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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 7265478" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER06   EMERALD CLAW AT LASTSEGMENT 139“ GUSSA’S WAREHOUSE”10/05/17LHARVION 24, 1000Low Town or the slums of the town of Yrlag is mainly run by the goblins.   It is on the main land but very muddy and unkempt.   Before the group reaches the worst of it, the shanty town, they arrive at the warehouse on the edge of the docks and swamp mainland.  The dock structure has two warehouses.  One larger which the group chooses to explore first.The doors are locked.  Ayru takes a bit of time but opens the front double doors to the warehouse.  Inside are many crates and drums.   Kyr, less moral than the others, begins to search through the crates .  When asked what he is doing, he replies “ Looking for good  goodies.” Kyr finds many artifacts found from the New Water ruins and possibly even from The Hidden.  The Emerald Claw has been busy.  Having no idea what some of the items do he collects them based entirely by appearance.  A strange wand with multiple gems built into multiple warped thin pieces of wood (Wand of Non-Prediction 10 different possible attacks) and a cape with a strange brightly colored butterfly (cape of polymorph-  1 use-  wraps around body like a cocoon and literally polymorphs you into something).He finds a three foot tall statue made of green marble.  It has a tentacle face and wings.  The wings are wrapped about its body as for protection.  Kyr feels kinship to it and wants to take it but it is far to heavy to carry.  The others are not up to helping.   They are not here to steal but to find Gussa.   Undaunted, Kyr continues to search.   He finds a broken statue of a naked man.  Taking it piece by piece out of the crate he tries to assemble it.  Strangely, the heart is missing.   There is literally a missing piece that is perfectly shaped like a human heart missing from the damaged chest section.He likes both of these so much he marks them with his arcane mark and hopes to retrieve them later.Feldrix steps outside to watch for anyone coming.  He sees and hears no one.  Zig checks out an office room.  As he does he spots the door exiting here is slightly ajar.   As he is about to say something a rush of green, grey and black leaps onto a table and drives into him.   A half dozen goblins (The Web) attack through here.  “Kill the geek- Eat the meat” calls out the lead goblin as he eyes Tyson turning in surprise.The rear backdoor now opens and a dozen more goblins rush in.  Feldrix steps back inside quickly.  Kyr and Tyson try to fend off the goblins.  This allows Zigland to drop back.  He pulls out a potion and launches it at the largest group of goblins.  The alchemy fire bursts suddenly scattering the goblins.“Hug the Walls-  The Keeper calls-  Burning are our balls!” their leader screeches as the fire rolls over his legs and feet.They try to recoop but now Kyr summons a distorted ape with patches of fur and small fingers that grow from the hairless sections.  “Flee Flee Flee-  It’s a big Monkey-  It will kill you and me!”The goblins (some still on fire or smoldering) flee back the way they came.The group chase them and run directly into Gussa’s trap.  In the smaller warehouse was the Emerald Claw.  Several soldiers, a cleric and some zombies begin to cross the dock to attack.  Feldrix, having no fear of the zombies and Claw moves into point.   This is the first cleric of the Emerald Claw he has faced and only fears if there is a battle of wills but instead is struck by a blinding and painful ray of light.  Smoking and with Elderich flames and energy on him, the undead honor guard takes cover back into the warehouse that is slowly burning from the alchemy fire.This forces the other four to attack instead.  Kyr calls up more summoned creatures that are twisted by his connection to The Hidden and Xoriat.  He has them concentrate on the greatest threat- the dwarven cleric.  The zombies are slow and easy to deal with.  The soldiers not so.Tyson catches one of them inferring to Feldrix as one of the 387.  What is it with the 387?!?   The Emerald Claw seem to know much more about him than he does.  This irritates him and it will be resolved as soon as he can.</blockquote>

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