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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1389302" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p>Rebrey runs down the canyon floor towards Emthur's tower, he climbs up the same side he had descended with Gothmog, and then back down again in front of the tower. Remembering where he'd left Emthur's body, Rebrey retraces his steps and finds the blasted crater where Emthur fell. Rebrey sees the tracks in the snow where Emthur's bones reformed, and he spots Emthur's tracks leading away from the site and into the tower. </p><p></p><p>Rebrey's improved olfactory skills pick up the faint scent of decay along Emthur's route. Rebrey's brain tells him that Emthur retreated to the tower not that long ago, maybe only five hours or so.</p><p></p><p>"The lights we saw must have been something other than Emthur" Rebrey thinks</p><p></p><p>Rebrey follows the trail back towards the tower, stepping over corpses and body parts along the way. Silently, Rebrey makes his way up to the tower's top, slowing almost to a crawl. Rebrey comes to the burnt library room, the smell of carbon and soot hung heavy in the air. Burned corpses added to the smell, making Rebrey's stomach turn in disgust. Utilizing his new superior eyesight, Rebrey looks on into the room they had found Alriand in, seeing no movement Rebrey enters. </p><p></p><p>Rebrey almost takes a step into the room, but hear the faint sound of paper being turned over, or maybe pages in a book being turned. Halting, Rebrey looks around the room one more time, then looks up into the hole in the ceiling. Rebrey spots Emthur sitting on the floor above, perpendicular to Rebrey's position. Rebrey studies the lich for a moment, making sure he hasn't been spotted. Rebrey then slowly backs up into the library room, and scans the area looking for a scrap of leather or rope, finding the scorched remnants of some kind of fabric. Rebrey takes out the diamond that Tharhack had given him, and secures it to the tip of a crossbow bolt. Rebrey loads the bolt, and makes his way quietly back into the previous room, spotting Emthur again completely absorbed in his studies. Rebrey takes careful aim, holding for several seconds as the beads of sweat begin to trickle down his face. </p><p></p><p>The trigger is pressed, and the bolt flies through the air. Emthur hearing the click, manages to turn enough to take the bolt in the chest. Hissing, Emthur leaps down the hole to face his attacker. </p><p></p><p>"I know not what you are, but I shall show you what I am!" Emthur bellows throwing his arms out to his side. </p><p></p><p>The first shaft of light erupts from Emthur's chest, shooting through the room and spotlighting Rebrey, the second shaft shoots straight up into Emthur's surprised face. These are followed soon after by a dozen shafts, and then Emthur's entire chest glows white and an audible crackling is heard. The light begins to dim, and Emthur begins to scream. Rebrey unshields his eyes and takes in the sight of Emthur covered in a transparent film. Emthur tries in vain to remove the film physically, the film is relentless as it now covers his legs, chest and his left arm. Emthur blasts the film with a couple of magic missiles before the film oozes up his right arm and engulfs it. The film begins to give off a soft white glow, which makes Rebrey feel at ease, and which burns Emthur's blackened bones. Emthur opens his jaw to utter another spell, and the ooze flows into his mouth and seeps through his skull. A few seconds later and the red light in Emthur's eye sockets is extinguished. </p><p></p><p>Realizing the wait is over, and not wanting to become it's next victim, Rebrey leaves the ooze to it's meal and descends back down the tower, and exits the building for the last time. Rebrey turns north and resolves to find Tharhack, and experience more amazing things with his new body.</p><p></p><p>***********************************************************************</p><p></p><p>Tharhack could no longer pull Gothmog, he stopped and leaned his weary body against a tree. He hoped that no creature was following them, but realized that would be a miracle. He sat down with Charekyal and watched through the falling snow, the trail they had just made in the freshly fallen snow. Tharhack's body soon succumbed to the overwhelming need for sleep, and he drifted off. </p><p></p><p>Tharhack awoke several hours later to a prodding against his head.</p><p></p><p>"I think it's dead"</p><p></p><p>"Maybe we should take the girl"</p><p></p><p>"I vote take the girl, leave them other two"</p><p></p><p>"It's not dead, an' neither is this one 'ere"</p><p></p><p>Tharhack opens his eyes, startling several human males who quickly jump back, and arm themselves with axes.