Ulfr starts to laugh as his allies enter with someone who looked very dangerous. The Spirits have heard my plea! Cower before your doom, abominations!
"baaaaa!!"
Karas grinned as the door burst open to see his companions rushing back in. Never give up. Always have faith.
He roared in laughter as the door splinters landed on the previously silent hall.
Rakeesh eyes the new demon-blooded tiefling even more warily than Karas. But, the sight of Tehina and Neile was reassuring. He would figure out the who's and the why's later.
"Behold, your liberation has come sooner than expected!" he calls to the ghouls. "Look to me... For you will soon be free of this oppressive existence!"
Tehina hangs to the back. Physically she knows she won't be able to handle the undead but she knows her companions can.
As Neile and the woman storm in some can hear a low mumble in the background as Tehina casts the spell she prepared for just this situation. As soon as the sound stops Neile grows to double her size.
After his taunt Ulfr starts pounding the wall with his chain and singing a Shoanti battle song, the Song of Ambush.
The furious woman sees Karas struggling against his chains and goes to help him. Despite the two of them struggling mightly, the chains hold.
After their initial astonishment, the priest recovers quickly.
"Feast! Feast now! Sate your hunger brothers!" he calls out.
"Yes, I think we will," the ghast growls, "Starting with you!"
Rage powers a mighty howl and the ghouls fall upon the priest, who now discovers that Kabriri has deemed him unworthy as his priest when he the symbol in his hands turns to ashes. One of the ghouls is unable to get close enough, but the other two and the ghast tear into the fallen priest with relish. Tchirash get's a front row seat to the feast of horror as the undead dwarf screams as chunks are ripped from his flesh and devoured with greedy abandon. Black, decaying blood splatters her and the alter in front of her, coating the chapel in gore.
As soon as the undead turn on their master, Ulfr allows his song drive them on. If they turn from each other and attack the living, however, the song's power fades from them.
Neile crouches over as Tehina's spell takes effect, burying her head in hands that rapidly grow larger, the claws bursting from her knuckles stretching wider, forcing the skin open further. When she straightens again, now doubled in size, she begins striding forward, stepping over the pews of the old chapel in time with the beat of Ulfr's song, slowly allowing the rhythm to seep into her bones.
Tchirash calls upon Iomedae and casts glorious presence on herself, and waits.
Rakeesh marvels at the turn of events. Such evil...
He bounces against the wall, turning himself to bring the greatest leverage he can manage. Straining to the drumbeat of Ulfr's song he pulls the manacles with little effect.
Bimbur struggles with his chains.
Tehina moves in behind Neile but keeps her distance. She knows she is no match for these ghouls when it comes to hand to hand combat so she stays out of the way.
The enraged woman yanks again, but the chains refuse to budge.
The feast of horror continues and with one final shriek, the undead dwarf passes onto the Boneyard. his flesh messily devoured by his former followers.
"Feast my brothers! Feast! For this is the first of many feastings!" A horrible undead voice gurgles.
"Not today! Not ever!" comes an answering cry as the wanderer ceases yanking on the chains binding Karas and goes for the ghouls. Drawing a massive blade as she goes.
The ghoul only has enough time to see his doom coming before the powerful blow turns him into gibbets that splatter all over the wall, his fellows, and Tchirash.
Karas begins tearing at his chains.
The sound of shattering iron echoes in the chamber as he tears into chains holding him.
As the chunks of undead fall like rain in the chapel, Neile gives a yell and tears into the closest ghoul, allowing the drivng song and the Bear's strength to overcome her.
Tchirash whips her head to the side to avoid the spray of gore getting in her mouth.
Rakeesh stops struggling against the chains, and watches the carnage. No more than they all deserve. Though I had hoped to be the one to wreak vengeance upon them...
Ulfr continues his song and the rhythm of the chains that beats out the ghoul's imminent doom.
Anger consumed Karas but there were people in the way of his prey. He could however rend the awful bindings of another.
With silver eyes gleaming and teeth bared Karas ran over to Rakeesh and tore at his chains.
The chains groan, and chips of iron fly, but the bonds on the paladin hold tight still.
Rakeesh flinches as the enraged tiefling falls loose from his chains and charges at him, claws bared. But, the attcks only damage the chains holding him. Rakeesh grabs hold of what remains, bashing it as hard as he can against the stone walls.
Neither suited for hand to hand combat nor able to really hit any of the ghouls with her spell without risking herself Tehina stands back. She looks at the chains holding her friends but seeing that even her stronger comrades can't break free she stands no chance at all.
So she just stays back and keeps a close eye on the situation at hand.
"Feed my brothers, but leave one alive for our new priest," the ghast calls out before looking at Rakeesh and smiling.
"And soon, he will lead us to more prey!"
Ghast is a-ragin'!
The last two undead go for the obvious threats. The ghast after the wanderer and the ghoul after Neile. The ghast draws blood as it bites her arm, and ghoul is lucky as well, managing to survive long enough to get at the fury of a waif to sink his teeth into her. The demon blooded berserker recoils form the stench of the foul monster, but she's far from out of the fight.
The ghast soon learns that though he may have cheated death once, he is still mortal, and Pharasma is eager to claim him for her Boneyard.
As the threat dwindles rapidly Ulfr's song pounds on and drives the blood of his allies.
Despite her enlarged size, the cry that slips from Neile as the ghoul's teeth sink into her leg is little more than a choked gasp, a mingled sound of pain and fear. Biting down on her own tongue to distract herself, she leashes out furiously at the ghoul with bony claws.
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Bimbur waits patiently, monk's were trained that way.
Tchirash continues to hang there in the chains waiting for the mysterious stranger to finish killing the ghouls that they couldn't touch.
"How thoughtful that your very last thoughts are of me," Rakeesh sneers back at the ghast. A moment later the tiefling with the massive blade turns him into offal. With the ghouls dropping like flies, Rakeesh continues to focus on destroying his bonds.
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Karas rended Rakeesh's chains again.
Rakeesh's chains break under the relentless assault from both the paladin and the tiefling.
With a swift strike, the tiefling ends the Ghast's undeath with a blow that rends him in twain from hip to shoulder.
THe other ghoul seeing he is all that's left cowers before the enlraged and enraged Neile.
"S-s-sp-spare me! PLEASE! MERCY!"
"No mercy, little one. Not for this one. Not for one that has the taint of undeath," Bear growls as the beat of Ulfr's song echoes and trembles around you.
Rakeesh lands on his feet, but immediately doubles over, pain lancing through his hands and wrists at the returning circulation. With an effort of will, he gathers together the remains of the manacles still hanging from his arms, and limps over to the remaining ghoul.
"Mercy? I warned you. Ragathiel's eye is upon me. And he does not forgive." Rakeesh raises the manacles, and brings them down like a flail on the last ghoul's head.