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The Waterfall

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Water can be heard falling from a rather high point as you moving onto the clearing ahead. Before you appears a tall waterfall falling into a pond, which travels across the tress in a stream and disappears within the woods. Many trees and slippery rocks circle the pond and lead to the waterfall. When close enough, once can feel the soothing droops of cold water on their skin and a few travelers will sometimes stop to bath in this area. It is known for being calm and beautiful and not many attacks have been reported from here. If one is lucky enough to get to the waterfall by following the rocks they will discover a deep cave behind. Many dare not to enter due to the rumors of the many monsters that have lived within it for centuries.

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"Damint" Shyn cursed at himself... he took the wrong path... he quickly surreveyed the land.. seeing the calming waterfall... "Better make use of it... looking at the plants around him... he came to the waters edge with a smile, slipping out of his heavy robes... taking a dip in the water...

You slip into the cool soothing water. It is slightly agitaded but not enough to take you away in the current. Small fishes swim awa from you as you moved slowly and some other animals can be seen if kept quiet.

Swimming over to the waterfall itself letting the brisk water come down on his body. Shyn began very quietly listening for the changes in nature around him.

You can hear the birds sing and the faint sound of rustling leaves followed by a slight giggle at the shore near you.

Shyn Sinking under the water... resurfacing from where he heard the faint voice... which sounded like a little gurl... "Hello" he called out.

As you came out of the water and called out for a response you heard nothing nor saw anything move. The birds were still singing and things appeared ot be as they were usualy.

Swimming back tot eh waterfall to rest again... but this time being intensivly aware of his surrounding.. not watching for actually things but movements in the shadows... Shyn floated softly in the water listening.

A quick shadow passes by behind some bushes and some leaves could be heard shaking softly all around you. Everything just simply seemed to disappear suddently and silence came to take over once more.

Shyn moved even less waiting as slient as a cat stalking its prey in the water... waiting for the shadow to appear again.

Leaves all around you shook once more yet no wind was blowing. A few whispers could be heard and htey followed with a soft female laugh. Under the water a shadow seemed to pass by near you and you could feel something soft bush past along your ankle.

"What the?" Shyn yelled as something touched his leg... he bagan to freak out... splash water all over the place trying to shore.

Everything around you turns to silence as you yell and finally get to shore. A small giggle echos from the waterfall and comming out from the water can be seen a shadow slowly shaping into a woman as she surfaces. Her long black hair floats all around her as she looks at you and smiles. Her beauty would be considered as incredby stunning to anyone that would see her despite her bluish skin and her dark blue eyes that practically resemble black. whispers can be heard but her lips don't appear to be moving.

"Hello" Shyn said again, his face blushing because he was only half dressed.

The woman tilted her head to the side and brought a hand up to her cheek before looking away and disappearing back into the water. Once again, soft giggles could be heard flying across form all directions. Behind, you could hear a few leaves crunch to the pressure of footsteps.

Turning around quickly at the sound of foot steps, Shyn ran to pull his Kamas out of his robes.

Behind you stood a dark green haired creatue with the looks of a female child. Her skin was of a pale green and she had tall pointy green ears. She wore no clothes and her tall hair covered her body all the way to her feet. Her dark green eyes simply stared at you as she tilted her head to the side.

Throwing on his robes as fast as he could, Shyn turned around startled by what seemed to be a nymph... "Uhh... Hi" he said, raising one of his eyebrows.

The child rose a hand slowly and waved before placing it in front of her smiling mouth. A giggle echoed around you and the little girl took a step closer to you.

Waving gently with a smile... "My name is Shyn what is yours little one", he said smiling.

The child placed a finger on her mouth and got slightly closer to you. She began to moved around you slowly as she observed you with caution. the way she acted practically seemed as if she had never seen someone like you before.

Smiling softly at the young Nymph.. Shyn held out his hand then formed a small flame in his hand, letting it dance across his fingers... parlor tricks always amused him.

To the barest glance at the flame the child jumped back and let out a slight hiss before backing to a tree and bringing her hands up in front of her face as if she attepted to hide.

Startled, Shyn closed his hands, dissapating the flame... then beckoned the young Nymph to come back with a smile.

Staring over at you from between her fingers the child curled up some more before she lowered her hands a little. She remained near the tree and dared not ot get any closer.

Dipping his hands in the water, to prove there was no harm. Shyn smiled gently at the young Nymph.

Blinking slightly the child slowly stood back up and moved towards you cautiously. Tilting her head to the side as she watched your hands in the water before she crouched down next to you and dippered her hands in the water as well.

Poking the young one on the nose with a laugh. Shyn crouched down by the nymph. "Hi" he said softly.

The child wrinkled her nose to the poke and shook her head lightly putting her hands on her nose. After a short moment she turned her attention towards you and let out a giggle. Placing her finger on the ground she made a small typical dent-de-lion grow.

'Hmmm' Shyn thought aloud... "do you know where any flowers are?".

The child giggled and stood up taking a few steps back and turned, her hair flying around as she began to move across the woods.

Shrugging Shyn began to follow the nymph through the woods.

After a short chase through the woods, Shyn came to a small clearing, in the middle of the clearing was a large circular stone covered in moss and growing on the top of the stone were several dozens of strange, fire-red flowers.

Smiling at the little nymph as he pciked as many of the strange red flowers as he could, Shyn huged her "thanks you little one, i will remember your kindness... may one day i be able to return the favor" he said as he walked back to the Collosuem.

Ashatha quickly made her way to the waterfall and admired the beautiful sight before her. She observed that someone had been here recently and wondered if she could find a monster to defeat so she could level up.

At the center of the waterfall's pond could be seen large bubbles surfacing. The birds in the forest continued to chant and the wind to blow softly in the leaves but there was no other presence around.

Ashatha sighed after seeing there was nothing around her when her eyes fell upon the bubbles in the pond. "Whats that?" She asked herself curiously, kneeling down on the edge of the pond to get a closer look.

As you kneeled down to observe the bubbles, you seemed to notice the face of a female appearing for a slight intant before it would disappear along with the bubbles. A giggle could then be heard echoing from the waterfall.

Taken by surpris, Ashatha looked around to see if she could see the girl again when she heard the laughing near the falls "Who is there?" She called out.

Nothing seemed to respond as you called out and all that could be heard now was the sound of falling water, leaves and birds.

Ashatha was not convinced by the silence, she knew something was out there, she lowered her body into the water and headed closer to the waterfall.

