All the King's Men, Part 2

Plot Summary
The group are roughly thrown into a dark, damp dungeon. Soon after more people, innocent people, are thrown in. They have no idea why they have been thrown into the King's prisons. The two groups talk and intermingle in the harsh holding for a while before an Orc, who had been standing there all along, complains about working here. Shandor approaches him and tries to reason with the Orc to let them go. The orc refuses and quickly leaves. An hour passes slowly before the Orc returns with some bread and water. The group pass the food amonst themselves before the Orc passes them a piece of meat, which is given to those not going to live to the next meal. They were going to be killed, down in the dungeons. The exacutioner arrives. Desperate Shandor tells the Orc, Mugh, that they each get a last request. Mugh finally agrees to get the 'last requests' for people. Most order their weapons, including Shandor, who asks for his famous three golden daggers (the Tri-blade) from his 'wife' Ariea. Mugh runs of to get them in such a hurry that he leaves the five doors wide open. The group and new group, steal their chance and charge out the door. The exacutioner looks at them, but is not as easily fooled as Mugh. Shandor tries casting a spell, but there is a magic-stopping field surrounding the dungeons. The exacutioner, Noith, insults Mugh again, unbeknownst to him, Mugh is behind. Mugh dives at Noith, but misses and slams into a wall. The group charge at Noith and battle him down before getting their 'last requests' and killing him. They decide taking Mugh with them is the only humane thing to do. Everyone heads up a flight of stairs to run into two guards, they fight and slay the guards before heading down another set of stairs, where Mugh had revealed the items the group had we held. They grab all their items and head upstairs, to find the king and at least fifteen guards. The battle is bloody, many are killed and some are wounded. The King escapes, but without his spell casting amulets. The wounded group gives chase to the King. King Liotamtheola charges up a grand set of stairs. He runs along and encounters an Elven Scout. The scout tells him of bandits heading to the palace. While the King says the Royal Guard can stop them, everyone else knows that the Royal Guard is too weak fighting those inside the palace. The King orders that everyone not from *his* city is to be murdered. The Scout objects, a moment later the Scout's limp, lifeless body slides to the ground. The King continues running when he hears the group chasing him. He heads up a tower stair well. The group charge behind. Shandor trips a trap on the stairs and is blown back down them, several steps are destroyed. Shandor tries to jump it and manages to. As he asks who is next the King kicks him off. Shandor is about to fall to his death when he grabs onto the King's boot. He holds on for dear life as the king slips and falls, barely managing to grab the broken stairwell. Shandor is pulled up as the guards grab both of the king's gauntlets. As they try and hoist him up the gauntlets slide off and the King plummets to his death with a sickening wet *crunch*. One of the guards that had tried to help the King has the two Elven 'Gifts' Shandor and Dytalorien give chase. They reach the top of the tower and a balcony. The guard with the 'Gift's leaps off just as Shandor grabs the golden robe. Dytalorien manages to stop Shandor from falling with the guard. Shandor lifts the guard up to get the 'Gifts' Meanwhile, Rue Merdian has been seriously wounded, but is refusing help despite everyone telling her she needs to be healed. Bashkar, a Troll, lifts her up after she is wrapped up in bandages and offers to carry her, along side a weary and weak Lesharn. Back on the balcony, Shandor has managed to get the 'Gifts' off the guard as Dytalorien deals with the second guard. Shandor punches and kicks his guard when the guard waves his arms desperately in the air before tumbling off and plummeting to his death, just like the King. Through the night sky, in the distance, the two could see bandits approaching. Dytalorien and Shandor charge back down the stairs and tells everyone to get out. The group make it to the throne room just in time to see Mihwen escape. As they go to follow her through the grand doors into the night air, guards surround them. Everyone charges into the guards. Lesharn says, 'Shandor promised to teach me to fight.' to which Shandor, beheading a guard and punching another, 'Good time to practise what you know already.' The battle is long and arduous, magic is thrown at the guards, they throw they bodies and swords at the group. Eventually, the last guard falls. Everyone rushes outside and 'borrows perminantly' some horses. There is not enough for all of them so Bashkar puts Rue, who has passed out from the pain, onto Shandor's horse as Shandor jumps off to run along with Bashkar. Lesharn and Garrett share a horse also. The group set off to an ancient hiding place of the elves when a troll army attacked. Shandor had been there before, many years ago. After a swift journey they arrive at the cavern. They enter and everything is exactly how Shandor and his old group had left it, including the dead fire. Shandor relights it with a spell and lays Rue down next to the fire. Dytalorien looks at the walls as Shandor explains that the markings, runes and ancient Elven on them tell stories and even daries of the of the people who hid there when the Trolls attacked. They talk for a while as Shandor fills Lesharn in on what has happened since Lesharn last woke up. Shandor stands up and goes outside, the cliff directly above the cavern entrance, has a ledge which is just big enough to sit on. Shandor claims it is the best view he has ever seen. He goes up and sits down as the others talk. He is swallowed into the memories of his love, Ariea, as others discuss the 'Gifts'. Slowly they all drift off to sleep, except for Shandor, guarding the group. Full Log Part I

[Narrator] Previously on The ‘Quest’

[Narrator] The group have arrived in an elven city. The king of said city is cold and unfriendly, particularly to Shandor. The group learn that the elven ‘Gifts’, a bow of solid gold and a robe of gold, were found by travellers. Said ‘Gifts’ were placed in the museum.

[Narrator] As night fell the group break into the museum. As they grab the ‘Gifts’ they are surrounded by guards and thrown into the dungeons.

[Narrator] The group are thrown roughly into the cold, damp dungeons. The dungeon is littered with the bleached bones of various creatures. The group can hear rats scurry and squeak as they run about, unseen.

[Narrator] The group look battered and bruised, the guards had not been friendly taking them to the dungeons, even though the group had surrendered willingly, seeing no alternative…

[Narrator] The group had been stripped of all but their clothes. Their weapons, armor, magic items, jewellery some were wearing, Shandor had even been stripped of a pair of fragile glasses he was given as a gift. Shandor had winced as he heard a definitive *smash*.

[Narrator] When the group had wondered how elves could do such, considering they were known for being kind and friendly. It was quickly revealed that most of the prison guards, and some soldiers, were of Orc ancestry. The group were quite surprised, of all the races to be working here, Orcs were the least expected.

[Narrator] It seems the orcs have become infamous raiding and destroying small elven villages.

[Narrator] Before the group have time to stand up again, the five, steal prison doors slam shut. A flash of light surrounds the room, leaving a blue mist, a magic spell to prevent any magic, including the ability to end the spell. Rumour has it, the spell lasts several days, some have said it never wears out.

[Narrator] The group sit quietly for a moment, letting the realization settle in. The steel doors creak and screech open. Several people are thrown into the dungeon, in the same manner and condition as the group.

[Narrator] The people look around; they clearly have no knowledge of what they have done to be incarcerated. They all, however, look foreign to this land. Perhaps the King distrusted anything that wasn’t an elf more than originally thought.

Shandor stands up

Sarovan shouts at guards "That's a provocation! I will complain! I am a trade representative!"

Shandor approaches the people who have just been thrown in, 'Hello.'

Lunius gazes around.

Shandor says, 'Please, remain calm.'

Rue sits in the corner, gazing at the ground

Bashkar says, 'That’s not very nice..."

Sarovan looks at people in a cell.

Dytalorie leans against the wall, strumming his fingers, in contemplation.

Bazry stands, a little dazed.

Shandor says, 'I think you have been thrown in here because you are not from this city.'

Garrett- rubs feeling back into her arms, where the guards had pinched her skin

Rue scoots back into the shadows so as not to be seen.

Shandor says, 'The king is not that friendly.'

Dytalorie mumbles, "I noticed."

Lunius knocks on each wall. Each time he hears a dull thud.

Dramicus says, "well, at least I found you guys again"

Bashkar says, 'I knew we should have smashed him'

Shandor looks at the merfolk, 'Nice to meet you again Dramicus.'

Dytalorie grins at Bashkar.

Bazry falls forward, stumbling slightly.

Dytalorie blinks at the presence of Dramicus, "How'd you get here?"

Dramicus smiles, "well, I wish it could have been a better day to find you"

Sarovan says "Time to get acquainted, my new friends."

Sarovan introduces himself "Sarovan Loram A'Murom, trade representative, at your service."

Lunius retreats to a corner which seems unoccupied.

Dytalorie nods to Sarovan.

Shandor says, 'My name is Shandor.'

Sarovan bows deeply.

Rue is stepped on. "Watch it!" She yells.

Bazry looks at the group blankly.

Bashkar says, 'I called Bashkar..'

Shandor looks around, 'And the others?'

Bashkar looks at Rue

Rue stands up and comes out of the shadows. "I'm Rue Merdian."

Lunius trips over.

Garrett- mumbles through smashed teeth "Garrett, passing traveller"

Rue turns and glares at Lunius. "Hmph..."

Lunius stands up and introduces himself.

Dramicus says, "my name is Dramicus"

Bashkar says, 'I wish I had my club...'

Garrett- sits on the dirty straw, her ragged clothes offering little protection against the damp of the dungeon

Vaedron say "Hello my name is Vaedron"

Sarovan wrinkles his nose at the sight of Bashkar, then bows with a warm smile.

Shandor looks around, 'Hello Vaedron, and we meet again Bashkar.'

Gregonk stomps off into a corner to think

Bazry regains his senses, 'Ahh, damn, I got caught.'

Shandor nods at Garrett, 'Good to meet you.'

Rue looks at Shandor with an almost smirk. "We just can't seem to get away from each other, eh?"

Dytalorie scans the cell, and the various faces.

Shandor turns to Rue.

Shandor grins, 'Perhaps not, fair Rue.'

Lunius returns to his corner and remains silent.

Dytalorie paces about, "Umm, what're we gonna do now? Any good suggestions?"

Vaedron silently wanders around

Garrett- says "I wish we could have met in more civil surroundings, Shandor"

Rue nods, and gazes around absentmindedly. "Well, now isn't the time for idle chitchat."

[Narrator] An orc guard looks in on the prisoners through the steel doors, he mumbles in a barely understandable accent, and poor common tongue, ‘Ehh, eugh! Morrre p-p-prisoners. Ol’ K-k-k-king a-rounding up all you’se outsiders! Morrre work f-for Mugh, n-n-no-nobody finks of Mugh! Mugh c-clean this, Mugh m-m-murder this, all work for Mugh!’

Bazry looks up at the Elf, 'Hello, Bazry at your service, a umm, unsuccessful thief.'

Bashkar sighs

Shandor stands up and approaches the Orc

Gregonk walks over to the orc

Mugh looks at the standing elf, ‘S-sit down!’

Shandor looks at the orc and raises an eyebrow, 'Do you like it here?'

Mugh is ignoring the others and stares at the elf

Mugh scratches his head, trying to understand, ‘I d-don’t like here, h-here’s a dun-, a dungeon.’

Garrett- grin "hey Bazry, you and me both..."

Rue stares at the orc with wrinkled nose. "Ugly creature.." she mumbles under her breath.

Dytalorie muses about the current scene.

Sarovan repeats "I will complain!", but tries to stay away from orc.

Dytalorie grins at Sarovan.

Garrett- points out the Orc " I think he might notice if I try right now?"

