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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4751126" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 24 - The Shrine of Bane (Part 3)The warder rushed at Dulvarna and swept out with its axe but she ducked under the blow this time and it struck the stone above her head. She smiled to herself and as Erlmoor stepped forward beside her, she nodded to the dragonborn. Together, they surged forward to attack the warder. Erlmoor sang out a prayer and as a portion of his strength infused his blade, it glowed brightly. He lashed out and clove three fingers from the hand of the warder. It bellowed and reeled back as its primitive mind realised that it had been damaged again. An arrow drove into the side of its neck from Enlishia’s bow and then a silver bolt flashed past its head. Erlmoor and Dulvarna both felt a surge of triumph as the construct reeled from the many wounds but then, the red robed wizard unleashed more lightning and Erlmoor was hurled into the wall behind Dulvarna.Dulvarna looked over her right shoulder to where Erlmoor was slumped and then over her left to where Telkya and Lavren had been thrown by the lightning bolt. She glanced over at the wizard, silently promising death to the man that must surely be Paldemar and then she charged at the warder again. Her blade clanged off the metal skin of the warder and she cursed under her breath Lavren rushed to her left and circled around the statue with his wand in hand. He raised it and loosed a bolt of black energy that seared past the warder and into the wall beside it. Next, Telkya unleashed a bolt of golden light at the construct but this struck only the ceiling above its head. The creature bellowed again and lashed out with its axe. Dulvarna ducked and raised her blade to parry, deflecting the axe high and almost over her head. The blade nicked her scalp and drew blood but she held her ground. From behind her, Dulvarna heard Erlmoor roar as the paladin pushed himself away from the wall and charged at the warder. His blade sang out but clanged off the warder’s leg and struck the stone floor. He twisted on the spot and swung his blade out wide, cleaving it into the side of the warder’s knee. The construct lurched towards the dragonborn and seemed about to fall but then it regained its balance. An arrow clattered off the warder’s shoulder but a second drove into its side and it lurched back away from Erlmoor. Litiraan hurled a silver bolt into its back but still the construct would not fall. The elf cursed their ill luck and raised his wand again but then he saw a silver bolt lance out from the red wizard’s staff beyond the warder and Lavren lurched to the right into the statue of Bane.Lavren pushed himself away from the statue and ignored Paldemar who he knew stood behind him. Instead, he raised his wand at the bronze warder and unleashed more black energy. The bolt struck the construct’s neck and it lurched away from the elf. He raised his wand again and unleashed another black bolt but as he did so, the construct lurched back towards him and the eldritch blast flew over the head of the minotaur. Telkya loosed a bolt of golden light that flashed past the warder’s side but as she did so, Dulvarna charged in. She lashed out with an overhead swing and clove open the chest and belly of the warder. It staggered back from her and then fell over on its back. “You’re next Paldemar,” Erlmoor called out as he turned towards the red robed wizard.The dragonborn strode across the floor to reach the wizard in a few heartbeats and lashed out with his blade but Paldemar raised his stave in both hands parried skilfully. Enlishia crossed the room behind him and when she reached the middle of the chamber, she raised her bow and loosed an arrow. It nicked the wizard’s arm, drawing blood and forcing him to flinch away. The ranger raised her bow and fired again but this time her aim was awry and the shaft clattered into the stone behind the wizard. Litiraan joined Telkya in the doorway and raised his wand to hurl a silver bolt at the wizard. The missile flashed past Paldemar’s right arm and again the wizard flinched.“You can never defeat me, fools!” Paldemar cried out. “My masters are more powerful than you can ever imagine.”</blockquote>

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