Corpus lashes out the dread protector with his weapon masters strike.
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The Spider Queen clearly desires Vernal to not yet join her, as the Ardent manages to throw off worst of the effects.
Move to I20 and attack EE1
Coprus moves in against the elemental and knocks many stony chunks off its body, but the creature does not fall and turns it's attention to him.
Santander manages to not further fall into death's embrace.
"Strike, brother!" Malize commands.
Malize slides past the rocky creature as it turns towards Corpus and points out some weak spots to the fighter.
Kevaras revives Vernal with Lay on Hands, then moves to F22 and administers first aid to Santander.
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Vernal's eyes flick open and he looks thoughtfully at Kevaras. "Did you know the Spider Queen looks like Malize?"
Outside the temple Ovid dances with Myrissa.
Inside the temple Kevaras moves through the place, aiding his allies, while the elemental prepares to smash at Corpus. However, that blow never lands.
At the back of the temple the other elemetal reaches the altar. It sets the barrel on top of the altar and smashes it.
There is a blinding explosion as the walls of the battered temple ripple outwards, windows shatter, the pews become kindling, both elementals are ripped to shreds.
Myrissa sceams in triumph. "Victory!" she yells and then she is gone. Just gone.
Ovid races back towards the temple, wondering if any of other others could possibly be alive. That's when he sees the second blast, this one of pure magical energy. It rips out of the temple with an audible shriek, one that is almost painful. He's tossed backwards by it, hits the ground, and passes out.
Inside the temple, there is no time to do anything as the explosion happens. Perhaps thoughts of doom fill minds and then blackness overcomes the group.
Soon you all awaken in some shadow realm. "Help me!" calls out a voice, a desperate voice.
As you stagger to your feet you see you are within the temple. Only it's different. It's as if it's in a world of darkness and shadow. There is a figure - perhaps male, perhaps female, perhaps both, perhaps neither. It is where the altar would be. It is surrounded by tendrils that pulsate with power, darting in to strike the figure.
"You have defended my temple..." the figure calls out "....and my power is keeping you alive in it's ruin. If I fall here, so do you. Save me, so I can save you."
"Malize, sweeting - did you do this?"
Recent restoration from near death seems to have scrambled Vernal's brains even more than usual.
"Malize, sweeting - did you do this?"
Recent restoration from near death seems to have scrambled Vernal's brains even more than usual.
"Of course not, you idiot. We seem to have... been... well, never mind that now!" Malize says distractedly.
"Nice place you have here. Homey." Ovid makes his way to the altar, the shadows clinging to him like black cobwebs. "Bit too many tentacles for my taste. Let's see what I can do about that." Ovid swings his arm, and the shadows scythe through the tendrils.
Ovid leaps forward, his weapon flashing and 3 of the tentacles vanish into some sort of smoke.
Vernal stabs at a shadowy tendril, still secretly convinced that his siblings are responsible for the strange goings on, but determined not to admit it.
"A gift from the dark ..." he smiles as he stabs.
Vernals blade flashes out, and not only does a tendril drop, but the spirit seems stronger. "Hurry..." the ghostly form pleads.
Corpus use duel strike to hack at two of the tentacles.
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Santander places himself between the Temple Spirit and the tendrils attempting to protect the spirit.
Corpus's Blades don't seem to do anything to the tendrils, passing through them as if they were smoke. Santander positions himself by the spirit, hoping to draw one to him, but until they lash out, he won't know for sure.
In these troubled times, Kevaras resorts to that old stand-by, the power of prayer.
Religion
Malize sneers and attempts to unravel the thing with the power of the mind!
Malize's arcane knowledge seems to not aid at all, but Kevaras does unravel one tendril.
The tendrils dart out, many hitting the spirit, and Santander does not manange to hinder any - and a new tendril flickers into existance.
Ovid continues to assault the tentacles.
Vernal twists his knife into another tendril, but somehow mangles the attack.
While Vernal's knife misses, Ovid brings down two more of the tendrils.
Corpus uses duel strike again.
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Corpus' blades tear two more tendrils down, and Kevaras manages to unravel another. There is almost a sense of panic coming from the the handful of them that remain.
Santander backs away and tries to cover as many tendrils in fire as possible.
Santander makes a nice shadowy light show, but the tendrils don't seem bothered by it at all.
Malize unravels the energy around another tendril and also interferes with the regrowth of the ones 'slain' by weapons. The remaining 5 strike the spirit, and it looks weaker.
More of the same.
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Corpus cuts down another tendril, and only four remain. The spirit seems happy!