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Elironda's Chronicles
BEHOLD! The Cave of Fire
‘Holy Crap, they captured Mother…..BASTARDS!’ Elironda thought as she watched the unconscious Gar being lifted with a blade to her neck. Eli eyes narrowed as she glared across at the man holding a blade to Gar. She gritted her teeth as the grip on her bow became much tighter. Even her fear of the flames wasn’t enough to protect that Hobgoblin!
Angered, but not stupid, Eli shifted deeper in to the shadows to (Stealth Check: 18) as she watched the horror unfold. “Wonderful,” she whispered under her breath. “Now what,” she added. “I will tell you what!” she answered coldly in a whisper. “That bastard will die!” Her eyes moved across the battle field as she finally added, “I swear it!”
Sweet little Arwen, the Stoat, tried to be so brave in moving out on her own. Little did she realize she was heavy outclassed by the enemy. Eli had watched Arwen become petrified with terror when the enemy had called out her position and turned to face her. They unleashed a torrent of arrows at her and other members of the party. But that moment of fear gave way to survival as Arwen rushed for cover. It was that quick thinking that probably saved her life.
This was not the kind of place Eli wanted to do battle in. There were patches that one could wage war on, but between them was lava. For Eli, the heat was nearly unbearable but, she did her best to help with her bow. ‘What madman had created such a place,’ she questioned. The battlefield made her feel so useless. That was, until she nailed the Bugbear with a solid arrow to its neck.
The feeling of success had been short lived. Eli saw the leader of the hobgobins turn and cure most of the wound. Eli withdrew deeper in to the passageway after she fired her arrow. She had to get away from the heat, as she felt herself getting light headed. After she cooled off, she advanced once more to see that most of the party had moved closer to the enemy. That is, except for Mother Gar!
Eli didn’t realize how big bad and stinky ended up in the lava, but she did. Gar was struggling to get out by the time Eli returned to the battlefield. Instead of attacking, Eli moved forward and laid curing hands on Mother Gar. Not like that helped at all! The suicidal brute leaped right back in to the lava again! But if that wasn’t enough, once she had climbed out the hobgoblins pushed her back in.
‘What’s wrong with that woman,’ Eli thought as she watched Gar’s flesh slowly being cooked off her body. It was the first time Eli felt sorry for the arrogant woman. ‘Well, not really….’ Eli couldn’t help but find the whole mess self-deserving. Despite the calamity that was Mother-Gar, the party made short work of the Bugbear and the rest of the Hobgoblins. Until finally they were only two. The leader, and one of his lackeys. It was then that the bastard pulled a knife and threatened to take Gar’s life.
‘Oh no he didn’t!’ Eli heard herself say.
‘Gar was stinky, thick and opinionated,’ Eli thought.
Gar was many things, but all that mattered to Eli in this moment was Gar was…Mother Gar and that bastard had just put a knife to her throat. She glanced over to the first hostage and in as deep and serious voice as possible, “That woman risked her life so you can live. Shut your mouth and do nothing to risk her life. Or else I will defy mother and kill you, myself!”
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