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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 906807" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Log #2____________________________________________________The smoke from the small cooking fire curled lazily into the air, as Malabar watched carefully at the darkness surrounding the group’s encampment. The cavern was large, over 120’ long, 80’ wide, and some 90’ high. The cavern was scored throughout by the past course of some forgotten river. Ghorn watched the darkness motionless, his halberd at the ready. Zerren, the black-furred Bahran, approached Malabar carefully in the inky darkness.Turning to Zerren, Malabar smiled softly.“How are you my friend?” Malabar said with a low whisper.“Good, Malabar. Thankyou. Are you still hungry?” Zerren looked at Malabar, expectantly.Malabar wiped his jaw with his hand, “Eh. No, I’m fine. I ate enough. And you?” Malabar reached for his waterskin.“I’m good. What do you think lurks in these caverns? I sense that we are being watched.” Zerren spoke in a low hiss.“Hmm…I think the brigands that we seek have made more than one encampment, and probably move around from place to place, keeping on the move.” Malabar said, slowly raising the waterskin to his mouth for a long drink. “Ahhhh…” Malabar smacked his lips from the icy water, before stoppering it again. I think we should be careful, and have several of our people advance through the caverns ahead of our march, so that we might learn of any unpleasant surprises, eh?” Malabar looked at Zerren. “Yeah, you’re right. I can get Rodrigo to go with me in the morning when we move out. Staying in the shadows, we may learn of the brigands’ presence before they can react. Though I think they have some eyes upon us, I don’t think they will be able to track us at the same time when the group moves out, especially if we move quickly.” Zerren said, rubbing his hands together to keep warm.The two watched the shadows for a few moments, before Zerren began to make his rounds of the encampment, checking on Ghorn and Dharnu.In the morning, Zerren and Rodrigo slipped into the shadows, and moved swiftly ahead of the group, as the group advanced at a good pace. The enemy scouts were taken by surprise as Zerren and Rodrigo quietly slipped by them, and then turned and ambushed them. The lightless cavern burst into a blaze of colour as Rodrigo cast the Light Rod to the ground in the scouts’ midst, as Zerren struck ferociously with his shortsword.“Grrrrrrrrrr” Zerren growled low, as his blade sank into the brigand’s chest. Quickly, Zerren grabbed the human by the top of his chainmail and drew him in close, where Zerren bit him right in the face with his teeth. The man screamed, and tried to counter with a thrust of his own longsword, but Zerren was in too close, and dodged the clumsy attack. Zerren jerked his blade out and struck again, across the human’s throat, and the human staggered back, dropping to one knee. Zerren grabbed the man by the hair of his head, and jerked it up as his sword came crashing down across the man’s face, killing him.Rodrigo stepped up to the other human, and drove his shortsword into his back with a hard push, and as the man turned, struggling to bring his own longsword to bear, Rodrigo stepped lightly aside, and began a series of swift attacks, back and forth, cutting the man’s left hamstring, slicing across his forehead, and slashing the man’s sword arm just below the shoulder with a vicious cut. The brigand managed to hammer his sword through Rodrigo’s guard in a strong attack that cut through Rodrigo’s left shoulder, before Rodrigo turned and spun, pulling the man forward so that he stumbled upon the stone floor, staggered, and Rodrigo stabbed viciously again and again, dropping the human in a brutal attack that crushed him to the floor, his entrails spilling onto the cold stone. The stench of the man’s dying caused Rodrigo and then Zerren to wretch and gag briefly, before all was still and quiet. Beyond them, the group came into sight slowly, moving in a column. Berrech and Dharnu were in the lead, with Zarratheena and Axel right behind them. Ghorn and Malabar brought up the rear, wary for attack.Zerren wiped his mouth and sword on a large rag that he kept at his belt pouch, and offered Rodrigo his waterskin.“Are you alright, Rodrigo?” Zerren said with concern.“I’m ok, Zerren. The bastard caught me with a sharp cut, but it looks worse than it is. I should be ok though. I’ll have Axel look at it when we stop for a rest.” Rodrigo sheathed his sword, and began to search the dead bodies. Looking up at Zerren, he smiled wryly.“You never what we may find, heh?” Rodrigo winked briefly, before finishing his search. “Heh. Nothing much except a few coppers. Let’s get moving!” Rodrigo spat into the shadows, and picked up the Light Rod, and began to run alongside Zerren.The group marched quickly, searching through several side passages before arriving at a large cavern, the sound of a crashing waterfall about them.</blockquote>

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