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Feezazien closed in on a sharded cliff cover-the brittle wethered underworld had stolen the composure of most the land-and as swooping in and touching –to make impact-the foils of spillage gave and sent dust scurries and a minor land slide.The trailed off brim was just a few snubs from the landing pad the dragon had chosen,and looking off to the left at the ground a tunnel passage could be scene glancing through the mist-a worn slip shod path that undead soldiers walked led to it.
"we are next to one of the first camps-I fear I can't create a great breathe beam unless I am ….shall I say pasengerless…if you can spot a way to make the suprize from the cliffs at the other side-that will be good-however I will wait,and take you to the tunell if needs be"
"we'll-no I'll scout.it'll take just a bit-wait here"Marty answered as they jumped off-and he started sketching in nimble hops towards the peak-sending scurries after his steps,planted to not loose leverage.
The staying shelter for the undead bandits that had stolen the hatchling,was planted in a surrounded mountain array-and only the tunnel led to it,however upon inspection,Marty felt they could make their way from the cliff-side skirting a few areas-to make to a light enough engle to not tumble to disaster.The 4 main bunker stone shacks were 50 ft sqaure and 1 larger place with a 40 ft cathedral roof,and gaudy architecture stood against the farside of the flatland.This building was adorned with spikes of wrought iron,that jutted in 3 directions across the brim of the walls-and black glass with copper like infused wards of magi- cymbels layd across the 10 ft by 3 ft windows,the front arch entrance on the far end-which faced nearly at Marty's spying focal,was met by marble steps and fore-ground-and 2 gargoyles sat at iether side of the door,in front of them 3 fire stands on iether side with flickering light of partially changing colour.The activity was taking place at the side area-that had two wagons of small rodents and some weaponry-the troops were fighting-and digging into the animals-eating them live-spilling sluff from innards to flesh and blood about themsleves.As they were satisfied,they left taking a sword,or pike and returned to one of the bunkers.
Privy to the finer elements of an unoticed approach,the group made plans to have them scaff their way,precarious as it was,to the area,while Feezazien simply swooped in and confronted them with a treacherous etheral acid beam,and further they assumed that the hatchling was being kept within the church like building,and the adventurers could make their way their immediately while commotion took the place of what little mentality these zombies had for a reaction.
"I've spells a plenty that dash the foe,as for one hatchling retrieved that is what will be done I finely let the know,te te ta te ta ta"Mif Yatter made a simple tune of hope aliven their senses as they began to make calmly towards the gathering of enemies.
"there are gargoyl's gaurding the entrance,let us hope they aren't..'really' gaurding it,sword and might may be far underscored by that type of armour"Marty retorted taking the lead,as they bagn their way from the top at the other side.
Leering from the landing pad,Feezazien was cordened by anger and the will to carry through with a great blasting upon the meager underlings,while the mists dashed about paling the air's miscultured variety,tucking in and setting wing span for a speedy swoop was practiced –in waiting for the battle to begin.Slooping towards the earth,fearsome wisps of the contained breezes casting their deluge of speeds avarice and fortune checked and rechecked the precisioned run,and within 15ft of spilling unto the ground,a quickened flush of wing power and the mighty chromatic beast took to the sky again,nothing could stand in the way-especially now with the help of these curiuos yet trusted warriors that had faulted a pact with Zintrin,goddess of the undead,or so it was thought.
Half way to the bottom,they paused and stepped inwards to the cliff side,after side skirting a particurlarly steep faced portion,and awaited the last of the group that had devoured the live rodents to make away-letting them be sure to be unspotted before first clashes began.Taiken burried his mind into the frail world of concentrative divine intervention,and boldy suaght answer to actions to be made-a greater acid spray,and finer lightening cackle then ever before was needed if the rush to the church and kidnappee was to be achieved.Kliza steadied her sword in front of her-the first to have her weapon from scabbard,and deftly swishes making a wispsing sound,assuring her that cutting the bile flesh of scraps of un living-yet…undead monsters was as sound a battle cry to the ways of her elven heritage as any.
