Tamrielic Adventures: Vol. 2

[Unionhack]

"If only there was more left to save." Valentia commented, still a bit in awe of all the destruction.

[JVElEven]

"There's still the inn, isn't there?" Alindrel asked, pointing back over her shoulder, not even remotely close to the inn. "And other places... Uh... Is there a fletcher's here? Might save that, too."

[The SheoDovah]

Suran's Guardquarters
Psyfali looked at the man and said "To weaken it. The best way to attack a town is to weaken it's defenses. Remove the guard and it is defenceless." in a grim tone. She looked down again and tried not to vomit due to the sight that laid before them. "I will help defend the town. I am skilled in Destruction magic and have a few spells of my own that may be of help." She told everyone.

[MARS]

Streets of Suran

Arellius and Per had been following Gudrun from a distance, as ordered. The large group of people they had observed earlier had gone inside the Guardhouse; now Gudrun and her lackeys were just outside. The young Nord was gesturing, apparently giving them instructions or informing them of the strategy she intended to use as soon as they entered the Guardhouse. The men only nodded. Either they were the silent type, or they didn't want to embarass themselves with their lack of battle experience.

Then, Gudrun turned around and kicked the door open.

Guardhouse

Llevana groaned in frustration. None of anything that had happened over the past few hours was making any sense and she wasn't getting closer to an answer. She decided to play her last card, hoping it was a good one.

"So maybe you don't know why what happened here. I have a feeling we'll find out sooner or later anyway. But tell me one thing: why do we have the same family name? I don't have any family."

Raylis wasn't as shaken as one would have expected from someone being confronted with such heavy information. He didn't fumble for words, nor did he throw his hands up in a wild reaction. All he did was breath in sharply, as if startled by a sudden realization.

"I can't-" he began, but he was cut short by a loud bang from the entrance door. Gudrun was standing in the frame, a dozen hardy seamen behind her.

"Well, well, well!" she said, grinning from ear to ear. Her appearance was so sudden, Llevana was startled beyond words. Despite the fact that she knew the Nord had been coming, seeing her was too big a shock for her.

"Must be my lucky day!" Gudrun continued, as she slowly began walking inside, her hands folded behind her back. "Both my marks in one place, the whole town guard dead on my arrival, and a band of fools to blame the deed on!" She laughed heartily. It was the laugh of a maniac, shrill and packed with ill-forboding joy. And then she stopped, suddenly, and her expression turned serious.

"Any last words or wishes from anyone?" she asked and pulled two nasty looking daggers out of two sheaths she had fastened at her back, where her hands had been.

[Velvet LeChance]

Arellius Afer III - Suran

Arellius stood still, watching from afar, scanning the area for any escape routs both for himself and the targets. They'd found them quickly enough, which was a good thing, meant he wouldn't have to go trekking across the alien landscape that could only be found in Morrowind. The payment my as well have been lying on his lap at this stage.

"Looks like we found'm", he grinned as he gazed studiously across at the scene, now watching for any hints of trouble, hand on the hilt of his tanto in case that trouble decided to engage him.

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Just in case it wasn't clear in that post, is there more one entrance into the gaurdhouse?

[The SheoDovah]

Guardhouse

Psyfalia looked at the daggers and knew that the nord wasn't friendly. She knew that the nord could easily kill them if she was skilled with those daggers. She wanted to protect everyone. She unleashed an Ice Spike at the nord's knee. She didn't want to kill her but her desire to protect everyone outwieghed her personal feelings.

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EDIT: Changed it as requested.

[MARS]

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[The SheoDovah]

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I meant in quick succession. Do you want me to change it to just one?

[The-Shadow-One]

Katien nervously placed a spell over herself and those near her, reflect damage. "We.. Don't wan-want any trouble.." she murmured gently. "Pl-please don't kill us.."

[MARS]

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Considering that ice spike needs to be charged before casting, yes. I'll edit my last post once you edit yours.

[The SheoDovah]

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Done.

[MARS]

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Posting here to avoid confusion.

Gudrun saw the bolt of ice coming and casually stepped to the side, dodging it.

"A-ha. Playing dirty, I see," she said almost matter-of-factly. What followed took only a few seconds: she lunged forward, tossing the two daggers into the crowd of adventurers. She hadn't aimed them at anyone in particular (Katien's spell shielded those who they hit from harm anyhow, although the spell failed to reflect the damage onto Gudrun), the purpose of the manouver had been to startle them, which it did. Using the confusion to her advantage, she performed a dive-roll right into the midst of the group, pushing those located center-most apart, causing a domino effect; everyone was stumbling over each other. With a short laugh, the Nord grabbed something from her belt and threw it on the ground with force. Thick, black smoke immediately started filling the room. Meanwhile, the seamen moved inside, two of them staying at the door to take on anyone who tried to go outside.

