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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 1129" data-attributes="member: 41">17-- Heroism in the face of defeat.Taran dominated, Indy and Thelbar fleeing up one set of stairs into a part of the dungeon they've never seen before, Kyreel fleeing into the other, and Gorquen decides to engage in single combat with the main villain. Could it get any worse? It sure can.  Gorquen charges the vile bugbear, and much to his surprise, doesn't bother attacking him. She swings from her heels and uses an Improved Sunder to nearly chop his unholy morningstar in two! The evil priest can only stare in amazement at his nearly sundered weapon, as Gorquen dashes up the spiral stairs behind him. At the top of the stairs, she emerges onto an open-air balcony at the top of the northeast tower. She can see that the priest has moved to a similar balcony at the top of the central tower. He is examining his morningstar with a concerned expression on his furry face. He has Taran with him. Thelbar and Indy make it to the top of their tower, and Indy reveals to Thelbar that he had taken Taran's ring of flying from him, along with Black Lisa. Indy and Thelbar divest themselves of all unnecessary gear, and take to the sky, with Indy using the ring of flying to carry Thel. They are just leaving the tower when they realize that they have been spotted, and worse yet, are pursued. A bugbear mounted on a griffon is charging and attacking. To add to the confusion, a bugbear still on the battlements is firing flaming arrows at the griffon-riding goblinoid. Who is that bugbear, how did he get Kyreel's arrows, and what's he doing attacking his own? Unfortunately, the answers would have to wait, because despite feeble resistance, the griffon rends Indy, knocking him unconscious, and sending both characters plummeting 100' into the icy waters below. Thelbar survives, and is able through a combination of magic and sheer willpower to retrieve Indy's corpse.  Vognu is missing and presumed dead. Kyreel manages to flee, using her hat of disguise to gain access back to the front docks, and water walks (er, water runs) back to the opposite shore. Gorquen, on the other hand . . . could you blame her after all, for wanting to destroy the unholy weapon so cherished by her foe? Could you blame her for believing that she might just rescue Taran after all? Gorquen flies to the central tower and charges straight for the priest. Taran is given the dire command to attack, and for the third time, succumbs to the will of the bugbear cleric. But he is not fast enough, after all, and Gorquen finishes the job she had started earlier, Sundering the cleric's unholy focus and all around phallic symbol cleanly in two. Then Taran grabs her and squeezes her into unconsciousness.</blockquote>

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