As you got closer to the waterfall you would hear the giggle again, echoing louder from what it seemed to be behind the waterfall.

Ashatha grinned as she heard the giggling again. "Who is there?" She asked, a few feet away from the waterfall.

You recieved no reply and everything turned silent around you. It remains this way for a few moments before something from behind splashed you.

Feeling the water on her back, Ashatha quickly turned around, putting her hand on the hilt of her scimitar.

As you turned, you came to see nothing behind you thought, you could now hear water spashing behind you as if ther were footsepts running on water and heading for the waterfall. Another giggle could be heard from behind the waterfall.

Ashatha followed the trail of rocks and went behind the waterfall.

The gigle echoed once more fading deeper into the cave of the waterfalls as small wet footsteps could be heard trailing along. If you are to move in deeper go to Waterfall Caves.

Ashatha sighed. She wanted to see whoever was giggling but yet, she didn't want to go deeper into the caves and risk getting lost for she had no idea what lay ahead. She thought quickly, in the end, she decided she would continue and go into the waterfall caves.

Razorfang walks over to the falls, he bends down and takes a drink from the cool water.

Mika follows him, and sits down by the water, drinking some as well. "I haven't seen anything yet, have you? Maybe we should leave the path..."

"Haven't seen anything yet, But maybe we should waita minute." Razorfang says, holdinga cupped hand of water at chest level.

"Hmm, not a bad idea I suppose." Mika took off his boots and put his feet in the cold water. "Whoa, that feels good."
Mika looked around some more. "Y'know, this really is a pretty place. We didn't have anything like this in Lochmore. It's all pine trees there. This is much better to look at."

"I know what you mean, where I grew up in the mountains, it was always cold there. It's so calming here." Razorfang says as he slowly eases himself into the relaxing waters.

Mika started to doze of abit, thinking of hunting trips with his old friends. He hoped this one would be just as entertaining. He lay on his back, and closed his eyes. "Just tell me when we're moving off again."

As Mika was closing his eyes, a girl was catapulted out of the Waterfall, falling on his lap! Immediately afterwards, a large creature flew out, breaking the thread of water and splashing everyone in the area before taking to the skies and circling above the group.

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Combat has started!
Turns and positions are as following:

Oda (F7)
Virul (C7)
Tylien (J15)
Ashatha (G13)
Donovan (A15)
Razorfang (D7)
Mika (E8)(Unconcious!)
Redclaw (F8, 4/50 HP)(Diseased!)(Poisoned!)
Lil'ly (D10)

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha gasped in surprise as she landed. She jumped off Mika and drew her scimitar and grabbed one of her whips, looking at the redclaw and waiting for him to come down closer.

Razorfang's turn! -

Razorfang jumps up from the water's edge, grabbing his scimitar and hid cloaks.

Mika's turn! -
"What the..?" Mika yelled and jumped up fro mthe waterside, unsheeting his damascus. "Who are you, and what is that?"

The Redclaw screeches, its voice resonating throughout the woods while flies towards E3 and dips, coming to the floor and trying to slash Razorfang with its Talons on the dive.

Razorfang swing his schimitar at the birds talon as he jumps backwards.

The redclaw flew at a low height as it tried to slash Razorfang's stomach open with his Talon. Nevertheless, Razorfang deflected the bird's overgrown toe with his scimitar as if it was a sword too!

Just as the huge bird-like creature plummeted towards Razorfang, Oda entered the scene. He immediately put his guisarme away and took out his epee, thinking that he would have a better chance of fighting with a weapon that was familiar to him.

Oda's Turn! -

Stepping into the area, Virul was surprised to see Oda nearby and even more surprised to see a group of three further ahead being attacked by a flying Redclaw. Turning his head toward the Xiadomian, the thief spoke up, "Good day, Sir Oda."

"Ah Sir Virul, I thought you were heading for the caves." Oda was also surprised to see his former opponent, but couldn't help but feel slightly relieved. Returning his attention back to the battle Oda ran up to A9, then made his way across to D6.

Virul's Turn! -

Eager to try out his new bow, as well as his ranged skills, Virul dashed diagonally upward toward D7 before running to the right toward F7 and stopping there. Taking a quick moment to respond to Oda, "I was, sirrah, but then I forgot." he raised his composite bow up in the air, aimed toward the flying Redclaw, and shot a poisoned arrow toward it.

Virul aimed and fired, but the Redclaw simply flew higher and the arrow missed its target by several meters!

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha wished she could do something but she could not do anything from down there. She hoped that the next time it attacked, she would be able to do something against it.

Razorfang's turn! -

Mika, observing the situation, knew it wouldn't help if the Redclaw stayed above the water, where it was hard to hit. Quickly, he yelled at Razorfang: "Lure it away from the water!"

Razorfang turns from the water and begins to run back towards d9, where he turns to see the birds reaction to him running as he says, "Finally, we get some help. And you, Mika, follow your own instructions, get away from the water."

Mika's Turn! -

Virul pouted as he missed and looked over at the monstrously tall Razorfang with a raised eyebrow, "Quite a situation the three of thee are in. I don't suppose anyone of you knows how to handle a bow?"

Mika ran towards Razorfang and stopped next to him (E9), awaiting the creature. "I know how to handle a bow, sirrah, but I don't happen to have one with me."
Mike didn't say he was deeply regretting that as well, trying not to make a fool of himself too much. One thought kept returning in his mind: 'What amateur would forget to buy a bow before going out to hunt?'

Virul nodded once and frowned, before shrugging his shoulders and motioning toward his Arbalest, "Take this and 20 arrows."

"I am in your debt sir." Mika said and started loading the weapon, after taking it over.

The Redclaw takes flight and heads over to E9, he fllies down and attempts an air strike on Mika! Diving with his Talons and then taking to the skies again.

Mika raises his buckler and tries to knock the talon away with the arbalest.

Mika raised his buckler and arbalest to defend himself, but the Redclaw ripped through his defense as a knive through butter. The Talon slashed through Mika's shoulder, dealing 5 damage!

Oda's Turn! -

Witnessing the Redclaw's assault on Mika, Oda thought he could use his speed as a distraction until Virul and the rest of the fighters got ready with bows. With this in mind he quickly dashed to E8 then tried to jump up, stabbing at the bird with his Epee, in hope to catch it off guard and before it had time to take off again but also hoping to attract it's attention onto him.

Oda ran to E8 and jumped up, unfortunately, he was still about 90 feet short of the Redclaw's current height.

