Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 21, 2006 17:34:51 GMT -5
Bandoal raised his sword in a defensive stance and prepared for an attack. 'Xen'drik? Who's that?' he thought as Feder began to bark ferociously. 'Who the hell have I joined up with!'
He backed up and stopped just short of bumping into Meta. 'Best not to disturb her spellcasting,' he thought.
"We need help, Meta. There is almost no way we'll both make it out of this alive!" Bandoal said as the two gnolls approached.
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Post by Cherry on Aug 21, 2006 17:42:52 GMT -5
Meta grunted, casting off her acid spell towards the black gnoll. It caught his chest, and he brushed it off with a growl. The two gnolls going for Bandoal raised theyre cruely made axes and swiped at him.
Haiban quickly bit into the neck of his gnoll, then turned and began to bite and beat his wings at his next two gnolls.
"I..know," Meta panted, blocking a sword attack with her flimsy dagger. "Why does Xen'drik want me?" She growled at the gnoll, and it laughed heartily.
"Dear Doppleganger's Daughter, you must know!"
Meta growled. Great, she's been, 'revealed'. She stomped on the gnolls foot, and stickered the dagger into its stomach. He stooped over, and began to claw at the dagger.
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 21, 2006 17:47:39 GMT -5
Bandoal barely deflected the gnoll's axe with his sword and spun to the side so he faced only one of the gnolls instead of two.
'Xen'drik again,' he thought as he prepared for another strike. 'Wait, that gnoll said "Dear doppleganer's" Is she part doppleganger? What?'
Another Eagle cry pierced the air as Bandoal pushed Feder behind him with his foot. 'And what the hell is up with that eagle?' Bandoal faced the gnoll in front of him, waiting for it to make the next move.
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Post by Cherry on Aug 21, 2006 17:55:22 GMT -5
One gnoll began to round around, so that there was one facing Bandoal and one behind him. The one in front charged for another attack.
Haiban sliced into another's neck with his sharp fangs, and turned, panting, to the final creature. He growled, and headbutted it, then began to wrap around it.
Meta quickly pulled the dagger, and slashed it over the gnoll's ear. He yowled, and reached up and grabbed her wrist, causing her to stop another strike.
"Xen'drik thinks you should go back with him," the Gnoll growled.
"I'm not going back with my father, not ever." Meta pulled away, gritting her teeth as the gnoll laughed.
"You're outmatched, girl."
She looked around. Haiban had felled two gnolls, so how does he think he could win..?
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 21, 2006 17:59:46 GMT -5
Bandoal parried the attack but stumbled over Feder as he sidestepped the charging gnoll. He fell onto the ground, his dagger rolling out of his hand and landing in the dirt. 'Shit.'
He got up onto one knee and looked around, two gnolls were attacking him, one in front, and one on the side for now. 'Wait!' Bandoal reached his free hand into his pouch and produced a small brass ring, the ring of shadows. 'That'll do,' he thought as he slipped the ring on his right ring finger.
"I can see you, can you see me?" he said as he rolled to the side out of the reach of the two gnolls. 'Lets see what they think of that.'
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Post by Cherry on Aug 21, 2006 18:06:29 GMT -5
The two gnolls became confused, and flinched as a third of their brethren fell to Haiban's teeth and crushing body weight. He reared up, and spied Bandoal, but looked away.
The lead gnoll looked away to try and spot the elf-human, but Meta pulled her dagger and whacked him hard upside the head. "Bastard." She muttered as the gnoll fell, growling and rubbing his head.
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 21, 2006 18:11:05 GMT -5
Bandoal chuckled as he spied the gnolls confused faces. He stood up, quite casualy, and walked over to the ideal attacking position, the rear. He grinned as he leveled his sword with the gnolls stomach.
'This should be very shocking to the bloody abomination,' he thought to himself as he charged forward. 'I just hope he doesn't move.'
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Post by Cherry on Aug 21, 2006 18:18:52 GMT -5
The gnoll never saw it coming. He cried out in alarm as the sword struck his stomach, and the other gnoll spun around and growled. He noticed the blood running off the invisible blade, and it smirked. The gnoll charged forwards, and smacked his axe in Bandoal's general direction, managing to clip his shoulder.
