"After you." Jimmy says following Abomentolor into the next room
A broad central column of stone fills the center of this octagonal chamber. A flight of stairs coils up around this column, passing through an opening in the ceiling thirty feet above. Several doors lie in the chamber’s walls. The room itself features a large amount of ancient and archaic but no less frightful-looking torture implements.
In the room are four more Gray Maidens one of them their commander as she shouts "In the name of Sorshen and Eurythnia Reborn!" and draws her sword to attack.
"Oh look here. More of this canned grill meat." Abomentolor joyfully states as he sends in a fireball.
The fight is already half over before it begins as two of the four drop to the ground. The two remaining ones charge the gnome.
Jimmy steps forward and attacks the commander
Gwenhwyfar uses her sleep hex on the commander.
The commander is hit hard but still stands
But it doesn't help. She falls victim to Gwenhwyfar's hex.
Tauriell dances around Abomentolor and the remaining Gray Maiden drawign her blade.
Once in flanking position she slashes at the woman.
But these damn full plates and shields are always in the way.
Abomentolor quite likes metal armor. He casts defensively a shocking grasp.
It reeks like burnt flesh. All opposition is down.
Niamh looks around. "After that I really doubt anyone needs music while fighting." she says with a smirk. "Are you ending this or is Gwenhwyfar going to heal them?"
"I'm going back to that ballroom. We forgot something there." Gwenhwyfar replies and leaves.
She slowly walks back and picks up the guisarme. She casts detect magic on it and tries to identify it's magical properties.
"Let's tie her up while she is out." Jimmy suggests
"Interesting conclusion you come to." Tauriell replies.
"Are we getting the 'let's build a prison' discussion again?" Abomentolor asks.
"I won't feed them with apple pie!" Niamh clarifies holding her hands in a defensive.
"I second that!" Tauriell comments.
"This is a commander of the grey maidens. She may have some useful information on the 'Sorshen' that they are all following."
"Well, but we should decide a little bit faster. I mean... if you let her lying here she will wake up somewhen and she will feel... quiet hit. So if you want to have information heal her and if not kill her." Niamh takes out her silken rope and hands it to Jimmy. "Your decision. But hurry up."
"You have a rope of your own, or should I lend you mine again?" Tauriell asks.
"Oh." Niamh prefers the view to have her rope neat and tidy in her backpack. So she takes it back and packs it into the backpack. "Your rope." the halfling tells Tauriell.
"This is all taking too long." Tauriell states and whacks the commander over her helmed head with her mace.
She then takes a look around the room.
Niamh follows Tauriell's glance around casting detect magic. "What do you mean?"
Jimmy ties up the commander
Niamh walks to the commander and raises the sword from the floor. After she rummages around she also takes the potion. "Someone interested?" she asks looking around.
"As I see this nice potion. Would someone care to heal me? These evil gals really know their business. They cut me badly." Abomentolor asks.
"Nobody?" Niamh asks her eyes growing wide. Then she notices her mistake. "Both are magical."
Tauriell comes along with the magic stick "I, the magic healing fairy grant your wish." and ticks him with it.
Twice.
As anyone stands around looking or doing something else the door to te next room flies open and in come five more Gray Maidens shouting and charging.
Abomentolor uses the wand of fly to flee into the air. "See if you hit me here. Hehehehe!"
Niamh raises her violin to her chin.
"Oh great. More of these tin cans." Tauriell moans.
Gwenhwyfar hurries back as she hears the commotion.
The Gray Maidens surround the group and attack them with their swords.
Tauriell doesn't like that position at all and simply leaves.
She moves to the entrance of the room. "Would you join me Miss Fiddle to block the door?"
Jimmy steps back and moves to the door,
One of the Gray Maidens manages to slash at Jimmy but to no avail.
"Niamh - You have good reflexes, don't you?" Abomentolor asks from above.
Niamh flees after Abomentolor's comment hiding behind Tauriell
"Take that you canned roast beef." Abomentolor shouts and douses the room in fire the moments Niamh is out of the way.
Two of the maidens drop to the floor. The other three pull out a potion and drink it.
Abomentolor flies down until he stands in front of them and uses more fire to give them the rest.
Only two are in the cone of fire. They drop to the ground. The last one furiously attacks the gnome.
Tauriell moves into flanking position drawing her mace and whacks the maiden on the head.
"You don't hit my gnome." Tauriell states.
Once again all enemies are down.