Lunius says "does the door have a lock?"

Shandor looks at the skin of the orc before saying, 'Have you ever gone up into the sunlight?'

Mugh shudders slightly, ‘Me t-try once… K-king b-be-beat me, I’mmm not meant to go up th-there.

Rue smirks. "A stammering orc...Frightful."

Shandor continues probing, 'But, you'd like to go up there wouldn't you?'

Lunius smiles at Mugh. "Keep going, you'll make it to the end of the sentance."

Mugh waits for a moment before slowly nodding, ‘Up there’s purtty.’

Gregonk punches Mugh in the shoulder to get his attention.

Celemir peers through a grate in the cell next door

Garrett- wanders over to the door while Mugh pours his heart out

Mugh growls and steps back

Dytalorie notices Celemir.

Gregonk says, "What's wrong with you?"

Mugh says, 'You'se bee quiet!'

Shandor says, 'We can get you out of here and let you see the sunlight, and the king won't hurt you.'

Rue stands next to Shandor, looking at all those who approach Mugh. "Let's leave him alone..."

Rue continues. "Shandor is doing a good job..."

Mugh looks distracted trying to think about being outside in the fresh air, then he suddenly snaps back to reality and saw only another prisoner, ‘Me’s n-not meant to be talkin’ to’s prisoners.’

Shandor sighs

Bazry rummages through the bones, looking for food.

Mugh quickly steps back and slams the door shut, then the second and so forth until the group is locked up tight, again.

Celemir says "Well hello there, nice to see some new faces"

Shandor looks at the closed door

Rue rushes to the doors. "Open them, you fool!"

Shandor sighs and sits down on the dusty ground.

Dytalorie waves casually to Celemir.

Gregonk stares in shock at the closed door.

Celemir sticks his hand through the grate

Shandor nods at Celemir

Lunius says "I don't suppose any one you happen to have a key?"

Rue kicks it and mutters.

Bashkar says, 'Maybe I try break it?'

Garrett- examines the door, in the vain hope the lock may be accessible

Shandor says, 'I wouldn't try it Bashkar.'

Rue hangs her head and sinks to the ground.

Dytalorie grins at Bahskar, "Good luck..."

Shandor says, 'Getting through five doors is hard.'

Lunius says "Any luck?" to Garrett?

Vaedron sighs

Celemir says "Pleased to meet you, so what does the old git got you down here for"

Bashkar pushes aside and says, 'let me try!'

Dytalorie grins, "We could always try..."

Garrett- says "not yet, it's too dark to see much detail"

Bashkar punches the door hard

Gregonk looks at Bashkar, and back at the door.

Bashkar shouts, 'OWWW!!'

Sarovan suggests "If we pretend that one of us is ill, you think they'll open?"

Dytalorie replies to Sarovan, "Considering whose keeping us hostage, no."

Rue stands and kicks the door with all her might. The door groans at her, and bends slightly.

Bashkar rubs his hand as the door is unphased

[Narrator] An hour passes slowly as the group get used to their prison.

Bazry says, 'Stealin' from market.'

Mugh cautiously opens the five doors and steps in with several plates of stale bread and two mugs of water. ‘You’se to eat t-this.’

Shandor carefully takes the plates and passes them to the group.

Bashkar says, 'Don’t get it.. how can doors be so strong?...'

Celemir "You really want to get out?"

Bashkar snorts

Bazry runs and grabs some bread

Lunius looks around. "Well... uh... maybe we can beat the doors down with any food they give us... they are orcs..."

Bashkar says, 'Haven’t had meat for ages..'

Gregonk grabs Mugh by the arm. "Hey, what's wrong with you, anyway? You're an orc aren't you??"

Dytalorie chuckles, "That's barely enough for Bashkar, alone..."

Mugh reaches back and picks up a piece of meat, ‘You’se can h-have this, too.’

Rue looks at the plates. "I'd rather go hungry."

Sarovan says to orc ".. And there must be a great key to open such door"

Bashkar frowns

Shandor says, 'I thought he only gave bread and water?'

Lunius looks at the food on the plates. He starts to feel ill.

Garrett- runs to grab the meat, wolfing it down hungrily

Bashkar looks at the food, 'This food terrible.. smells old'

Bazry chews on the bread, barely breaking it down.

Rue looks at the orc, wishing she had her long sword.

Mugh nods, ‘Yes, but w-when you’se aren’t gon-gonna be alive f-for next meal, King g-gives you’se meat.’

Shandor widens his eyes, 'He's having us killed?'

Celemir laughs "Best food you'll get around here out worlders"

Bashkar grabs the meat and tastes it

Shandor says, 'Hardly unusual...'

Garrett- says through a mouthful of dead animal "don't care, if you're used to straving"

Bashkar says, 'I tasted better rocks then this..'

Dytalorie mutters.

Gregonk tries to shove Mugh away from the door and go through

Mugh nods, ‘He doesn’t like you’se.’

Rue stares at Celemir. "I am no out-worlder. Never mistake me for what I once was, if you think you know."

Celemir says "Im sorry, mean no offense but we dont get that many visitors here"

Shandor says, 'Really? I wouldn't have noticed.'

Shandor thinks for a second before trying what he had tried before, 'If you let us out, we can take you with us, you can see the wonderful world that's out there, the sights, the sounds, the smells, all better than here.'

Dytalorie grins at Mugh, "More than obvious."

Bazry says, 'Well, the feelin' mus' be mutual or whatever.'

Sarovan says sadly "Something tells me my hunger-strike won't impress them"

Mugh grins a nearly toothless grin, again he snaps back to reality, ‘No, me is down here for reason, if Mugh not here, the pr-pr-prisoners would get free.’

Shandor nods, 'But, if you let us go the prisoners wouldn't be there to break free.'

Garrett- begins to wonder about sneaking *under* the Orc's legs

Gregonk tries to shove Mugh out of the way.

Mugh punches Gregonk, knocking the other orc down.

Dytalorie blinks at Gregonk.

Mugh shakes his head, ‘I have to goes now, bye.’

Rue shakes her head.

Shandor shakes his head.

Garrett- dodges as the Orc staggers over her, not wanting be squashed

Lunius "Er... Mugh?"

Celemir waits until Mugh leaves and begins fiddling with his door

Shandor , realizing it would be the last chance, shouts, 'Wait!'

Sarovan wonders "Mugh, you alone are entrusted the key to open all doors?"

Rue stares at the orc with flaming eyes. "God!"

Lunius says "God?"

Bashkar frowns

Mugh turns round, ‘Huh? Me only get one keys.'

Lunius says "Looks like a normal orc to me..."

Dytalorie grins and chuckles.

Rue inhales deeply. "Can't I kill him?"

Rue chuckles despite herself.

Lesharn scratches an itch.

Shandor turns to the others, 'Wait.'

Lunius says "Ah... I doubt it."

Dytalorie inquires of Rue, "With your bare hands?"

Shandor grins, 'I think I may have something here.'

Sarovan says "Oh, that must be a great responsibility"

Shandor says, 'Do we get a last request?'

Mugh thinks for a moment, ‘I dunno, do you?’

Lunius says "You can try. If it doesn't work I'll pick up the pieces. How does that sound?"

Rue sighs. "It could happen...."

Shandor seeing that the orc was clearly confused, 'Yes, we can have whatever we want.'

Lesharn rummages through his bard satchel apparently looking for something.

Rue sinks to the floor again, knowing how off the wall she sounds.

Mugh says, ‘And w-what are you wanting?’

Shandor turns to the group and whispers, 'Do any of you have anything that could pick the locks?'

Dytalorie blinks at Lesharn, "You're awake?"

Rue jumps up. "Lesharn? I didn't see you!"

Lunius looks around for any rocks that could be used as weapons.

Lesharn yelps, 'Where are we?'

Celemir says "pssst...here, maybe you can make better use of this than I.." Celemir hands Rue a small boot dagger

Lunius says to Shandor. "Yes, a thief."

Shandor says, 'Lesharn, a dungeon, explain later.'

Lunius points to Garrett.

Dytalorie muses, "We do have two thieves..."

Lesharn says, 'I swear, this was not the last place I recall being in.'

Bazry picks a sharp bone off the ground and thrusts it through his rope belt.

Shandor says, 'Okay, give the nice man your orders for you last requests.'

Rue smirks. "This couldn't kill an orc...How I wish to be out of here."

Lunius Says... ah.. a key?"

Sarovan thinks and asks "And you always wear it with yourself, Mugh?"

Shandor thinks for a moment, 'Could I have my three golden daggers?'

Mugh steps back, ‘No, no, I shouldn’t.’

Bashkar says, 'I want my club!'

Shandor says, 'Please, they belong to my.. er… wife, my wife Ariea.'

Mugh says, ‘I’ve always w-wanted a wife. Okaies, I’ll be getting your daggers, but you’se have to promise you won’t do anyfink bad with them.’

Shandor raises his hand, 'I promise.'

Lesharn says, 'My bard satchel is empty...'

Lunius offers to swap the troll for the key.

Celemir says "Who said anything about killing him with it, Mugh is quite easily frightened"

Lesharn sniffs sadly.

Bashkar snorts

Dytalorie taps the bars thoughtfully...

Rue walks over to Lesharn, and sits. "Remember me...from the tavern? I thought you were dea-Um...not on this quest any longer."

Bazry says, 'Hmm, I'd like my tool kit.'

Shandor shouts, 'WAIT everyone, give the nice *confused* orc your orders!'

Bashkar says, 'not funny..'

Garrett- says "what do I want? My freedom?"

Dramicus says, "for my last request I want my lance"

Rue nods.

Lesharn smiles at Rue and says, 'Of course I remember! I'm not really sure how I ended up here to be honest...'

Lunius turns to the Mugh. "I'd like a Red Wine, some venison, and a side order of key."

Mugh says to the others, ‘And what do you’se wanting?’

Dytalorie chuckles and asks Mugh for his weapon.

Garrett- says "failing freedom, my satchel would be nice"

Garrett- says "with its contents, of course. They’re very, er, sentimental"

Rue smiles. "Don't worry about it..."

Bashkar says, 'I want my club!!'

Mugh listens to the others and says, ‘I’ll need to find where’s the stuff is.’

Bazry says, 'Yes, bring me my bag of tools.'

Shandor says, 'Is it kept together somewhere?'

Mugh nods, ‘In another dungeon, you have t-to go ups some stairs and then down ano-another.’

Dytalorie gazes questioningly at Shandor, "You sure this will work?"

Vaedron says "I want my staff!"

Lesharn says, 'Can someone ask him where my instruments are?'

Shandor shrugs, 'It's our best hope.'

Rue steps up to the orc. "We want our belongings, some good food, and the key."

Sarovan whispers to Gregonk "You know what tribe he's from? If needed, could you disguise in his clothes?"

Lunius says to Mugh... "Here... I scratched a list on this wall... come over here and have a look at it."

Mugh shakes his head at Lunius

Rue smiles charmingly at the orc. "Can you get that for us?"

Shandor smiles a half-smile, the Orc had just revealed how to get everything back.

Dramicus chuckles to himself, "not the brightest star in the sky is he"

Mugh hears a sound of metal against metal, ‘The ex- the exa- the exacu- the-‘

Shandor supplies, 'executioner.'