</p><p></p><p>"Now, nnnnow see 'ere, we don't be wantin' no trouble outta ya. Jus' be givin' us the girl an' you can live." Spoke a bearded man in his early twenties Tharhack guessed</p><p></p><p>"Now this is hardly proper way to greet someone, if you're going to get all defensive on me, it only stands to reason I should be offensive, no?" Tharhack replied</p><p></p><p>"Hey, that thing talks Forany, maybe it ain't an orc?" offers a younger man </p><p></p><p>"I don't know what it be, I know it ain't human like us." replies the bearded man</p><p></p><p>"Thank Kord for that! Why would anyone ever want to be a puny HU-man." Tharhack says inching his way up to a standing position.</p><p></p><p>"What! I'll shows ya who's puny." another man steps out from behind the tree and slams the side of Tharhack's knee with the back of his ax blade, causing Tharhack's knee to buckle, sending him back to the forest floor on his rear.</p><p></p><p>Laughing, the men form a circle around the tree.</p><p></p><p>"Give us the girl monster, or we's split ya 'ere and now." The bearded man demanded</p><p></p><p>"I'm not giving you the g." Tharhack's reply was cut off by a slam to the back of his head from the butt of an ax. </p><p></p><p>Tharhack hears another round of laughter from the men, "now you're making me angry." Tharhack announces</p><p></p><p>"Ooh, I'm scared, what're going hit us with? A hangnail?" another man calls out, Tharhack watches as the bearded man parts to one side showing Tharhack his greatsword which was lying against a tree about twenty feet away.</p><p></p><p>"Thieves." Tharhack spits, which elicits another smack to the back of his head. "Stop hitting me!" Tharhack shouts only to receive another blow to the head.</p><p></p><p>"We ain't no thieves we was jus' protectin' ourselves, I ain't never seen a sword that big before. Who'd you steal it from monster?" Asks another man to Tharhack's right</p><p></p><p>"It's mine!" Tharhack announces, trying to stand again, only to take another blow to his head.</p><p></p><p>"Tsk, tsk. you're really dumb monster, we're gonna get a big reward bringing you back." The bearded man says</p><p></p><p>"Like hell you are." Tharhack retorts, "You want the girl? Fine have the girl." Tharhack says holding his arms out, but making sure he has a firm grip on the blanket.</p><p></p><p>The men all jump at the chance to carry her, and once some has both arms wrapped around her, Tharhack pulls the blanket out and stands up in the process.</p><p></p><p>"Ahhhh!!! it burns! My arm it's on fire!" Shouts a man, as Charekyal's body falls to the snow covered ground below, instantly send up a small burst of steam.</p><p></p><p>"This is some kind o' trick." The bearded man says</p><p></p><p>"Oh no, I assure you. This is skill." Tharhack announces slamming the skulls of two of the men together, sending both of their limp bodies crashing to the ground.</p><p></p><p>Four men remain, and the three of them who are able to attack all take hacks at the half-orc and miss badly.</p><p></p><p>"Not so easy to hit a target that's defending itself is it?" Tharhack asks while pummeling the man to his left with two body shots from his spiked gauntlets, sending the man to the snow in a heap.</p><p></p><p>"What'll we do now Forany?" asks a man</p><p></p><p>"Run!" Forany shouts, turning his back to Tharhack and fleeing through the snow, the other man takes off in a different direction, leaving his falling comrades and the burned man there with Tharhack.</p><p></p><p>"Please don't kill me, I was jus' doin' what they told me. Plus the girl looked so nice." The man whimpered</p><p></p><p>"Let me see your arms." Tharhack announced</p><p></p><p>The man reluctantly turned his arms over exposing the blisters and flayed flesh from contact with Charekyal's flesh. Tharhack says a prayer to Kord, and runs his hands over the man's arms, healing them to a bad sunburn.</p><p></p><p>"You're going to want to keep those wrapped in a cool damp cloth for a couple of days, but they'll be a good as new in no time." Tharhack tells the man</p><p></p><p>"Y-You healed me? Why?" The man asks</p><p></p><p>"Because I don't need you buddies running back off to your town claiming there's monsters in the woods, and them sending out an extermination party. I'd rather not have to kill your entire town, it doesn't fit well into my schedule." Tharhack replies</p><p></p><p>The man looks bewildered and confused</p><p></p><p>"Just tell your town it was a big misunderstanding, that everyone is ok, and that I even healed you. Oh and can you point me in the direction of the nearest town that is NOT your town?" Tharhack asks</p><p></p><p>"Mullikin, is 'bout a day travel to the northeast, jus' 'ead north 'til you meet up with the east-west road and then head east. You'll walk right by it." The man says, thankful his life was spared.