"A prophet has ever reflected
In the magical crystal ball
They will bring here the wonderful future and the brilliant hope
When we won the domination,
Do you remember this promise
We meet each together on the top of this hill."
Sigvard frowns slightly. "Not really in keeping with the situation, really. Here, ugly, have a spear while I think of something better." He steps towards Spanglefang and stabs at her.
Sigvard's song of a brilliant future certainly aids his aim. Spanglefang's legs tense as his spear drives deep, not only injuring the spider, but encouraging Kendall as well.
With little fanfare, Kendall slugs Urgog upside his jawline as Urgog attempts to escape in retaliation for his stone trick.
Opportunity Attack MBA for shifting away.
for and is slowed UEOMT.
He scowls, "Deceptive varmint, your tricks will not stay my hammer."
And another MBA for good measure
for
Urgog is now no longer slowed.
save vs sharp bits
Kendall keeps up the pressure on Urgog, clouting the upstart king on the jaw, and courageously ignoring his own growing wounds.
Spanglefang's eyes gleam as she looks at Varis and Kendall, greed seeming to overwhelm her judgement.
"Courage, my kind," she calls, jetting more poison over the wolfman and the knight. Kendall's armour is no match for the seeping poison, but Varis dodges the attack.
"Hey, pay attention to me. I'm a Skald, we don't like being ignored."
"I have webbed and devoured more skalds than I can remember. You will join their husks."
Spanglefang's bravado is less impressive than it might be. Thoroughly irritated by the sour refusal to listen to his saga, Sigvard bloodies her.
Luce growls at the spider, the foul creature of unnatural origin, a cruel mockery of nature and with a twisted persona to match. She tries to nip at its legs, pushing it backwards.
Then she shimmers back into the young woman and nods to the others. "I'll git round t' side o' crawlie." Luce plucks a sharp spider leg hair from her lip, and rushes off.
Luce leaps and bites, but Spanglefang spots the movement and moves her leg clear in time. With a slight inrush of air, she shapechanges back into her human form.
Vondal fails to chill Spanglefang, who casts a speculative look upwards with one of her many eyes.
Varis has a tough decision, between the heavily injured spider, and the goblin. In the end, it is his somewhat protective stance towards the impetuous lass that helps his decision. He focuses the protective nature of his cloak to avoid harm, before leaping over the rough stones to land beside the creature.
Varis, stumbles as he lands, causing his swing to go wide. In his anger he slashes wildly back at the large vermin, connecting at the thing's back as it faced Luce.
Working to protect Luce and give her as much advantage as he can, Varis leaps towards Spanglefang and hopes. Hope is not enough, however and his blade glances off her. She looks disdainfully at the elf.
"Tasty elves should not try to make me into their breakfast," she purrs. She speaks too soon, as Varis takes advantage of her disdain to drive his weapon deep into her. Shocked and in pain, Spanglefang leaps clear.
High above, Caine battles with the approaching goblins, keeping them away from Vondal.
Urgog, alight with battle lust, lunges at Kendall again, seemingly unaware that Spanglefang is getting the worst of her own battle.
"All that metal isn't going to stop me. I am the King!"
"In the glorious tone of the bell,
Wines to the chariots
Let's drink 'til midnight in the circle of steel
At the top of that fortress,
The mighty flag flutters
Look at the mountainside, a rainbow is making a bridge."
Sigvard, blood humming in his ears, pursues Spanglefang. "No running away now, have a taste of Ringbiter to toast the ravens."
The swing from Urgog hurt Kendall worse than he let on. Flustered and wounded, he manages a half-hearted"No stronger mettle than...a..."
The knight then passes out, falling to his knees, still clutching his weapon as if to prop himself up.
save vs ongoing 4
save vs ongoing 10 poison
save vs death
Sigvard song rings around the chamber and his well-attested animosity to Spanglefang shows itself in all its glory. One blow from Ringbiter is all it takes to fell the fey arachnid. She crumples, leaving Urgog agog with dismay as he is trapped by the webbing. The self-proclaimed goblin King has some consolation as Kendall slumps to the ground, but his demeanour has changed with the death of the spider.
