Embyr scrambles to her feet, a piece of bacon still hanging out of her mouth, and she practically throws Azura's armour over her head.
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Saersha nodded and rose when they heard of the attack. It seemed that they would have to fight this other trive after all. She saw Embyr quickly rise and help Azura with her armor and gave her maid a smile before she walked over to her. Saersha wrapped an arm around Embyr's waist and pulled her in clost to kiss her. Cooincidentally the kiss was right where the bacon was and Saersha nipped the end of it off and swallowed after she broke the kiss. "Let's go get them My Pet."
With that she directed Saersha looked for where the Lizardfolk were headed to figure otu where the fighting would be found at and began to head that way.
Azura manages to ditch the cookpan as Embyr rushes over to help throw the chain shirt over her head. She pulls her hair out from behind, managing to snag only a few threads, and stumbles toward her weapon belt to grab her rapier. The chain shirt tumbles partway down her back but catches on the shelf of her bosom and she grumbles "Oh bother! Not again!" but doesn't stop as she rips the rapier free from the scabbard and rushes out with the team.
As comfortable as she felt in armor, Ryn had already donned her own once she and Azura had gotten out of bed. Seeing Embyr grabbing up Azura's chain shirt, she flashes the rogue a grateful smile as she slips on her bracers and does a quick diving roll to get to her shield, slipping it over her arm as they all race toward the sounds of battle.
The party hustles down the cave tunnels, following the growing sounds of combat back to the main entrance chamber.
What awaits them is a pitched battle between the two tribes. Claws rake against scales, fangs tear into throats, spears and shields clash together and the stink of freshly-spilled blood hangs in the air. The Lake Claws fight like cornered rats from tunnel to tunnel against brightly-coloured lizardfolk with black suns painted on their bellies and black stripes across their shoulders and eyes.
Three lizardfolk stand in the middle of the melee, directing the attackers--an onyx-scaled lizardfolk bearing a vicious, serrated greataxe and a black sun on his white underbelly, a gold-scaled one wielding a pair of gladii, and a violet one swinging a morningstar with a blue spiked head. The onyx one sees the party emerge from a side tunnel and twirls his greataxe before leading his two lieutenants into battle.
The gold lizardfolk snarls and races towards Zev to swing his two gladii into his guts!
He lands a shallow cut on the witchwolf's flank and a quick stab to the ribs.
Azura bursts into song, inspiring not only her own team, but all of the allied lizardfolk as well. The words are in Celestial, and the uplifting, soft, lilting melody is unmistakably divine. She continues tugging at the roll of mail around her neck, trying to pull it down.
Ada was wearing her armor at breakfast and headed out at a run with the others.
She sees the enemies, draws her sword as she moves out of the cave. Then she calls upon her patron and casts Bless on her allies.
Feeling Ada's blessing settle over her, as Azura's heavenly music flows into her, Ryn explodes into action, charging directly at the instigator of the whole thing. Barreling toward the onyx scaled lizardfolk, she brings her shield up a second before impact to drive it's surface slamming into his face with a responding clang that echoes through the cavern
Azura's song fills the cavern and inspires the Lake Claws to fight with renewed vigour. At the same time, Ryn races through the melee and rams her shield right into the leader's face--
--causing him to stagger a bit, but he doesn't go down. His snout is bleeding though--and it's enough to cause him to roar in indignation!
He raises his greataxe and swings it down!
In fact, he swings it down with such ferocity that he swats Ryn's shield aside with ease and it bites hard into her shoulder!
Saersha looked over the available enemies and chose the one who she had the most clear shot on with the least allies to have to avoid hitting. She chanted, gestured, and unleashed a blast of electricity from her hand that shot across the intervening space at her chosen target.
Saersha's enhanced electric blast catches the violet lizardfolk right in the chest--and his skeleton is visible from the sheer power behind it. The violet lieutenant makes a strangled cry of agony before crumpling to the cavern floor, twitching violently before laying still and smoking.
Rise! Rise Lizardfolk! Drive these vultures from your homes!
Ulfr's voice echoes through the caves, adding yet another later of magic over the weave already present! He strides forward to stand beside Ryn, covering the weapon-side of the now wounded warrior. On your right! he calls to let her know his position.
If the Lake Claws were inspired to fight before, now they're outright determined to win. The tide of battle seems to be turning!
Seeing Ryn take a grievous wound Zev lets out a defensive growl as he charges the onyx lizardfolk.
