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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lars Frehse" data-source="post: 485449" data-attributes="member: 1674">Shadows of Mithril- part 5 of 5Whenever one of the tentacle got hold of one of the heroes, it wound itself around it's victim and started to squeeze tightly, pushing out the air out of lungs and crushing bones in the process. Fortunately for the adventurers, though, those tentacles were solid, and they could be hurt with physical weapons.Torn was the first to get caught by one of the tentacles, and Trepat, who's shadow was attached to his, was pulled along. Those adventurers who stayed free of the tentacles' grasp hacked at those that had caught up a victim. Usually, two or three good blows sufficed to destroy one of the leathery black arms, but more often then not, help came at the last possible moment. By the time Niklas had succeeded in opening and blocking the trapdoor above, Trepat and Torn were already unconcious on the floor, but in the end, they succeeded in defeating the last of the tentacle.Ben and Jan took care of the wounds, and when they were all back on their feet, bruised, but alive, Torn took care of the door, with Trepat, who was still magically chained to him, close by. Recognizing the design of the lock, opening was easy for him.Behind the door, there was a corridor that lead into the catacombs. At an intersection, Trepat found tracks that lead further down, and eventually, they reached another door. As Torn examined it, the rest of the group retreated a little back into the corridor they came from.Torn found no trap, and so he started to work at the lock, but as he inserted his lockpick tools, he heard a short *click* and before he or Trepat could react all hell broke lose. The world around them exploded in heat, noise and light, as a Fireball was triggered. Fortunately for Trepat, Torn's body shielded him from the main force of the impact, so that they were both badly scorched but still concious afterwards.Fortunately for them, the door was blasted open as well, so that after Ben took care of them, they were all able to enter the room behind it without triggering any further traps. The room was empty, except for one marble portal in the middle of it. Between the white frame, there was a flat field of utter blackness that absorbed all light around it. In a way, it was in every aspect, the exact opposite of a mirror.Jan pulled out his sword:" Allright, I will go first then!""What? Are you insane? We are all badly wounded and there is most likely a powerful wizard behind that door!", said Trepat, infuriated by the paladin's unstoppable optimism.Jan was about to answer, as a black, shadowy arm materialized out of the field and touched him. Suddenly, everything was like when the Slarecian shadow had hit him all over again. He was severly weakened and hardly able to carry the weight of his armor anymore. He crashed down, fell forward and as the black field disappeared, leaving behind only an empty, pointless doorway in the middle of the room, he hit the floor.There was nothing left to do now, except for carrying poor Jan out and informing Barconius. Back at Mithril Keep, the leader of the Paladins was agitated. He sent out squads of Paladins with backing from the shadow guild. All local forces were mobilized, tracking down associates of the shadow mage and sweeping through the streets, doublechecking all contacts of Jurik Vagas.Meanwhile, Torn and Trepat remained chained together. It took Emili Derigesh, who worked a powerful ritual, to tear apart their shadows. Days went by, but there was no trace of the disappeared nobleman. He had definetly been a member of the Penumbral Pentagon, and maybe he had even been Dar Tang himself... Yet, he had slipped away. But still the deeds of the heroes had destroyed many months of work- if he was to return, he would have to build all his cover identities fromscratch again.Eventually, Ben and Trepat returned to the Gravelfists, and soon afterwards, Jan and Niklas were sent after them to help them negotiate for farming tools, animals, and the like. Torn, who had been informed by now that he would be able to join the Scaled Ones in due time, decided to come along. A little spring trip to Mullis Town sounded like a nice change of pace.Little did they know, that soon they would be endangering their life because of The Serpent Amphora again...</blockquote>

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