The Game of Kings

The moment the man is out of the way, Vhir keeps on moving. The kobold suspected something was up, and was not going to wait to see what was going to happen. He keeps his pace steady, so as not to draw attention. He does not look at anyone, and does his best not to call notice to himself as he moves out. As he moves, he quietly whispers to no one in particular, "If we are stopped again, keep moving."
 
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Glasia realizes she was holding her breath when Vhir warns her, letting it out with a long exhalation. She nods, then blushes furiously. "Right," she says so softly it can barely be heard.
 

"I hardly think complaining about injuries resulting from you attacking us is reasonable," Carver points out as he swings back at the man, trying to press his advantage.
 


Sail and Scepter Inn, Port Verge (nighttime) – Vhir, Glasia

The “halfling” hurried down the remaining steps and across the carpeted lobby, carrying his few personal items and a cage very nearly his size, with a large hawk peeking out of the silk cover. An odd sight, perhaps, but the bird behaved as if nothing was amiss, only scanning the surrounding area, wide-eyed.

To their fortune, they encountered no one else on their way out of the inn, and the pseudo-halfling and his unseen companion emerged onto empty, glistening streets. It was raining lightly but steadily now, and streetlights reflected a yellowed glow from the rounded surfaces of the paving. All was quiet around them, except the sound of rain against the stone at their feet.

Streets of Port Verge (nighttime) – Dragen

The indifferent Dragen walked on through the cold northern rainfall, seemingly unconcerned with what he left behind. Several minutes passed, and he turned onto a commercial street about a block away from the waterfront. After walking past a few cross streets, he came to more dimly illuminated intersection. Rainwater trickled past his boots through the gutter, running downhill towards the bay. Looking that direction, he caught the faint sound of agitated movement and shouts coming from an inn on the water’s edge. The light cast from the front windows flickered on the path as figures swirled quickly within.


[sblock="[Non]combat Information (same idea)"]Vhir
21 HP
AP 7
Disguised

Glasia Domarus
11 HP
AP 7
Invisible

Dragen Kessler
37 HP
AP 7

Morika Kevsecks
34 HP
AP 6
Fitful Drunken Sleep[/sblock]

Argotch Inn, Port Verge (nighttime) – Doral, Carver, Partash

Before the woman even has a chance to regain her footing after Partash’s blow, Doral has a fine wooden wand aimed at her, and he utters the command words to fire. An unnaturally fast surge of movement hurtled through the crowd towards her, rippling the air as it passed, and pounded her hard in the chest. She gasped, too breathless this time to curse her attacker, and cringed under the weight of the blow.

Catching sight of his companion’s troubles, the bugbear took a step forward and swung past Carver towards Doral, slashing him across the arm with his longsword. Simultaneously, so as to not waste a second of time, he reached for his handsome shortsword with his off hand. The bugbear spun to face Partash for a second attack. In a fluid motion, the shortsword left its scabbard and sliced upwards towards Partash’s face, but the bugbear miscalculated and the sword only whistled through open space.

As the bugbear reached past Carver to hit his friend, the warforged raised his morningstar high and brought it down towards the bugbear’s rapidly moving body. Unfortunately, at just that moment, the bugbear reeled from missing Partash and stepped slightly to his side, and Carver’s weapon missed narrowly.

Not to be forgotten, the resilient woman gritted her teeth angrily and drove at her nearest foe, Partash, mercilessly. Her scimitar arced neatly through the air, but went wild, posing no great threat. Her attempt only served to draw Partash’s attention back to her, and he swung at her intentionally this time, delivering another cruelly accurate blow. His mace moved heavily, and collided with her lower jaw, skewing it sickeningly. Her head and neck cranked back, absorbing the momentum, but she kept her balance and turned her face again to Partash. Her eyes were filled with complete hatred and rage, but the only sound she could make through her twisted and bleeding mouth was a shriek of pain and frustration.

[sblock="Combat Information"]Doral Kinsman
14 HP
AC 17
AP 7
Mindlinked

Carver Banderelli
33 HP
AC 20
AP 7

Partash
22 HP
AC 16
AP 7
Minklinked[/sblock]
 

Doral grimaced as he was wounded. He began to wonder if he should stick around for the rest of the fight, but there was the issue of his opponent standing over him ready to slice that changed his mind. Instead, Doral used his wand to attack the woman once more.
 

Dragen arched a bushy, scarred brow at the noise, and with a feral smile breaking his lips he happily shoved the oiled wrappings of his bow into a pouch and made his way toward the noise, arrow drawn.

Mentally, Dragen hummed a cheerful little jig, resisting the urge to dance and jump for joy.
 

The kobold made a quick scan of the area near the Sail and Scepter, making sure it was not being followed. Satisfied, it marched purposely towards the Argotch. There was still a possibility of salvaging the mission, but it would need more hands to complete it. Trusting the girl to follow, she would have to with it holding her familiar, Vhir marched on.
 

Argotch Inn, Port Verge (nighttime) – Doral, Carver, Partash

Seeing as he obviously caught the attention of the scimitar-wielding woman, Partash chooses to play it safe and enhance his own protection through magical means. He takes a step back and utters a small prayer to il-Yannah in Quor. Then he looks straight into the eyes of his assailant. "Can't you see that this act of agression will bring you nothing, woman? Why did you attack us?"

OOC: Partash takes a 5-foot step away from his attackers and casts shield of faith on himself.
 

Carver will step between Partash and the bugbear (Should be a 5' step, right?) while he calls uppon his enchantments.

OOC: Defensively casting Bull's Strength on himself.
 

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