What little hope there was to make an extractionarial manuever,touched each of the adventurer's minds as they made to the cart,and set to dash their way to the church like structure.Though they hadn't been spotted yet,Feezazian made a turn about and lunged towards the area,but flew off before being sighted keeping synche with a more carefully
claimed plan.Mif made a swift intergration of the pro-spell weaving harp,and they arrived at the steps with no incedent.But that was soon lost to the unfortuntae tripping off of the guard gargoyles,that lashed out with their claws growling loudly and alerting the undead of their presence.Kliza and Morigin defended and battled against one while,Marty and Zenthor made some dashing conflagurations against the other.Cuaght inbetween the still stone like flesh of one claw,Marty proned his sword to the side leaving a gap in it's chest that the monk was able to gash into with great effort,causing significant damage,but not seeming to slow down the horrid enemy,and soon Marty was on the garner of efforts to free his sword rather than vice versa,as the second claw swiped his chest,but with skill and the luck of gestalt of theiveries powers,he let go of the sword,and skipped backwards,opening up on the gargoyle with a knife slash,that confused it from it's advancement and Zenthor somehow managed to pin through a hand and pin it into the marble,an easy target now-but the strength or tricks neccesitated to kill this armoured foe were three-fold.
The ignorant gaurds,wretched forth,streining to carry their scrap for bodies' towards the intruders,but little did they know that the sky was set to tarry a counter measure that would cost them 50 at a time when they had moved as a group nearing the building.With no screetching and a metaphor for super-powered attack,the chromatic mighty maleavolance burned and etherealy acidified their flailing bodies to the tune of 'meet you're maker'.A few turned from the brinks of the dooming breathe ray,and tried to toss their pikes at the swooping beast,but in reaction to getting the better half of those killed,Feezazien landed and wrethced the claws of terroresome strength across the stragglers,sending them flying and sliced into pieces as they iether paniked and tried to run,or forced forward with swords steadied for an attack.
Taiken was certain that Kliza and Morigin were having the best of their dueling match,and so afinely he krept to behind the other gargoyle,and none to soon,for it's eyes were powering for a beam or magic spell of some sort-while it stayed the monk and thief from it,slashing wildly with it's free arm.Two handed and with a reserve of might that may have yet been felt by the newly ferocoius paladin,an impaling puncture resulted from a spine targeted attack,and the foe was lost in mid focus,it's eyes turning into misty cavities of doumbfoundedness,and it fell to it's side in an immobile statue form,as death lanced it's clench to the world of life.Morigin finally cut off one arm,-which was not easy,but with his sister's fine swordwork,the constant trickery of switched swipes,and gaining purchase to the side of it's vision,a super swipe cut miracoulousley cleanly through.
Feezazien,was proudly taking the best of what they had to offer-but several wounds increased with additional strikes could free the advancement of undead-disease across one's entire body-and when he was surrounded by too many-quickly slashing the 5 before him,a striding skip and flustered wing washing-and into the air once again did the battle go.They were on their way into the church,when 10 soldiers finally cuaght up to them,Taiken took the front as they made motion to halt-rather than run inside-and called into the air to srike the amulet's wonderous powers into these untimely nuissances.
"terror's of hell I send great beams of lightening to return you to thyne's well!"was what was finally yelled in concentration,and the result struck 11 of the zombies-sending them squiggiling like washes of bity leaves in a wind storm,untill they spazed unmeritously and died.
The finall- formidable grouping of enemies was in a poor chance of repeal,when they turned and realized another killing ray was about to fall unto them,and yellping in lacksidasical undead fear-they tried to dive away but were killed instantly,30 some heaps of smoldering suffuse left from the brutul swooping attack.
Endevoured with the important task they wisened to the difficulty of what was next to be done with the awe striking view of a cage partially settled into the floor,which indeed was containing the hatchling,and the gaurdian-a Xieasafacleze winging a floating make about the area close to the kidnapee,with a stern glaze in it's eyes and a horrific halberd in one hand and a magical dagger in the other.Mif wasted no time and cast the troublesome rain flurry,that in past establishment had strucken foes to the ground-this was not to be with such an advesary as this demon however.Splattering the wisps of liquid in anger-it broke free and leafed it's way beyond the spell finally rasping towards the offenders with a serious look of foreboding attack to take place.
