Looks good, I'll be sure to write the White Hand's response to the sudden intrusion :)
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Whether you choose to use parachutes, barrow a magical scroll or simply make use of some obscure gnomish or goblin device to (hopefully) survive the fall, it doesn't much matter.
I like the idea, and think you can go with it :)
Sharon and the rest of the group are quite deep within the caves that fill up the inside of the reef below the fortress. Although they might not be expecting Rae'liel, I'm sure they'll be happy to greet whatever of her or her entourage that manages to make it to them in one piece.
I like the idea, and think you can go with it :)
Sharon and the rest of the group are quite deep within the caves that fill up the inside of the reef below the fortress. Although they might not be expecting Rae'liel, I'm sure they'll be happy to greet whatever of her or her entourage that manages to make it to them in one piece.
That's also possible.
However, be warned; Sharon & co have long since managed to stir the hornet's nest, both parties having failed on stealth completely. Which means that the fortress's garrison will be on full alert and maximum readiness.
Aerial entry will be possible. Though it will be up to Rae and her friends to not get completely obliterated by the wave of magical spells & missiles, flak and other projectiles that will surely be thrown at them as they approach.
In other words, they will be going in (very) hot :P
However, be warned; Sharon & co have long since managed to stir the hornet's nest, both parties having failed on stealth completely. Which means that the fortress's garrison will be on full alert and maximum readiness.
Aerial entry will be possible. Though it will be up to Rae and her friends to not get completely obliterated by the wave of magical spells & missiles, flak and other projectiles that will surely be thrown at them as they approach.
In other words, they will be going in (very) hot :P
Are you thinking about an aerial entry of the castle?
I can give a quick summary :)
Around 2 to 3 days have passed since you left I believe, and it's midnight. Sharon, Liaena and Rithrynn have launched a rescue operation against Sherpa's (the death Knight's) castle of Honor's Watch(currently being constructed and almost finished) positioned at the top of a reef at the outskirts of Stormwind harbor, which is manned by the White Hand, the mercenary organization whose head is the dark human mage Sevarian, Sherpa's right hand and closest ally.
The goal of their operation is to rescue Kathlin, an old acquaintance and friend of Liaena who was captured by the White Hand for delving too deep into the murder mystery of Stormwind's Royal Economic Advisor.
Sharon, Liaena and Rithrynn are not alone in their mission however. With them, they have Serphia, the Night Elven Captain whom Rae'liel got into a fight with, as well as eight of her warriors. Sharon has also acquired some mercenaries of his own. One is called "Smokey" Bart Khel, a dwarven ex minor and demolition expert. He also used to be part of the assassins who earlier in this RP tried to kill Sharon. The other is a shadowy woman named Alissah, an old acquaintance of Sharon. Used to be a part of the Scarlet Crusade's inquisition, but now is a freelancer who specializes in dealing with threats revolving around demonic or dark magic. Liaena also enlisted some help from the Church of the Light as well, but the help was rather meager, in form of an untried and young priest, Liam, and the light apprentice Bella, an old rival, nemesis, 'cool-kid' and also one who's combat experience does not exceed that of hair pulling and slapping fellow apprentices.
Their opponents in this raid, the White Hand, are a mercenary group consisting of professional soldiers, most of whom are veterans from Stormwind's army and navy as well as that of the northern kingdoms. They are well equipped with both modern steel and mithril armor and weapons, and are the most uniformed outfit in the city. Most of them prefer quick and light melee weapons & firelock weaponry due to most of them being ex marines & sailors, but they still have a number who specializes themselves in the use of heavier armor and weapons. The White Hand is also the mercenary outfit in Stormwind with the highest amount of (battle) mages per member short of pure mage outfits, something that makes them very dangerous and absolutely devastating against opponents who have no magical defense of their own.
The group spread up into two parties and entered the fort from different entrances. Liaena and Bella shrunk themselves down to ride their owl (Hester she's called) in through the cove at the bottom of the reef, while Serphia lead the rest to scale the reef and enter from the top.
They have been fighting and sneaking their way towards each other ever since, and with the latest post, just recently met in the catacombs below the fort.