Virul's Turn! -

Frowning as things were looking rather downhill at the moment, Virul notched a regular arrow to his composite bow, aimed at the Redclaw, and fired.

The arrow flew straight towards the Redclaw, but the bird turned as it approached, so the projectile only managed to scratch its wing and deal 1 damage!

Ashatha's turn! -

Tylien appeared from amongst the trees and saw the situation, glancing at Virul as well. It figured that it could just as well help them out, seeing that interestingly they didn't have much ranged weapons.

Letting out a sound of annoyance as he barely dealt a scratch to the bird, Virul looked around momentarily before spotting Tylien, "Aah, well met, good Tylien! This seems quite a popular place, I see."

"I doubt that a little", said Tylien as it eyed the big flying bird, thinking that if there were any more of those creatures around, not many would stick around for long.

"Try to disarm that wretched ceature next time it dives, strike its claws!" Razorfang shouted to the small army that began to build around the waterfall.

Ashatha nodded. Since she could not do anything else, she waited and wondered if she would even be able to attack.

Razorfang's turn! -

Virul looked over at Ashatha with an interested eye before looking up at the Redclaw flying above. As he continued looking up, he spoke fairly casually to the woman, "Aah, what is a fair maiden such as thyself doing fighting this hellish creature, milady?"

Ashatha shrugged. "I'm helping out..." She said simply. She was not a talker, even less when she was under attack.

Razorfang waits for the birds next attack, scimitars in the ready, trying to disarm the wretched bird.

Mika's Turn! -
After taking a few steps backwards (E7), Mika aims the arbalest at the Redclaw and fires away his first bolt.

Mika fired the bolt at the Redclaw and actually hit the bird in the chest dealing 4 damage! The Redclaw screeched and started flying lower, but did not fall.

Looking down on Mika, the Redclaw used another airstrike to try to knock the knight to the ground!

Mika used his defensive stance and tried to block the claws another time, hoping that the second try would be better than the first.

Mika went into a defensive stance and managed to resist the Redclaws fierce dive. He bashed the talons away with his arbalest but was pushed to the ground, luckily enough he survived the blow!

Oda's Turn! -

Oda cursed his inability to actually reach or attack the creature. He took up an almost casual fighting stance hoping that next time one of the archers would send the beast to the ground, but he wasn’t about to hold his breath.

Virul's turn! -

Standing in place, Virul quietly reloaded his Composite Bow with a poisoned arrow, aimed it at the Red Claw, and fired.

With a sudden upsurge of speed, the Redclaw goes into a half-dive to avoid Virul's arrow!

Tylien's turn! -

Holding its musket, Tylien ran to F13, thinking that the rock would discourage the bird from attacking it there. It then leaned its arms on the rock to take support and shot at the bird.

Still under the effect of his lightning speed, the Redclaw easily evades the projectile by flying to the left.

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha moved as far away from the water as she could and came closer to the others, where the redclaw was more likely to attack. She stopped at G8, always keeping her eyes on her enemy.

Razorfang's Turn! -

Razorfang stepped backwards, toward D11, hoping the bird would fall, He turned to Tylien, and said, "Nice to meet you Sir Hauken, but this is a strange time to be meeting a new ally."

Tylien didn't react to Razorfang's words because it was somewhat amazed at the bird's fast movements and because it didn't think Razorfang's line was directed at it – in a way it was neither a sir nor a Hauken, even if it looked more like a Hauken at the moment.

Mika's turn! -

Mika loaded up another arrow, aimed, and fired at the bird's chest again. He hoped that if it'd dodge, he might hit a wing.

The Redclaw moved to the left as Mika fired the bolt, the projectile stuck the the bird's right wing, but barely, dealing only 1 damage!

Once more, the gigantic bird roars in anger as Mika fires and dives towards the knight, however this time he lands in front of Mika and towering above the man, tries to sever his head with a peck.

"Ack!" with a frightened sound coming from his mouth, Mika raised his buckler and arbalest before his head, in an attempt to stop the sharp beek from punching his brains out.

Mika attempted to raise his arbalest and buckler, but the nimble crossbow was no aid against the redclaw, the huge bird easily knocked the arbalest off Mika's hand and bashed his head, dealing 9 damage! The knight fell to the floor, blood dripping through his head and face and completely unconcious!


Oda's turn! -

Oda circled the creature quietly, moving to F9. Witnessing what had just happened to Mika he decided to try and surprise attack it. With his epee poised, Oda leapt at the beast, stabbing downwards at its left wing.

Oda jumped behind the reclaw and stuck his sword in the Redclaw's wing, dealing 8 damage. The beast screeched as it flapped his wing frantically, tossing Odainto the pond and into H4!

Virul's turn! -

Frowning a little as Mika fell to the bird, Virul grabbed a Bolt Arrow (Bolt Arrow, Dur! Not a bolt!)and notched it to his composite bow. Quietly aiming the arrow at the Redclaw, the thief let it fly, while at the same time hoping he'll land a solid hit.

Virul aimed carefully, tensing the bow as much as he could and bringing his face close to the arrow. He aligned his eye with the arrow's guide and let it loose! However he had gotten too close to the arrow and the bowstring struck his in the nose as it propelled the arrow forth, Virul screamed in surprise and pain as he fall sitting on ground and the misguided arrow flew into the foods.

Tylien's turn! -

Tylien put away the musket and grabbed its rapier instead, but changed its mind and instead cast a spell on the Redclaw. Tylien waved its arms around in a few quick movements before bringing them together and shoving them at the bird, trying to cast its new Heat beam spell on the creature.

The Redclaw's magic resistance blocks the spell!

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha moved behind the Redclaw. grabbing her scimitar and a whip, she used both weapons against the bird.

The radclaw grabbed Ashatha's whip with his claw and pulled the girl like a rag doll, tossing her, whip and all, to I13! Luckily enough the soft grass prevented her from taking damage.

Razorfang's turn! -

Razorfang runs up to the large bird and attempts to jump on its back while taking his scimitar and jabbing at the birds ribcage, aiming between where appears to be a break between two ribs.


As Razorfang tris to jump on top of the redclaw, the giant bird ducks! Razorfang keeps going straight and falls on his face in F8!

Mika's unconcious!

The Redclaw takes to the skies once more! this time he performs an air strike on the unsupecting Razorfang!

Razorfang quickly rolls onto his back and crosses his scimitars in front of him to block the birds talons.