Gregonk looks at Sarovan and sneers, but answers softly, "You think I'd be willing to act like that worthless piece of cow dung? He's no orc."

Mugh nods, ‘Is here.’

Shandor raises an eyebrow, 'We are executed down here? Aren't we brought up before the king?'

Vaedron gulps

Garrett- squeaks "Executioner!?"

Mugh shakes his head, ‘W-why would you be going there?’

Bashkar groans

Dytalorie mutters loudly.

Rue’s eyes open wide. "We have to get...Like now.

Shandor waves his hand, 'Never mind, just grab our items as fast as you can, please, quickly, we'll be dead soon and if we don't have the items…and my dagger… oh Ariea will be so sad.'

Lunius says "Executioners? Good.. company."

Mugh nods and runs through the door, in his panic to get the items before the group were killed he left the doors wide open.

Lesharn s face turns pale and his body to stone.

Celemir says "pssssst...rue...the knife"

Shandor grins, 'Orcs - not the smartest.'

Shandor shouts, 'Run!

Lesharn stutters, 'E..e.e.xecutioner?'

Lunius walks through the door.

Dytalorie blinks and runs for it.

Shandor runs through the door way.

Sarovan says "I think now is the time"

Garrett- yells "run"

Rue looks at Lesharn. "What?"

Bashkar chuckles

Bashkar runs

Vaedron runs

Dramicus walks threw the door

Lesharn says, 'Don't leave me behind!'

Noith looks up at the prisoners, his orc features locked in surprise. The blade he was sharpening falls lifeless at his side, ‘What’s going on here?’

Lunius says "Think you people are in a hurry or something?"

Sarovan follows

Rue runs...not to the door, but to Lesharn.

Bashkar turns

Garrett- runs through the doorway, and anyone standing in it

Shandor says, 'We've been released, we'll just be going now.'

Gregonk shoves anyone there out of the way and exits through the doors

Lunius "We're the cleaners. Stand aside."

Rue looks at Lesharn. "What's..."

Noith looks at them, ‘You are lying, me finks, King never lets anyone out.’

Lesharn yells, 'My legs are stiff. I haven't moved for a while...'

Noith raises his sword, ‘That idiot Mugh left the doors open, he’ll die for this.’

Shandor says, 'I don't think you'll be doing anything.'

Bashkar walks to Lesharn and pulls him on his shoulder

Celemir yells "OI NOITH!"

Bashkar says, 'come with me'

Shandor raises both hands and shouts a string of words. Nothing happens. It was then Shandor noticed the blue tinge of the air here, the magic inhibiting field was here, too.

Shandor lets his arms fall while sighing dramatically, 'On second thoughts, maybe you can carry on your business and we'll just go…'

Lunius "Ok, why don't you go chase him?"

Bashkar trudges out

Lesharn blinks in disbelief.

Dytalorie mutters and yells, "Someone big carry Lesharn!"

Bashkar says, 'Got him'

Noith steps forward, sword still raises, ‘My work is to kill you.’

Dytalorie nods to Bashkar.

Shandor says, 'Are you sure? Perhaps you should go check with the king.'

Noith slashes the sword in front of Shandor, ‘You will not trick me like you did that idiotic fool, Mugh.’

Bashkar catches up with the others

Lunius says "Ah... looking for a change in employment?"

Rue rushes at the executioner, barrelling into him.

Shandor grins, '"That idiotic fool" Mugh is standing behind you.'

Celemir yells "Noith!"

Dytalorie lunges at Noith.

Mugh , it was true, the orc had been standing behind Noith the entire time. ‘Id-idiotic fool am I?’

Lunius watches Rue. "Ok... she is suicidal."

Lesharn says, 'Thank you troll, my legs are a bit stiff.'

Mugh was enraged, ‘Me’s not idiot!’

Mugh draws the sword he had been wearing. He growls in anger and charges towards Noith.

Bashkar says, 'No problem,' smiling

Noith jumps out of the way.

Rue holds her head. "Damn armour..."

Dytalorie backs away from Noith.

Mugh misses Noith and runs head-long into the stone wall. He has scattered the ‘last requests’ across the ground.

Mugh slumps to the ground.

Lesharn whimpers, 'Shandor, they took my instruments....'

Sarovan shouts "Listen! Noith called all orcs idiots!"

Garrett- gets out of the way. Orcs fighting takes up a lot of space

Bashkar steps back as to not place Lesharn in danger

Shandor calls for the others to get what ever they need.

Dramicus picks up his lance

Bazry says, 'Where me tool bag?'

Dytalorie dives for his long curved sabre and grabs it.

Gregonk growls and attacks Noith for killing a fellow orc

Shandor shouts, 'Get your last requests and FIGHT!'

Lunius picks up my sabre.

Rue pulls on her armour, her long sword, and her bow and arrow.

Vaedron races for his staff <+Lunius> Ah..

Shandor grabs his daggers and changes at Noith

Lunius "This won't be my LAST request now I've got it."

Bashkar picks up his club and backs away again

Bazry grabs a small bag and throws it over his shoulder

Noith opens his mouth to call for help.

Dytalorie rolls and is once again upright, grasping his blade firmly.

Garrett- dives for her bag of picks, keys and assorted ill-gotten gains

Lunius runs at Noith and thrusts with his sabre.

Shandor stabs Noith in the stomach

Gregonk grabs Noith with his bare hands and starts choking him

Noith yells from everyone attacking him

Noith collapses on the ground, dead.

Sarovan gets a gem-incrusted short sword and more common-like dagger

Garrett- searches around for her knife

Rue stares at the melee, and shakes her head. "Barbaric...."

Rue sighs. "We should leave."

Bazry lunges for Mugh with the bone he found, placing it deep in the Orcs back.

Shandor shouts, 'WAIT.'

Lunius turns to rue.

Bashkar frowns

Sarovan searches Noith body for keys, weapons, documents, etc

Lunius "Oh... you think? See I was going to stick around for a while."

Lesharn ducks behind a barrel.

Celemir wanders over to his door and fiddles with the rusty old lock

Shandor looks at the knocked-out Mugh, 'I think we should bring him with us.'

Gregonk shakes the lifeless body and growls, then glares at Bazry, spinning to attack him too

Dytalorie mutters at Bazry.

Lunius "For what? Sentimental value?"

Rue stares wide-eyed at Bazry. "Why did you do that? Mugh did nothing."

Celemir smiles as with a satisfying *CLICK* it opens

Lesharn says, 'You better, if he has my instruments!'

Shandor says, 'He gave up his life here for us.'

Dytalorie says, "He did help us.."

Gregonk tries to snatch hold of Bazry

Shandor says, 'We are not cruel.'

Dramicus sighs

Shandor says, 'I say we bring him with him.'

Bashkar stands in the midst of all the confusion

Bazry says, 'He hit me, on the way down here, against a door.'

Sarovan says "Gregonk, could you play guard?"

Lunius "A key would have helped us. I wouldn't have taken it along."

Rue stands in front of Bazry, arms crossed. "It is not the time to fight amongst ourselves."

Shandor says, 'I need help to carry Mugh, someone?'

Dytalorie makes a deft gesture with his hand, re-sheathing his sabre.

Lunius agrees with Rue. "That time is AFTER we get out.

Lesharn wipes his brow and moans, 'I'm not feeling quite myself.'

Dytalorie grabs a hold of Mugh's legs.

Bazry says, 'Then leave us alone.'

Celemir stands on the other side of the door and waves to the party

Shandor lifts Mugh

Bashkar says, 'uhh.. I guess I can carry him'

Lunius nods to Shandor.

Gregonk smacks Bazry, but then looks at Sarovan. "I'm not a pathetic thing like him. I won't pretend to be."

Shandor shouts, 'Come along, we need to escape.'

Dytalorie grunts and exerts himself lifting Mugh up precariously.

Dramicus follows the others

Shandor approaches the stair well upwards.

Rue looks at Lesharn, the goes to his side. "What's the matter?"

Vaedron follows the group

Lesharn says, 'Bashkar, can you really carry the both of us and foremost will it BE safe?'

Dytalorie moves along, heavily encumbered.

Gregonk grins as a thought comes to him. "I could pretend to be a proper guard though..."

Sarovan mutters something in unknown language then follows

Bazry follows after the group.

Lunius strolls after the group.

Lesharn says wearily to Rue, 'I don't know. Apparently I've been asleep for a very long time or this is all a very, very bad dream.'

Bashkar says, 'Lesharn we gotta get moving'

Shandor says to Lesharn, 'I'm afraid it is no dream.'

Dytalorie mutters about the weight of the orc, "Never thought I'd be doing this..."

Garrett- settles for grabbing a dagger from the fallen Orc, and trots after the group

Gregonk takes up the rear of the group, shouting at them all. "MOVE IT YOU WORTHLESS DOGS!"

Celemir wanders up behind Lunius "Noisy bunch aren’t they"

Lunius turns to Celemir. "Exceedingly."

Gregonk chuckles to himself.

Celemir says "fancy a small wager on our chances of survival?"

Shandor gets to the top of the stair well.'

Dytalorie shouts back to Gregonk, "You go ahead if you want!"

Shandor growls, 'Not now.'

Sarovan "Okay, that's the spirit, Gregonk! Show them how a REAL orc guard would act if we encounter someone"

Lunius "Indeed. I'll take to on us dying."

Bashkar sighs

Shandor calls, 'Come on, we have to go.'

Bazry says 'small to nil'

Celemir says "by the way there is another way out"

Bashkar follows along

Lunius "Ah. Ok then."

Lesharn nods sadly.

Celemir says "doesn’t smell to good but it involves less guards"

Lunius "Would you happen to know the way?"

Shandor reaches the top of the stair well and approaches a door.

Gregonk wished he had a whip

Lunius "The.. sewers?

Dytalorie mutters to Mugh's unconscious body, "You'd better wake up soon..."

Celemir says "I’ve gotten out twice before, the guards put me back in but I did get out!"

[Narrator] As the group approach the door two fully armoured guards spot them from a hallway on the opposite side of the room.

Dytalorie curse loudly.

Lunius "Oops?"

Celemir says "oh bugger"

Rue draws her bow and arrow. "Be still, good guardsmen."

Bazry says, 'He will, the Bone is too short.'

Vaedron sighs

Gregonk turns and grins at the guards. "Want to have some fun?"

Bashkar raises his club

Shandor , giving up on trying to be covert, shouts, 'Get down the other stairs, if we can get all our weapons we can easily fight them.

Dramicus says, "time for some fun"

Lunius "Ok... I'll take your bet Celemir."

Celemir darts into the shadows

Sarovan follows before Gregonk as nothing happened, hands behind back

Shandor runs to another star well

Lunius darts into the shadows.

Dytalorie lowers Mugh to the ground, and grasps his long curved sabre.

Lesharn says, 'Just drop me somewhere safe.'

Shandor charges down another stair well, 'Come on, our armour must be down here, lets move it.'

Rue places two arrows on her bow.

Garrett- continues to play the part of a dispirited prisoner, staring around in bewilderment

Bashkar nods

Celemir says "well ill leave you all to dally about, perhaps ill see you later"

Bazry runs to the stairwell and jumps them three at a time.

Lunius glances at Rue. "You trying to double your chances?"

Celemir disappears into the shadows

Lunius draws his sabre.