While most of the action takes place in the fort, the Red Vanguard, another mercenary outfit who doesn't very much like the White Hand, have coordinated with Sharon & co to stage an angry riot against the White Hand's recruitment headquarter & offices in the Cathedral District of Stormwind as a distraction. Having gathered a little over a hundred citizens, veterans, hooligans, thugs and looters and boozed them up back at their own alehouse, they have since put on civilian garbs and marched towards the offices to cause a riot over there; trashing the windows, knocking down doors and looting the White Hand's offices, whose main line of defense consisted mostly of tired secretaries and underpaid bureaucrats. The Stormwind city guard has arrived to try to take control of the situation, but are currently too few in numbers to deal with the drunk mob.
I think it might be a little difficult to think of a reason why Rae'liel might be in the castle with the main party. On the other hand, I do not know where she and her knights have rented their rooms either. Perhaps they might be sleeping just next to the angry riot that's taking place in the Cathedral district :P
Around 2 to 3 days have passed since you left I believe, and it's midnight. Sharon, Liaena and Rithrynn have launched a rescue operation against Sherpa's (the death Knight's) castle of Honor's Watch(currently being constructed and almost finished) positioned at the top of a reef at the outskirts of Stormwind harbor, which is manned by the White Hand, the mercenary organization whose head is the dark human mage Sevarian, Sherpa's right hand and closest ally.
The goal of their operation is to rescue Kathlin, an old acquaintance and friend of Liaena who was captured by the White Hand for delving too deep into the murder mystery of Stormwind's Royal Economic Advisor.
Sharon, Liaena and Rithrynn are not alone in their mission however. With them, they have Serphia, the Night Elven Captain whom Rae'liel got into a fight with, as well as eight of her warriors. Sharon has also acquired some mercenaries of his own. One is called "Smokey" Bart Khel, a dwarven ex minor and demolition expert. He also used to be part of the assassins who earlier in this RP tried to kill Sharon. The other is a shadowy woman named Alissah, an old acquaintance of Sharon. Used to be a part of the Scarlet Crusade's inquisition, but now is a freelancer who specializes in dealing with threats revolving around demonic or dark magic. Liaena also enlisted some help from the Church of the Light as well, but the help was rather meager, in form of an untried and young priest, Liam, and the light apprentice Bella, an old rival, nemesis, 'cool-kid' and also one who's combat experience does not exceed that of hair pulling and slapping fellow apprentices.
Their opponents in this raid, the White Hand, are a mercenary group consisting of professional soldiers, most of whom are veterans from Stormwind's army and navy as well as that of the northern kingdoms. They are well equipped with both modern steel and mithril armor and weapons, and are the most uniformed outfit in the city. Most of them prefer quick and light melee weapons & firelock weaponry due to most of them being ex marines & sailors, but they still have a number who specializes themselves in the use of heavier armor and weapons. The White Hand is also the mercenary outfit in Stormwind with the highest amount of (battle) mages per member short of pure mage outfits, something that makes them very dangerous and absolutely devastating against opponents who have no magical defense of their own.
The group spread up into two parties and entered the fort from different entrances. Liaena and Bella shrunk themselves down to ride their owl (Hester she's called) in through the cove at the bottom of the reef, while Serphia lead the rest to scale the reef and enter from the top.
They have been fighting and sneaking their way towards each other ever since, and with the latest post, just recently met in the catacombs below the fort.
While most of the action takes place in the fort, the Red Vanguard, another mercenary outfit who doesn't very much like the White Hand, have coordinated with Sharon & co to stage an angry riot against the White Hand's recruitment headquarter & offices in the Cathedral District of Stormwind as a distraction. Having gathered a little over a hundred citizens, veterans, hooligans, thugs and looters and boozed them up back at their own alehouse, they have since put on civilian garbs and marched towards the offices to cause a riot over there; trashing the windows, knocking down doors and looting the White Hand's offices, whose main line of defense consisted mostly of tired secretaries and underpaid bureaucrats. The Stormwind city guard has arrived to try to take control of the situation, but are currently too few in numbers to deal with the drunk mob.
I think it might be a little difficult to think of a reason why Rae'liel might be in the castle with the main party. On the other hand, I do not know where she and her knights have rented their rooms either. Perhaps they might be sleeping just next to the angry riot that's taking place in the Cathedral district :P
That's good to hear. Perhaps it might be good to also fast-forward a little bit, considering the time that has passed :P
Hey,
Although we were surprised by your sudden absence, I believe there is a consensus that we were quite happy with your RP style while you were still with us. Indeed, we viewed it as quite a shame that you happened to disappear, because you really had potential.
