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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Inez Hull" data-source="post: 1580879" data-attributes="member: 5114">Artos: [SPOILER]You only pick up the scent of your companions and that of the Elk, tinged with fear.[/SPOILER]Arathorn: [SPOILER]I've given each of the rangers a wild empathy check to pick up on what is happening and try to influence it and only you were successful. At first you assume that the herd is reacting to the prescence of humans and you attempt to calm them down - unsuccessfully. However you realise upon closer inspection that there seems to be just one or two of the elk who are disturbing all of the others, spreading panic amongst them. Unfortunately the panic has spread too quickly amongst them and you get no opportunity to do anything about the elk generating the disturbance as the elk stampede and the culprits are lost to you amongst the rush. [/SPOILER] As the herd of elk become increasingly agitated Artos drops to one knee sniffing the air, orc or animal-like. A stern faced Arathorn strides to the front of the party instructing you all to silence and stillness. He squats in front of the elk and slowly pans his vision across them as the party watches on in concern as the tension thickens to an almost tangible quality. Those of you watching Arathorn see a puzzled look cross his face followed by dawning comprehension and then fear as he turns and runs only moments before the herd erupts in stampede.The elk surge forward en masse directly towards the party, raising a cacophonous thunder and a cloud of blinding dust as they swiftly cross the clearing towards the scattering party. Breor watches aghast from the safety of his position to the side as the tide of elk crashes against his companions. Both of the Dunedain have reacted cannily, Valandil quickly back amongst the trees and Arathorn just outpacing the elk before swinging himself behind the cover of a sturdy bole. Artos shifts his lumbering bulk with a surprising turn of speed but cannot outpace the frontrunners of the stampede and is slammed hard in the back by several elk before swiftly scrambling up a tree in a feat of prowess belying his size. Antroine is caught off guard and is still yards from the tree line when the wave of stampeding elk breaks over him, knocking him to the ground winding him heavily. Several times he tries to rise from amongst the surging animals but is knocked down again. As panic sets in and he despairs of surfacing from the stampede Antroine finds a momentary lapse and springs to his feet finding that he has been buffeted and dragged to within reach of the trees. A quick stride and spring and the wiry Gondorian has caught hold of an overhanging branch and swung himself up from the press of the stampede where he collapses breathing heavily, contemplating his mortality.The herd charges onwards and past the party scattering into the woods beyond until the rumble of their combined footsteps dies down and disappears. The dust slowly settles and you regather, some of you unscathed and others rather worse for wear [Artos 4 points of damage taken, Antroine 14 damage taken].</blockquote>

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