</p><p></p><p>Tharhack sends him away, and retrieves his greatsword. Then rewraps Charekyal back up, ties Gothmog's sled to his waist, and heads north.</p><p></p><p></p><p>***next entry will begin the party's foray into The Village of Oester adventure***</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 1389302, member: 11574"] Rebrey runs down the canyon floor towards Emthur's tower, he climbs up the same side he had descended with Gothmog, and then back down again in front of the tower. Remembering where he'd left Emthur's body, Rebrey retraces his steps and finds the blasted crater where Emthur fell. Rebrey sees the tracks in the snow where Emthur's bones reformed, and he spots Emthur's tracks leading away from the site and into the tower. Rebrey's improved olfactory skills pick up the faint scent of decay along Emthur's route. Rebrey's brain tells him that Emthur retreated to the tower not that long ago, maybe only five hours or so. "The lights we saw must have been something other than Emthur" Rebrey thinks Rebrey follows the trail back towards the tower, stepping over corpses and body parts along the way. Silently, Rebrey makes his way up to the tower's top, slowing almost to a crawl. Rebrey comes to the burnt library room, the smell of carbon and soot hung heavy in the air. Burned corpses added to the smell, making Rebrey's stomach turn in disgust. Utilizing his new superior eyesight, Rebrey looks on into the room they had found Alriand in, seeing no movement Rebrey enters. Rebrey almost takes a step into the room, but hear the faint sound of paper being turned over, or maybe pages in a book being turned. Halting, Rebrey looks around the room one more time, then looks up into the hole in the ceiling. Rebrey spots Emthur sitting on the floor above, perpendicular to Rebrey's position. Rebrey studies the lich for a moment, making sure he hasn't been spotted. Rebrey then slowly backs up into the library room, and scans the area looking for a scrap of leather or rope, finding the scorched remnants of some kind of fabric. Rebrey takes out the diamond that Tharhack had given him, and secures it to the tip of a crossbow bolt. Rebrey loads the bolt, and makes his way quietly back into the previous room, spotting Emthur again completely absorbed in his studies. Rebrey takes careful aim, holding for several seconds as the beads of sweat begin to trickle down his face. The trigger is pressed, and the bolt flies through the air. Emthur hearing the click, manages to turn enough to take the bolt in the chest. Hissing, Emthur leaps down the hole to face his attacker. "I know not what you are, but I shall show you what I am!" Emthur bellows throwing his arms out to his side. The first shaft of light erupts from Emthur's chest, shooting through the room and spotlighting Rebrey, the second shaft shoots straight up into Emthur's surprised face. These are followed soon after by a dozen shafts, and then Emthur's entire chest glows white and an audible crackling is heard. The light begins to dim, and Emthur begins to scream. Rebrey unshields his eyes and takes in the sight of Emthur covered in a transparent film. Emthur tries in vain to remove the film physically, the film is relentless as it now covers his legs, chest and his left arm. Emthur blasts the film with a couple of magic missiles before the film oozes up his right arm and engulfs it. The film begins to give off a soft white glow, which makes Rebrey feel at ease, and which burns Emthur's blackened bones. Emthur opens his jaw to utter another spell, and the ooze flows into his mouth and seeps through his skull. A few seconds later and the red light in Emthur's eye sockets is extinguished. Realizing the wait is over, and not wanting to become it's next victim, Rebrey leaves the ooze to it's meal and descends back down the tower, and exits the building for the last time. Rebrey turns north and resolves to find Tharhack, and experience more amazing things with his new body. *********************************************************************** Tharhack could no longer pull Gothmog, he stopped and leaned his weary body against a tree. He hoped that no creature was following them, but realized that would be a miracle. He sat down with Charekyal and watched through the falling snow, the trail they had just made in the freshly fallen snow. Tharhack's body soon succumbed to the overwhelming need for sleep, and he drifted off. Tharhack awoke several hours later to a prodding against his head. "I think it's dead" "Maybe we should take the girl" "I vote take the girl, leave them other two" "It's not dead, an' neither is this one 'ere" Tharhack opens his eyes, startling