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Round 3 Ronen watches as Lady Lilia is the first to turn the corner. "Where are the others Lady Lilia? I had expected to see the Priscilla springing from the room first. Do we move back further or stand our ground here?"
Round 2 As he watches the others start exiting the tomb he decides to stay put. His decision appears to be a wise one after he hears the undistinguishable sound of the halfling curse echo from the tomb. Gripping the handle of his patron's blade he relaxes becoming present in the moment. Whatever emotions that flow through him he welcomes. Dropping his blade into a guard position he waits for the others to come.
Round 1
Turning to Lilia, "When you are able Lady Lilia I will need my crossbow and bolts if we upset the imp-like creature maybe it will leave this lair when we move around the corner".
Ronen does his best to casually peer towards the flames. It takes a few seconds but he begins to glimpse the shape of the impish creature in the fire.
Ronen waits outside the chamber. The sight of the idols is troubling and he readies himself by unsheathing his blade preparing should anything move to intercept the warrior of Freya.
Thinking over Lady Lilia's suggestion he agrees. "As time is against us then we should stay focused and search for the larger chamber. It will still take time for the digging team to get down here. Thry will be cautious until they realize others are down here."
Given the gravity of what lies ahead of them Ronen falls into a deep sleep and is awakened by the sound of dying fire. He watches as the warrior of Freya tends to the flame standing watch over it like it is their lifeline. Her body language speaks louder than any words could and he shares the feeling that what lies before them could ultimately end in their deaths. At the thought of that he is comforted knowing that Lueck and Cairenn should by now have reached Bard's Gate and would have informed the Lord Marshall. Turning his attention back to the warrior of Freya he watches the exchange between the halfling and her. Standing up he gathers his blade and quietly moves off to begin his morning kata and prayers, "I must speak to the Lady and ask her to bestow us with grace and determination this day. Then I shall be ready to leave."
Ronen watches as the two companions leave. He feels relief knowing that should they fail the temple will at least be alerted. Should the temple send any aid it would come well after the original expedition had climbed down and who knew how far the group would have reached by then. "With Cairenn and Lueck gone we must be more cautious of our actions. And any conversation with the guardians will be useless." Turning to Brother Valorn, "We should determine what divine blessings might be best for us to complete this gauntlet and find where the abominations came from to see if we can find these stones that were spoken about."
sorry to hear that Dien. I'll miss your dialogue and insight!
Slowly downing the vial at his lips he rises with Cairenn's aid. "My thanks to you." He stares at the skeletal priest and the other two guardians. "It would seem they are all linked. Knowing when one is in danger. Something to remember for later." After moving away from the vicinity of the skeletal guardians he feels the pain in his body alleviate as Brother Valorn calls upon the Lady to heal the group."We live so that is a blessing. It seems that the guardians are not demons but rather creatures of another plane. Should we encounter similar what do we know of these creatures?"
His body wracking with pain from the casual touch Prince of Death's minion he thanks the blessing of the Lady for Lady Lilia's quick decision. His focus momentarily diverted he slices down and across with his blade at the abomination.
As the abomination crumbles to mud and dirt Ronen struggles but is able to free himself from the mud that had encased him. Taxed by the effort and the blow that the creature hit him with. He takes his symbol in his free hand and speaks the prayer to the Lady.
With the errant swing it leaves his guard as the abomination's muddy tendrils wrap around him.
As the foul creature bursts from the wall Ronen spins and slashes down on it.
Ronen swings high unanticipating the speed at which the creature launches itself.
Round 6 With the passage blocked by his fellow companions and the abominations Ronen continues his vigil at the entrance of the tomb. Unaware of what is happening further down the passage he shouts to Ares Valorn. "The narrow passages will make this difficult. Brother Valorn have the others try to move towards the tomb. We rob ourselves of any advantage facing them like this."
Round 5 Ronen stands where he his Lady's blade in his hand. He listens as the battle ensues ahead choosing to wait for the others to bring the battle back if they are able to. As he waits he remains vigilant watching the walls should the fleeing abominations emerge from the walls in the Guardian's cave. [ooc]Standard action:Ronen readies action to attack any mudmen that comes into his range
Round 4 Seeing Lady Lilia's predicament Ronen tried again to strike at the creature with a flurry of strikes in hopes of providing her sanctuary.
Round 3 cont'd
Round 3 As Ronen comes out of his roll he watches as the abominations surround the others. "We do not help ourselves if we focus on each abomination seperately. Team up where possible." With that being said Ronen launches himself at the mud creature now engaged with Brother Valorn. The blade slashes with a fury slashes.
Round 2 Watching as Lueck gets punished for trying to get past the mud creatures Ronen slices at the closest one.
