Remnants of the Horde-Flight from Aruth

[Capellan]

Wekerak urges Frostbite slowly forwards, the great winter wolf's paws padding softly on the hard earth. Both goblin and mount rely more on smell and sound than sight; ears straining for sounds of the battle, noses filled with the coppery scent of blood.

As they near the bodies, Wekerak pauses to give them a swift inspection, without leaving the saddle. The ogre would want to know if the foe were mere rank and file, or members of the elven knightly orders.

 

[Uriel]

OoC:Just clearing up some Location blurriness.
Durgo,Bargo,Kurg,Tsu'soka are what I'll call 'Central' Location.
Wekerak is about a quarter mile North-East of Central.
Forlash is about a quater mile due North of Central, with Blaught just East of that.
Vespazian is in the Cleft, about another eighth of a mle N-E from Wekerak.
Hope that helps as far as who is where.

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Wekerak sees that the Elves are mostly Infantry, with a few dead calvary and horses. red-fletched arrows are the cause of their demise, arrows that look distinctly goblinish in make.
<I figure that a Scout like Wekerak has a lot of experience determining such things>

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Kurg sidled up to Durgo, sniffing at the Hobgoblin and whispering into Durgo's ear ' Careful, Captain. Hobbie looks a bit too fresh for a battlefield. Where does he come from, I wonder.'
The Gnoll peers at the Hobgoblin, trying to decipher just who he is and whom he serves, all the while holding the Banner high.

 

[ferretguy]

OOC: Damn...forgot about that, should of stayed in eagle form...my mistake...any chance that since we went up in level that I can cast one of my new 4th level spells? I do have dimension door now and that would get me 800' south southeast of were I am...If not then hit him with mana spear and prepare to be squished...

 

[Uriel]

OOC: Damn...forgot about that, should of stayed in eagle form...my mistake...any chance that since we went up in level that I can cast one of my new 4th level spells? I do have dimension door now and that would get me 800' south southeast of were I am...If not then hit him with mana spear and prepare to be squished...

Forlash casts Dimension Door defensively, reappearing some 800 feet south/southeast.
Behind, clouds gather and thunder ctacks, as a sudden Storm manifests.


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Rain begins to fall upon Durgo and his Band, as well as Tsu-Tsoka...

 

[doghead]

Durgo hurrumphs, "So you is Song Speaker. Good. You tell dem stories too, and Durgo sees your lash. Durgo's Captain, Varn... " the ogre pauses for a moment. He had not thought on his slain commander in some time and doing so now seems to raise his anger, "killed by elfie trick! But him give Durgo one last order. Must reach Castle Zuregath and find Shayman leader.

"How many over dis hill? What going on? You know, you tell, and we go after Durgo make plan."

Tsu'koka notes Durgos respect for his commander and is pleased.

"Captain Vespazian left the tower to hold the pass about few hours ago. I sought to meet up with him there. He has some Hobgoblin infantry and some riders, some Goblins scouts, some Muragur and his pet beastie. A scant handful was left at the Tower.

"An elvan force approches. I suspect that the lightning is their work, so they have reached the pass.

"Thats what I know."

He does indeed look tidy next to these creatures. They have obviously done it hard. [OOC: If its not obvious...]

"Any of you have wounds that need healing?"

 

[Jeremy]

Bargo looks up at the sudden rain and mutters something unintelligible. Better dan Bargo getting frozen again.. Bargo not be electrocuted in long time...

"Where pass? Bargo fine, heal after Shayman."

 

[Velenne]

"No need healing now. Need scouts to come back," Durgo says in frustration, waiting for the wizard and the gobbie to get back so he can figure out what they've been dropped i-

Did the hobbie just say...

"Ves..pee..an?" Durgo says to himself, remembering...a who-man! The one with the funny, long name that talked to Varn when they passed through South Keep on the way to Aruth so long ago. Durgo had never seen a who-man before and this one liked to be cold. Yup, Durgo remember the cold who-man...but precious little else. He was a Captain, like Varn, but not as mighty as Varn!

Just then it started to rain out of nowhere. Durgo liked the rain, but he liked bashing more. WHERE WERE STOOPID SCOUTS!?

 

[Capellan]

Wekerak continues to move toward the sound of fighting, staying out of sight as much as he can.

Dead elves is good, but need to know how many live ones left.

The goblin keeps on until he is in a position to observe the fighting, and bring useful information back to the others.

 

[ferretguy]

Tumbling out of the dark rift, Forlash takes a moment to get his bearing....Damn...that was close...got to get to Durgo before that Giant finds him He begins to move as quick as he can to get back to the awaiting ogres...

 

[Uriel]

Wekerak continues to move toward the sound of fighting, staying out of sight as much as he can.

Dead elves is good, but need to know how many live ones left.

The goblin keeps on until he is in a position to observe the fighting, and bring useful information back to the others.

Moving forward on Frostbite, Wekerak sneaks closer to get a better look at the fighting. Moving into the cleft from the South, he can see (through the mist that covers the Cleft).

Out of the gloom runs an Elf, an arow in his arm. Spotting Wekerak, he opens his mouth to yell an alarm, though a quick arrow from Wekerak silences him
<Won init, normal arrow, sneak 24HP damage,dead elf>.

Wekerak can see several indistinct shapes in the gloom, some larger and some smaller, though that could be distortion from the mist.

Frostbite suddenly looks skywards, quckly saying 'Birdie comes this way, Big birdie!'

Out of the Gloom can be seen a massive Owl, a rider perched upon it's back, winging it's way down at you.

Rider 21
Frostbite 19
Giant Owl: 17
Wekerak:10, '1' rolled, sorry...last

The Elf fires a sorcerous blast at Wekerak, attempting to catch him with a Scorching Ray <'20' on Ref save,Evaded>, though Wekerak grabs the pommel of his saddle, spinning acrobatically around, causing the spell to miss befote sitting back upon the saddle with a mocking laugh.

Frostbite is up.
(Does he want to delay until the Owl gets close to balst him with frost?>