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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 658426" data-attributes="member: 2292">Tuesday, August 22nd, 508 AF, ContinuedWarwind attempts to launch, peering around the edge of the gateway to see his opponents.  He hears someone yell "Wizard" in gutteral common as he casts, and a flight of arrows comes his way.  His magic stops some, the cover the rest, and he catches site of one of the archers.  With a grim tone, he finishes the chant of a magic missile spell.  Two glowing blue orbs shoot forth through the rainfall and dissapear through the arrow slit.  A howl of point is cut short, and Warwind ducks back behind cover with a satisfied expression.With the wizard gone, Yip and Durhon become the target for the rest of the enemy arrows.  Yip's dance of avoidance is a thing of grace and beauty - he seemingly slips through the gaps between arrowshots and even snatches another out of the air instead of battering it away.  As he survives the second barrage he grins to himself, then bites through the shaft of the arrow in his hand before spitting the remains towards a nearby arrowslit in a show of defiance.  He then tumbles forward, a bola whirling in his hands and the one-eyed gnoll in his sights.Like Yip, Durhon goes on the defensive as the arrows fire.  His axe whirls around him like a shield, smashing away as many missiles as he can and trusting his chainmail to do the rest.  The all of steel he presents is an impressive site, a feat learned after years of combat amidst beastmen hordes, but Durhon knows he needs to stay focused to manage such precision.  He bites down on the natural rage that surges through his body, keeping his mind on blocking arrows and parrying the one-eyed gnolls twin swords.  The gnoll executes a clumsy attack, easily blocked, and Durhon permits himself a small grin.  If the others can keep the archers off his back, the one-eyed gnoll should be an easy victory.Then he hears Yip shout "Duck" behind him, and the familiar whit-whit-whit of the kobolds bola in flight.  Durhon has time to grunt out half a curse before the bola twines its way around him, causing a loss of balance that sends him rolling noisily down the stairs.  The one-eyed gnoll and its smaller companion blink once at the neatly entangled dwarf, then grin and leap down the stairs in persuit."Knobbly" Durhon screams, "I'm gonna kill ye!"Yip mutters an appology, running forward through the muddy courtyard to distract the gnolls aiming weapons at his down courtyard.  Another round of arrows fire at him, and with his focus gone the kobold is struck by two that draw long gashes on his chest and arms.  He reaches the neatly bound dwarf and launches a flurry at the one-eyed gnoll standing over him.  None hit.  Warwind fires an arrow from his place at the gate, missing the arrowslit he's aiming for by the space of inches.  Durhon struggles against the ropes of the bola, swearing in two languages and threatening nasty things to the kobolds spleen."This not good," Yip mutters.  Then he hears Warwind crying a warning from the gate."Light on the hill," Warwind screams.  "Someone's moving in, and they're moving fast."</blockquote>

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