Blaze strikes the first chain binding the thronebound, hoping the enchantments on his blade will be enough to slice through
As Blaze's scimitar flashes forth to strike the chain on the cyclopes' right hand...
Damage:
...bouncing off and leaving only a faint mark, the two statues burst into life.
The one on Blaze's left surges from it's position of rest and rears up before shunting the magus with it's upper body...
Bullrush:
...sending the Kelish man stumbling back ten feet from the throne.
The creature from Blaze's right moves less freely, but still takes position flanking the throne.
The one that bullrushed Blaze away then speaks in a harsh tongue, born of the pits of hell "Vielen Dank sterblichen hatten wir gezwungen worden, zu lange zu stehen .... aber ich kann nicht zulassen, dass du die Bande des Verräters zu schneiden."
Kaavel watches as the statue rushes Blaze before saying loudly "At least they seem talkative."
Acrobatics
to avoid the guardian
"Ugly Orc comin through!"
Chain held well, going for the arm!
......Greataxe Attack
Damage
******face/palm*****
Watching Biter follow Blaze in, Doc had gritted his teeth. When the giants moved he nodded, expecting Blaze and Biter to run, leading the two giants into his trap. When Grusk ran into the throneroom Doc nearly blew a gasket.
Coal frammit, Grusk! Are ye daft! Git the feck outta there, the lot o' ye!" "Buncha gods damned amatures..."
For all his frustration though, he waited.
"The guards spoke an so I assume heard our plans, so I jus made an adjustment!"
"Calm yerself Dickson cider breath!"
Blaze lets out a huff as he lands hard on the ground "ow, that was rude" He shakes his head in dismay at Grusk "What in the nine hells are you doing you ninny? Fall back NOW!"
::"Forgive us. We were under the impression that if we freed the thronebound he would attain final death. Is that not the case?"::
As Grusk makes his charge, he nimbly evades any strikes... on the way forward. His heavy strike with his axe is off-target though and instead gouges the floor beside the throne. The right hand creature reacts to his charge by flinging it's net unto him...
Net (touch attack):
...entangling the presumptuous member of Team Green in a stifling embrace... though you notice again that it's movements are not as free as the other.
The other creature's telepathic voice is harsher now that a further affront has been made "The betrayer's suffering must endure. Leave this place, and he to his torment."
Doc growls, drops his shell, draws one of the bug-harpoons and aims it at Grusk...
...splattering him and the net he's wrapped in with goo and chains. Tossing the rope to the rest of the squad he winds it around his arm and yells "Heave!"
Doc's gooey missile lands home on Grusk - further entangling him, but also providing a tether.
Sentis + Baran:
Doc:
Darkbiter:
Blaze:
Kaavel:
Grusk:
Action Tracker (Round 1): Darkbiter, Blaze, Kaavel, Grusk, Sentis + Baran, Statues, Doc
Escape artist
"I ain't no dog yah ken jus puts on a leash!"
"Damn right! Dogs c'n learn t' do what ye tell 'em!"
Kaavel goes into his fighting stance but stands unmoved, not sure to head into combat to help Grusk or wait.
Dark backs up to F9, ready to attack if the statues move forward, but otherwise still letting Blaze handle the situation.
"Somebody f'king pull! Blaze, c'n ye cut tha' net line? We gotta git 'im th' he'll outta there!"
"Kaavel, help Doc pull Grusk out."
Grusk manages to extricate himself from the net... but not from the viscous goo that now adheres to him from Doc's javelin. Seeing that Grusk has freed himself, Blaze backs away towards the entrance.
As Grusk is released from the net, Doc is able to easily haul him a good distance back from the throne.
The statues move to stand between the squad and the thronebound, stances aggressive - but standing passive for now. Blaze gets a forceful instruction "Do not act to shorten the Betrayer's imprisonment again... or we will not remain so passive..."
Action Tracker (Round 2): Darkbiter, Blaze, Kaavel, Grusk, Sentis + Baran, Statues, Doc
"W're gonna need somethin' better'n a curvy sword t' get th' job done." Doc growled.
"I'm open to suggestions" The Magus says, standing defensively.
"See if you can get their side of the story. They seem to be willing to not immediately attack, so we may as well see what information we can get out of them while figuring out our next move."
"Ah'm pretty sure their side o' th' story is somethin' like 'we're summoned or built an' bound to duty' or somethin like that. Might as well buy us some time though."
"Alright, sounds good. Don't go wastin any time I can buy ya"
::"What exactly was he imprisoned for? You call him 'Betrayer', who or what did he betray?"::
The statues maintain their position interposing between the squad and the throne that bears the cyclops who at present has his head sunken in a resignated pose. The response comes "He betrayed the Ghol-Gan, and this is not a prison as much his punishment."
Sentis sent Baran back into the tunnel and helped Doc pull Grusk back. So far this wasnt going to plan but that could very well be for the better.
"Do these guardians know tha Ghol-Gan are gone!"
"The death of the masters does not expunge the duty"
"Doc, you figure out a plan yet?" Blaze says, eying the guardians warily.
Doc sighs. "Look," he says with his voice down so as not to be overheard. "Ah got a ton o' ideas, but most o' them 're gonna take longer than yer gonna want t' spend. All we really gotta do is kill them big fellas, an' then we c'n break th' chains at our leisure. Why don' ye ask Throneboy what he knows about his spiky friends. Best case scenario, they can't act while 'e tells us their weakness. Worst case, they git pissed an' come after us straight into th' deadfall."
"Another approach might be t' finish the main mission an' come back t' this. If'n ah c'n build Kaavel's mechanized armor outta th' chitin we just got it might put us on a more equal footin' wit' 'em."
Sentis will describe in detail the two armor plated constructs that flanked the Ghol-gan to their host.
"I do not know of the beasts you describe... I am sorry."
"Wait. Throneboy doesn't know nothin'. Nevermind."
Screwing up his face in frustration, Doc broke out his jeweled flask. He was stumped.
"Yer th' boss. How d' ye wanna do this?"
"It is possible that killing the guardians is what is required to break the chains."
That makes sense Dark. Lets move back and attack one from afar and let Doc's trap do the brunt of the work.
"Duty they says, so wha is tha duty an maybe we ken get round it in some way. Doc yah member tha tale yah told drunk bout tha mantaken a mission tah deliver a person live tah a certain location an he didn't want tah do it, then after he gots there he made them tell him his duty was ended and tha he did a good job, then he killed tha person he'd defended tha whole way?"
"Vaguely. ah was drunk at th' time. Ah don' really see how it applies 'ere though. What'cha gettin' at? Ye think we c'n get 'em t' kill Throneboy?"
"Best we find out tha exact nature o there orders an see iffen they can be satisfied in some way."
Doc looks at Blaze and shrugs. "Worth a shot."
"They communicate telepathically, and since I am not too sure what your gonna try and ask them, why don't one of you talk to them"
"Me? It was Grusk's idea. Let 'im brain-talk at 'em. Maybe they'll read 'is mind an' decide t' jus' kill themselves."
The beings were ordered by contract to safeguard the corpse of the betrayer and ensure that it remained in the torment of unlife upon the throne. The orders have no end date and are intended to be served as long as the beings endure. You get a distinct sense that the statues are creatures of utmost law and discipline, and are unlikely to be talked out of their set task.
"This is getting silly. Let's try to divide them and take them out. Doc any chance you have something to slow our non target down further, say another bag o sticky goo?"
"Sure, got plenty o' that. How 'bout ah pass 'em out an' we bomb the crap outta th' one on th' left?"