The reclaw easily slashes through Razorfang's stomach with its Talon, blowing the scimitar's away and opening the Tiger's torse, dealing 9 damage! Barely concious and with his guts spilling on the floor, Razorfang managed to stand up and clutch the wound to avoid more bleeding!

Slowly moving closer and closer to the sound sof battle, the scene of several warriors and a redclaw revealed itself before Donovan. A light smirk crossed the man's lips as he slipped out his wand and mace, nudging his scarab with his foot. "Seems they've been having fun with out us, neh?"

Lil'ly made a light screeching sound to reply to her master, watching as the others fought. All she knew is that she had to follow Donovan and do as he asked if she wanted to be fed and such.

Oda's turn! -

Cursing at his waterlogged clothing, Oda emerges out of the water and moves to E7. 

Virul's turn! -

Angered with his inability to deal any serious damage to the Redclaw, Virul once again notched another arrow to his bow, aimed at the Redclaw, and fired.

Another arrow went to waste as Virul firered and the Redclaw easily avoided the shot by flying a couple of feet higher!

Tylien's turn! -

Tylien mumbled slightly frustratedly and decided to do something radical. It spread its wings and took off into the air, flying fast toward the Redclaw and trying to stab it with the electrified rapier.

Tylien flew up, attempting to stab the Redclaw, however the Redclaw was still to fast for it. Encumbered by its musket, longsword, ramrod and other equipment, Tylien was no match for the bird's speed!

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha moved to G13. Still not able to do anything, she started to consider leaving.

Donovan's turn!-

"Time to play~" Donovan let out in a sing song kind of tone, raising his staff towards the creature up in the sky. Speaking a few words out in a soft and low tone, he attempted to cast disease on the Redclaw.

The Redclaw has been diseased!

Razorfang's turn! -

Razorfang quickly looks down and examines how bad his wounds are, noticing that he was feeling weak, he decideds to drink his minor health potion that he had recently bought before he moved to D7, alongside the other two warriors in E7 and F7.

The Redclaw, finally identigying who had been shooting him, suddenly drops down to earh and tries to attack Virul with his left Talon!

Seeing the Redclaw descend down upon him, Virul attempts to flip back and dodge the bird's talon strike.

Virul flips back but the Bird's talong catches him in mid air, piercing his left leg and dealing 9 damage! The Redclaw then procedes to shake off the impaled Virul, tossing him over to C7!

Lil'ly's turn! -

With a simple glance to Donovan, Lil'ly already knew whta she had to do. Letting out a light screetch, the dog sized ant like creature made her way over to D10 and got into a defensive stance.

Oda's turn! -

Watching Virul fly through the air with a hint of amusement, Oda lunged fowards to attack the Redclaw hoping to catch it before it takes to the air again.

Oda quickly lunges forwards and jumps on top of the Redclaw, once he took a hold of the bird by grabbing onto some of its feather's it slashed through the giant creature's back with his epee, dealing 15 damage!

Virul's turn! -

Having gotten somewhat used to taking hard hits in battle, Virul managed to ignore his wound long enough to grab a poisoned arrow, notch it, and fire it at the Redclaw. All the while he did this, he made a mental note to start practicing with the bow and improve his aim.

Virul quickly notched and released the arrow, whicc flew steadily towards the Redclaw and struck the beast on the right leg, dealing 3 damage and poisoning the Redclaw!

Tylien's turn! -

Tylien was rather startled to see that Donovan had arrived to the scene. Sighing and trying to not care about him, it dropped down from the air toward a free side of the Redclaw and tried to impale it with the electrified rapier.

Tylien dived towards the Redclaw, stepping down to the ground, it continued to run towards the monster, finally stabbing the bird's right wing with its rapier, dealing 11 damage! Shortly afterwards, the electrifier rapier sent a jolt of electricity through the Redclaw's body, dealing 3 more damage!

Ashatha's turn! -

Noticing the redclaw was on the ground and very hurt, Ashatha grinned. She ran at the beast and slashed at it with her scimitar and whipped its head.

Ashatha jumped on the redclaw's chest, and slashed the beast's neck, dealing 2 and 3 damage! Immediately afterwards, the huge beast collapsed, falling on top of the poor girl, who was buried under a montain of feathers and birl flesh.

Battle has ended!

Everyone receives 286 XP!
Oda levels up!
Donovan levels up!
Mika levels up!
Razoefang levels up!

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As soon as the bird fell to the ground, Donovan gave a grin. "Go for it!" He let out letting Lil'ly know it was her turn to take action. Putting his weapons away and crossing his arms, he watched her silently as she got to work.

Lil'ly moved as quickly as she could towards the Redclaw at her master's command. Moving over to the large beast's head she opened her pincers wide and seemed to bite down into the bird's neck. In attempt to crush past the bones and flesh, she aimed to remove the creature's head completly.

Lil'ly quickly ran towards the Redclaw and chopped off the head with a swift movement of her pinzers. She then dragged the head (which was bigger than she was) towards Donovan, plopped it on the floor and looked up to Donovan.

Razorfang noticed what that scarab was doing to the corpse of the bird and yelled, "What do you think you're doing, trying to make away with the head of the bird alone? Don't think we've noticed the reward out for the beak of this creature?" as he ran towards where Lil'ly had dropped the head.

Donovan simply gave everyone a grin and took a hold of the head. "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, no?" Laughing, he simply turned and ran off into the woods heading back to where he was supposed to in the first place.

Lil'ly simply followed right behind her master, giving the others a screetch before.

"Now now, sirrah, we can't have you leaving this abode with that beak, now can we?" Being the greedy young man that he was, Virul attempted to dash forward and block Donovan's way, putting away his composite bow and grabbing both of his epees in the process.


Razorfang noticed Virul's bold attempt to block the necromancer's path, and folloed him as he unsheaths his scimitars once more, preparing to fight for the head of the redclaw.

Virul managed to run and block Donovan's path before he could exit the area.

Cursing under his breath, Donovan took a step back and glanced around in attempt to find another way to escape or a solution to get out of this situation. Obviously, he knew he was too poor of a fighter to face anyone in a melee combat. Moving back to get closer to Lil'ly, he attempted to find some sort of protection in order to not get harmed to badly. "So... it seems many people are after this little thing, eh?" He patted the head of the creature, smirking at Virul.

Lil'ly stopped behind her master and automatically moved in front of him as he began backing up a little. Letting out a screetch, she warned the other not to get any closer as she protected Donovan.