Dytalorie mutters and lifts Mugh, following.

[Narrator] The items are scattered on two solid oak tables; one of them houses the armor and clothes while the other one holds the weapons and other items.

Rue does not look at Lunius and asks. "Has everyone gone?"

Gregonk advances on the two guards

Lunius "I sincerely hope so."

Rue shakes her head. "Gregonk...no."

Shandor grins, 'I've found the items!'

Garrett- abandons the pretence and runs for the stairs

Bazry runs to the table and rummages through the items.

Shandor starts collecting his weapons

Rue continues. "Let them be for now. Go get your thinks. I'm quite a shot."

Sarovan shouts "I will complain!"

Gregonk stops and looks at Rue, remembering the cheating magic they used before to catch him

Lunius I HAVE my things.

Lesharn exclaims, 'I don't see my instruments!'

Dramicus puts on his silver leather armor

Rue smirks. "Go get mine. Please."

Dytalorie lowers Mugh, and re-equips himself, wrapping his tanned hide cloak securely afterwards.

Bazry throws a black robe around himself and holds a shortsword that is as long as he is tall.

Vaedron runs to his things and starts collecting them

Gregonk looks at her and frowns,s aying, "I don't need anything they took. I want one of their swords."

Lunius "Not a chance, girly".

Bashkar looks around

Gregonk says, "Shoot them already if you're going to, because I'm about to kill them.

Sarovan hisses "They are in FULL armor, take your aim carefully"

[Narrator] The others have collected there weapons and other items before returning upstairs

[Narrator] Two dead guards lie on the ground.

[Narrator] Entering the room

[Narrator] There are at least fifteen guards and King Liotamtheola

Lunius dives forwards and draws his sabre.

Celemir steps out of the shadows

Bashkar says, 'Gonna have to come back to you Lesharn,' propping him up against the wall in a safe place

Rue launches herself at the first guard she sees. "Out of the way!" she cries.

Bazry hesitates.

Shandor draws his sword.

Celemir says "Ello lio!"

Vaedron pulls out a small dagger he keeps up his sleeve

Shandor charges towards a guard with a tower shield.

Lunius runs at the king.

Bashkar trudges toward a guard, club wielded

Dytalorie lowers Mugh once again, and grasps his long curved sabre firmly.

Rue draws her long sword and slashes at his stomach.

Dramicus charges a guard with his lance which the guard blocks, but the guards shield shatters

Shandor strikes out, but the blade hits the shield harmlessly

Lunius dives and lands on the king's lap."

Lesharn gets a oaken lyre from his bard satchel and starts singing a song of courage.

Rue yells at Lunuis. "We can't attack the king directly! We have to kill the guards!"

Bashkar brings down his club hard, barely missing a guard whoa rolls away

Bazry flees, running from a guard.

Lunius "Forgive me, I wasn't going to kill him, I was going to give him a lap dance!"

Shandor strikes the guard again

Gregonk raises a confiscated sword and swings at the nearest guard to him. "That's for cheating you sissy wimp!"

Bashkar continues his frenzied attack until he is able to knock away the guards weapon

Dramicus staggers as the guard punches him in the face

Rue The guard slashes at Rue as she speaks to Lunius, cutting her left arm open.

Lunius turns to face the guards and parries a stroke.

Dytalorie leaps into the air, cleaving at the nearest guard.

Shandor stabs downwards, the guard blocks

Vaedron throws small dagger hitting a guard in the arm

Rue screams, and grits her teeth.

Bashkar brings down his club hard on top of the guard, killing him

Shandor slashes again.

Bazry simply disappears.

Lesharn sings a verse about Bashkar the troll that wielded a club in one hand and a guard in the other...

Dramicus says, "now you got me mad"

Lunius "you ok rue?"

Garrett- stumbles as a Guards hand slams into the side of her head, the guard picks her up by the hair and draws a sword ready to cut her throat

Garrett- screams "help!"

Gregonk the guard parries the sword with his own and looks towards the king, thinking he will use his amulet to help them win.

Lunius stabs a guard in the stomach and tries to reach Garrett.

Shandor hits the guard on his shoulder as the guard cuts Shandor's arm

Bashkar swings his club causing any guards nearby to back away

Rue yells "Yeah! I think..."

Sarovan draws a short sword and dagger and turns into a whirlwind of blades.\

Lesharn cries, 'Rue!'

Celemir draws his long sword and leaps at the guard defending the King

Dytalorie deflects a cross-slash and lunges forward aiming for the guards unprotected stomach.

Shandor kicks the guard

Garrett- struggles as the guard raises his sword

Lunius "You sure?"

Vaedron grabs his staff and begins to chant quietly

Lunius "It looks bad."

Bazry reappears behind a guard, who instantly falls on his behind.

Shandor grins as the guard falls to the ground and Shandor beheads the guard

Rue slashes at the guard again, this time, penetrating the spot between his armour and greaves.

Gregonk slashes at the guard while his head is turned and gives him a bad slash on the arm.

Lunius kicks the guard away from Garrett.

Liotam is wearing the golden Gift robe, the bow strapped onto his back.

Bashkar looks around, 'anyone need help?

Liotam grins maliciously as he raises his hands, preparing to cast the spell he had used the night prior.

Dramicus shoves his lance threw the guard, the punches the guard in the head

Shandor watches as one of the three amulets begins to glow, 'If we can brake that he won't be able to cast the spell.'

Rue grins. "No big deal. I've had worse."

Celemir spins in midair as he reaches the target creating a spinning scythe imacting on the guards chest

Lunius kicks the king.

Bazry takes his sword and neatly beheads the guard now that it's head is the right height for the Gnome.

Dytalorie dodges a blow, and slashes swiftly at the guard's exposed flank.

Bashkar scans the area for any opponents

Shandor says, 'We have to break that amulet, move!'

Gregonk the guard turns back and lands a slash of his own, but then his eyes widen as the sword enters his belly.

Shandor charges towards the king

Lunius speaks between strokes to Rue. "If your sure... wouldn't do to get hurt during this party, would it now?"

Bashkar trudges toward the king

Garrett- gasps "thanks" to Lunius

Sarovan strikes a guard, aiming at a chink in his armour

Dytalorie catches the guard off-guard, and scores a gaping wound...

Shandor is kicked down by guards as he runs.

Dramicus spits on the dead guard

Shandor is choking on the ground as he sword slides away from him.

Lunius smiles at Garrett then turns and ducks a guard's blow

Lesharn sings a verse about Shandor praising his leadership and bravery.

Shandor tries clawing out at the guards.

Gregonk uses the sword hilt to dent the helmet deeply, the guard crumpling.

Bashkar smacks a guard away from Shandor with his club

Rue watches the guard stagger, and places her sword on his neck, making him look at her. She smiles. "Any last words?"

Bazry looks toward Shandor.

Shandor yells, 'Thank you.'

Celemir darts and weaves about the guards slashes parrying the odd blow he cannot avoid

Bashkar swings at another, missing

Lunius kills the guard before Rue.

Shandor leaps to his feet and rips the king's amulets off the king.

Dytalorie brings his blade about in an wide arch, but his blade is blocked.

Gregonk looks around and glares at the king, angry with him for cheating with magic.

Bazry makes a run for Shandor’s sword but trips on his line and hit's the floor

Sarovan advances towards Shandor, spinning and giving deadly blows around.

Rue looks at Lunius. "I could have killed him..."

Liotam growls and runs off

Lesharn screams as an arrow nicks his sleeve.

Shandor shouts, 'Catch him!'

Lunius I know. "But I was testing the sword.

Bashkar brings his club down on an injured guard

Celemir swings his sword in a wide arc as the guard overextends and impacts on the ground cleaving the soldiers head in two

Lesharn grumbles, 'Yipes, someone should learn to aim.'

Lunius runs after the king.

Dytalorie grins and weaves his sabre about, eviscerating the guard. Who drops to the ground, quite dead.

Rue turns around and sees a guard running at Lesharn. "Look out!"

Gregonk begins circling around behind to sneak up, then charges after him when Shandor shouts

Rue runs to Lesharn, and stands in front of him as the guard raises his sword.

Lesharn ducks unaware of the danger.

Lunius chases him and is accelerating.

Liotam hears the others coming quickly as he dashes up a grand, carpeted, staircase with golden banisters.

Garrett- deftly aims a rock at the back of the Kings head, hoping to stun him

Bazry rolls over and yelps in pain.

Liotam reaches the top of the stairs and orders two of the three guards with him to stay and defend.

Bashkar trudges slowly toward Lesharn and Rue

Rue blocks the guards sword with her own.

Gregonk snarls loudly as he makes a grab for the kind

Shandor grabs his sword.

Shandor is following.

Celemir disappears once more into the shadows

Rue yells. "I've got this one Bashkar. Go for the king!"

Lunius jumps up and kicks one of the guards down the stairs and parries a blow.

Bashkar shouts to Rue, 'Need any help?'

Dytalorie stays beside Mugh, guarding the orc.

Lunius "CATCH UP GUYS!"

Bashkar nods and turns

Sarovan cleans the blades from blood with disgust, then turn his attention to the king.

Lesharn sits in a corner trembling.

Bashkar runs toward the king

Garrett- leaps on to the banister and round the guards, hefting another rock

Lunius runs past the two guards after the king.

Bazry curling up he bites at his feet, blood seeping through his boots.

Celemir quickly but silently creeps past the swirling melee and taps the King on his shoulder

Liotam charges down a corridor. An elven scout races over to the king and falls behind the king while trying to give his report, ‘Sir,’ he begins as the king vaguely listens, ‘Bandits have been spotted to the north, they are heading towards us.’

Liotam waves the scout away, ‘Bandits are no match for the royal guard.’

Liotam waits for the scout’s reply, ‘No sir, but the bandits are several trolls, dwarves, humans and some orcs; they are coming to free the orcs kept here.’

Liotam stops and turns to the scout, ‘I have but one order; murder all of the orcs here, murder all of the orcs in the city. Murder all of those not of elven kind.’

Liotam grits his teeth as the scout argues, ‘But sir, I can’t ask someone to do something like that, it’s horrible, I wasn’t raised to do anything like that.’

Liotam turns round to stare at the scout in the eyes. The king’s eyes were full of rage, his face contorted in anger. ‘How dare you refuse to obey an order!’ Before the scout can manage any more than a whimper the king has removed a short dagger and has impaled it deep into the scout.

Liotam lets the body fall to the ground as he continues down the corridor. The guards have decide not to argue with any of the orders given by the king.

Liotam growls as he hears the group approaching down the corridor.

Rue pushes her sword forward, shoving the guard to the ground. She looks at Lesharn. "Don't worry. I've got you covered."

Shandor is sprinting down the corridor, he stops at the body of the scout, 'How could someone so ruthlessly mad ascend to the throne?'

Celemir steps out of the shadows

Lunius runs and reaches the guard.

Shandor adds, 'He seems to be falling into complete insomnia; insanity.'

Shandor continues his pursuit of the king. Not before, however, lifting a small piece of parchment from the cold, stiff hand of the scout.

Shandor reads it aloud as he runs, 'Bandits spotted to the north. Many races, large numbers. Must warn the king.'

Shandor shakes his head, 'Perhaps that last part wasn't that wise.'

