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Date Posted: 22:11:08 09/26/00 Tue
Author: GM Xane
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 145.44.68.80
Subject: The fight with the goblins continues

As the battle ensues, it becomes more chaotic rather than clearer. Baraka's orb of light floats some thirty feet above the battle scene, giving the scene an appearance that there's a second sun in the sky.
Tukatula points his polearm forward and the wolf attacks it furiuously, shaking it's head as if tackling a prey. It's yellow eyes narrow and a soft growl comes from behind it's clenched teeth. Tukatula tries to free the polearm from the jaws of the wolf, but the animal has a strong bite and won't let go.
From his right hand side, he can see the goblin rider approaching, raising his blade to strike at Tukatula's throat. The young Tukatula begins to move aside, but his response is just a fraction slow. The goblin's blade slashes through Tukatula's shoulder muscles, drawing blood. Tukatula drops to his knees and grimaces with pain, holding on to the polearm with his left arm, while his right arm dangles against his side uselessly.
His goblin attacker, sensing his target is vulnerable jumps next to Tukatula and without a moment's hesitation stabs straight at Tukatula's face.
Tukatula closes his eyes. Any second now, he expects to feel the goblin's cold steel come to claim his life. The next seconds are strangely surreal. First, he feels a soft prick as the tip of the goblin's sword begins to pierce his cheek , immediately follwed by the pain that goes with it. Then, suddenly, there's the sound of iron hitting iron and the cold tip of the goblin sword disappears from Tukatula's cheek. As Tukatula opens his eyes, he sees one of the men that was fighting the goblins when they arrived, bravely duelling with the goblin warrior, pushing him back a few paces from his mount.
The immense gratitude that fills the young Tukatula's heart is only fleeting, as another jerk by the wolf at his polearm brings him back to reality immediately. He's not out of the woods yet.

Aldrai and Krinin had been sitting in their tree, overviewing the battle, for the time being unnoticed. However Baraka's ball of light, eminating from the tree next to them, drew the attention of all the fighters and one of the goblin riders that had been standing beside the hooded one, signals his mount and quickly comes racing up to the tree the two youngsters are in.
Krinnin, who'd been eyeing Leyona's fight hadn't seen this approaching rider however and suddenly lets out a startled yell as he sees the goblin attacker disarm Leyona, the yell breaking Aldrai's concentration and forcing her spell to fizzle.
Without thinking twice, Krinnin jumps from the tree and rushes over to Leyona as she stumbles back a few paces, trying to defend herself.
"Look out!" Baraka shouts from his tree as he sees the rider heading for Aldrai's tree changing course and heading over to him instead.

Al'thaes meanwhile also has a tough time with his adversaries. He casts fly swarm and the cold of necromantic magic comes over him as a cape again. The flies materialize around the hooded goblin, who curses and waves his hands around his face frantically, in an attempt to rid himself of the pests.
The two mounted warriors are quick however and though al'Thaes manages to counter the first slash from the first rider, the other attacked him from the other side. Appearantly, they'd been practising this type of attack. It proves succesful as the second goblin's blade cuts the back of Al'Thaes right leg.
The half ogre roars in pain and shifts his weight to his other leg. He can still stand, but his movement is impaired considerably.

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