The gold lizardfolk lieutenant, feeling quite offended by Zev ignoring him, lands an opportunistic stab to his back. The witchwolf pays him no mind, focusing entirely on gutting the massive onyx lizardfolk warrior before him--and driving his blade across his unprotected chest!
Embyr moves to flank the onyx lizardfolk as well...
...and stabs with her short blade!
Her sword manages to stick in a gap in the leader's back scales, striking between a rib!
The gold lizardfolk lieutenant snarls and moves to strike at Azura, since she's closer.
He swings quite wildly with his main gladius, throwing himself off-balance--but then he throws himself back in the other direction with his off-hand weapon, taking advantage of Azura's compromised armour to stab her right in the gut!
Ryn lets out a scream of pain as the vicious axe blow bites into her shoulder. As Zev and Ember move in and strike, she flashes them both a grin, confident of their enemy's fate, at which point she catches the movement both of the corner of her eye, and sees the gold lizardfolk strike Azura. Just as Ulfr's music and the rage fill her.
The gladiatrix strikes with enhanced savagery, determined to kill their opponent quickly so that she can go and punish the other one. "Finish him! I'm going after the other one" she practically snarls, already turning and moving to intercept. "Hey!! You wanted some action? Fine, you die next!"
Ryn's shield strikes the lizardfolk leader square in the snout, sending a fang flying with a loud *CRACK!*
Azura's celestial song is interrupted as she lets out a *hurk* when the attack hits her in the abdomen, hard. She wheezes for a few seconds before continuing a weak and thready version of the song, as she moves back and lets Ryn move in to intercept her attacker.
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Ada gives the Evil Eye at the Golden Lizard Folk, and then laughs. It's more of a crazed cackle really. Her voice raises in creepy laughter. It shakes the confidence of the lizard.
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Saersha's enhanced electric blast catches the violet lizardfolk right in the chest--and his skeleton is visible from the sheer power behind it. The violet lieutenant makes a strangled cry of agony before crumpling to the cavern floor, twitching violently before laying still and smoking.
The gold-scaled lizardfolk shudders as Ada starts to laugh like a madwoman. His gladii feel heavier in his hands.
The onyx leader roars in pain and swings his axe down on Ryn...
...before following it up with a savage bite!
Both of which are glancing blows, by his standards--but considering his axe crashes against Ryn's shield hard enough to cause her arm to fracture and his fangs take a chunk out of her shoulder, they're still enough to cause grievous harm!
"You really should have paid more attention to the one butchering you, than fixating on a potential kill," Zev snarls as he drives his blade into the Onyx Lizardfolk.
Zev lands another decisive blow on the leader--and while he staggers under the force of his strike, blood flowing freely from his wounds, he stubbornly refuses to go down!
Ulfr joins in the attack on the leader with his own savage strike!
Ulfr swings his massive club--and the leader barely gets his axe up in time to block it!
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Ryn's arm almost gives out from the force of the lizardfolk's blow--and with the harsh *CRACK* that echoes through the air, one would be forgiven for thinking that it had.
But something about the witchwolf's imposing aura takes some of the sting out of the axe's strike--it comes down hard on Ryn's shield, but her arm remains steady!
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Blocking the vicious overhand strike, Ryn grunts as the lizard leader bites her, but barely gives him a glance, confident that he'd be dead soon. Her glare locked on the bastard that stabbed Azura, she steps forward, unleashing her fury on her enemy, bringing her shield up in a vicious blow to the back of the head, before driving her knee into his back.
Saersha winced as she heard Ryn's arm crack from the blow but then realized the woman wasn't as badly hurt as she had seemed at first. Saersha saw an opportunity to save some of her harder hitting magic and still be useful so she decided to take advantage of it. She cast a quick spell, one needing no words or gestures, and then moved in on the healthier of the two lizardfolk. When she reached her location she reached out and tried to touched him. Whether sheer luck or completely blindsiding him Saersha's hand caressed his scales and jolted the lizardman's system with a dose of raw, incredible, pleasure that left him dazed.
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The gold-scaled lizardfolk lets out an orgasmic hiss as Saersha catches him in the back, causing him to sway uncontrollably.
Embyr leaps onto the onyx leader's back and repeatedly stabs him in the back of the neck, causing him to fall to his knees. She stabs him several more times, and he crumples to the floor, finally slain.
Ryn wheels around and smashes her shield into the back of the gold lizardfolk's head, sending him to his knees before landing a vicious knee to the back of his head as well. There's a hideous-sounding *CRACK* as the lieutenant's head is wrenched at an angle no humanoid's head is meant to be wrenched, and he falls over dead.