Yet considering that you were heading to such a hot bed as Afghanistan, I don't think we can hardly blame you for any sudden disappearance. Whether your work was military or civilian, I can imagine that it must have been stressful either way.
Also, it's not like any of our own little trio are guilt free of sudden hiatuses and AWOLs ourselves :P
I believe I speak for both Ri and Fey when I say that we would be happy to have you back in the action. I believe your character is still alive, the greatest threat to her at the moment being the ineffectual bureaucracies of Stormwind and the violent tantrums that they may inspire :)
Although we were surprised by your sudden absence, I believe there is a consensus that we were quite happy with your RP style while you were still with us. Indeed, we viewed it as quite a shame that you happened to disappear, because you really had potential.
Yet considering that you were heading to such a hot bed as Afghanistan, I don't think we can hardly blame you for any sudden disappearance. Whether your work was military or civilian, I can imagine that it must have been stressful either way.
Also, it's not like any of our own little trio are guilt free of sudden hiatuses and AWOLs ourselves :P
I believe I speak for both Ri and Fey when I say that we would be happy to have you back in the action. I believe your character is still alive, the greatest threat to her at the moment being the ineffectual bureaucracies of Stormwind and the violent tantrums that they may inspire :)
Standing on top of Serphia's shoulder, Sharon might have felt a little untouchable and above most threats short of Serphia's own ire. However, what the High Elf could not really expect would be the flying stone coffin that shot out from behind the door in the middle of the explosion, and headed straight for the Captain.
Much like Serphia, Sharon barely had time to raise a brow as he stood on Serphia's shoulder, before the coffin hit. When he blinked, he realized that he was no longer standing on Serphia's shoulder anymore, the Night Elf having been cannoned through the room by the flying coffin traveling at an explosive express speed, only to crash into one of the walls behind them! While Sharon had simply been standing on the Captain, and not in any way attached to her whatsoever, he had not escaped all ill.
Without the Captain's shoulder to stand on, he soon realized that he was standing eight feet up in thin air in the absence of a large Night Elf below him. And for a High Elf no more than a few inches, that was a big drop.
"Well shiiIIAAAIIIIII!" Sharon exclaimed as he began to fall, threatening to land face flat onto the stone floor before re positioning himself mid air to land gracefully on his feet and hands. His much reduced size had at least garnered him much more sympathy from the laws of gravity.
"The bigger they are the harder they fall... "
Sharon thought as he looked back on Serphia, before facing to look back at the floor.
" ... I'm glad it works the other way around as well."
Where the mysterious coffin had come from in the first place was an enigma, or at least it was until Sharon saw the next person to walk out from the dust and raining debris from the catacombs.
"Liaena, it's good to see safe and sound!" Sharon exclaimed as he walked forward with his staff, waving up at the girl who at the moment was like a giant. Standing next to an even bigger giant, Rithrynn! Indeed, while standing at their feet, Rithrynn's already minimalistic sentinel uniform did not exactly become any less revealing.
But however joyful the High Elf may have been to see Liaena, he soon gained a more confused expression as he looked up at Liaena.
"But... our, 'intel' suggested that that the dungeon was this way... so what are you doing down here? Did you find any trace of Kathlin yet?"
Much like Serphia, Sharon barely had time to raise a brow as he stood on Serphia's shoulder, before the coffin hit. When he blinked, he realized that he was no longer standing on Serphia's shoulder anymore, the Night Elf having been cannoned through the room by the flying coffin traveling at an explosive express speed, only to crash into one of the walls behind them! While Sharon had simply been standing on the Captain, and not in any way attached to her whatsoever, he had not escaped all ill.
Without the Captain's shoulder to stand on, he soon realized that he was standing eight feet up in thin air in the absence of a large Night Elf below him. And for a High Elf no more than a few inches, that was a big drop.
"Well shiiIIAAAIIIIII!" Sharon exclaimed as he began to fall, threatening to land face flat onto the stone floor before re positioning himself mid air to land gracefully on his feet and hands. His much reduced size had at least garnered him much more sympathy from the laws of gravity.
"The bigger they are the harder they fall... "
Sharon thought as he looked back on Serphia, before facing to look back at the floor.
" ... I'm glad it works the other way around as well."
