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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 4013648" data-attributes="member: 30035">Azlin's tale, part 16This entry chronicles what will be our last session for a while. We're taking a break to return to another campaign. In order to get the story up to date I've compressed this entry a bit.I've tried to make the narrative very stream-of-consciousness to give a sense of immediacy, but I realize that may make it difficult to figure out what's going on. Readers, feel free to ask questions.--sniffles-------------------------------------Now we're back at that cursed rope bridge. Ugh, it makes my stomach churn. By Dol Arrah's halberd! What is that? Something's shooting flaming bolts at us!! Oh ho, someone left some animated ballistae behind. Conshru's just reduced them to ash.That's not all. It's that damned black-skinned sorceress again, with some dratted Karrnathi. And one of the undead has another black sword!I can't get off the rope. One of the undead is fighting Sten ahead of me. But I let the one with the black sword feel some of the Host's searing light. Uh-oh, they've got reinforcements. Looks like they've captured our airship. Blast that Karrnathi! He just killed one of Gwaenna's bodyguards the way I'd kill a spider. He needs to be expunged from existence along with that sword.There, that should slow them down some. Let them try getting around all those stone spikes! If things weren't so dire I'd laugh.That renegade Cannith is so full of himself. He thinks he's got the upper hand. We're not giving in so easily. He'll be sorry he tangled with us. We won't let him get his hands on that sword.Glory to the Host! Gwaenna's found the strength to cast aside the sword. But... no!! Damnit, it's not falling into the lava. It's just hovering there. Curse it to Khyber!Artemis is so clever - he's talked the Deneith man into turning on the Cannith! The Deneith just clubbed the artificer over the head. The undead with the black sword has stopped fighting. I'd like to knock him off into the lava, but that will have to wait.Gwaenna's so brave for such a little thing. She's facing the undead without her sword. She's not looking too good. I've got to get over there!Praise the Host, I'm on solid ground, even if I do have to dodge my own spikes.Who is this fellow, now? I haven't seen him before. I think I've heard Artemis mention Kaiber, though- and Kaiber seems to be after the black sword. That's not going to happen. Ouch! I didn't know Artemis could be so vindictive.Boldrei's shield! That undead thing's back in the fight. Ha ha!! Artemis took care of him. It was funny to see him slip and fall.No! Sten! He rushed the undead. They're falling over the edge... No, wait, it's only Sten whose fallen! Aaaahh!! Oh, Host preserve us, he's lopped off Gwaenna's head. No no no!Stop, Conshru! Not you too. They're both going over the cliff, plunging into the lava. And the undead's damnable black sword is floating just like the other one. Our enemies have fled. We've got the Morgrave scholars, and the two swords. But what does it matter when so many of my friends are dead?---------------------------------------Just to clarify what was going on, the Karrnathi contingent had a Death Knight with them who had another one of the sentient black swords in his possession. Artemis cast grease under his feet and Sten knocked him down, but he got back up again and either stabbed Sten or threw him into the lava (or both). He then beheaded Gwaenna. Then Conshru and his flying mount bull-rushed the Death Knight and they all went plunging into the lava. </blockquote>

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