needle-like teeth as its companion had done to Erlmoor.Lavren loosed a bolt of black eldritch energy into the staggering demon that pierced its chest and threw it back from Litiraan. The creature staggered again and then fell to its knees before pitching forward on its front, its face on the stone floor. Enlishia nodded to the elf and then raised her bow. She loosed an arrow and then a second almost at once into the ape demon, driving it back a step and away from Dulvarna and Erlmoor. Litiraan raised his wand and loosed a curtain of flames to engulf the ape demon but the creature ducked left behind the cauldron it stood next to and evaded the fire. Litiraan cursed but then he heard a familiar roar and his heart sang. He looked to his left and saw Erlmoor rise to his feet with a song to Lathander on his lips. He raised his deep baritone voice to the ceiling of the chamber and then, as his blade glowed brightly, he slashed it into the hip of the skeleton. The huge minotaur skeleton staggered and the risen dragonborn roared in triumph.The ape demon roared its own response to the return of the dragonborn and then lashed out with its right hand to backhand Erlmoor in the chest. The paladin reeled and staggered to his left as the creature lashed the same hand back across forehand and struck Erlmoor in the face, spinning him back around to his right. He staggered and almost fell as his strength faded again. Telkya rushed forward, seeing the plight of her companion again and raised her holy symbol towards the minotaur skeleton.“Begone foul undead!” she cried out and as her symbol glowed brightly, light lanced out to strike the skeleton. It staggered and raised its arms before its skull as it staggered back and away from the priestess’ terrible light. The gnoll watched as the skeleton retreated up the steps and past the altar and then he reached out with his left hand towards Dulvarna. A black bolt lanced out and struck the warrior woman in the side but though it seared her flesh it did not vanish then. As the gnoll held out his hand, he lifted it and the black lightning lifted Dulvarna until she was almost her own height off the ground and there she was held.</blockquote>

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