Pain wracks Lodric's legs as he staggers back, the Fell clutched to him tightly. Looking for Starhl, Herger is surprised to see Lodric stumble out of the fog, a Fell dragging along behind and grasping tenaciously to Lodric. With a mighty swing from the Giant's axe, the Fell is sheared in two, its undead mind not registering its final death until Lodric ducks into the ruined building and its torso releases its prey. In front of Herger, Starhl materializes, his big frame distinguishing him from the other Heroes. With a lunge born of desperation, Starhl plunges his sword into the large Fell's neck, finally severing the undead's spinal cord and dropping the carcass in a heap at Starhl's feet. Starhl has little time to savor the moment as he hears the events unfold around him. Somewhere in the fog to his right, in the direction of the lighted street and the orcs, Jodya continues to battle Fell, the sounds of her boots echoing on the boards and her fists smashing bloated flesh. With a woman's shriek, the battle sounds of Jodya disappear with a splash.
Ha! They got one! The Fell will eat good tonight!
Wait! I see the big one! By the Shadow, he is big! Good! More meat for my vardatch!
Halt! Put down yer' weapons and step outta' this blasted fog! Or I swear by Shadow I will wear yer's skins for a coat! Ha! Ha!
Blast! There were more! Their either head'n down the alley or hiding in the building! Sound out the alert!
A horn rings out in the night, its ringing blat harsh and ugly.
OOC: The orcs will be to where Herger and Starhl are next round.
Moving with uncanny silence, Valurel leads Aislinn through the ruined building towards a faintly luminous opening: the doorway into another alley on the far side of the bulding. Aislinn tries to move quickly with Valurel's guidance, but stumbles occassionally on the rubble-strewn floor. Kaela feels nauseous as she follows, her life's blood running freely down her thighs. Behind, Fallax follows with wheezing breath and Lodric stumbles in pain. Breaking into the far alleyway, a narrow cobblestone path, the Heroes can hear the running tramp of hobnailed boots to their left from same lighted street they had seen in the previous alley. Orc reinforcements are coming. To their right, the alleyway disappears eastward into darkness.