Shandor continues, 'By the sounds of it, trouble is heading here fast.'

Lesharn smiles at Rue.

Celemir says "Enough Liotam!"

Dytalorie mutters to Lesharn, "Let's go, we're gonna get left behind."

Lunius "Easily. They kill the ones ahead in the royal race."

Shandor stops suddenly as a guards steps out from a room connecting to the corridor, 'Looks like trouble's here! Bandits in the palace, bandits in the palace!'

Shandor grabs the neck of the guard as he tries to run off warning everyone. 'What did you say?'

Shandor waits for the response, 'You bandits, you've been charged with thievery, attempted assassination of the king, destruction of property, murder of several members of the royal guard. Every person in the city is looking for you.'

Bashkar trudges up from behind Shandor

Sarovan says "If anyone could counter his foul magic, now is the time"

Lunius "No problem. I'm heading OUT of here fast."

Rue hears the guard stand, and thrust his sword at her, but she dodges down, kicking at the guards feet, and again knocking him down.

Garrett- curses as her thrown rock whistles past the King, and bounces harmlessly in the carpet

Shandor throws the guard to the floor and continues running, 'If the city is looking for us, there's only one place we can go.'

Shandor thinks for a moment and then whispers to the group around him, 'There is small ancient cavern where the elves once hid from a troll army. No-one has been there since, apart from Thor and the others, we could go there to hide.'

Shandor spots the king heading up another flight of stairs.

Shandor follows at a sprint.

Celemir yells " The bandits, follow me!"

Lunius grabs hold of the king.

Bazry stands and limps toward the group.

Dytalorie mumbles and lifts Mugh up, following behind the rest of the group.

Shandor chases after the king.

Celemir sprints off down the stairs back toward the dungeon

Bashkar follows Shandor

Lunius dives after the king a few feet away

Bashkar runs full pace but is unable to keep up very well

Shandor steps on a step with no carpet, it suddenly explodes sending Shandor flying backwards and crash down several stairs and hits the corridor wall. The explosion has destroyed several steps, creating a large gap.

Shandor slides down to the floor as he wheezes through the smoke, 'Interesting trap.'

Shandor carefully walks up to where the steps have been.

Lesharn says, 'my legs are stiff as an ox... I can't move that fast.'

Rue rushes towards them, forgetting about the guard. He chases after her and knocks her down.

Lunius tries to grab hold of his shoes as he skids along the carpet

Shandor takes a deep breath before leaping forward. His hands grip onto the jagged edge of the next remaining step.

Shandor carefully pulls himself up.

Shandor looks down, They were on one of the towers of the palace, yet the only stairs connecting to it were those which the group were on. It looked at least a one hundred meter fall.

Shandor smiles a weak half-smile, 'Who's next?'

Shandor gulps as he hears a cold voice.

Bashkar looks at Shandor, 'Now what?'

Celemir leaps down the steps to the dungeons and opens the sewer gate

Lesharn yelps, 'Rue, wait for me!'

Liotam grins, ‘You are.’

Liotam kicks Shandor in the back and continues the grin as Shandor falls.

Sarovan tells to the enraged group without hope of being listened "Despite his jingoistic policy... The political situation.. Assassination of the king..."

Dytalorie grunts and trudges forward slowly.

Bashkar looks down

Shandor swipes up and grabs the King's left boot.

Rue The guard begins to sink his blade into her stomach, and she screams, and kicks him off.

Garrett- leaps the gap, and just manages to catch the other side, pulling herself up

Lunius reaches his hand out to grab Shandor

Bashkar jumps, nearly falling, but makes it to the other side

Lunius jumps across the gap and grabs at his other boot

Dramicus uses his lance to vault himself over the other side

Shandor takes out one of his golden daggers and stabs it into the king's leg.

Liotam begins trying to shake Shandor off.

Rue leaps up, clutching her stomach with her slashes open left arm, and sinks her own sword into the guard's neck.

Bashkar snorts and grins at the king

Lesharn screams in horror looking straight at Rues wound.

Lunius Or that.

Liotam yells in pain and thrashes wildly. Loosing his balance, the king slips and slams into the stairs as he slides towards the gap.

Rue runs to Lesharn. "I don't know if I can carry you..." she smiles.

Lunius stabs his sabre up into the king's midriff.

Bashkar moves to the side

Dytalorie glances back and notices the scene, after hearing Lesharn.

Rue continues. "But I can try..."

Garrett- sees the struggle above, and scrambles up the stairs towards the fallen kming

Gregonk stands by and just watches the action, smiling faintly.

Sarovan 's thought interrupted by a charging guard, who falls then in a pool of blood

Bashkar turns and jumps back over the gap

Lesharn nods slowly and says, 'I wouldn't want to endanger your health, after all you've done to save me.'

Rue looks at Lesharn, and at her wound. "It's nothing.." she mutters weakly.

Bashkar trudges toward Rue and Lesharn

Celemir yells from the dungeon room "HURRY UP, THIS IS THE FASTEST WAY OUT!"

Bashkar says, 'Now you cant say you don’t need help..'

Rue shakes her head. "I can't leave you. It'd be a waste of battle."

Liotam looks on in terror as the guards struggle to grab his gauntlets.

Liotam gasps as the gauntlets slide off his hands.

Dytalorien shouts back, "Bashkar'll carry Lesharn!"

Lesharn waves a sign of recognition at Dytalorienn.

Liotam yells in pure terrified horror as he disappears into the darkness of the tower. Several seconds later is the sickening wet *crunch* signifying the king’s death.

Rue smiles, but her legs give out.

Bashkar reaches Rue and Lesharn

Shandor looks down towards the king.

Rue catches herself on Lesharn's shoulder.

Bashkar says, 'You ok?'

Lunius well that’s him gone.

Shandor shakes his head, 'That was nasty.'

Rue grins. "Oh...Yeah..." she says.

Dramicus flinches at the sound of the king hitting the ground

Garrett- reaches over to grab the gauntlets and tries to leap back over the gap

Lunius walks back to Rue and Lesharn..

Dytalorien sighs, "Bashkar, you mind guarding them, they aren’t in the best shape?"

Rue mutters weakly. "A bit dizzy..."

Celemir shrugs and drops down the sewer shaft

Bashkar says, 'Ok'

Gregonk laughs as the king falls

[Narrator] The guards draw their swords and swipe out at the group. They barely manage not to share the same fate as their king. They exchange a glance before running up the stairs.

Lunius "Someone needs to carry BOTH of them."

Dytalorien lowers Mugh, "Him too."

Bashkar says,' you

Bazry removes his boots, blood pours out and all over the floor

Shandor notices something on one of the guards, 'Hey! He's got the gifts!'

Rue let's the smile creep back on her face. "I can guard myself. I've got to go help.

Bashkar says ,'you'll be ok'

Lesharn smiles at Rue and says, 'You're a stubborn lady.'

Lunius Rue, you can't guard anyone in that state.

Dytalorien points to Rue's wound, "That's says otherwise..."

Shandor shouts, 'Come on, they've got the gifts, we need to get them.'

Rue looks at Lesharn. "Just determined."

Sarovan wonders "The GIFTS?"

Bashkar frowns, 'I don’t know about that'

Shandor looks at Rue, 'Perhaps you should get healed first.'

Bashkar sighs at Rue'

Dramicus asks, "what gifts are they?"

Bazry replaces his boots and stands, 'Last time I use a Barbed snare wire.'

Shandor says, 'I'll explain the 'Gift's later, lets move.'

Lunius PERHAPS?

Shandor shouts, 'The elven ones.'

Lesharn says, 'Don't wait for me, perhaps you can get me later.'

Bazry says, 'Gifts to you?'

Rue looks at her stomach, and arm, both bleeding a 'little' more than a normal wound would. She shakes her head at Shandor. "There's no time. We have more important things to do than worry about my trivial injuries."

Dytalorien blinks, "You mean I have to carry Mugh again?"

Lunius says "Trivial?" I doubt you can limp!

Gregonk ignores all of them and starts heading outside.

Shandor shouts, 'I'll explain later, someone hold Rue down and heal her.'

Bashkar says, 'I can carry two people if needed'

Rue shrugs.

Sarovan looks at Rue's wounds.

[Narrator] The tower shakes as the sound of distant explosions surround the group. Clouds of dust fall through the tower.

Lunius "Neither of you are going anywhere."

Dytalorien mumbles, "Bashkar, knock her out, will you."

Rue replies. "You can heal me if you wish. It's a waste of time."

Bashkar says, 'maybe three if one can hold on..'

Bazry grabs Mugh and tries to drag him.

Bashkar smirks

Lesharn clambers to his feet, clasping the barrel in front of him.

Gregonk continues heading for outdoors

Sarovan sighs "Okay" and grabs Rue

Rue glares at Dytalorienn

Garrett- tumbles down the stairs, and looks in horror at the bloody scene

Shandor says, 'I'm going up, who ever needs, follows, but heal Rue, for the love of the spirits...'

Bashkar stands guard of Rue and Lesharn

Dytalorien gazes back at Rue, nonchalantly.

Shandor continues running up the tower and reaches the top.

Lunius "I think I should stab myself to fit in"...

Gregonk reaching the bottom of the stairs, he looks for the king's body.

Sarovan says "Something tells me we should GET OUT OF HERE!!!"

Dramicus follows Shandor

Rue pounds on Sarovan's back. "Let me go! I can walk myself! I'm fine!"

[Narrator] The top of the tower is an exit to a large balcony surrounding the tower.

Garrett- tosses the gauntlets to Shandor £any idea what these are?"

Sarovan wonders "Really?"

Bashkar says, 'Need help Sarovan?'

Shandor shakes his head, 'The 'Gift's are more important, lets move.'

Rue sighs. "Yes...REALLY."

Lesharn whimpers softly to himself, something about halfling pastries and a goblet of whine.

[Narrator] The guard with the Gifts is standing on the balcony edge, preparing to jump. The other has acquired a halberd and is waving it menacingly.

[Narrator] It is night time, but in the far distance you can see torches and flames, of bandits approaching.

Garrett- shrugs and places the gauntlets in her satchel. the King had seemed distrught when he lost them...

Bazry says, 'The Barbarians?'

Bashkar says, 'I can carry Rue and Lesharn but I wont knock her out..'

Gregonk searches the king's body and steals a few things.

Dramicus asks, "if they have the gifts, there will there be a guardian?"

Shandor peek out through the door.

Rue squirms out of Sarovan's arms. "Now really, it's just my arm, and a...scratch..on my stomach. I'm gonna be fine. They

Dytalorien says to Bashkar, "She won't let you carry her, otherwise."

Sarovan says "I would prefer to discuss your moving capabilities lately."

Shandor says, ' Dramicus, that is a story for later.'

Rue " They've stopped bleeding."

Bashkar frowns

Gregonk looks up at the tower above, wondering why the idiots all went up there

Bashkar says, 'Rue will you let me carry you?'

Shandor shouts down, 'I need help to get the gifts.'

Rue looks at the ground with a sigh. "I suppose..."

Sarovan says "I've seen lethal wounds that looked MUCH better than yours"

Dytalorien blinks in surprise.

Bashkar says, 'See? Violence doesn’t solve everything'

Shandor goes out onto the balcony.

Dytalorien grins at Bashkar, "You've got me there."

