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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4747901" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 24 - The Shrine of Bane (Part 1)</strong></p><p></p><p>“We must go on now,” said Erlmoor once all had tended to their wounds. “Our enemies surely know that we are here and will not let us rest here.</p><p>“And what of Telkya,” said Lavren. “Her strength wanes and we have a chamber here that we can fortify.”</p><p>“They will not let us rest,” Erlmoor reiterated. “And the runes in the southern chamber lead us onwards. We have to go on while we still can.”</p><p>“Agreed,” said Dulvarna, who always had the casting vote. “We go now to the southern chamber and ready ourselves for whatever enemies lie ahead.”</p><p></p><p>The six companions did as their leader had bade and made themselves ready before making their way to the four pillars in the southern chamber where more runes glowed. They stepped into the runes and after a few moments, familiar light flared once more. They appeared in a small room surrounded by four unadorned pillars with doors to the north, west and east emblazoned with a black, gauntleted fist.</p><p></p><p>Lavren stepped towards the north door and pulled it open to reveal a wide chamber adorned as a shrine with a huge black skull on an altar at the far end and a black, gauntleted first worked into the stonework of the floor. Three norkers and a cloaked black warrior of Bane knelt facing the altar apparently praying to the Black Lord. Lavren raised his wand and cursed at the black warrior before unleashing purple rays towards the dark creature and the norker closest to it. The rays struck their targets in the back and sent them sprawling onto the floor of the shrine. The norker rose and roared a guttural cry before drawing forth a flail from its belt and rushing towards the southern door.</p><p></p><p>Telkya stepped past Lavren into the shrine chamber and raised her symbol of Corellon just as the black-skinned goblin rushed past a statue of Bane in black armour. She uttered a prayer and hurled a bolt of golden light into the norker’s shoulder, slowing it for a moment but not stopping it. From somewhere to her right, Telkya heard doors slam open and as she raised her blade to face the norker, a bronze warder from around a corner of the shrine chamber to the east.</p><p>“Hold them here,” said Erlmoor and turned aside to the western door.</p><p></p><p>He pulled at the portal but it refused to open and instead, changing his mind, he rushed forward to battle the norker and the warder. With a prayer on his lips, he swung out with his blade and cut a wound in the goblin’s side, spinning it away to its right. One of the other norkers rose and rushed to aid its companion, circling to the western side of the chamber, close to a crystalline pillar that supported the roof of the shrine. Drawing a sling from its belt, it placed a stone in the weapon and whirled it quickly over its head before letting fly. The stone slammed painfully into the dragonborn’s leg making him stagger to the right and giving the norker before him a chance to recover. As it came forward again though, Enlishia emerged from the southern chamber with an arrow nocked to her bowstring. She loosed the shaft quickly and then fired another, both driving into the norker’s right leg and forcing it back and away from Erlmoor again. </p><p></p><p>In the entry chamber, Litiraan turned toward the eastern door and tried to open it, seeking another way to reach his enemies. The door pulled open easily and inside he found a bare, empty chamber with double doors flung open in the north wall. He crossed the room quickly and raised his wand as he reached the open double doors. Levelling his wand at the black warrior, he uttered an incantation and sent a silver bolt towards his foe. It drove into the creature’s back as it started to rise from where it had been sent sprawling by Lavren’s eldritch bolt. The creature turned on the floor and snarled towards Litiraan before reaching both hands up to its face and tearing at its own flesh. It let out a terrible shriek and pushed itself to its feet, its terrible gaze never leaving the elf wizard who had so hurt it.</p><p>More doors slammed open to the left of the shrine entrance but Dulvarna paid them no mind as she raised her blade and rushed to Erlmoor’s aid. As she reached the dragonborn, the norker came forward again and she lashed out with her blade at it, tearing a wound in its cheek. The norker snarled and snapped at Dulvarna’s sword arm as she drew back from the goblin creature, seizing her forearm in its teeth and tearing a chunk of flesh out with its terrible bite. Dulvarna cried out and fell back from her foe, wounded and bleeding.</p><p></p><p>The black warrior rose to its feet before Litiraan and then in a snarling rush, it charged at him. The creature leapt forward as it reached him but Litiraan was ready, stepping to one side and bringing the hilt of his sword down on the back of its head. The foul creature reeled and spun away before turning around to face the elf again with a snarl.</p><p></p><p>Another norker raised a sling above its head and let fly a stone but this missile cracked harmlessly into the stonework above the southern doorway. Lavren stepped into the shrine chamber and levelled his wand at the nearest slinger before unleashing a bolt of black energy towards the norker. It struck the goblin in the chest and flung it back towards a large bowl of burning oil that stood near the western wall. Telkya saw her betrothed’s intention and raised her amulet, loosing a golden bolt of light towards the same norker. The bolt struck it in the shoulder and it fell back against the bowl of oil, reeling and dazed.