Where the mysterious coffin had come from in the first place was an enigma, or at least it was until Sharon saw the next person to walk out from the dust and raining debris from the catacombs.
"Liaena, it's good to see safe and sound!" Sharon exclaimed as he walked forward with his staff, waving up at the girl who at the moment was like a giant. Standing next to an even bigger giant, Rithrynn! Indeed, while standing at their feet, Rithrynn's already minimalistic sentinel uniform did not exactly become any less revealing.
But however joyful the High Elf may have been to see Liaena, he soon gained a more confused expression as he looked up at Liaena.
"But... our, 'intel' suggested that that the dungeon was this way... so what are you doing down here? Did you find any trace of Kathlin yet?"
"Are you always this charming when handing out threats?" Sharon inquired with a soft smirk as he gazed back up at Serphia's menacing face that was right beside him, seeming awfully relaxed about it all.
"I did not wish to come between you and your prey, but if you insist; I can lend you my help."
Sharon replied as he casually moved his gaze away and towards the corridor ahead of them. Although he did not meet her eyes anymore, he could almost literally feel the fury that emanated from them and pierced against his neck!
"Good job with the intel, Rithrynn. We'll take that path." Sharon then turned his attention to Rithrynn, giving her a pleased nod with his head. Although Rithrynn's little interrogation with the White Hand knight had been anything but courteous, her communication skills did indeed seem to have increased. It was perhaps not such a surprising thing, given the time she had spent together with Liaena.
"Let's not delay. Any moment we waste is just the more risk to the lives of both the hostage we are here to rescue as well as Liaena's party."
Sharon said as he pointed towards the direction given by the White Hand Knight. Although part of him wondered if he had played Serphia's temper too far, he was slightly, however privately, relieved as the Night Elves kept continued to journey down in the given direction. Right behind them followed Liam and Smokey. Alissah had snuck her way to the front of the group, seemingly not being content sitting back at the rear as her eyes vigilantly scanned the corridors and darkened walkways that they passed through.
It was becoming apparent that they were no longer in the castle on top of the reef anymore, as the corridors that they walked through had been carved directly out of the reef itself; with only the ground being paved with heavy stone slabs.
As they followed the spiraling stairs and pathways further down into the reef, the air became noticeably more colder and humid. The corridors became darker, and there was barely any lighting whatsoever down here. Sharon had been about to conjure a magical light from his staff when he remembered that blinding Serphia would not buy him any favors with her, and so convinced Vashi to light the way with her magic instead.
"They are coming this way!"
"Hurry, shut the door to the catacombs; now!"
Suddenly sounded some distant voices echoing through the corridor further ahead, as soon they entered into a large open cave space leading to two heavy iron doors, and just in time to see two chevaliers, lead by an officer, pull them shut before them! A small tremor could be heard as they collided together, and a mechanical clank could be heard from the surrounding walls as the lock mechanism of the door activated.
"I see they realized that fighting us wouldn't work." Sharon commented, however slightly irritated he might have been at the sudden obstruction. Turning to Smokey, he motioned from Serphia's shoulder towards the door.
"Would you mind?"
"With pleasure!" Smokey exclaimed happily.
"I'm a specialist in finding ways... or, making ways, rather. Stay back, ladies. This'll be loud!" Smokey snickered as the dwarf scurried towards the heavy metal doors and began unpacking his equipment from his satchel.
The doors themselves in question were built into a heavy stone structure within the very cave, and adorned with imagery of skulls and bones in a macabre fashion that flowed from edge to edge.
"A castle is one thing, but a catacomb... I have to say, my brother surprises me yet again." Sharon commented as he gazed up at the wicked imagery, leaning against Serphia's head regardless of the Captain's opinion about it.
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It was a quiet, almost systematic struggle that defined the peculiar chevalier's escape from the mass of goo that bound him to the wall. Ripping and tearing the main mass away with his metal gloves, he walked right out of the rest of the goo; some of it still clinging and slinking after his clothes and armor as he stepped back out into the middle of the corridor again.
Facing towards the direction that Liaena had run off to, he turned and would walk after her in a fast march; his Runeblade close in hand next to him as he stalked the corridors!
Further ahead, Liaena soon found herself running into another section of the complex within the reef. This new area appeared to be a catacomb, rising about twelve feet into the air above her and separated into numerous smaller corridors, empty sanctums and small halls. Empty shelves were carved into the masonry of the walls, seemingly anticipating coffins in the not so distant future. Only a few of the catacomb's shelves were filled with heavy stone coffins, all of whom were shut tight.