Lesharn sighs heavily, apparently lost in thought.

Shandor spots the guards, one with the gifts.

Bashkar smirks

Dramicus follows Shandor

Shandor says, 'Hand over the 'Gifts'.'

Bashkar says, 'Shall we go then?'

Vaedron runs to Shandor

Shandor dives at the guard with the gifts

Rue looks at Lesharn. "Are you feeling ok?" She mutters, not having the strength to talk in a normal voice for extended periods of time.

Gregonk watches the action up on the tower, hoping to see someone fall.

Bazry runs up and stands on the balcony, watching the torch lights move closer.

Sarovan grunts and carries on Rue, ignoring her resistance

Dytalorien reaches the balcony.

Shandor watches as the guard jumps of the balcony. He grabs the Golden robe.

Bashkar says, 'err.. do you think we should stay here to be safe?'

Shandor clings on for dear life. 'Give me those 'Gifts'.'

Lesharn says wearily to Rue, 'I suppose, but I am not that accustomed to the sight of so much blood.'

Dytalorien blinks and rushes forward grasping Shandor, in case he falls.

Rue shakes her head. "I want to help. If I didn't want to help, I could have left before we even fought the guards."

Gregonk grins, watching

Bashkar says, 'Cant do much good dead Rue..'

Shandor starts dragging the guard up.

Bazry says to Shandor, 'Can ye hold the weight of a gnome?'

Shandor quickly takes the gold robe off before punching the guard.'

Shandor shouts, 'Busy now.'

Dytalorien aids Shandor in bringing up the guard.

Gregonk loses interest since they aren't falling and turns his attention to the dead king.

Garrett- fishes around for a rope to lower to Shandor

Lesharn pulls out a flute carved out of bone and starts playing a soft melody.

Rue sighs, defeated. "I hate being so...out of commission. This happened before...at..." Her voice drifts off, lost in thought.

Shandor grabs the golden bow and rips it from the guard.

Bashkar sighs, 'I wonder how the others are doing without me..'

Shandor kicks the guard twice, the guard waves his arms in terror as he falls off the balcony and screams to his death.

Rue snaps out of it quickly and looks at Lesharn. "That's quite beautiful..."

Lesharn pauses and says, 'I'm sorry Rue, perhaps if I were able to fight this would not have befallen you.'

Sarovan tells Rue "Your barest necessity is not to loose your guts. I'll leave some guards alive for you to kill later"

Dytalorien blinks and is chilled by the scream.

Bazry looks out toward the torchlight.

Gregonk looks up and starts laughing as he sees the guard falling

Shandor stands up and quickly pulls on the robe, he suddenly feels full of energy. He grabs the bow and turns to Dytalorienn, 'Now we can get out of here.'

Sarovan examines so called Gifts.

Rue grins. "I'm not befallen, and it's not a slash ..just a deep puncture wound."

Dytalorien rolls his eyes at Gregronk."

Gregonk puts the finger with the ring in his pocket.

Rue pauses. "I think."

Dytalorien nods to Shandor, "Be more than happy to."

Sarovan asks "That's what all the fuss was about? A robe and a bow?"

Shandor charges down the tower to the others, 'Let's get the 'Tarkna' out of here.'

Dytalorien ponders on the rest of the group, "Think they're all okay?"

Gregonk strolls over to where the guard fell to see what's left of him.

Shandor shouts, ' Sarovan, long story, will tell later.'

Rue smiles. "I'll be back in commission in no time..."

Shandor shakes as the tower shakes again.

Bazry shouts, 'Let's find somewhere to drink.'

Sarovan mutters "The story should be REALLY good then"

Shandor Shouts, 'EVERYONE listen up! Bandits are heading this way, we need to get out of here.'

Gregonk looks up at the tower and begins to head away from it.

Dytalorien follows behind, and asks, "You know your way outta here, Shandor?"

Shandor shouts, 'Maybe.'

Garrett- says "shall we go?"

Shandor charges forward, 'Come on, lets move.'

Celemir reappears

Gregonk begins walking towards the mountains, whistling happily.

Dytalorien gulps at the 'maybe'.

Rue sighs. "Maybe..."

Shandor starts running down the tower.

Sarovan mutters "The bandits.. And who we are then?"

Dramicus follows Shandor

Vaedron follows Shandor blindly

Lesharn nods slowly and resumes playing simple tune on his flute.

Dytalorien ask Bashkar, "Do you have Mugh?"

Garrett- sighs and runs after Shandor

Celemir shouts "Damn you people, I shouldn’t be risking my neck again...come with me"

Sarovan sighs and follows.

Bashkar says, 'huh?'

Bashkar says, 'No'

Celemir says "Sewers run through the dungeons, fastest way out"

Dytalorien grumbles, "Oh boy..." and races back to find Mugh...

Rue looks at Lesharn. "What's that tune called?" she asked, trying to make idle chitchat in the face of terror.

Bazry wraps his robe around himself and runs

Shandor reaches the bottom of the stairs and crashes into a double door, me hits it open and enters the main throne room

Celemir turns and bolts for the dungeon

Rue wrinkles her nose. "Sewers? Ugh."

[Narrator] Down in the Throne Room. Metal snaps. A female elf looking like Mihwen sprints away from broken chains.

Bashkar says to Lesharn and Rue, 'Come,' and begins to pull them up, 'Time to go'

Dytalorien finds his prone form and lifts Mugh, running to catch up with the rest.

Shandor runs into the throne room, 'come on!'

Rue sighs. "Can't I even try walking?"

Bashkar pulls them up on either shoulder and begins to run to catch up

Shandor looks towards the two large glass doors leading outside.

Bashkar says,' no!'

Garrett- looks at the shattered lock "that’s cheating" she mutters under her breath

Dytalorien trudges behind the rest, carrying the orc.

Shandor grins, we are nearly free!'

Bashkar says, 'no time'

Sarovan says "You may. Try. Later."

Celemir jumps down the sewer shaft and starts running

Rue whines. "C'mon...it's not THAT bad...Heh.."

[Narrator] several guards surround the group

Bashkar runs until he is caught up with the rest of the group

Bashkar says, 'Too late now..'

[Narrator] The guards shout, 'You will die bandits.'

Rue groans. "Guards?!"

Dytalorien curses at the sight of the guards.

Shandor shouts, 'Eep.'

Garrett- says" bandits? how insulting!"

Bazry catches on Shandor, 'Do tell, what's the plan?'

Bashkar says, 'I have injured, cant fight!'

Sarovan says "Rue, you wanted a fight, at it comes for us"

Shandor draws his sword, which he had picked up.'

Dramicus shouts, "I have had about enough of this!"

Shandor looks towards Bazry, ' We fight them, duh...'

Dytalorien lowers Mugh once again, and grasps his sabre.

Lesharn smiles at Rue and says, 'This is a simple tune about apple pie.'

Bazry grins, 'I understand,' and runs into the shadow of a rock.

Shandor charges into two guards, slicing ones throat, but hitting the other's shield.

Bashkar finds a safe place and drops Lesharn and Rue from his shoulders, "Don’t move!'

Rue looks at Bashkar. "Set me down. I can still fight with my bow and arrow."

Dramicus punches a guard in the face and then shoves his lance threw him

Bashkar nods

Shandor continues slashing through the group.

Dytalorien thrusts forward at the closest guard, missing.

Rue groans as Bashkar runs off. "Oooh..."

Lesharn braces himself against the impact and finds a soft spot to land on the ground.

Lesharn nods knowingly at Rue.

Garrett- settles for throwing whatever comes to hand, hoping to distract the guards enough for the others to kill

Bashkar runs to Shandor's side

Mugh stands up, 'Huh? W-what's goings on?'

Rue stands, and draws her bow and arrow. "I can still fight..."

Bazry jerks on his snare wire, neatly wrapped around a guards neck.

Sarovan takes position to the left-backward of Shandor

Dytalorien slashes wildly at the guard, barely scratching him.

Mugh grabs a sword, he doesn't know who to fight.

Bashkar begins to swing his club at the guards

Shandor looks at Mugh, 'Listen, you are nearly outside, help us, and we can free you!'

Dytalorien notices Mugh and yells, "Help me!"

Rue lets an arrow fly true at one of the guards, hitting him between the eyes.

Bazry yells, 'Mugh the Guards!!'

Bashkar misses and one guard barely cuts his leg

Mugh nods and charges to help Dytalorienn

Rue looks at Lesharn. "You don't happen to have any weapon, am I correct?"

Bashkar snorts, angered by the small wound

Sarovan parries a guars blow and strikes back.

Dytalorien curses as the guard catches his right arm, blood oozing slowly forth.

Shandor gets kicked backwards to the ground...

Garrett- lobs a perfectly timed tankard at a guard, catching him square between the eyes, and felling him like a tree

Lesharn nods sadly at Rue.

Bashkar brings his club don on a guard, crushing him in his rage

Shandor waves his hands and shouts a string of words, a bolt of magic strikes into several guards, knocking them down.

Lesharn says, 'Shandor said he would teach me to fight once.'

Rue groans. "Oooh, these people are sooo dumb! Why won't they let me fight?"

Dytalorien grips his sabre within his left hand, and chops down at the guards head, the guard dodging.

Mugh kicks and punches them.

Shandor shouts, 'I will Lesharn, right after I'm not getting killed.'

Rue sits on the ground with a sigh.

Bashkar growls and seeks out a new guard

Rue looks at Lesharn suddenly, with a cocky grin.

Dramicus head butts a guard, then pulls out a small dagger and shoves it into the guards throat

Shandor picks up his sword and impales a guard.

Dytalorien grins despite the current situation.

Sarovan retreats, but slips in a pool of blood.

Bashkar swings at a guard, knocking him out

Shandor rips the sword out of the guard and elegantly swings it down into another guards skull.

Bazry swings at a guard with a nicely timed sword blow, shearing the head off the guard.

Shandor trips a guard up and ends his life quickly.

Dytalorien slashes at the guards legs and catches him, luckily.

Sarovan parries another blow. "Guys!"

Bashkar crushes a guards arm, rendering him unable to fight

Shandor shouts, 'They are nearly all dead.'

Shandor continues slashing.

Garrett- picks up an abandoned shield, and moves up silently behind a guard

Bashkar crushes the stunned guard

Lesharn grabs harp decorated with coral beads and begins to sing a song about Yrwendel the Hunter.

Vaedron begins to chant causing a wave of energy to throw a guard against the wall

Garrett- brings the shield crashing down on the poor mans skull

Shandor grabs a guard and snaps his necks.

Bashkar lets out a roar and swings hard at a guard, knocking him dead and caushing most of his equipment to fly off

Shandor finds the final guard and beheads him

Sarovan rolls on floor, barely evading guard's long sword.

Dytalorien brings his sabre up, while the guard comes down with his injured legs.

Garrett- smiles wryly and takes the mans purse for her trouble

Bazry places his sword deep into the back of one the guards.

Sarovan points the dagger's handle at guard . After a moment a needle protrudes towards him with a metal clank.

Dytalorien plunges his blade in the guard, finishing him.

Bashkar moves to dodge a sword thrust, and is razed by the tip of the blade

Shandor gets to his feet, his face is covered in blood, 'That's the last of them.'

Lesharn cheers wildly for Dytalorienn.

