swift bursts from the bushes with brilliant speed and loittle noise, only one of the gnoll drummers manages to notice him before he is passed by a bolt that strikes the gnoll shaman in the back. the gnoll rears to his full height and a bare murmur passes his lips.
swift reaches the gnoll, still clinging to his life and grasping the knife and his hands move like lightning, riddling the gnolls soft fur and bony back with punches.
the shaman finally falls as a dagger strikes his back from the undergrowth.
jak storms out and rushes the nearest gnoll drum player. the gnoll attempts to use the drum as a shield, but it is too late, he is struckk deeply and falls to the ground twitching and whining in contorted pain.
solomaon sweeps the young elf into his arms. the boy is light, and nearly starved. his eyes roll back in his head showing his obviusly drugged state.
kelkan, with the best intentions but slow reflexes is left with only one opponent, and he fells the last gnoll guard with an eldritch burst.
the new silence of the woods rests heavily on you as the bodies finish their death throws.
you are standing on a short outcropping of volcanic rock.
to your right, the volcano rises swiftly, to your left some slim woodland then the sea, behind you is a huge gnoll encampment and ahead is what seems to eb endless woods.