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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:52 pm
Diamond walked to the area where his warriors were waiting for him, "Time to claim the head that stops our victory from being complete. We will travel via the sewers to the rear of their complex and manipulate our way to their HQ from their. Men, we return this land to peace today." His men merely lifted their swords in response. "Good. Lets go."
The creature thoroughly distracted by the sudden assult from his flank was cought completely off-guard from the dagger attack from infront of him. He turned his head towards the impudent drow woman, and laughed as he unleased his most powerful psychic attack upon her, the soul crushing domination spell.
The drow warrior shifted his attack vector and replaced his wonderful handcrossbows back on his belt and his hands came up with two lovely curved scimitars. He was several steps away from the hideous creature when he heard the sound of claws gripping the ground. The swoosh of two long appendages caught his attention at the last moment, and he barely dodged one of them. The other, seemed to be five times bigger than it sounded. It smacked him across the back. He tumbled away from the mind flayer. "Oh, you have pets." Good ones too.
The shadow crawled out from the forest from the opposite side of the path than where Tarathiel had appeared. The creature seemed to exist in multiple spaces at once, as though its entire body was constantly shifting where it was standing. The drow cursed slightly, "Well, I didn't see this coming." He could not help but smile.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:02 pm
They saw them comming, they knew they would be there. The brutes watched the townfolk come in on their mounts or on foot, which ever it happened to be. The cowardly fled, but most of those had already been killed off. Only the strongest still lived. The stood their ground.
In fact, the tried to extend their ground. Those lined up and those getting ready saw the challanged, and brandishing their weapons they ran forward to met it, and throw themselves into the thick of it.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:06 pm
"Sounds like dwarven smithing. they often use runes...primarily for enchancing the metal..but your no smith. so what is the real difference here? I see the runes, but how exactly does a rune mage interact with them?"
Malik was curious, and not just to be curious. with a traderoute open, like it or not, it brought the possibility of aquiring more..personel, for his own use. Andalian magic might be quite useful.
Onyx went back to teh room Kat and Moon where supposed to be at, dragging with him three books and a cleric under some duress. of course after the mistress had gotten upset with him, he wasn't overly eager to be seeing another patient at the present.
"Moon you in there? I brought helpful things and people."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:09 pm
She felt fingers taking a hold of her mind and squeezing and then it felt like a hand had taken her brain and shoved it through a cheese grater. Her hands came up to her head and she moaned in pain once but her focus wasn't broken and she imagined that she was shoving whatever it was intruding into her mind right back out. She felt the attack slowly weaken until finally the pain was nothing but a dull ache and she once again plunged her daggers deep, using her physical strength to shove them into vulnerable spots.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:14 pm
Moonstone stiffled a yawn as he opened Kat's doorm looking out, his eyes half lidded. "Hmm? Oh, good. Just be queit, she's sleeping." He opened the door and stepped aside so Onyx could come in, the cleric after him. "Can she stay asleep for a healing? I'd rather not wake Kat up right now."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:22 pm
((which on a squid creature, is everywhere))
The brutes colided with the Cololition of Heroes. The two semi-rested forces made a real raacket even in the sewers, which increased Diamond's initiative. He and his band of warriors reached the exit they were going to use with little resistance. Scouts were placed in the sewer, but they had all been killed before Diamond had arrived. The dark ally struck quickly and efficiently.
After his forces had escaped the tunnels, they began their quest to find the command hub of the remnents of old Lostagrace.
It looked at the drow woman with some apprihention, she was a mere drow and she resisted his attack, HIS attack. One that no other being, not even a beholder, could resist! His blood poored out on the ground from the many vicious wounds the woman was inflicting. He tryied to focus his mind, but the sing of the bolts was beging to be felt. Nural toxin. That invisible drow had shot him with a very decent poison. Within moments, the proud demon died. His body was unable to withstand the barrage of attack from teh armed girl before him, and the poison had drainedhis ability to focus his mind any more than he had. He was tricked by a pair of minor minions of the deep. He lost to a pair of drow. how distasteful. The overmind, claimed him. Draged his consiousness through space and time, and back into itselt leaving the hollowed body on the ground. Its soul locked into the organizism that spawned it.
Tarathiel began to draw into a grove when the illithid fell, and the beast before him slashed at him with a pair of its six legs. Tara tried to get a clean cut across the things's head, but it moved or was distorted beyond the drows aim. The created wacked down with both of its tenticles before it retreated into the shadows.
"Well, wasn't that unexpected. How did you do?" Tarathiel said with a bit of a smile before looking at his cloak. "Damn little cat took a bit out of my cloak. I am visible."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:32 pm
The front lines of the brutes wer tmowed over rather quickly. No one acted as part of a tema there, they wre all individuals. Dismon'ds group effectilvy whipped out the few who had orgnaized, and left alive were given a chance to run, which most took.
Wart was sent back, Okonner brought his men in to support Diamomd from behind. All that was left now was to destroy the head, whoever had arranged this in the first place. The someone who considered hisemfl the uler od Lostagrace.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:32 pm
"I've not a clue about smithing." And she held the dagger out to Piper. She would of given it to Malik but she figured he'd be too jumpy with the little demonstration. he had proved he could be paranoid after all...then again every good elf had a little paranoia to them, especially down here. "I'll just show you."
Piper took the dagger with one hand, taking a step away from Malik to give him a bit of space from her. "Father is going to kill you..." He was already picky enough about her stressing herself from before and now she was going to play? Hopefully it didn't backfire and exhaust her more.
