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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1291686" data-attributes="member: 11574">Gothmog helps Rebrey up the burned out hole in the ceiling, Rebrey then helps Gothmog up through the hole. Tharhack lifts Alriand up to Gothmog, and then ascends the opening himself. Rebrey takes a quick look around the crescent shaped room, noticing that one whole wall is covered in a giant map, the floor is littered with books and scroll cases. The ceiling of this room has also been compromised with a hole, at a slight angle to the one the party just came up through. Rebrey can see clouds through the hole above."Last stop, next floor roof." Rebrey tells the party"Do you see any exits from this room?" Tharhack asks as he's pulled through the hole in the floor"Well, there's still a hole in the ceiling." Rebrey answersTharhack and Gothmog take a glance around the room, looking for a door or corridor leading out of this room. Finding none, Tharhack bends down and picks up a scroll case. "Do these things come trapped?" Tharhack asks Gothmog"What thing? Gothmog know nothing of trap." Gothmog responds"Well," Tharhack says while removing one end of the metal tube. "Looks like it's not trapped." Reaching inside Tharhack pulls out a tattered scroll, unfurling it, Tharhack looks over the arcane runes. Unable to decipher the runes, Tharhack hands it over to Gothmog. "Are you able to read any of these?" Tharhack asks GothmogGothmog takes the scroll and holds it up to the light streaming in from the hole in the ceiling. "Hmm, look like bunch of stick men dancing." Gothmog replies, having no idea what the scroll reads."Do you have any idea what it says?" Rebrey asks GothmogGothmog holds the scroll to his ear, "paper not say anything" Gothmog statesTharhack and Rebrey stare blankly at Gothmog, who lowers the scroll, and smiles. Tharhack scoops up an arm full of the scroll tubes, and asks Rebrey to do the same."Why? What good would that do us? Evil has been dealt a powerful blow here today, I say we burn these, then find a way to bring this whole place down." Rebrey offers"Ambitious, although an undead wizard has as much time as he needs to find you, I think we should find him first." Tharhack advises"Now that's ambitious, what gives you the impression we can take out a prepared wizard, let alone an undead one?" Rebrey asks"Faith Rebrey, I know the four of us will be able to take out a cowardly hiding wizard, why I myself was smacking the guy around like a rag doll." Tharhack answers"My faith tells me I am unprepared to deal with that menace at this time." Rebrey answers"Gothmog know best way to kill enemy, find and kill root, body die." Gothmog announces"The Tao of troll? Can't read but you spout wisdom as though it's as abundant as water?" Rebrey asks"I think he has a point, Emthur went somewhere, and by creating a starting point, think of all the evil and undead we'd be laying waste to." Tharhack offers"Now you're just being manipulative, although one cannot argue against the value of wisdom. What's the plan then?" Rebrey asks"Collect as much as we can from here, and then hope something shows us where we should start looking." Tharhack answersThe three men pick through every tube, book, and scrap of paper they personally find interesting, and load up as much as they can carry in their arms. Tossing them through the hole in the ceiling and onto the roof. They then repeat the same process that brought them up the prior hole, and attain freedom from the tower, albeit over a mile from the ground.Looking out at the surrounding land, they can see snow for as far as they can see, except for a dark streaky line leading away from the tower on the opposite side of where they entered it. It travels for a little bit, and then disappears into the snow."Gothmog think we need pretty horsey to fly us off." Gothmog says looking at Rebrey"You have flying horse?" Tharhack inquires of Rebrey"Yes, for in the service of my deity." Rebrey answers"You've found a faith? That woman must've really messed you up." Tharhack repliesRebrey removes the small figurine from a pocket, and rolls it in the palm of his hand. Tharhack goes to the edge of the tower top, and peers over."Long way down." Tharhack comments"Yes," came a familiar but unwelcome voice.Tharhack heard the voice the same time a force pushed into his back with enough effort to cause him to tumble over the edge. Gothmog turns and draws his greatsword in the same movement. Rebrey calls forth the pegasus and asks it to catch and retrieve Tharhack."The odds are a little more even now, eh, one more of you wouldn't hurt." Emthur's voice cracked in the wind.Raising a bony hand to Rebrey, Emthur activates the power of a gold band on his ring finger. A powerful telekinetic force pushes at Rebrey's chest, carrying him out towards the lip of the roof. Gothmog throws up another flare this one aimed for Emthur, the flare temporarily dazes Emthur who momentarily ceases Rebrey's trip. Using the couple of seconds he has before Emthur snaps out of the daze, Gothmog bull rushes Emthur.</blockquote>

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