Razorfang notices that a fight may soon insue, and decides to back up, seeing that he is too weak to fight either warrior alone, but still feeling the urge to get his portion of the reward.

Tylien looked annoyedly at Donovan, and felt a small urge of revenge rise in itself as it saw him being stopped by Virul. Since Razorfang was rather hurt, Tylien didn't care much about him, but kept itself alert about him nevertheless. Seeing as Donovan was rather occupied with Virul, Tylien tried to sneak up on Donovan from behind him, grab his hair and point the rapier to his side. Having done that, it muttered: "Bloody cursed Dah'kin..."

Oda just shrugged as if he had expected all of this from the start. Keeping his epee poised he remained silent while walking up to Donovan, Virul and Tylien.

Virul calmly stared down at Lil'ly for a moment as Donovan spoke to him, having never seen a Scarab before, before looking back up toward the Dah'kin, "It seems that way... sirrah." He replied as he grabbed his orb of healing, chanting the words to heal his own wounds immediately afterward.

Virul now has 16/20 HP!

Tylien uses move silently skill -> 7
Donovan uses listen Skill -> 15
Lil'ly uses listen skill -> 8

Before Donovan can reply to Virul, he and Lil'ly hear what seems to be a walking rattle behind them. They turn only to find Tylien's longsword got stuck on its cloak, which wrapped around its robe as it tried to sneak up on them, and is now lying on the floor, fighting to unravel the whole mess its equipment has turned into.

Cursing and mumbling more or less silently, Tylien tried to unmangle the mess it was in and ended up removing the belt which held its musket, longsword, ramrod, bullets and gunpowder. The belt was also holding its tunic around its waist, so it was looser now. Having done that, Tylien tried to get its robe free with its right hand while pointing its rapier at Donovan, staring at him vengefully.

Seeing Tylien tumble to the floor in a not-so graceful approach to stealth was amusing enough to crack a smirk from Oda, who by this time were just approaching the scene. He stopped silently to the right of Virul but also made sure he was a step back so he could keep all his possible foes in front of him. Slowly he dropped his guisarme to the ground in acknowledgment that a battle was about to begin and he did not want to be weighed down. With his epee ready he glanced from Virul to Donovan to see which side would give and attack first.

Giving Tylien a grin, Donovan shook his head. "Well, we meet again it seems. I'm starting to regret I didn't loot most of your equipment when I had the chance, bloody Eolan scum." Seeing that he and Lil'ly were slowly getting circled by the group of people that were fighting off the Redclaw, he silently cursed Aura for giving him such a quest. He eyed Tylien's blade for a short moment, slowly moving so his back would face Lil'ly's side and paid more attention to Virul. His free hand reached over to take a hold of his wand, since obviously, he was still the only one with out any weapons drawn. Giving Virul another grin he muttered a few words before staring at him wide eyed while attempting to use his cause fear skill. Seconds after, he yelled out: “How about we play a little!?” With that being said, he followed his skill with the casting of his cause fear spell.

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Combat has started!
Turns and positions are as following:

(Exit - H15)
Donovan (H11)
Virul (H13)(Escaped!) (Cursed! Diseased! Overburdened!)
Oda (H12)
Tylien (G8) (x_x)
Ashatha (F13)
Razorfang (F7)
Meridian (G12)
Mika (E8, *_*)
Lil'ly (G8)(Grappling!)

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Donovan uses fear skill!
Tylien is affected!
Ashatha is affected!
Donovan uses Cause Fear Spell!
Virul is affected!

Virul's turn! - Virul is too afraid to move!

Oda's turn! -

Oda decides quickly which side is the strongest. Not quite being able to miss the opportunity to avenge himself from his previous match, Oda ran at the now paralysed Virul and lunged hoping to take him in the dead centre of his chest. 

Seeing Oda dash toward him, Virul tried to sway to the left in an attempt to dodge the incoming attack.

Oda dashed towards Virul with great speed, his grudge against the Ravillan fueling his attack, he stuck his epee into Virul's side, dealing 6 damage!

Tylien is afraid!
Ashatha is afraid!

Razorfang's turn! -

Razorfang slowly crept closer towards the battle, not sure what to do at the moment, he tried to keep from anyones view at the point, planning to have a chance to stratigize before he made any moves on anyone.

Lil'ly's turn! -

As soon as Lil'ly noticed her master take the first step towards the begining of a battle, she let out a hiss. Charging towards Tylien, her legs moved as quickly as they could. Considering it was still on the ground, she attempted to crawl over the Eolan-hauken halfbreed and use her grapple bite on either its neck or arms if it would try to push her off.

With its eyes wide as dinnerplates, Tylien eeked very disgracefully and tried to bounce to the side in a near panic to avoid the frightening creature. At least it had gotten the belt off now.

Unable to really dodge much with the huge bug on top of it, Tylien tried to hold back Lil'ly's pinzers, but the scarab was stronger than it was and got a hold of the Eolan's neck, choking it!

Donovan's turn! -

Letting out a small chuckle at first and following off with a mad laughter, Donovan attempted not to get himself carried away quite yet. He gave Razordfang a quick glance, as if warning him not to get in the way if he didn't want to lose his life. Returning his attention on Virul, he grinned madly. "Prepare yourself! This is what filthy theives get for being in my way!" Raising his wand, he pointed towards Virul and silently spoke a few words in his native tongue. He began by casting disease on him and followed off with a second spell, cursing his strength.


Donovan now has 1/13 MP!
Virul now has 2 Str! 1 Con and 2 Car!

As Virul is cursed beyond thought, he feels all his equipment pull him down, his weak body now unable to withstand the weight!

Virul is overburdened! Halved Dex!

Virul is afraid!

Oda's turn! -

As Virul was cursed and weighed down, Oda took full advantage by circerling the weak Ravillian like a predator does before striking. Moving to H14 he lashed out with a lunge, trying to take virul in the chest with a killing blow.

Cursing his luck under his breath, but otherwise keeping his cool, Virul attempted to use lightning speed and step aside from the strike.

With a sudden upsurge of speed, the fencer stumbles backwards and manages to avoid the most of Oda's attack, only receiving a small gash in the chest which deals 2 damage!

Tylien's turn!
Tylien is afraid!
Tylien takes 4 damage from Lil'ly's grapple!