Haiban panted, and fell to the floor, slowly going back to his small size. Meta bent over and lodged the dagger in the gnoll's eye, and growled. "Get."
The gnoll yelped, jumping up and holding his injured eye, then turning and running off. The other gnoll noticed his leader run, and he yelped loudly and turned and ran off himself.
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 21, 2006 18:23:57 GMT -5
Bandoal yelled a curse as the axe clipped his should, leaving a red gash, well, it would be red if he wasn't wearing his ring. He dropped his sword on the ground and pulled off his ring. He put the ring in his pouch and grabbed his shoulder to try and stop the bleeding.
Feder ran up to Bandoal, relieved that his master was visible again. "Heh, that stupid gnoll never saw it coming," Bandoal winced as he picked up his sword and wiped the blade off on the dead gnolls clothing, "too bad the other one saw it, though."
He sheathed his sword and began to look around for his dagger, holding his shoulder as he did. 'Well, that was a little exiting, mabey this'll be more than just a misery trip.'
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Post by Cherry on Aug 21, 2006 18:33:36 GMT -5
Meta panted, and she put her pointy toy away. She turned and picked Haiban up, draping him round her shoulder for the time being. "No matter. Theres four dead gnolls here, let's see what they got."
She began to search two of them, lips pursed. Though she looked distant even when raiding the bodies for treasure.
(Gnoll one has 20 silver and 81 copper Gnoll two has 3 gold, 40 silver and 90 copper Gnoll three has 6 gold, 91 silver, and 7 copper Gnoll four has 1 gold, 39 silver, and 53 copper
Split: 114 copper to Meta 115 to Bandoal
95 Silver each
5 gold each)
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 21, 2006 18:42:33 GMT -5
"That's a lot of coin," Bandoal said as he ripped his wool shirt into strips and wrapped them around his shoulder, blood seeping through the freshly laid wool and staining it dark red, Bandoal winced every time he added another strip.
Feder sniffed the various corpses, growling every now and again.
Bandoal scratched his head, 'What was that gnoll talking about. Xen'drik?' He decided to ask, so he stood up, 'and I still need to find my dagger.'
"Meta, what was that gnoll talking about? What I got out of it was that you are half doppleganger and your pure doppleganger father is after, why I don't know, but I'd like to. Mabey I can help." He eyed Meta questioningly, glancing worriedly at Haiban draped over her shoulders. 'It must take a lot of energy to be that big for so long.'
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Post by Cherry on Aug 21, 2006 18:48:14 GMT -5
"These gnolls aren't the ones we encountered yesterday." She explained, pocketing the coin. "These ones are stronger, more intelligent. And that black one appeared to be a sergeant. Meaning theres plenty more gnolls in this forest. Theyre congregating, or something, for some reason...mostly likely because of..."
She stopped, and listened to him, her head down. "I don't know the reason he wants me. But he did something, a long time ago, and I ran off." She rubbed her temples, and thought. Gnolls would only come to the forest if they were attacked. Xen'drik was following her. He must have gotten to the gnolls when they came to the forest. What a bother.
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 23, 2006 13:53:36 GMT -5
Bandoal nodded slowly as he scanned the ground for his lost dagger. 'At least her father is still alive,' he thought as he spied his dagger half burried in the dust. 'Ah, there you are.'
He bent down and brushed off the blade with his fingers. "Well, mabey we should leave then, he must know where you are by now, or he will soon," he said, sheathing his dagger. His stomach rumbled and his shoulder felt like fire.
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Post by Cherry on Aug 23, 2006 15:28:16 GMT -5
"If he already knows where I am," she said, standing erect, "then we won't have the chance to leave. And we need a healer. Haiban and you are hurt pretty badly..."
She licked her lips slightly, and sighed.
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Bandoal
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Post by Bandoal on Aug 23, 2006 15:36:53 GMT -5
"What, this?" he replied, rolling his wrapped shoulder with a wince, "it isn't that bad, just a nick." He turned and creased his face in pain, grabbing his shoulder as he did. 'Why does it hurt so danm much!'
"Our best bet is to find a healer in the main druid camp," Bandoal went on, rolling up his torn sleepingmat. 'Need a new one.' Feder sat near Bandoal, licking his paw and glancing from him to Meta.
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