Bashkar nods

Dytalorien grins at Lesharn.

Bashkar inspects himself, 'Don’t seem to be too bad'

Dramicus says, "how about we get out of here now?"

Shandor looks around at the mayhem, 'We won...'

Dytalorien gazes about the chamber, the bodies of the guards strewn about.

Bashkar says, 'everyone else ok?'

Shandor says, 'Lets get out of here.'

Sarovan is being pressed to the floor by armoured body. "Anyone care to help!"

Lesharn nods at the troll.

Gregonk had already headed outside before the others and missed the nifty fight.

Shandor turns and charges out the main door into the night sky.

Dytalorien blinks at the sight of Sarovan.

Garrett- tries to lever the corpse off Sarovan

Bashkar nods and runs to Lesharn

Shandor calls back, 'There's horses here!'

Vaedron runs to the doors

Sarovan thanks Garett.

Bashkar wipes most of the blood off of him and pulls Lesharn onto his shoulder again

Shandor continues, 'Lets grab them and get to the ancient cavern!'

Dytalorien grins at the Mugh, "Least I don't have to carry you, anymore."

Lesharn says, 'Sorry troll, but my legs are yet too stiff to carry me. I haven't moved in months at least it feels like it.'

Bazry yells, 'I can't ride.'

Garrett- nods to Saravon and suggests they run

Celemir climbs out of a nearby sewer grate and waves

Gregonk would be disappointed if he knew, but is walking away, unaware of the bandits ahead.

Sarovan runs.

Bashkar says, 'hmm..'

Mugh smiles at Dytalorienn

Bashkar says, 'its no trouble to carry you'

Bashkar runs up to the group

Dytalorien chuckles at Celemir, "You yourself are quite messy.."

Shandor looks back, Rue is there, she's unconscious.

Celemir chuckles.

Bazry grins, 'Thank you Celemir.'

Shandor shouts, 'Someone, get Rue onto a horse and check if she is okay.'

Vaedron slowly climbs onto a horse

Bashkar smirks and turns back to lift Rue

Bashkar says, 'out cold..'

Lesharn says, 'Does anyone happen to have any ointment against stiff legs?'

Shandor jumps straight onto a horse.

Dytalorien grins at Bashkar, "The ever helpful."

Bashkar brings her to the horses'

Celemir says "Aye, the guard are busy with the raid. We should leave"

Bashkar says, 'who wants the rogue?'

Sarovan giggles. Rather nervous.

Shandor nods, 'Bandits are heading this way, lets go now.'

Gregonk is well ahead of the group, but on foot.

Lesharn shrugs.

Dytalorien chuckles at Lesharn, "Guess not."

Celemir says "I have to find somebody first..."

Bashkar says, 'who’s horse will carry Rue?'

Bazry says, 'I can't ride, who will take me on their horse?'

Garrett- remembers she doesn’t get on well with horses, but resigns to the fact they need to get away quickly

Sarovan notices "Dunno who's worse"

Bashkar looks around

Dytalorien jumps on an unoccupied horse.

[Narrator] The bandits are very close, charging towards the palace.

Celemir says "you lot go on, with the noise you making catching up should be easy"

Lesharn says, 'Bashkar could you hoist me up on a horse?'

Sarovan mounts the horse

Shandor shouts, 'Put Rue on my horse and I'll run.'

Bashkar nods

Bashkar places Lesharn on the nearest free horse

Lesharn smiles happily.

Garrett- says "Bazry, I don’t ride well either, why don’t we share?" a weary grin on her face

Shandor hops off the horse.

Bashkar places Rue on Shandor's horse

Lesharn waves a sign of thanks to the troll.

Bazry runs to Lesharn, 'May I ride with you?'

Celemir looks at the tower with a look of horror and disappears inside

Shandor says desperately, 'Come on, come on people.'

Bashkar nods to Lesharn

Sarovan rides near Leshan. "Jump on!"

Shandor leads his horse forward.

Dytalorien asks Bashkar, "How will you travel?, you won't fit on a horse."

Shandor shouts, 'Right, let's move.'

Sarovan gives a hand

Shandor says, 'Running okay with you, friend?'

Bashkar says, 'I can run'

Lesharn says, 'Sure Bazry, but I'm not a good rider.

Garrett- hopes her horse will follow the others, she cant steer *and* hang on...

Bazry jump onto Lesharns horse.'

Shandor continues leading the group away, 'We really have to go now.'

Dytalorien nods to Bashkar, "Alright, then."

Bashkar says, 'yes.'

Sarovan suggests "Maybe mounted ones will distract bandits?"

Dramicus asks, "what direction is this cave we are heading to?"

Shandor shouts, 'That way.'

Shandor points with his arm away from the bandits.

Celemir races up the steps towards the Queens chambers, finding the bodies of guards littering the hallway

Bashkar nods and starts in the direction Shandor is indicating

Lesharn nods at Bazry and asks, 'Do you have any clue where we are?'

Dytalorien follows behind the rest.

Dramicus rides in to the direction Shandor pointed to

Garrett- grabs a handful of mane as her horse rears up, and follows the troupe

Bazry says, 'Umm, lost, I'm not from around here.'

Shandor shouts, 'Just follow me.'

Bashkar smells the air trying to pick up any scents and can only smell blood

Shandor grins, 'I've been here before from the last time I ran into the late King.'

Sarovan says "Hmm.. I used a guide to get here"

Dytalorien yells, "Following."

Bashkar sighs and continues

Shandor looks behind him to see the others and in the distance, the bandit's assulting the palace.

Gregonk heads for home to show off his victorious trophies

Shandor adds, 'I sure hope Celemir got out of that palace.... it's about to become a large bonfire.'

Bazry yells, 'Last time I met him, I was trying to steal from him, in the market.'

Bashkar wipes some blood from his club wielding arm

Dytalorien chuckles, "I think he's wise enough to do so."

Celemir carefully opens the door and peers in, the room has been overturned and looted on the bed he sees her, lying on the silk sheets in a pool of blood

Lesharn says, 'Shandor, when we stop to rest perhaps you could fill in my memory blanks. I don’t recall being in a prison.'

Sarovan thinkto himself "Maybe we could put the blame on bandits... The diplomatic crisis.. No evidence..."

Shandor nods, 'I will Lesharn.'

Celemir slowly walks over to the bed and drops his sword, he leans in and brushes back her hair

Garrett- concentrates on not falling off her horse

Celemir plants a soft kiss on her forehead and runs, flying down the stairs tears in his eyes

Shandor continues along the road until it becomes a dirt trail leaving the city.

Bashkar struggles to keep up with the group's pace

Dytalorien continues forth, his horse going at a graceful canter.

Celemir rolls out of the main door just as a large beam falls blocking the doorwar

Sarovan struggling with elven horse. Looks like she doesn't like his smell.

Shandor has given up running and is jogging gently.

Lunius continues on his steed.

Celemir finding the last available horse mounts it and rides for all he’s worth after the party

Dytalorien suggests, "Let's make camp, it's been a rather hectic day."

Sarovan tries to calm his horse "Calm down, animal. It's elven blood."

Shandor leads the horses on, 'We have to continue for just a bit more, to the cavern.'

Shandor says, 'We could be found by anybody.'

Bashkar sighs and tiredly continues

Dytalorien nods to Shandor, "Alright then."

Sarovan stops his horse. After few attempts he does.

Bashkar 's stomach growls

Lunius "If they have a bed, I'm not complaining."

Garrett- groans, her back stiffening from unaccustomed riding

Celemir rides into the parties camp making activates and dismounts staggering into a secluded space

Bashkar says, 'That prison food didn’t fill much..'

Lesharn nods at Garret with a knowing look.

Dytalorien chuckles at Lunius, "It's a cave..."

[Narrator] The group travel on for an hour or so before coming across a large hole in a cliff. It leads to a large, dark cavern with elven runes and writings scattered everywhere

Shandor says, 'we are here, at last.'

Sarovan dismounts with the rest of the party.

Shandor says, 'Go inside.'

Garrett- says "cave, hole, whatever, as long as its safe"

Lunius goes inside.

Lesharn says, 'Uhm. I'm not going first.'

Bashkar walks in

Dytalorien jumps off his horse and goes inside.

Bashkar smirks

Shandor goes inside and lifts Rue off

Garrett- jumps from her horse and lands unceremoniously on her back, muscles stiff and complaining

Shandor puts Rue down and approaches what looks like the remains of a very old fire, 'Ha.'

Lesharn waves looking for some help to get off his horse.

Lunius watches Garrett.

Lunius "You ok?"

Sarovan holding the horse by the bridle and enters

Dytalorien looks about the cave.

Bashkar walks to Lesharn

Shandor smiles, 'This was where we stayed before, well, before any of this,;

Bashkar says, 'need a lift?'

Celemir walks slowly into the cave and throws himself to the ground

Garrett- says "yeah, I don't do riding, my legs cramped up"

Lunius "Ha? we're in the middle of nowhere, with armies after us, and a dead fire, with no food... and your laughing?

Shandor turns around, 'Let's go to sleep here.'

Sarovan asks "Anyone can treat wounds?"

Lesharn nods at Bashkar.

Bashkar lifts Lesharn and brings him in

Lunius "Ah... you should have a rest inside )

Shandor whispers a spell and the dead fire springs to life.

Lesharn says, 'Surely someone has some herbs to ease my stiff muscles?'

Lunius "Ah.. handy."

Dytalorien leans against one of the cave's walls, watching the scene within.

Lunius backs away from Shandor.

Lesharn mutters, 'I don't want to be a cripple the rest of my life or dream or whatever...'

Dytalorien grins at Lesharn, "'fraid not."

Bashkar places Lesharn in a safe place, 'This good?'

Shandor looks at the walls, 'These runes and writings are amazing...'

Lesharn nods at Bashkar and says, 'Thank you troll friend.'

Shandor says, 'They tell ancient tells of the Elven people.'

Sarovan wonders "You guys promised to explain me something."

Garrett- limps stiffly into the cave, and stops, gazing at the walls

Dytalorien blinks and stops leaning against the wall.

Lunius glances at them. "I know. Terrible, Graffiti and so on."

Shandor looks at them, 'Stories, diaries all of it is here.'

Bashkar nods and turns toward the walls

Lunius "Ah.. Garrett.. want a hand? or a leg?"

Garrett- gives Luniius a withering stare

Celemir sits in a corner clutching something in his hands, a single silvery tear falls down his face

Shandor looks at the weary others, stick to the fire

Shandor says, 'It get's pretty cold in here.'

Lunius "Just a thought."

Dytalorien chuckles at Garrett.

Shandor adds, 'And its rumoured the very Spirits visit this place.'

Lunius "Do they have pillows?"

Bashkar sits on the ground and scratches something in the dirt in the troll tongue

Lesharn eyes go wide.

Shandor says, 'Do not disrespect them, Lunius.'

Dytalorien yawns as he stares at the walls in renewed appreciation.

Lunius "I'd never dream of it."

Shandor says, 'Okay, get some sleep. I'll do some guard duty.'

Bashkar nods

Lunius settles down to go to sleep. He uses a rock as a pillow, and pulls some rocks over him as a mattress.

Sarovan mutters "And now the spirits..."

Shandor looks at Rue, 'I hope she'll be better soon.'