There was almost no light whatsoever in the catacombs, short of the occasional sconce or brazier burning in a ghostly blue light that illuminated small parts of the catacombs with a haunting light.
An eerie silence pierced the darkened hallways and corridors of the catacombs, a quiet so intense that one could hear one's own heartbeat. But the silence was occasionally interrupted by the voices of three men somewhere further inside the catacombs, shouting something about a door and barricades.
"I did not wish to come between you and your prey, but if you insist; I can lend you my help."
Sharon replied as he casually moved his gaze away and towards the corridor ahead of them. Although he did not meet her eyes anymore, he could almost literally feel the fury that emanated from them and pierced against his neck!
"Good job with the intel, Rithrynn. We'll take that path." Sharon then turned his attention to Rithrynn, giving her a pleased nod with his head. Although Rithrynn's little interrogation with the White Hand knight had been anything but courteous, her communication skills did indeed seem to have increased. It was perhaps not such a surprising thing, given the time she had spent together with Liaena.
"Let's not delay. Any moment we waste is just the more risk to the lives of both the hostage we are here to rescue as well as Liaena's party."
Sharon said as he pointed towards the direction given by the White Hand Knight. Although part of him wondered if he had played Serphia's temper too far, he was slightly, however privately, relieved as the Night Elves kept continued to journey down in the given direction. Right behind them followed Liam and Smokey. Alissah had snuck her way to the front of the group, seemingly not being content sitting back at the rear as her eyes vigilantly scanned the corridors and darkened walkways that they passed through.
It was becoming apparent that they were no longer in the castle on top of the reef anymore, as the corridors that they walked through had been carved directly out of the reef itself; with only the ground being paved with heavy stone slabs.
As they followed the spiraling stairs and pathways further down into the reef, the air became noticeably more colder and humid. The corridors became darker, and there was barely any lighting whatsoever down here. Sharon had been about to conjure a magical light from his staff when he remembered that blinding Serphia would not buy him any favors with her, and so convinced Vashi to light the way with her magic instead.
"They are coming this way!"
"Hurry, shut the door to the catacombs; now!"
Suddenly sounded some distant voices echoing through the corridor further ahead, as soon they entered into a large open cave space leading to two heavy iron doors, and just in time to see two chevaliers, lead by an officer, pull them shut before them! A small tremor could be heard as they collided together, and a mechanical clank could be heard from the surrounding walls as the lock mechanism of the door activated.
"I see they realized that fighting us wouldn't work." Sharon commented, however slightly irritated he might have been at the sudden obstruction. Turning to Smokey, he motioned from Serphia's shoulder towards the door.
"Would you mind?"
"With pleasure!" Smokey exclaimed happily.
"I'm a specialist in finding ways... or, making ways, rather. Stay back, ladies. This'll be loud!" Smokey snickered as the dwarf scurried towards the heavy metal doors and began unpacking his equipment from his satchel.
The doors themselves in question were built into a heavy stone structure within the very cave, and adorned with imagery of skulls and bones in a macabre fashion that flowed from edge to edge.
"A castle is one thing, but a catacomb... I have to say, my brother surprises me yet again." Sharon commented as he gazed up at the wicked imagery, leaning against Serphia's head regardless of the Captain's opinion about it.
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It was a quiet, almost systematic struggle that defined the peculiar chevalier's escape from the mass of goo that bound him to the wall. Ripping and tearing the main mass away with his metal gloves, he walked right out of the rest of the goo; some of it still clinging and slinking after his clothes and armor as he stepped back out into the middle of the corridor again.
Facing towards the direction that Liaena had run off to, he turned and would walk after her in a fast march; his Runeblade close in hand next to him as he stalked the corridors!
Further ahead, Liaena soon found herself running into another section of the complex within the reef. This new area appeared to be a catacomb, rising about twelve feet into the air above her and separated into numerous smaller corridors, empty sanctums and small halls. Empty shelves were carved into the masonry of the walls, seemingly anticipating coffins in the not so distant future. Only a few of the catacomb's shelves were filled with heavy stone coffins, all of whom were shut tight.
There was almost no light whatsoever in the catacombs, short of the occasional sconce or brazier burning in a ghostly blue light that illuminated small parts of the catacombs with a haunting light.