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha shoved the dead and beheaded redclaw off of herself and started dusting herself and removing feathers from her cloak when she noticed another fight. Some dah'kin (Donovan) had clearly decided to steal the redclaw head for profit, two others were trying to stop him, an other man and a scarab were also helping the dah'kin. Ashatha noticed Tylien was being grappled by Lil'ly the scarab. Picking up her whip and her scimitar, Ashatha ran at Lil'ly, attempting to slash and whip her and force the scarab to let go of Tylien.

Lil'li kepy get grasp onto Tylien's neck, not daring to let go of her grasp until she was order to or that Tylien was dead and fully ignored the hit even if it would ever be causing any pain what so ever.


Lil'ly armored as a tank, did not even feel the whiplash, and continued merrily chewing Tylien's neck!

Razorfang's turn! -

Razorfang, noticing as Ashatha tried to attack Lil'ly, and seeing that Donovan and Oda were undermaned compared to the hauken and the two humans, so Razorfang tries to sneak up behind Ashatha, using his camoflauge skill, and behead her from behind with the sharp edge of his scimitar.

Ashatha stood straighter as her blow did nothing to the scarab grappling Tylien. She bit her lip and started planning her next move when she saw a movement behind her from the corner of her eye. She turned around and saw Razorfang walking toward her, his scimitar pointed directly at her neck. Ashatha attempted to jump out of the way of the blade.

Meridian entered the area and finally saw the objective of his search. He then saw the all-out fight in progress. "Not even with a scarab at your side can you stay out of trouble, Donovan," he shouted to the Dahkin with a wry chuckle. Dropping the torch, he drew his kurki knife and readied both it and the scimitar for the upcoming fight.

Upon hearing Meridian's recognizable voice, Donovan let out a chuckle. "Why would I want to?! Death smells so good when it's fresh." Grinning, he kept his eyes on his targets, planning his next moves.

Razorfang approached Ashatha from behind, though the reason why he was trying to camouflage himself while everyone could see it will remain a mystery until the end of time. Though Ashatha was slowed down by her armor and shield, she could easily dodge the attack by sidesteping the sneaking warrior!


Meridian's turn! -

Meridian having surveyed the situation, immediately attacked Virul, aiming his scimitar at Virul's chest and the kurki knife as Viru's legs.

"Another one, hm?" Virul commented offhand as he hopped back to I14 to avoid the attack.

Surprised at Meridian's sudden appearance, Virul is able to move out of the way and avoid the Kukri Knife, but the longer range of Meridian's scimitar worked against him as the fencer was slashed through the chest, taking 6 damage!

Lil'ly's turn! -

Lil'ly keeps pressing on Tylien's neck, dealing another 2 damage!

Donovan's turn! -

Moving in I11 to get a clear view and path towards his opponent, Donovan slipped away his wand and pulled out a small vial from somewhere under or inside his cloak. Holding tightly onto the redclaw head, the Dah'kin tossed the frail little vial in Virul's direction, aiming to hit him around the shoulder, torso and facial area.

Weakened from the barrage of attacks, Virul knew he wasn't capable at the moment of taking on his opponents head-on. Seeing Donovan's tossing the vial at him, the thief frowned a little and tried a last ditch effort to dash back and avoid the poisonous vial.

Virul manages to step back as the vial zooms by, in the last second, however, his thief instinct kicks in and he reaches out, grabbing the vial in mid-air!

Virul's turn! -

Nabbing the vial, Virul let out a pained grin before stopping momentarily and looking around the area, surveying the scene. After barely a second, the thief spoke up, "This has been all amusing, I must say, but now I must lay out my ultimate attack!" Getting in stance, Virul breathed in and breathed out slowly, calming himself, preparing to give it his all. "Zoink!" Turning around, the thief madly dashed south and into the Rysallean Woods.

Virul has escaped!

Oda's turn! -

Watching Virul's speech reach it's climax, Oda was halfway into preparing himself against some sort of magical onslaught. Cursing to himself as the thief took the opportunity to dash back into the woods, he knew all hope of catching him was lost. So he focused on his next enemy, Tylien. Running forwards to G9 he tried to kill it by sticking his epee in its head.


Tylien tried to scream as it saw the epee coming and just instinctively jerked its head to any side that would have more space to evade while bringing its hands up to its head to hit the blade away.

Tylien failes strength roll against Lil'ly!
Oda performs a coup de grace!
Tylien died!

Ashatha's turn! -

Ashatha bit her lip as Virul left and Tylien died. She was obviously on her own and easily outnumbered (duh!). She dashed back to the rysallean woods.

Ashatha tried to run away, but she only made it to F13 before the others reacted!

Razorfang's turn! -

Razorfang comes up behind Ashatha, using one scimitar to try to slice open the back of her neck and use the other to try to impale her in the side.

Ashatha cursed under her breath when her escape was stopped. She jumped to the side, avoiding Razorfang's weapons as quickly as she could.

With two swift slashes Razorfang deals 10 damage, Ashatha falls unconcious to the ground as Razorfang shakes the blood from his scimitar.

Battle has ended!
Everyone receives 448 XP!
Razorfang leveled up!
Meridian leveled up!

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Watching Razorfang finish off the last 'opponent', Oda quietly wiped his blade on the bottom of his robe. Still damp from the lake and the blood of his fallen foes, the Xiadomian wasn't in much of a mood for even more arguing and betrayal. Purposely keeping his epee unsheathed, but not prepared to attack, he wandered back to the entrance where Don was stood. Unsure about this allegiance, he eyed both the Dah'kin and his scarab, the Catfolk and the Caerhamian that seemed to have turned up out of nowhere. He waited for either one of them to suggest a plan as to what next.

"Aye, now to collect from the fallen," Razorfang says as he sheaths his scimitars, looking down upon the fallen girl and the Eolan.

"We're going to need to move quickly," said Meridian. "Who knows how quickly that escapee will attempt to avenge our business here?" Moving swiftly, he stripped the fallen bodies of armor, weapons, and anything else that could be carried away with major surgery and placed the spoils on the ground so that they could be sorted through easier.

Once the battle ended, Donovan tipped his head to the side lightly and gave a light grin. "Heh..." His expression returned to it's "lazy state" while he turned to watch the entrence for a few seconds. "It's a shame he managed to run off." The Dah'kin let out absent mindedly as he moved over to Tylien's dead body, motioning for Lil'ly to move off of him. giving her a light pat, he waited for Meridian to finish stripping the body from its valuable equipment before he sat himself on its lower stomach. Still holding onto the redclaw head, he reached down his his free hand to take a hold of whatever remained as the half-breed's face. "What a shame..." He murmured before slipping his forearm behind its neck and pulling it up against himself as if embracing it. He inspect the back shortly before giving Lil'ly a light glance.