With their leaders dead, the remaining Sun-Eaters are swiftly put to the rout. Though several Lake Claws lie dead, it's clear that they are victorious.
The enemy was carrying:
--1 serrated greataxe
--2 sharp-looking gladii with odd runes on the blades
--1 morningstar with a blue-spiked head
--2 suits of black studded leather armour that stink of swamp water
--4 deep blue potions
--Upon further inspection, one of the leader's fangs looks quite brighter and cleaner than the rest. Removing it from his mouth reveals it to be a cracked, pearly white and spindly stone.
Lorekeeper Ucutzi emerges from the throng, already working her magic to heal what wounded she can. Arthak also stalks forth from a side tunnel, covered in blood and several vicious bite wounds.
Stepping over the gold lizardfolk's still-twitching corpse, Ryn moves to check on Azura's wound, setting her shield down for a moment. "You okay love?"
Ulfr joins the lizardfolk in driving off the raiders before returning. How'd we do?
”None of ours died, the Lizardfolk weren’t so lucky.” Zev replies as he surveys the chaotic aftermath.
Stepping over the gold lizardfolk's still-twitching corpse, Ryn moves to check on Azura's wound, setting her shield down for a moment. "You okay love?"
Azura's celestial song peters out and she starts coughing, holding one hand over her mouth and the other clutching her belly. She nods in the affirmative while waving her hand as she coughs in the fashion of someone who's coughing but signaling that they're all right.
Finally she manages to catch her breath and says, "Yes, yes, ow... ugh that's the worst, getting wacked in the belly and then every cough makes it sore. Ow!"
Azura's gambeson has indeed blunted the blow to some degree, preventing it from being fatal, but she pulls up the gambeson to reveal that her belly is already developing a nasty yellow-and-purple bruise from the force of the blow, and a cut about three inches long (but not terribly deep) is an angry red.
"This'll be fine," says the bard. "It'll heal right up with a little magic."
"Do we have time for me to use a spell to mend my gambeson?"
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Ada waves at everyone to get within 30 feet of her, and Channels Positive Energy. She motions for the lizard folk to press close as well. She shakes her head as the wounds aren't healed as much as she likes and channels again.
"I want to save my last channel just in case."
"Thanks Ada," says Azura as her bruises fade and the gash in her abdomen turns into just the barest hint of a thin red line. "I have a little channeling power too if we need it at some point."
Zev stands back to let more of the Lizardfolk gather around Ada as he wasn’t hit in this fight, instead starting on moving the corpses respectfully.
Ulfr joins Zev, looking to the other lizardfolk to see how the bodies should be handled and where they should be taken.
"Unh...thanks." Ryn says with a bit of a groan as the wicked gash in her shoulder becomes a smaller cut, and the bite is completely healed. "They hit hard!"
"I have a wand. Ryn do you need more healing?"
"I definitely wouldn't turn it down." Ryn says, shrugging and immediately wincing at the ill advised gesture.
The lizardfolk Ada heals with her channeling give her many grateful nods and hisses, Arthak being among them. His wounds are healed almost completely by her work.
Ucutzi sets to work directing the other lizardfolk in disposing of the dead. "We will feast upon Sun-Eater meat tonight!" She crows, eliciting a raucous cheer from the rest of the tribe.
She directs Zev and Ulfr in disposing of the dead Lake Claws. "We do not eat our own--the beasts of the Mushfens may have them. It is only fair that we give back to the land we survive off of."
Zev nods and begins picking up the noble dead to be respectfully moved. "I wonder what Lizardfolk tastes like?"
"They taste better once they've been scaled." Ucutzi offers.
Zev nods contently at the obvious answer.
Ada pulls out her wand and heals up Ryn. "There you go. Can't have you wincing when you're in battle." She pats the gladiatrix on the shoulder.
Ryn takes a deep breath, rolling her shoulder and letting out a sigh of relief as the wound completely heals. "Thanks Ada, good as new!" the gladiatrix says with a smile.
As the dead lizardfolk are hauled away, Warchief Vuhazk steps into the party's midst, a trail of blood dripping from his claws and the smell of death clinging to him.
"Well fought, warm-bloods. The Sun-Eaters are not a tribe to be underestimated." He growls while sniffing the air. "Their boldness should be shaken now..."
Then now is the time to strike. Ulfr says darkly.