Dytalorien drops to the floor and makes himself comfortable.

Garrett- heads towards Lesharn, offering a small amount of paste wrapped in a cloth

Bashkar leans against a wall of the cave dozing off

Sarovan suggests "May be set up guard?"

Garrett- says "here, its not much, but it might help"

Shandor says to Sarovan, 'I've said I’ll do guard...'

Sarovan says "I can be in first shift"

Lesharn thanks Garret and says, 'How do I apply that?'

Garrett- says " I use it to keep my fingers warm and supple on cold nights"

Shandor grins, 'I always am.'

Shandor looks at the walls, 'I want to re-read these.'

Garrett- says "just rub it in, and massage the skin"

Lesharn smiles and says, 'Could I use that to cure my stiffness?'

Lunius snores.

Shandor says, 'I love these tales and histories, it's amazing... that's the reason I stuided ancient Elven.'

Dytalorien stares intently at the fire, while trying to fall asleep.

Garrett- whispers to Lesharn "Cant pick locks with frozen fingers" , and grins

Bashkar says, 'this cave reminds me of home,' half asleep

Lesharn applies the paste wrapped in cloth onto his legs.

Shandor sits on a large rock near the fireplace, but within reading distance of the walls.

Lesharn says, 'We'll see how I feel tomorrow. Thanks Garrett'

Sarovan wonders "You'll guard alone? We must patrol in pairs. When I was in Cavalry..." - he suddenly shuts up.

Shandor looks at Sarovan, 'I'll be fine.'

Shandor says, 'If you want, I can set up my infamous barrier spell.'

Garrett- nods to Lesharn "hey, I didn't do much to get us out. at least I can help with this"

Dytalorien mumbles drowsily, "Can we get some quiet, some people are trying to sleep..."

Sarovan asks "Infamous?"

Shandor grins, 'Sorry Dytalorienn.'

Shandor nods, 'You haven't seen it yet, but it's great.'

Lesharn says, 'I know what you mean, I haven't been of any help since I was invited to join this trip.'

Shandor says, 'Not at all.'

Shandor says, 'You area great help.'

Garrett- settles down on the floor by Lesharn, wrapping her dirty cloak tight around her

Shandor says, 'Without your songs this would be a sad trip.'

Bashkar yawns

Shandor yawns but continues his vigilance.

Lunius turns over in sleep.

Celemir wraps his cloak about his body and falls asleep

Sarovan says "Actually... If we can, we better not to use magic... It... uhm... can reveal us. Yes!"

Bazry says, 'Songs, yes, nice songs too.'

Shandor shakes his head, 'Scared of magic too?'

Shandor says, 'Fine, just go to sleep.'

Garrett- murmurs drowsily, "sing us a lullaby, Lesharn"

Bazry looks at Shandor, 'You are a strange fellow, you really put yourself out for us back there, where are you from?'

Bashkar lies sprawled out on the cave floor

Sarovan says "Just a dislike. ...And by the way, you don't read thoughts, do you?"

Shandor looks at Bazry, 'I do not know my place of birth...'

Shandor says, 'I can barely remember any of my youth.'

Lesharn sings, 'I will sing a Dwarven song I learned once.'

Lesharn sings, 'Goodnight little dwarf, it's time to sleep'

Dytalorien cringes in his sleep.

Shandor says, ' Lesharn, I'm sure Thor wishes he was here.'

Bazry looks interested, 'Ahh, a wanderer then?'

Lesharn sings, 'Travel the dreams, the dungeons so deep.'

Lesharn sings, 'Have patience my young one, your day will come'

Shandor says, 'I used to live in the A'lure woods, but now...'

Dytalorien shivers at the lyrics and the word 'dungeon'.

Garrett- drifts off to sleep

Lesharn sings, 'You as well, evil you'll slay.'

Sarovan shivers.

Lesharn sings, 'The likes of them orcs and other such prey.'

Shandor smiles at the song. He had heard Thor, attempt to sing it once.

Lesharn says sadly, 'Yes I wish Thor was here to hear it.'

Shandor says, 'I have no idea where he's gone, he has a habit for disappearing recently.'

Lesharn says, 'I have huge memory gaps, but I do recall something about Bolfur.'

Shandor nods, 'Ah yes, *him*, he died.'

Shandor says, 'Remember he dragged you into the hell dimension?'

Sarovan reminds "You still have not explained me something..."

Shandor says, 'He escaped with you, but he died soon after.

Shandor nods, 'Okay, well the 'Gifts'... how to say this...'

Lesharn says, 'I'm afraid I don't remember much of anything, save a ship and being saved by Dramicus.'

Shandor says, 'I'll quickly sum it up Gifts to stop a great evil, gifts for each race...'

Shandor says to Lesharn, 'Then, lets see.'

Shandor says, 'We arrived at AngelRia, you were sucked into a hell dimension along with Bolfur.'

Shandor continues, 'We continued on, sadly.'

Sarovan thinks a moment.

Shandor continues, 'Then we found Bolfur, he died but lead us to believe that you had escaped too.'

Shandor continues, 'We then found him.'

Shandor says, 'Or rather, you.'

Shandor continues, 'We travelled to an Elven city.'

Shandor grins, 'The King had never liked me, though.'

Shandor says, 'The 'Gifts' for the elves had been found and were in the museum.'

Sarovan mutters to himself "Evil... A threat... Artefacts of great power... Interesting..."

Shandor says, 'We wanted to 'borrow' them, permanently.'

Shandor looks sorrowful for a moment, 'We were caught and we were imprisioned.'

Shandor says, 'I don't know where Mihwen is, I saw her escape the palace.'

Lesharn says, 'I see, then that explains why I haven't felt quite myself lately...'

Shandor looks sad, 'I don't know where she is.'

Shandor wipes away a small tear

Bazry says, 'Borrowing, hehe, my life is just one big borrowing session.'

Shandor nods.

Shandor says, 'That's about it, really...'

Bazry says, 'Hmm, So, what's next then?'

Shandor says, 'Sleep for you two.'

Shandor says, 'Guarding for me.'

Shandor says, 'The rest can come later.'

Garrett- turns in her sleep, comforted by the low murmur of voices

Shandor says, 'Although Lesharn, you have been sleeping for days, I advise you rest.'

Sarovan tries to go on, before anyone become interested in his persona - "That... Gifts - they could be used only by a certain races?"

Shandor nods, 'How could you know that?'

Lesharn nods at Shandor.

Bazry says, 'I haven't slept in four days, been on the run kinda thing.'

Dytalorien mutters and sits up, "How am I too sleep..."

Shandor says, 'You've been on the run in a dungeon?'

Shandor grins, 'Sorry Dytalorienn.'

Lunius grunts from his position

Lunius "shut your eyes and imagine Celemir's talking"

Sarovan responds "You've said that ones created for elven kind... Just a guess..."

Dytalorien grumbles, and leans against the wall once again, exasperated.

Bazry says, 'Not all in the dungeon, I was caught picking the Kings pockets, then I managed to get passed one the guards after I was imprisoned

Shandor says, 'I'm wearing and holding the ones for my race, would you like to hold one? You'd only burn up, but do continue.'

Shandor smiles.

Bazry says, 'after a few days trying to find a way out I was found again and then I found you guys.'

Lunius continues.

Sarovan coughs nervously.

Shandor nods, 'Okay, I think we should quiet down for the rest to sleep.'

Shandor says, 'So you can go to sleep when ever you want.'

Dytalorien nods.

Shandor sighs and stands up, it's still night time outside.

Bashkar twitches slightly, deep in sleep

Bazry lowers his voice, 'I doubt I'll be able to sleep.'

Sarovan relaxes "You sure you won't need to be changed?"

Shandor says, ‘I might climb this cliff for a bit, this is this one ledge directly above the entrance, best view I've ever seen.'

Shandor shakes his head, i'm fine.'

Shandor grins, 'Bazry, would you like me to cast a sleeping spell?'

Dytalorien grins to Sarovan, "Let him fatigue himself if he wants."

Shandor says, 'Oh har har, I'm fine.'

Shandor goes to the entrance of the cavern.

Bazry says, 'Nah, I'll be fine, I have no need for sleep.'

Dytalorien rolls his eyes, and yawns.

Shandor looks up at the starry sky.

Bazry follows Shandor.

Shandor says, 'Fare well, I wish to again gaze upon the view I used to love.

Bazry whispers, 'Mind if I join you?'

Sarovan mutters "He said he'll be okay. And what about us if we'll be caught off-guard cause our sentry fallen asleep?"

Shandor sighs, 'It is no doubt scarred by the flames in the night.

Dytalorien chuckles, "We'll have to place some trust in him, that he doesn't."

Shandor says, 'If you want to Bazry, I prefer being on my own, but I will not denie you the sight.'

Shandor turns round, 'I have never fallen asleep before,.'

Shandor says, 'And I won't now...'

Bazry sits in a shadow near the caves entrance.

Shandor goes to the edge of the cave and starts carefully climbing the cliff.

Sarovan shrugs "Don't know you elves."

Dytalorien grins at Sarovan.

Shandor , after several minutes climbing, finds the ledge, it's just big enough for someone to sit on.

Shandor sits down and looks out, the grand forests are alight with flame.

Celemir wakes

Shandor sighed.

Shandor closes his eyes and lets the wind blow over his face as he tried to remember his life before.'

Sarovan says to Dytalorien "You are likely feeling okay, that's your people's land. But it does give me the creeps."

Shandor smiles faintly at the images of all of his friends together, and his love, Ariea.

Bazry mumbles a little.

Dytalorien grins at Sarovan, "I worry as you worry."

Shandor whispers, 'Ariea...' as the wind blows around him.

Sarovan replies sadly "Feeling much better now."

Shandor is being swallowed into his memory.

Shandor can see Ariea smiling her sweet smile as he tried to help he aim her bow.

Celemir walks slowly toward the cave entrance looking out over the city in the distance, a burning torch against the night sky

Bazry mutters, 'An Elf, with no knowledge of his past? Strange sight, and to think I'd meet him in the Prison, and he saved me. What should I do?'

Sarovan looks at outside - "Much illumination there. May be one more campfire will not be noticed."

Bazry mutters, 'Ahh, but should that be done? It seems a little Extreme?'

Shandor was searching his memories further and further until he saw and image that still frightened him to the core, ever since he was a child, it was; the figure. Never to be seen was the figure's face, just the black robes, black hats black boots.

Shandor shudders at the thought of the figure. He gasps out of his memories and slips from the ledge.

Shandor yells before grabbing the cliff as best he could.

Shandor was slowed down but continued falling.

Shandor lands painfully on the ground just outside the cavern.

Bazry mutters again, 'If you think I must do it, I will.'

Shandor shakily stands up, 'On second thoughts, I think I will just stay and guard in here.'

Celemir looks at Shandor

Bazry is startled and jumps, 'What..?'

Sarovan 's fears struggle with his fatigue. The second is slowly winning.

Celemir says "Birds fly Shandor, you don’t"

Celemir says "ill keep watch, you rest"

Garrett- starts a little at the noise outside, and listens for a minute, one hand reaching for her knife

Shandor shakes his head, 'I'm guarding, everyone else rests.'

Bashkar grumbles in his sleep, scratching his stomach before turning and laying on his side.

[Narrator] The group slowly drift off to sleep.