An eerie silence pierced the darkened hallways and corridors of the catacombs, a quiet so intense that one could hear one's own heartbeat. But the silence was occasionally interrupted by the voices of three men somewhere further inside the catacombs, shouting something about a door and barricades.
"Lead on, great leader”
Just as Liaena had finished her last word, a distant swishing sound could be heard from the corridor behind Hester, just before a longer, gleaming metal object fast approached the owl from behind!
Hester barely had time to get away as the flying Runeblade flew straight past her and into the ground where she had been, sliding across the floor but not without slicing some of her tail feathers clean off! In the split second that the cursed blade of the Runeblade passed close to the owl, it was almost as if the unholy magic contained within the red runes of the blade reached out as small wounds formed on the skin beneath her feathers on the side she was facing the blade!
As it missed, the blade continued to slide across the floor with great strength, sparks flying before it lodged itself into a stone corner with a loud noise!
A silence ensued after Hester had been almost sliced in half by the Runeblade, an eerie silence falling over the corridor, before the sound of two steel boots clamping down against the floor in a casual walk could be heard from the corridor on the left.
Emerging out from the shrouding darkness was the figure of an armored chevalier, quietly walking towards them before pausing. His white cloak and armor was as neat and polished as that of any of his colleagues, but his breastplate carried a heavy dent and partial penetration from what had seemed to be an axe! The damage, however, did not seem to bother the chevalier in the slightest. Nor did the darkness seem to impact him. His mask slowly moved towards Liaena who was standing in the corridor, and as his dark, empty visors focused on her, it could almost feel as if she was looking down into a bottomless abyss.
Extending his metal glove outwards towards the corner, the Runeblade suddenly began to twitch; before shooting out of the bricks to fly back into his hand!
A churning noise emanated from his hand as he clenched his fist around the handle of the Runeblade, the blood red runes along the blade glowing brightly; almost as if they could sense the presence of Liaena, Bella and Hester. The magical tendrils that danced around the blade seemed to drift in the direction of Liaena and the rest, as if they had some kind of hunger.
Suddenly, the peculiar chevalier stepped forward with one steel boot, and with the blade extended to his right side, he dashed towards them with a surprising quick and furious charge!
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"By the goddess, be of some use and get those reinforcements off our asses!"
"Quiet yer yap and keep shooting! I'm working on it!" Smokey shouted angrily back at Rithrynn, unpacking a bundle of dynamite, plastic explosives and a bronze watch knitted together by an elaborate, if unstable, set of wires.
"Gimme that!" Smokey exclaimed as he all of a sudden reached for Alissah's hook-shot, snatching it from her before the woman could object!
"That's not yours!"
Attaching the explosive package to the bundle, Smokey aimed it at the bottom of the stairs at the top of the long shaft before firing the hook shot and letting it go. As the hook attached itself to the bottom of the staircase, the rest of the device and rope soon followed; until both the device and package were now stuck to the bottom of the staircase!
"Saynora, you fools!" Smokey laughed out as he tipped his cigar.
...
...
But nothing happened.
Alissah, who had originally been looking up at the top of the stairs where her hook-shot alongside Smokey's own explosives now lay plastered below the stairs, would turn to throw the dwarf next to her an ice cold gaze.
"You forgot to set the timer, didn't you?" She asked with a tone so cold that it could have frozen the molten core of Blackrock mountain!
"Nuh! Nah! It was suppos'd tha blow!" Smokey replied, waving his arms in disappointment.
"Bloody,-"
"With me, men!"
*BOOOOOOM!*
However, Smokey soon got his wish as just when a White Hand officer had stepped out onto the stairs with sword in hand, his bomb exploded! The stone stairs below the officer's feet were blown apart and disintegrated, while the man was thrown with a scream across the shaft; to land with his back on the stairs on the opposite end, roll downwards for some ten steps, slip off the edge, and fall twenty feet down to the bottom of the the shaft where Smokey and Alissah stood; a heavy 'thunk' being created as he hit the stone floor in his armor and helmet.
"See, I told ye it would work!" Smokey laughed triumphantly while holding his cigar in one hand, looking up at Alissah. Alissah was quietly looking down at the man who had fallen right in front of them, a painful moan emanating from his helmet as the man could barely move, the air literally having been knocked right out of him!