Lil'ly moved off Tylien as soon as she was ordered to. She simply stood aside and gave a light screech to the feeling of her master's hand romming smoothly on her head. She simply watched the scene with out much intrest, occasionally sniffing the ground near while she waited for her master. As soon as she noticed her master's glance and that his thoughts connected with her's, she took a few steps forward near the body and began chewing off the dead creature's wings.


Loot ->
Longsword (Meridian)
Musket (Oda)
Rapier (Meridian)
Robe
Swift Gloves (Meridian)
Spell Component Belt (Don)
Tribal Necklace (Razorfang)
Bamboo Hat (Meridian)
Yellow Cloak (Don)
Bracelet of Life (Razorfang)
Winged Boots (Meridian)
Ramrod
Parchment x 3
10 Bullets
10 Packs of Gunpowder
Collectible Doll, Tylien (Don)
296 GP (Don)
296 GP (Meridian)
296 GP (Oda)
295 GP
Tylien Wings x 4 (Don)
Whip x 2
Small Wooden Shield
Scimitar (Razorfang)
Black Leather Armor (Oda)
Black Cloak (Oda)


Making use of his Caerhamian background, Meridian quickly calculated the four-way split, and divided the gold into four piles of 295 pieces, with the remaining three pieces by themselves. He grabbed his split and pocketed it. "I wouldn't mind having the bamboo hat, the swift gloves, the winged boots, and the rapier, plus either the longsword or scimitar to sell back in town," he said as he observed the spoils. "Whoever wants the extra three gold pieces is welcome to them."

"I want the braclet of Sir Tylien's and the tribal necklace, and I'll take whichever blade you leave, Sir..." Razorfang said, remembering that the Caeramian had never stated his name.

Finally having the wings cut, Donovan balanced them on Lil'ly's back before letting the wingless body fall back to the ground and slipped off it into a standing potision. Placing the redclaw head between his pet's pincers, he turned and moved over to the pile of junk they had gathered. Taking a hold of his share of the loot, he picked up one of the extra gold pieces. "I might as well take this opportunety to fill in my debts." Taking a few steps forward, he reached out to pick up the obvious yellow cloak that lied there while hearing a rather disturbing and familiar voice. "Ack!!, Zombies, ZOMBIES!!" He remained clueless for a few seconds before glancing down to his feet where sat this little doll. Reaching down for it, he pressed on it's belly to make sure it was really what let out the sound. "Well, how amusing." He smirked to himself, giving the piled a final glance before one last item caught his eyes. Flipping the cloack over one arm and hold the doll in the hand of that same arm, he reached to take a hold of the only belt that lied there and headed back next to Lil'ly.

Lil'ly Managed ot chew off the wings rather easily and in no time. She screetched happily to her master as she knew she was accomplishing good deeds to please him. She stood still ocne the wings were balanced on her back and held onto the head rather tightly, but not too tightly to crush it. She waited patiently for her master to return next to her while she simply observe him pick up some stuff.

Watching the rest of the fighters loot the fallen, Oda heeded Meridian's advice and swiftly moved closer to pick out his share. Since most of the weapons and armour was already being split up between the other four, there wasn't much deciding to be done on Oda's part. He walked over to the girl who had aided Virul and Tylien, not really his enemy but decided the cloak she had could be of some use to him. After removing the black cloak he looked over Tylien, who was becoming a bloody mess after having his wings chewed off by the scarab. With nothing much more to take he found the stick-like weapon Tylien had used in the previous fight with him. Remembering the effects it had on Orpheus, he figured he might be able to sell it for a few gold pieces. "You should leave both fighters some sort of weapon." Oda commented to no one in particular while he relived it of it’s musket, "honour demands that they should have at least some chance to win back their possessions."

"I'm sure there's plenty of rocks around here they can make use of," said Meridian. "Anyone have issue with what I'm taking, because I'd like to be on my way."

Settling the things he gathered on the ground, Donovan wrapped the yellow cloak around his shoulder before reaching for the belt and securing it around his waist. Having that done, he reached for the doll, making it disappear inside his black cloak before reaching to grab the wings that were still balanced on Lil'ly's back. Turning to Meridian, he gave a light smirk. "We'll be taking the caves. This daylight is starting irritate me. I hope you still have some torches with you." Turning to Oda, he dropped his smirk and watched him for a few seconds. "I don't care what you leave with them. I'm assuming you weren't on such friendly terms with them to temporarily... side with me either. I suppose I should be grateful for it." Giving a shrug, he moved on ahead closer to the waterfall to wait for the others before he would move inside the caves.

Lil'ly simply moved her head, watching as her master slipped on his findings and took care of reliving her from the wings resting on her back. She began moving around a little once it was possible and still kept a firm hold onto the redclaw head. Circling around her master a little, she finally moved to follow him as he headed closer to the waterfall.

"Actually, I do," sad Meridian. He grabbed the winged boots, bamboo hat, and swift gloves, putting them on immediately, then took the rapier and longsword. Making sure all four of his blades were secure, the shadow warrior picked up his dropped torch and relit. "Okay, Donovan, I'm ready when you are. I would strongly urge the two of you to gather the rest of the loot. Anything you leave behind will be used against you later," he said, looking at Oda and Razorfang.

Oda gave a shrug and moved to grab his share of the gold. Thinking upon what could be used against him, he also decided to remove Ashatha's black leather armour. "Then this is all I need,” he said simply to Meridian, wrapping the cloak around him and pocketing the gold. With the musket strapped on his back and the leather armour folded in his bag, Oda started to follow the Dah'kin towards the waterfall. 

Razorfang stepped to the mass laying on the ground and took what he had claimed, as well as the small pile of gold. "I have some business I would like to attend to if anyone would mind either waiting for me or going wth me. I need to stop back by the stables shortly."

Donovan gave a shrug and turned to mvoe intot he caves soon after the rest of the loot had been gathered. "I have my own busyness to tend to. We can stop if it's on the way." He let out quietly before moving along the rocky wall to disappear behind the waterfall. He tooka few steps forward to allow his eyes to adjust before moving in the Waterfall Caves.

Lil'ly simply followed Donovan, carrying the redclaw head as she should. The fact that she was going back into the cave seemed to get to her though as she realised the place was packed with the green moss she enjoyed eating.

"I'd recommend you follow us first," said Meridian to Razorfang as he followed Donovan to the Waterfall Caves.

