ewancummins wrote:Dorgio joins the Outlander swordsman and Kat in battling the monsters, while Raen fires a blast of energy into the creatures.
The warlock captive aids Klokulf in removing the blonde girl from immediate danger.
The brutal toe-to-to combat leaves little room for tricky maneuvers or spellcasting.
The swarming, squealing foes move to encircle the main group, cutting the girl and the two men helping her off from the others.
But the outlander's great sword severs limbs and lops off heads as Kat tucks under the man's left side and needles any eyeless man-things that step close.
Alain brains an enemy with his morningstar and Benn cudgels one to the floor.
Klokulf protects the girl.
In less than half a minute, the foes break and the ones still able to run make a break for the stairs--but not fast enough to escape the long, sweeping arc of the outlander's sword or Raen's crackling blasts.
The last enemies fall, leaving the party victorious. Plenty of blood splashed on harness and clothing--but it comes from the dead and dying eyeless humanoids.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.
-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)