Grey then moves forward and lashes out with it's numerous attacks, all of which have reach, starting with the guard and them moving to the troll if the guard goes down.
Nox loads another round, the steps past the new arrivals to take a shot at one of the guards that just killed one of the Tengu.
Nox fires at the guard, taking the man in the shoulder. His grin disappears, replaced with a snarl of pain. He grits his teeth and looks ready to charge at the tiefling.
Grey assaults the guard, and slaps him with a tentacle so hard that his head spins about far enough to snap his spine. The man crumbles to the ground, quite dead. Grey then attacks the troll, but misses.
After the good doctor tends to Ithariel, the huge troll roars in anger, and brings down its axe at Grey.
Then it bites down, trying to take off a tentacle, and swipes across with a claw.
Did we just get reinforcements? The druid wonders out loud, swinging his now small staff at the guard next to him. Despite his small size, he puts everything he's got into that shot. But misses horribly... hitting himself in the head, dazing himself....
Stelmaria, accepting healing from the newly appearing half-orc, launches into a series of attacks at the guardsman by the outside door, biting and clawing at the man.
Lief nods at the call to attack the troll and pushes into the tower. He finds that he cannot reach the beast with an attack before it's ready to strike again, but that there is a guard on the way that needs to be dealt with. So, he stops next to enemy human and brings his sword whistling around at the man.
Stel lashes out, taking down the guard with a potent strike! He falls, his blood spraying out all over the no longer white snow.
The guard who had taken down and killed Tchezze looks on in anger, then fear. He drops his sword and puts his hands on his head in submission. The two guards on the towers look down. What're you doing....come on, get 'em! They fire down at Stel.
Lief moves in and hurls a flask at Bordegga, but it skitters do the ground before impact. Still, the massive troll roars in pain and what looks like fear, as the flames lick at her feet. No fire, no fire!
Grey lashes out at the troll this time, finding s weak spot.
Seeing as the large cat reacted well to the limited healing, Gareau steps up next to it, swallows hard hoping not to get mauled, and then casts Glitterdust on the troll.
Nox smiles wickedly as the troll shows her fear of fire. As he moves forward, he loads one of his special rounds.
The troll howls in pain as Grey rips into it. It tries to deflect the smaller creature's attacks with its axe, but to no avail. It then tries to resist Gareau's magic.
Bordegga clutches her face. My eyes! Stupid octopus! What you do?! She swipes with her axe before stumbling back.
Grey smacks the troll as it falls back, and it roars in anger!
Lief rushes after the troll and swings his sword at it.
Ithariel, dazed from his horrible miss, stands there in confusion, unable to really act effectively.
Stelmaria limps over to the injured druid, the pair looking a sorry sight all around.
Lief rushes in towards the towering troll. Bordegga, blinded, can't seem to react to his rush, as Lief comes in with a mighty strike across the great beast's chest. Bordegga lets out a shriek of pain and falls, sending a white cloud of ice and snow up in the courtyard.
The guards atop the walls exclaim, levering their crossbows up to target Leif. They loose shots again, this time across the courtyard.
The lone remaining guard on the ground - the one that had just killed Lief - remains where he is, hands up in the air.
Ithariel still dazed from his accident, cowers in the tunnel from the arrows. Trying not to get seen or hit.
Stelmaria, still limping, stays with the druid to protect him from any harm.
Grey attacks the downed troll to make sure it stays down.
Nox steps forward, trying to catch Grey's attention. "Leave that one to me." He says, carefully aiming his pistol.
Lief watches with interest as the gunslinger and the tentacle monster try to ensure that the troll will stay dead.
Grey smacks the troll's body, but the thing continues to knit itself back together, albeit slowly.
"Maybe just try to burn it!"
Doc uses a cantrip to spark a flame on anything that might be flammable, including troll skill.
The troll...burns! The remaining pieces of the great beast sputter and smolder, and writhe about as they die.
The two guards atop the towers look down into the courtyard, their hands visibly shaking as they hold their crossbows. They seem to make a decision then, each looking at the other. Then, they both drop their crossbows and raise up their hands.
We give up!
Ithariel breathes a sigh of relief when the guards surrender, turning to the newcomers, he nods his head in appreciation, I'm Ithariel, and that's Stelmaria.he says, indicating the limping tiger, Thank you for coming to our aid, strangers. What might we call you? The shrunken leonine Aisimar thanks them. Pardon my appearance, the dog shrunk me.
Turning back to the guards, he questions them, Gentlemen, we are seeking a magical source within this fort, any ideas where we might find such a thing? Also, you can divest yourselves of your valuables at this point. he adds, figuring it would be a good idea.
The scarred and tattooed scraggly half-orc lowers his equally hideous wooden mask, and then speaks in a deep but pleasant voice which seems so out of place.
"Of course, of course, ha ha ha! I am Doctor Everard Gareau. I know, my appearance may be a bit strange for many, particularly here in these cold, strange lands. My friend here is named Lief Stoutspear. We came via some sort of magical portal. The locals seemed to want to hunt us down... in fact, we were a much larger group, but we have become separated. I came here seeking answers, and I guess just lucky timing that we came upon you when we did."
Lief looks around, some what confused.
shrunk by the dog? everything about this place in confusing, whether its enemies or allies...
"Yeah, Lief is my name," the hulking, horned man answers, still holding up his sword like he's unsure if any of the people remaining around him are going to try to kill him. "A man on a horse asked us to go through a magic portal and help, so we did, and nothing has made sense since then. We still want to help, though, if any of you know how we can do that?"
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"Well, we were tasked with shutting down the portals we all came through. That way our loved ones won't be attacked. Though we are stuck here for a while since we accepted a geas in return for some help. You may feel differently about closing the portals. if so you might want to hurry back b3efore we finish our task."
The guards put their hands put wide, and loosen their holds on their weapons. The crossbows clatter to the ground, at least one of them most definitely busted. They come close to the battlement to look down at the mini Ithariel. Magics? Whole place is magic, far as I can tell. How it works.... He shrugs. You'd have to ask the boss.
After another minute, Ithariel enlarges back to his normal size. An instant later, a dog appears next to Lief. It says, in a gruff human voice. Woof.
"Oh," Lief says with some surprise, "I'm sorry... I don't speak dog..."
"Is this dog on our side? And, does anyone know what it said?"
I said Woof. He steps closer, to sniff at Lief. We're here to help the girl...you gonna' get in the way of that?
The druid laughs, He's with us, and he's a Fey. A good one. If you've traveled through the same portal as we did, then we're of one purpose. This whole place is odd though. He turns back to the captured guards, If you don't start getting more knowledgeable, we're going to start getting curious in a more physical way. Who's the boss? How many more guards are there? Is there a number two person? We're curious folks. and leave the implicit threat hanging in the air.
The guard snorts, in spite the carnage you've made in this courtyard. Whatever you can do to us...the boss can do ten times worse. Just get it over with!
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Ques does not like where the conversation is going and tries to divert the subject.
"Tell us how to get up to the top of this place."
He enters the hall to the southeast and takes a peek around the edge, Grey in tow, once the infernal healing finishes healing his eidolan up.
Seeing someone he pulls his head back quickly and says "Someone is there"
"Helping a damsel in distress? Sounds right up our alley. I can sometimes use my juju to heal wounds such as there. I have little left in me for the day, but I can at least help bandage you."
Ques walks into the interior chamber of the ice wall, but it seems empty, just used for quick travel along the wall in wartime.
The guard looks at Ques. The boss just kinda' appears...dunno how he does it.