Luce stands and plucks an electrocuted spider hair. She flicks a burning shard of fire towards the King whereby it erupts into a conflagration engulfing Urgog and bolstering Kendall in his unconscious agony.
Varis uses his elven speed to step out of the dangerous terrain, and encircles it, even slogging his way through the thick webbing to get to Urgog. His concern grows at getting so close, this is not his usual method, standing face-to-face with the enemy. He hopes that the others will move in to once again surround the enemy. His hesitation shows with his swing, as it weakly swipes at the air beside the goblin.
Varis flaps ineffectually, but manages at last to shrug aside the pain of his wounds. Trapped on the cliff, Vondal decides to help the greater good and allows Sigvard to channel power from him.
Caine takes avantage of the abrupt demoralisation of the goblins holding him, bellowing at them to get into line. As they break away from him, he turns back to help the stricken knight.
"Nobody goes down on my watch."
Aware that his main support has vanished, Urgog aims for the higher ground and the more tempting target of Vondal. He backs slowly up the wall.
Varis' glancing blow finds a weak spot and bloodies Urgog. The ursurper grits his teeth and clings on to the wall.
"They can't stay in peace forever,
You knew the destiny
They must march on looking for the next battlefield
They were fighting together
Must leave here tomorrow
The time will come, when the horses cry at the crack of dawn."
Sigvard crows in triumph, and then turns and rushes over towards Urgog, hoping to further bloody his spear.
Deep down, Kendall struggles for consciousness, if only the sharp rocks and caltrops didn't worsen his situation.
save vs ongoing
Save vs Death
Sigvard's spear finds a happy home in Urgog's side. The strike sets up a great opportunity for Luce or Varis to take full advantage of his vulnerability.
Luce carries on climbing up the wall to the top as she gets there she smiles at the King. "'Ey up, get back down with with your subjects." she blows him an icy kiss. This crystallizes into a icicle which flies towards the goblin king crashing into him and attempting to force him off the wall to the floor below.
Luce pounces up the wall, tearing at Urgog's legs. She yanks the would-be monarch back to the ground, dropping him at Kendall's feet, even as the steely knight returns to the land of the living. Luce's dog-self snarls a warning as Urgog blusters and scrabbles for his weapon.
"My subjects chose me."
"Werl ... more a kind of un-choice since you had that whalloping spider on your team." comments one of the goblins in the ceiling.
"Looks like no-one likes you very much, King Urgog."
"That's right. You said we'd be a collective. I remember that part."
Another disgruntled goblin voice chimes in.
Varis is excited to see the goblin in a precarious situation, as it makes his job just a little easier. He sheathes his sword, and takes a step back while firing the bow he still carried in his off-hand. With the goblin 'king' hanging dazed on the rope, he is able to focus his aim.
Distracted by the abrupt turn-around in his fortunes and anxious to correct his minions, Urgog is in no position to fend off Varis' well placed arrow. Narrowly clinging to the wall, he glare upwards, more concerned about his tribe than the intruders.
"Collective means "you do the collecting"."
"Don't think so boss, Grupnok here says different."
Caine moves back along the cliff and looms menacingly over Urgog, daring the goblin to climb any higher.
As it happens, Urgog is too concerned with holding on to do anything dangerous. Although far from surrendering, he seems very distracted by the adrupt disappearance of his ally and his support.
"Help me you morons," he bellows encouragingly.
"Oh yes. We'll help you. We're just having a bit of a meeting to work out how. Very collective."
"We are riding for the battlefield in force tonight,
Fury of the darkest evil cry for war
Far beyond the bound-a-ries of hell and starlight,
On the road to lands unknown forever more."
Sigvard's tune changes, and he steps towards Urgog. "Ringbiter has fed the ravens today." He stabs towards the goblin king.
The stern knight pulls himself to his feet, using his craghammer as a crutch, his body shuddering.
Move: Stand
Minor: Activate Aura - Hold the Line.
MBA vs Urgog
for and he is slowed UEOMNT.
Before he can protest further, Urgog is struck both by Sigvard's poetry and his blade. Kendall staggers upright and deals the death blow.
"Erm ... are we still a collective?" queries a hidden goblin.