As the blade erringly misses the creature Ronen shifts 5 feet over towards the skeleton guardian's chamber
Round 1 "It's a sound plan. Everyone head to the chamber if the guardians and Demon's caretaker fight against one another all the better for us. The rest of you set up near the abomination. Somewhere that will force the creature to defend it's tomb. Brother Valorn, Urrnir and I will lure the guardians inside. Lady Lilia you still have my crossbow use it as you see fit. There should be twenty bolts in the quiver."
Now that Lueck is up and safely moving with the others Ronen races ahead passing Lilia and the warrior of Freya. As he comes into the small chamber he looks at Priscilla who appears to be hesitating.
As Lueck falls Ronen rushes over to him unmindful of disrupting whatever traps might still be active and offers him his hand.
Helping Lueck up he turns to Cairenn and watches as Lilia dashes off. "Follow her Cairenn myself and Lueck will guard the rear." With the sound of water slamming against the paved road he pulls Lueck along knowing that they must reach the others to survive this first test. "May the Lady grant us her insight and steady blade on the evil that we are to face."
Ronen watches with clear amazement at the plant people before him unsure what their miniature siege weapon could be used for.
"I take it Cairenn nor you Lady Lilia have anything to aid in communicating with our new allies?"
"I understand your caution but I feel like we are running into deadends with the only path being the paved one before us." At that Ronen returns his focus back to the tunnel.
Ronen frowns at Cairenn's idea. "To mimic any of these abominations would be blasphemous to The Lady. With time our foe here as well here is my suggestion. The passages down here are something of a maze and we do not know how long they run for. Suppose we test this gauntlet and when necessary rest on one of these side passages. The narrow tunnels will at least provide us with a defensible position."
Following Lilia's words Ronen moves back a few feet far enough to gather enough speed to clear the stream. "A little room please. Who knows what dwells in these waters." Ronen sprints for the edge of the stream and with two feet planted launches himself into the air.
Im fine with this idea and have no problem with Urrnir or anyone else being the group
Urrnir play as your character would if it means making rash decisions do it. I appreciate this more than you feeling like your character is only there to punch things. Myself I'm still slowly getting back into posting. I think now would be good time for less than cautious actions.
Ohh very mean a vampiric mist! Love it.
Ronen finally speaks up having stayed his tongue since the meeting with the three skeletal caretakers. "Our immediate action needs to be find these stones that are guarded. Attacking these caretakers would further weaken our strength against much dangerous foes. To Lady Lilia's suggestion that would be valuable knowledge. If this is a test of sorts then I would believe there might be such a spot if not multiple places."
Apologies all my post count went down I've getting my house rdy to put on the market for last two weeks. House is up so posts djould come more frequent now.
"Cairenn...What was said between you and the abominations that made them withdraw? He watches as Cairenn kneels down and drinks from the pool, "What are you doing?" Even as Ronen moves to aid Cairenn he returns to normal almost as if nothing had happened and says, "We should press on." Perplexed but not wanting to further complicate things he looks down the closet passage, "Lead on Cairenn."
His eyes quickly turn to Brother Valorn as he watches the leader of the abominations and Cairenn converse. Whispering to Brother Valorn, "Stay your blade brother. We must see what Cairenn is learning from these abominations. Cairenn translate what they are saying and what is this task you are speaking about?"
Deciding against hiding he moves in front of Priscilla.
Drawing his blade from the sheath. He mentally goes through the combat in his mind preparing for whatever may come next.
He nods at Brother Valorn and begins his descent down.
He waits for Lilia though and tries to help her as much as possible.
"You will need to clomb down, Lilia. It is steep but I will aid you as I am able."
"There...is...something here I believe. Not steps or a handhold. It feels like something was chiseled here. Yes the etchings seem too deliberate to be random. I think it might give us some clues." Standing up he looks at the others his eyes stopping at Cairenn. "Cairenn you might be best for this task. If each of us link arms we can make a chain to lower you down to better see what exactly is inscribed."
"To have a gate guarding a dead end makes no sense. Whoever constructed this tomb put efforts to keep people out." Edging closer to the edge he bends down and reaches his hand over the escarpment feeling for something. "Perhaps there is something that we are not meant to see."
I vote to leave it open. Right now it is our only way out. Hope the days are better now Grimmy. Keep those eyese pointed straight ahead and looking up!
Regaining his balance he continues to move across the narrow causeway. As he crosses over to the other isle he stops at the hideous gate before him taking note to see if his temple blade is heating up at all. "Lilia or Cairenn what do you make of this gate other than the dire warning that we should not enter this place?"
Nodding at Priscilla as the gate rises he makes his way across the causeway at a careful pace. His eyes dart between the gate and water under his feet. As he attempts to cross the causeway the Ronen feels his feet give way to the wet stone underneath.
Round 7 "Apart from T'Salix, you and the warrior of Freya I believe we are fine. On the other isle you said that it was like a forge? Your clothes and the rest of your belongings seem fine there are no indications of a fire of any sort. Can you tell us more of what you felt exactly?"
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