"I just have something I need to do, if you don't mind waiting for me in the caves, I'll be right there," Razorfang yelled as everyone else parted for the caves, he heaed towards the Rysallean Woods.

Oda just gave a shake of his head as the catfolk ran off. Assuming Virul was still around, Razorfang stood little chance of survival. Without anymore thought about the matter, Oda joined Donovan and Meridian in the Waterfall Caves.  

After thinking about his situation, thinking that Virul would be soon out for revenge, Razorfang soon stopped before exiting the waterfall and turned around, "Wait for me," he yells as he turns around and follows the rest of the group.

Returning to the waterfall, Virul witnessed his fallen comrade, Tylien, weaponless, armorless, and without wings, and merely stared on in silence. Walking up to the hauken, the thief continued gazing at its corpse for a few more seconds, expressionless, before turning to the other two unconscious bodies that were lain about. Heading toward Mika's body, Virul used his orb of healing to cast Heal 1 on the man before walking up to Ashatha and doing the same. As he waited for the two to wake up, he looked over to the Rysallean Wood entrance, looking to see if Zarrel had come.

Zarrel came inside the waterfall. He looked around and saw Virul healing two people, one of them was Mika." My, my what happened here?" He asked Virul.

"Lord Mika here succumbed to a Redclaw attack. The Lady Ashatha and Tylien, however, fell to treachery and were outnumbered." Virul replied calmly as he surveyed the scene, "I intend to kill the traitors Oda and Razor Fang first, that is my top priority for the moment. Next would be the death of Donovan, whose wings I'll rip off with my own hands, followed by... well this fellow Meridian, I'll spare, perhaps."

Mika got up, moaning a bit. "My bloody head hurts, did I miss anything?"
He looked around, and saw some other people lying around with Virul walking between them, using some orb. Then he saw Zarrel, after which he heard Virul talking. "Wha? Zarrel? Razorfang? And who are you?"
Mika got up, bruised a little but otherwise ok. He stretched and grabbed his stuff together. Then he saw Tylien. "What happened to that poor fellow?"

"Aah, you're awake!" Virul exclaimed as Mika got up, "Though thou art quite heavily injured. Anyhow, after thou have fallen, we have managed to slay that Redclaw beast, but all our hard work was for naught as this scoundrel by the name of Donovan ran in and stole the Redclaw's beak, of which was worth 500 gold. He then attacked us, and we were betrayed by the cowards Oda and Razor Fang, who sided with him. Then this fellow, Meridian came upon us and also allied himself with Donovan. I managed to escape with my life, but the lady Ashatha, who bravely attempted to fight them off, along with Tylien, were defeated and robbed of everything." As he said this, Virul looked over to Ashatha, waiting for her to wake up as well, before continuing, "Thus, I intend to hunt the traitos down, as well as look for allies for this guild I've been meaning to create. Zarrel here is already a member, and I wish to convince thee to join us as well. The benefits of this alliance, if you're interested, include monster hunting parties, teaching our fighting abilities to one another, assisting the other in certain quests, and so on and so forth. So, sirrah, art thou interested?"

Mika listened intesly, his eyes widening a bit when he heard Razorfang's name. When Virul had finished, he answered: "I shall join you, for you have healed me when I fell on the battlefield. I also see I am quite lucky those bastards didn't loot me when they finished. I cared not about the beak, but they shouldn't have betrayed the group. I do wonder why Razorfang did not heal me or help me throughout these fights, in my mind we were working together. I want to ask him about this, so I'll join under the condition of Razorfang being kept alive when we find them."
Mika checked the wounds on his body that had not completly healed by the orb's power. "Sirrah, erm... what's your name, are we going after them right now? I could do with some healing. I do have a potion on me, but I'd rather keep it for later use, when the Temple isn't so easily reached."

"No, it will be some time before we hunt them down." Virul responded, frowning slightly at the idea of keeping Razor Fang alive, but deciding he might as well, "If thou may, can one of you carry Tylien to the temple with thee? I'll carry the lady Ashatha, who seems to be more injured than I thought." Going over to Ashatha's unconscious form, the thief lifted her up and slung her over his shoulder before turning to Mika and responding, "Oh, and my name is Virul Bassior, son of some bloke." Turning to Zarrel, the thief spoke up once again, "I will meet thee in the Asfeltas Caves, young sir. Don't stray too deep in there, for I hear the creatures are vicious." That said, Virul turned around and returned to the Rysallean Woods.

"Pleased to meet you." Mika said, and walked over to Tylien. "Poor guy... wait a minute..."
Mika looked over Tylien, wondering if it was a guy or a girl, but he couldn't figure it out, so he forced the thought away and lifted the liveless body of the ground. Then he followed Virul towards the woods. "You coming too Zarrel?"

Ashatha woke up, her head throbbing painfully. She could not recall why she was asleep and why she was in so much pain. She slowly opened her eyes and realised she was being carried by a man. Her vision was too fuzzy and she could not recognise the man. Being two weak to even move she did not protest and let herself be dragged around.

"Okay I"ll meet you there," Zarrel said to Virul." Don't take to long okay?" He then left the waterfall and went to the woods.

Slowing down his dash, a fairly winded Virul stopped to rest for a moment before recovering himself. Heading toward the nearby Redclaw's body, the thief brandished both epees and began to chop at both of the dead bird's wings.

After several minutes of hard work, Virul managed to cut off the Redclaw's wings.

As he worked on cutting off the wings, Virul took off his poncho and cape, slinging them over his shoulder and revealing his green shirt (which he replaced his old white one with) underneath. The thief used the poncho to wipe off the sweat forming from his forehead before he grabbed both wings (from the non-bloody sides) and took them with him to the Rysallean Woods.

Iju arrived at the pond, while the two wolf pups wereh appily jumping around nad the sivleron was still trying to go back to the decayed forest. Iju walked around, and ran with the pups, until they had enough for the moment and lay down in the grass near the water.

After half an hour of playing around with the pups, they were all quite exhausted. "Well little fellahs, this seems a good stage to head back for the stables. let's go."
Iju took the leashes in hand again, and they casually walked back to the stables.

Aj'ale was slightly amused at finding himself behind a waterfall in a forest, but decided it'd be the better way out now that he was mostly unequipped. He jumped as far from the waterfall cave as he could and then moved to the shore and into the shadow of trees. He eyed the place for a moment before following the path out.

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Enter the Waterfall Caves
Return to the Rysallean Woods
To Realms of Lemire arena