</p><p></p><p>The bronze warder reached the battle then, slamming its axe into Dulvarna’s chest and throwing her back into Enlishia. Erlmoor roared his defiant response and breathed acid on the norker and the warder. His blade sang out next, accompanied by a prayer on the dragonborn’s lips. The sword glowed with bright light as it drove into the norker’s left hip and sent it staggering away again. A sling stone skipped off the paladin’s shoulder but he paid it no mind. As his enemy fell back from him, he followed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4747901, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 24 - The Shrine of Bane (Part 1)[/b] “We must go on now,” said Erlmoor once all had tended to their wounds. “Our enemies surely know that we are here and will not let us rest here. “And what of Telkya,” said Lavren. “Her strength wanes and we have a chamber here that we can fortify.” “They will not let us rest,” Erlmoor reiterated. “And the runes in the southern chamber lead us onwards. We have to go on while we still can.” “Agreed,” said Dulvarna, who always had the casting vote. “We go now to the southern chamber and ready ourselves for whatever enemies lie ahead.” The six companions did as their leader had bade and made themselves ready before making their way to the four pillars in the southern chamber where more runes glowed. They stepped into the runes and after a few moments, familiar light flared once more. They appeared in a small room surrounded by four unadorned pillars with doors to the north, west and east emblazoned with a black, gauntleted fist. Lavren stepped towards the north door and pulled it open to reveal a wide chamber adorned as a shrine with a huge black skull on an altar at the far end and a black, gauntleted first worked into the stonework of the floor. Three norkers and a cloaked black warrior of Bane knelt facing the altar apparently praying to the Black Lord. Lavren raised his wand and cursed at the black warrior before unleashing purple rays towards the dark creature and the norker closest to it. The rays struck their targets in the back and sent them sprawling onto the floor of the shrine. The norker rose and roared a guttural cry before drawing forth a flail from its belt and rushing towards the southern door. Telkya stepped past Lavren into the shrine chamber and raised her symbol of Corellon just as the black-skinned goblin rushed past a statue of Bane in black armour. She uttered a prayer and hurled a bolt of golden light into the norker’s shoulder, slowing it for a moment but not stopping it. From somewhere to her right, Telkya heard doors slam open and as she raised her blade to face the norker, a bronze warder from around a corner of the shrine chamber to the east. “Hold them here,” said Erlmoor and turned aside to the western door. He pulled at the portal but it refused to open and instead, changing his mind, he rushed forward to battle the norker and the warder. With a prayer on his lips, he swung out with his blade and cut a wound in the goblin’s side, spinning it away to its right. One of the other norkers rose and rushed to aid its companion, circling to the western side of the chamber, close to a crystalline pillar that supported the roof of the shrine. Drawing a sling from its belt, it placed a stone in the weapon and whirled it quickly over its head before letting fly. The stone slammed painfully into the dragonborn’s leg making him stagger to the right and giving the norker before him a chance to recover. As it came forward again though, Enlishia emerged from the southern chamber with an arrow nocked to her bowstring. She loosed the shaft quickly and then fired another, both driving into the norker’s right leg and forcing it back and away from Erlmoor again. In the entry chamber, Litiraan turned toward the eastern door and tried to open it, seeking another way to reach his enemies. The door pulled open easily and inside he found a bare, empty chamber with double doors flung open in the north wall. He crossed the room quickly and raised his wand as he reached the open double doors. Levelling his wand at the black warrior, he uttered an incantation and sent a silver bolt towards his foe. It drove into the creature’s back as it started to rise from where it had been sent sprawling by Lavren’s eldritch bolt. The creature turned on the floor and snarled towards Litiraan before reaching both hands up to its face and tearing at its own flesh. It let out a terrible shriek and pushed itself to its feet, its terrible gaze never leaving the elf wizard who had so hurt it. More doors slammed open to the left of the shrine entrance but Dulvarna paid them no mind as she raised her blade and rushed to Erlmoor’s aid. As she reached the dragonborn, the norker came forward again and she lashed out with her blade at it, tearing a wound in its cheek. The norker snarled and snapped at Dulvarna’s sword arm as she drew back from the goblin creature, seizing her forearm in its teeth and tearing a chunk of flesh out with its terrible bite. Dulvarna cried out and fell back from her foe, wounded and bleeding. The black warrior rose to its feet before Litiraan and then in a snarling rush, it charged at him. The creature leapt forward as it reached him but Litiraan was ready, stepping to one side and bringing the hilt of his sword down on the back of its head. The foul creature reeled and spun away before turning around to face the elf again with a snarl. Another norker raised a sling above its head and let fly a stone but this missile cracked harmlessly into the stonework above the southern doorway. Lavren stepped into the shrine chamber and levelled his wand at the nearest slinger before unleashing a bolt of black energy towards the norker. It struck the goblin in the chest and flung it back towards a large bowl of burning oil that stood near the western wall. Telkya saw her betrothed’s intention and raised her amulet, loosing a golden bolt of light towards the same norker. The bolt struck it in the shoulder and it fell back against the bowl of oil, reeling and dazed. The bronze warder reached the battle then, slamming its axe into Dulvarna’s chest and throwing her back into Enlishia. Erlmoor roared his defiant response and breathed acid on the norker and the warder. His blade sang out next, accompanied by a prayer on the dragonborn’s lips. The sword glowed with bright light as it drove into the norker’s left hip and sent it staggering away again. A sling stone skipped off the paladin’s shoulder but he paid it no mind. As his enemy fell back from him, he followed. [/QUOTE]
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