BytheSpleen

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@Delta44

Iosef does his best to cover his blade, before approaching one of the townsmen.

"Pardon me! Would you happen to have an inn or a tavern somewhere?" he asks, as though it were like any other villager.

Legendary

@Delta44

Iosef tapped Eartrent's hilt a few times with his fingers, before sheathing it.

"Soulstealer. Ssalivan is merely a dragon, but claiming Darkstalker will be more difficult if I have no means of combating spirits."

He then gets onto his horse, before riding off back to the humans' kingdom for recuperation.

Stories from Idumea: Children of Avveel

@Shikaru

As Illumina spoke, Lyra snapped her head to the shadows sliding across the road, causing the mutilated corpse of the cougar to writhe and stand back up painlessly.

"We've only just started this adventure, love. I wouldn't dream of letting our companionship drop off so quickly..."

She blinked for a moment, and then attempted to assert control of the corpse. She wasn't too sure if she had successfully resurrected the beast herself, or whether or not it was the work some other being, but at the very least, having control of a large creature as such would behoove the two women until help arrived. In doing so, though, she let one of her hands drop to Illumina's collar of her shirt and squeezed tightly. She seemed to press much harder now, more out of an attempt to maintain focus than to make her patient have any discomfort.

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@Delta44

Iosef only scowled at the Jester, and pulled the blade up, allowing Earthrent's direct influence on the earth to cede and the pillars he raised to sink back down.

"In order to protect my clan, I'll have to get the other two swords. I suppose you wouldn't know where exactly would the other blades be...would you?"

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@Delta44

"...I wouldn't imagine it so."

Iosef twists the blade clockwise, slamming two of the walls against each other, so as to crush the entire gnoll army.

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@Delta44

Iosef tapped his finger along Earthrent.

"Is it for this here, or the village? Either can make you very powerful and spare plenty of resources..."

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@Delta44

Iosef shrugs and sits down.

"Care to explain why you brought a war party to this town?"

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@Delta44

Iosef then curves the walls in, sweeping up all the gnolls before raising a pillar from other to up around 9 stories high. Iosef then raises up a pillar for himself.

"Can I ask what may be the problem, gnolls?!" he shouted.

Stories from Idumea: Children of Avveel

@Shikaru

"Well, honestly? I originally decided to tag along to rob you all blind. But now..here I am risked my life for you all. I guess that went out of the window altogether. I have to say..it feels..odd to have people that actually care if I die or not."

"...excuse me?" was all Lyra said as she tilted her head, as though she didn't hear the question. Before Illumina could say anything more, Lyra resumed stroking the other woman's hair as she maintained pressure on Illumina's wounds.

"I've half the mind to be angry right now, but...you do have reasons to do this, don't you?" she finally admitted with a sort of weary smile, no doubt the product of some internal conflict. With one hand, she took off her one earring, really a beautifully carved piece of stone of some sort, and slipped it inside Illumina's pocket. Failing that...well, there were other secure places where a woman wouldn't lose her belongings.

"This old bauble brings up too many bad memories for me, but...for you, maybe it'll also be the first gift you'll have from someone actually caring," she continued as she gently swept any hair away from Illumina's forehead, before kissing it. "Keep safe next time, please?"

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@Delta44

Iosef then presses forward on the sword, shaking the earth under the gnolls before making the earth pulse like waves.