The result of the smoke was chaos. The adventurers could barely see anything, and the smoke hurt their eyes. It seemed to muffle sounds too, as Llevana's "OUT, OUT, EVERYBODY OUT" was barely audible to those just a few meters away from her.

[MARS]

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I'll give you a little more to work with.

"OUT, OUT, EVERYBODY GET OUT" Llevana yelled into the smoke, hoping everyone would manage to make it. She had no time to help everyone. She was frantically trying to find Llela's hand, when a large, weather-washed fist hit her in the head. The blow wasn't aimed very well, as Gudrun's men were also feeling the adverse effects of the smoke, but it was enough to send Llevana reeling, and she stumbled onto her knees. Right then, she would have liked to just lie down and sleep off the pounding headache that the smoke and the punch were causing, but she saw the seaman's sillouette out of the corner of her eye. She quickly spun around, falling flat on her back, and drawing her shortsword while in the air. There was no time to strike, all she could do was hold it up. It was effective enough, though. The man fell onto the blade with his chest. His lung was pierced and he didn't have long to live. However, Llevana was now helplessly trapped under his musclemass.

Everyone else also had one seaman to contend with. While Gudrun's lackeys lacked arms and armor, they could still hit heavy; heavy enough to kill, and the smoke would make combat difficult.

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So basically your goal is to get out. Overpower or outwit the sailors in any way you see fit and try to make for the exit. I was going to adress everyone specifically, but you're too many right now.

[The SheoDovah]

Guardhouse
Psyfalia choked on the smoke and felt like throwing up. She stumbled away and barely saw a seaman in front of her. She unleashed a fireball at him.

[The-Shadow-One]

Guardhouse
Katien had nothing much to do in terms of fighting, her throat burned from the smoke, a silhouette in front of her, she simply tossed a command spell, mixing in a calming one too, before trying to move out, bringing detect life to her eyes. She tried to keep herself from those moving.

[CBR JGWRR]

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Sorry I've been away - highsided my Honda on Thursday, been in hospital since, now home, on course for full recovery. If only the same could be said for the bike...

The battleground that used to be Suran Guardhouse

Sinyail saw two nord pirates approaching him, and decided it would be for the best to get rid of them, preferably after they've attacked their own side, as they looked a bit on the thick side of the intelligence curve, and so he prepped a command humanoid spell to fire, and if that didn't work there was always a good old firebolt.

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Your ball Mars.

[MARS]

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I'll be waiting until everyone's had time to post. Treat it like a turn in an RPG.

[CBR JGWRR]

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Cool, dude.

[Archer]

Suran Guardhouse
Aenar drew his sword upon making out some one trying to attack him. Wishing to avoid more death, he tried to roll out of the way and get outside.

[Unionhack]

Valentia took advantage of the confusion and tried to cast her signature invisibility spell so that she could get away.

[JVElEven]

Alindrel backed up, trying to find a wall, summoning a Flame Atronach to guard her. As she barely heard Llevana's order, she glanced at her summon.

"Well, you heard her. Find me a way out of here. Blow down a wall if necessary!"

[Eltee]

Llela stumbled over her own feet as the smoke bomb detonated, taking a wild elbow in the chin and tumbling onto her rear, coughing. Murky shapes loomed in the smoke. Vana's voice, over the furor and confusion: "Out, out! Everybody, get out!"

Blinking hard against the stinging smoke, Llela did her best to comply, rising to a cautious crouch and simply walking straight. The smoke persisted, as did the confused alarms of struggle and flight that danced around her.

Suddenly, a large shape loomed ahead of her. A flash of movement, and a great fist careened into her forehead, almost knocking her down.

The Dunmeri adventurer recoiled, clumsily pulling out her newly found broadsword. So much longer and more cumbersome than the narrow iron blade she was used to, but it would have to do.

She took a quick, two-handed jab right toward the man's gut, likely without enough strength to do more than knock the wind out of him.

[The SheoDovah]

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Wait, we're in control of the battles with the men?

[Velvet LeChance]

Arellius Afer III - Suran

Arellius took a sharp intake of breath when he saw the dark, odious, smoke pour forth from the guardhouse entrance. He didn't know who set it off, or whether it was simply an illusion or not, but what he did know, or at least presumed, was that it would cause enough confusion for the target to attempt her escape, most likely with that grey-skinned girlfriend of hers. He wouldn't allow that.

With his decidedly diabolic looking grin widening he slowly withdrew his steel tanto.

[Eltee]

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Goodness me, I am mixing up my RP rules. XD I'm slipping.