Fianna waved a hand dismissively. "Oh it won't be as big an exertion from that little scuff earliar...far less power and smaller scale." But no doubt Kieran would fuss a little. Her sights focused on the dagger and a few whispered words in her own elvish said. Around Piper that familiar runic circle faded into existence, one around Fianna as well, making the runes on her dagger shine all the brighter. "The runes react to each other, between caster and target, the circles affecting radius of effects. Firstly, the basic runic circle strengthens whatever gear has the runes inscribed. An instant enhancement in them that depends upon a rune mage's skill." A wave of her hand and another whispered phrase. The runes of both circles and the dagger shimmered and color shifted, this time to a oddly glowing black., basic darkness properties. " Secondly, I can do quite a few things with the right spells...and those spells are imbued into whatever has runes inscribed on them. Basic elemental properties and what not. " Another whispered series of words and the runes flared red then blue. "Takes years to be finely in tune. But basically put...it instant change in properties that cannot be removed from the gear, except by rune mage themselves, or if the runic circle is left...of course when your mage knows how to expand that, or if you're carrying a special talisman, radius affect matters little."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:40 pm
She stared at the demon, now on teh ground in shock. Well that was very interesting. Apparentely they'd beaten it though she had thougth it was a lot stronger than that. Interesting indeed. She glance at Kimmuriel and shrugged, "It did that thing where it tried to do something strange to my mind but I beat it off and then just kept stabbing it. Though I think I'm surprised we beat it as quickly as we did. He looked at lot stronger. " Her daggers were once again cleaned, tehy were getting quite a bit of action tonight, weren't they? and sheathed and she felt the same high looking down at her prey as she had with the other two she'd killed. This could become addicting very quickly.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:41 pm
Diamond's squad found few people willing to fight them as they charged towards the centre, Diamond leading the pack.
Around a building, they discovered why. What appeared to be leader was found, or a least the man who was organizing the defences. He was giving orders to curiors who where then running to hand them out.
"FOR THE GOOD OF ALL GOODLY FOLK!" Diamond shouted as he charged at the position. His soldiers followed him shouting as they ran.
Seeing the oncoming onslaught, the commander cursed under his breath, but drew a sigh of relief when his body guards appeared on the buildings to either side of him. Diamond's sword might pierce his breast, but Diamond was a dead man.
The heroic lord ran with all his might. The sound of the bow strings drawing back did not reach his ears, nor would it have stopped his viggor. He raised his voice as he neared on the commander, and felt the sting of an arrow as the first round was released from the flanking buildings. Several of his men dropped to the ground, but the rest continued running beside him.
The commander watched in horror as his archers slaughtered the guards all about Diamond, and his horror continued as the arrow pierced noble continued to march on him. He drew his sword, almost half heartedly, for his courage had broken. There was no where for him to run.
Five arrows had hit Diamond, and he had continued to gain on the commander. A few feet away from the target, he fell to his knees, and looked at the man with all the viggor of a large hunting cat. He stretched his arm out, his sword pointing at the man before him. An arrow struck it, and knocked it aside. All of the archers seemed to be concentrating on the noble lord.
His retunie reached the comander, and struck him down. But Diamond knelt a few feet away, his eyes fading from this world.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:47 pm
Walking to the Illithid, Kimmuriel placed a scimitar by its head, and cleaved it off with a single hack. "A gift." He smiled.
"Normally, I would agree with you. It should be difficult to kill, but if you prepare for them, they like any other creature, are doomed." Tugging a dart from the body, "A poison specifically brewed for psychic creatures."
"I don't think that cat will be coming back for a while, he was under the influence of this ones domination." Kimmuriel smiled and looked at his torn cloak. "If Malevolence didn't rape your mind and find out I was here, Malik should know now. Do you think I should stop in for some tea and crumpets?" He laughed softly, "No. I think I'll let him come to me. Want'a ride home?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:51 pm
O'Konner's men came in behind, taking down those that had not fled, dealing final blows to the mortally wonded. Those on the rooftops fled as they saw their comrades going down.
While the others were celebrateing with cheers and handshakes, Wart and O'Konner where trying to make Diamond more comfortable. The picked him out of the mud, leaned him against a building. "Wart, get a blanket, would you?"
"Aye, sah."
O'Konner knew a dead man when he saw one, and dind't try to ugar coat anything. "Well freind, it looks like we've won. That's not a bad way to go.""
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:54 pm
"Tell the queen how I died..." His laboured breathes fell rapiedly for a moment, "I only regret I will not be able to see her again." The noble's face lost its colour. "What will this city be called now that its' honour is returned?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:01 pm
"She will here a long and wonderous tale from me, she will be awed, and the court will weep." Wart brought a banket, which O'konner drapped over Diamond's swiftly fading life. "We should all die warm in our beds. I can make you warm at least."
He smiled at Diamond. "We will call it what it used to be called. Honoursfield. Fitting, isn't it?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:02 pm
"Interesting. and how many Rune Mages would you say you know off hand that are of any real skill?"
A small smirk.
"And I'm sure Keiran will understand it was for educational purposes. not like you went out to kill something like a certain drow female. would you like to see if I can find you a trueshot bow or something of similar value in my vault? perhaps you'd like to take a look?"
Onyx handed over teh books to moon on healing nad herbal remedies and trauma, while the cleric looked over the sleeping Kat.
"Malik has a ton of these books in a library down below. I think the clerics use them for study..and you two are becoming quite a couple, aren't you."
oh he couldn't resist the nudging.
"And Morelle is back, mom sent him to keep an eye on us."
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