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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hrothgar" data-source="post: 3459268" data-attributes="member: 22226">The Heroes walk slowly across the ashen plain.  Unnatural, searing heat emanates from the ground, blackening boots and burning feet.  The Heroes find it impossible to stand in one place very long before the heat becomes unbearable and they are forced to move.  At times, glowing coals still send sparks into the sky when the ash cover is disturbed.  Gusts of hot wind blow smothering ash and stinging brands into the Heroes.Reaching the dead horse, the Heroes find it blackened by fire and stripped of flesh.  Nonetheless, Valurel, Starhl, and Herger feel the horse died only recently.  The leather harness furthest from the hot ground that has not been burned beyond recognition still retains a suppleness that this dry and hot environment would bake dry quickly.  Rummaging in the horse's lone unburned saddle bag, Lodric finds two loaves of dried elven bread, a small bag full of black grounds that Valurel identifies as the special Elven Erethor tea, and a rolled piece of waxy paper.  Unrolling the piece of paper, Lodric finds elegant, flowing script.  What message does it contain?OOC: I looked through the Rogues Gallery, but just to be sure, is anyone literate in High Elven?As the Heroes gather to look at Lodric's treasure, a searing heat is felt.  The ashen ground around the horse rips back as hideously burned hands reach up in agony, pulling blackened and flaming orcs and humans from the soft ash.  As the creatures erupt from the ground, they howl in agony and horror; cracked, blackened flesh seeps wet liquids clogged with ash while flames rolls over other parts of their bodies.  Teeth gnash at the Heroes flesh as the undead try to speak, but they only manage a hideous wheeze through burned lungs and throats.OOC: Twelve of the Fell are pulling themselves from the ground.  The Heroes could attack with surprise, before a full combat round would start.  Erethor is about a half-mile to the west.  Do the Heroes stay and fight or run?</blockquote>

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