"I guess they won't be using that way anymore... unless they intend to do as him." Alissah idly commented as she motioned down towards the officer lying at their feet.
" ... in which case they wouldn't present much of a problem anyway."
Just as Liaena had finished her last word, a distant swishing sound could be heard from the corridor behind Hester, just before a longer, gleaming metal object fast approached the owl from behind!
Hester barely had time to get away as the flying Runeblade flew straight past her and into the ground where she had been, sliding across the floor but not without slicing some of her tail feathers clean off! In the split second that the cursed blade of the Runeblade passed close to the owl, it was almost as if the unholy magic contained within the red runes of the blade reached out as small wounds formed on the skin beneath her feathers on the side she was facing the blade!
As it missed, the blade continued to slide across the floor with great strength, sparks flying before it lodged itself into a stone corner with a loud noise!
A silence ensued after Hester had been almost sliced in half by the Runeblade, an eerie silence falling over the corridor, before the sound of two steel boots clamping down against the floor in a casual walk could be heard from the corridor on the left.
Emerging out from the shrouding darkness was the figure of an armored chevalier, quietly walking towards them before pausing. His white cloak and armor was as neat and polished as that of any of his colleagues, but his breastplate carried a heavy dent and partial penetration from what had seemed to be an axe! The damage, however, did not seem to bother the chevalier in the slightest. Nor did the darkness seem to impact him. His mask slowly moved towards Liaena who was standing in the corridor, and as his dark, empty visors focused on her, it could almost feel as if she was looking down into a bottomless abyss.
Extending his metal glove outwards towards the corner, the Runeblade suddenly began to twitch; before shooting out of the bricks to fly back into his hand!
A churning noise emanated from his hand as he clenched his fist around the handle of the Runeblade, the blood red runes along the blade glowing brightly; almost as if they could sense the presence of Liaena, Bella and Hester. The magical tendrils that danced around the blade seemed to drift in the direction of Liaena and the rest, as if they had some kind of hunger.
Suddenly, the peculiar chevalier stepped forward with one steel boot, and with the blade extended to his right side, he dashed towards them with a surprising quick and furious charge!
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"By the goddess, be of some use and get those reinforcements off our asses!"
"Quiet yer yap and keep shooting! I'm working on it!" Smokey shouted angrily back at Rithrynn, unpacking a bundle of dynamite, plastic explosives and a bronze watch knitted together by an elaborate, if unstable, set of wires.
"Gimme that!" Smokey exclaimed as he all of a sudden reached for Alissah's hook-shot, snatching it from her before the woman could object!
"That's not yours!"
Attaching the explosive package to the bundle, Smokey aimed it at the bottom of the stairs at the top of the long shaft before firing the hook shot and letting it go. As the hook attached itself to the bottom of the staircase, the rest of the device and rope soon followed; until both the device and package were now stuck to the bottom of the staircase!
"Saynora, you fools!" Smokey laughed out as he tipped his cigar.
...
...
But nothing happened.
Alissah, who had originally been looking up at the top of the stairs where her hook-shot alongside Smokey's own explosives now lay plastered below the stairs, would turn to throw the dwarf next to her an ice cold gaze.
"You forgot to set the timer, didn't you?" She asked with a tone so cold that it could have frozen the molten core of Blackrock mountain!
"Nuh! Nah! It was suppos'd tha blow!" Smokey replied, waving his arms in disappointment.
"Bloody,-"
"With me, men!"
*BOOOOOOM!*
However, Smokey soon got his wish as just when a White Hand officer had stepped out onto the stairs with sword in hand, his bomb exploded! The stone stairs below the officer's feet were blown apart and disintegrated, while the man was thrown with a scream across the shaft; to land with his back on the stairs on the opposite end, roll downwards for some ten steps, slip off the edge, and fall twenty feet down to the bottom of the the shaft where Smokey and Alissah stood; a heavy 'thunk' being created as he hit the stone floor in his armor and helmet.
"See, I told ye it would work!" Smokey laughed triumphantly while holding his cigar in one hand, looking up at Alissah. Alissah was quietly looking down at the man who had fallen right in front of them, a painful moan emanating from his helmet as the man could barely move, the air literally having been knocked right out of him!
"I guess they won't be using that way anymore... unless they intend to do as him." Alissah idly commented as she motioned down towards the officer lying at their feet.
" ... in which case they wouldn't present much of a problem anyway."
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