... Freya says confidently: "Let's do this then.. judging from the width of these corridors, two by two tactical formation is likely our best approach, and the...
... Looking down the corridor it can be seen that the damaged ghoul has crawled back a few yards into the entry chamber. The head shot ghoul is still and ...
... Athamar jerks slightly. That comment hits rather too close to his concerns about the Naja-jahn, even if that is not to which Maltrab was referring. He...
... "Don't get me wrong," Maltrab adds. "He is intelligent, brave, capable and a strong leader. He'd make a good King. The problem is that he is ambitious, ...
... Athamar nods, "Its been tried before," he shrugs, "Five hundred years is more than enough time to harden a compromise into tradition. Tradtion binds more...
"Don't get me wrong," Maltrab adds. "He is ... Maltrab raises his goblet, "Tradition!" After taking a swallow he half nods to where Countess McCoy, Mog-Sur ...
... Athamar will toast that. He chuckles, not at all surprised that Maltrab recognized the Bishop. "The Duke being the forth fifth? Let our enemies tremble."...
... Maltrab laughs, "Aye, well the Countess and Duke Demetrius are pretty much one in the same. Sort of joined at the hip as it were. Sevinus, the High Druid ...
... "No secret. The Bishop has visited the Wall a few time. With ole Woffard going into semi-retirement Durr is the next Arch Bishop and is a keen strategist ...
... Freya says quietly: "..Now, we'll take a few steps back, draw them in.." Calmly she walks backwards in an attempt to lure the ghouls into the confines of...
... The knight shrugs. "Quiet of late. The Jhensari closest to the Wall are becoming sedate and pacified. Their villages are permenant in nature and they till...
... "Oh we do," Maltrab nods. "Velitar merchants visit regularly which helps whett their appetite for the luxuries of civilization while at the same time ...
... Suddenly, without any warning or apparent interaction between them, all four ghouls rush Accambale and Freya. Even the injured one is scuttling forward. ...
... Accambale swings his axe at the first ghoul's head, while keeping his burning torch ready to block/parry or ward him off. (OOC: No idea how that would...
... Just like she was planning to, Freya steps back into the corridor, using the doorway frame to limit the ghoul attacks into just one direction, so that they...
... "I haven't had much interaction with gobs, except for an occaisional raiding party of the Hobs, but my understanding is that the Mountain Goblins do have a...
... OOC: The ghouls attack by clawing with both hands and, if they manage to grapple, biting at exposed flesh. The clawing attack is An All Out Attack and ...
... Athamar will pour, finishing the bottle by refilling his own and signaling a passing servant for more wine by holding up the empty. "I have only fought a...
... Maltrab nods his understanding. "A Scarlet Cult toadie I'll bet. Bastards are becoming a bloody nuisance even in the Frontier. They haven't been this ...
... "I don't think anyone has much use for the Scarlet Cult. The Lady Tamarra naturally lays the blame for them on us, or at least our Ancestors." He smiles,...
... "Well, we did bring them with us." Maltrab concedes. "Yes, they held stir up the Jhensari and instigate raids by the Hob-Goblins along with providing ...
... Athamar nods, looking pensive. "Here we are speaking of our troubles when there are lovely ladies just waiting for someone to dance with them. I would...
... Maltrab chuckles, "You might want to steer her over to where the Countess sits, they are all looking in your direction." A glance over that way reveals...
... "Perceptive as usual, my thanks." Athamar walks to he dance floor, smoothly cuts into Roweena's dance, and takes her around the floor and slips out nearest...
... Count Lysander releases Roweena with a smile and flourish, almost immediately picking up a pretty young daughter of one of the nobles circulating the...