several human males who quickly jump back, and arm themselves with axes. "Now, nnnnow see 'ere, we don't be wantin' no trouble outta ya. Jus' be givin' us the girl an' you can live." Spoke a bearded man in his early twenties Tharhack guessed "Now this is hardly proper way to greet someone, if you're going to get all defensive on me, it only stands to reason I should be offensive, no?" Tharhack replied "Hey, that thing talks Forany, maybe it ain't an orc?" offers a younger man "I don't know what it be, I know it ain't human like us." replies the bearded man "Thank Kord for that! Why would anyone ever want to be a puny HU-man." Tharhack says inching his way up to a standing position. "What! I'll shows ya who's puny." another man steps out from behind the tree and slams the side of Tharhack's knee with the back of his ax blade, causing Tharhack's knee to buckle, sending him back to the forest floor on his rear. Laughing, the men form a circle around the tree. "Give us the girl monster, or we's split ya 'ere and now." The bearded man demanded "I'm not giving you the g." Tharhack's reply was cut off by a slam to the back of his head from the butt of an ax. Tharhack hears another round of laughter from the men, "now you're making me angry." Tharhack announces "Ooh, I'm scared, what're going hit us with? A hangnail?" another man calls out, Tharhack watches as the bearded man parts to one side showing Tharhack his greatsword which was lying against a tree about twenty feet away. "Thieves." Tharhack spits, which elicits another smack to the back of his head. "Stop hitting me!" Tharhack shouts only to receive another blow to the head. "We ain't no thieves we was jus' protectin' ourselves, I ain't never seen a sword that big before. Who'd you steal it from monster?" Asks another man to Tharhack's right "It's mine!" Tharhack announces, trying to stand again, only to take another blow to his head. "Tsk, tsk. you're really dumb monster, we're gonna get a big reward bringing you back." The bearded man says "Like hell you are." Tharhack retorts, "You want the girl? Fine have the girl." Tharhack says holding his arms out, but making sure he has a firm grip on the blanket. The men all jump at the chance to carry her, and once some has both arms wrapped around her, Tharhack pulls the blanket out and stands up in the process. "Ahhhh!!! it burns! My arm it's on fire!" Shouts a man, as Charekyal's body falls to the snow covered ground below, instantly send up a small burst of steam. "This is some kind o' trick." The bearded man says "Oh no, I assure you. This is skill." Tharhack announces slamming the skulls of two of the men together, sending both of their limp bodies crashing to the ground. Four men remain, and the three of them who are able to attack all take hacks at the half-orc and miss badly. "Not so easy to hit a target that's defending itself is it?" Tharhack asks while pummeling the man to his left with two body shots from his spiked gauntlets, sending the man to the snow in a heap. "What'll we do now Forany?" asks a man "Run!" Forany shouts, turning his back to Tharhack and fleeing through the snow, the other man takes off in a different direction, leaving his falling comrades and the burned man there with Tharhack. "Please don't kill me, I was jus' doin' what they told me. Plus the girl looked so nice." The man whimpered "Let me see your arms." Tharhack announced The man reluctantly turned his arms over exposing the blisters and flayed flesh from contact with Charekyal's flesh. Tharhack says a prayer to Kord, and runs his hands over the man's arms, healing them to a bad sunburn. "You're going to want to keep those wrapped in a cool damp cloth for a couple of days, but they'll be a good as new in no time." Tharhack tells the man "Y-You healed me? Why?" The man asks "Because I don't need you buddies running back off to your town claiming there's monsters in the woods, and them sending out an extermination party. I'd rather not have to kill your entire town, it doesn't fit well into my schedule." Tharhack replies The man looks bewildered and confused "Just tell your town it was a big misunderstanding, that everyone is ok, and that I even healed you. Oh and can you point me in the direction of the nearest town that is NOT your town?" Tharhack asks "Mullikin, is 'bout a day travel to the northeast, jus' 'ead north 'til you meet up with the east-west road and then head east. You'll walk right by it." The man says, thankful his life was spared. Tharhack sends him away, and retrieves his greatsword. Then rewraps Charekyal back up, ties Gothmog's sled to his waist, and heads north. ***next entry will begin the party's foray into The Village of Oester adventure*** [/QUOTE]
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