"watch it….friends-these fumes of the underworld have the power of spell ray blasting"Zenthor stated,as he flanked to the side and Marty and Taiken held the front.Whirling the staff to make a focus to him,the demon finally relented after two dashings of weapon on weapon with the thief and paladin,turning in part and creating a glow on one hand as it held the weapon taken from that hand within the claw that was used for the dagger.
Zenthor knew this was to be a crucial claim for his defensive muster-and setting to dive away behind a column,he watched feining suprize once before the ray finally fell through the air-and was not broken by the conflict of speed of the energy to reaction,taking a minor swish of the firey blast but dodging the better part of it.Kliza slashed a fearsome two handed make across 1 of it's wings,and in confusion the demon slapped Marty on the side with the halberd,sending him to the ground,and swiped quickly on the forward take at Kliza who back stepped untill she saw Taiken making for an amulet imbued strike.She stopped before the column she was planing to duck behind,and instead tried another round of dueling with the monster-an act of which Morigin was not bound to let his sister take alone-so as he stunted the work by making clashing with the halberd,Kliza easily defended against the dagger,and Taiken sent an acid beam.
"hell is amongst us,we need the help crush it thus!"called loudly went before the magic and the beam splattered into the hide of the beast's back.The scales were like fire forged metals swining and heating but not breaking to the tremendous power of the railing acid,but finally as the last bit deflected the skin broke,and it cried out in pain with a screethcing evil catter call,and rasped to the side,losing concentration on it's weapon work.Morigin moved quickly taking a two handed swipe he knocked the mightier weapon away,while the demon pitched forth stepping now on the ground,and steadied enough to cast another blast.Zenthor was behind it this time,and Marty was moving in,it focused at Morigin but as doing so was broken from concentration excruciatingly with a slashing on it's forearm by staff and sword.The ether died away and blood poured from the nightmare for the first time.
"fools I will strike you with twice the power with my other hand!!"the demon called as amazingly with the wounds sustained it took to the air,and made to cast the spell with the other claw.
Zenthor doubted the reasoning that it was a bluff and knew that at least he might send a missile attack throw-and did,but the quickly whipping damaged arm batted it away,and taking a rasp of it's own blood from it's wound onto the casting hand it growled in summery and surged with effort to cast the spell.Too late,and too stupid,Feezazien was not entirely a brilliant spy,though with a bit of thought realized the demon's position near a window-10 ft away but near enough for a grab and excisement.The black glass shattered as the first flits of the ray began,but the mightier claws of the chromatic master rushed to it's kneck,and grasping it,sent puncture wounds,and crashed the helpless figure back through the remains of the glass.
"wooo thank the gods….Marty get this stupid cage unlocked"Kliza spoke first.
"well there's no telling but I doubt there's going to be an inquisition for that bastard"Mif stated,as the harp disintigrated,and he marched to the front to see for himself.
"my friends,my human mates…what hope in hell was there before thee arrived…how awfull this is….surely that strike I saw was my kin Feezazien,there's none that's be stupid enough to take him to fight and furry!!"the hatchling spoke as they opened the cage,and it shimmy stepped onto the church floor and started towards the front with them.
Pardoned by the skillfull retrieving of the kin,the group made towards the be-angered chromatic mass,who held the demon in one claw close to his own face,growling a bit then sighting the approaching friends,noticed the freed hatchling,and fused a question.
"so frail calous dastardly bunt of an excuse for an intelligant species of under ground worming gunk,…lay now you're tale the excuse for this treatchery and maybe I'll let thee leave to send word to you're master of intention for vengence!"
"i….i…have only gold for my task…to guard this ..great..and fine dragoness,from hatrm….from harm dear friend…only friends may talk with my kept and gaurded preciuos…I didn't-"
"you expect me to believe this!fiddle fish!and grouty golems,and terrible trolls I search to then ends of hell and earth to retrieve my kin and you lie to me!!"with that Feezazien tossed it into the air so quickly that it surely could not muster a wing flapping to steady itself,and himself flapped once getting enough air to re-catch it,and this time he held it in the other claw,and walked to the group,in distaste shaking in lack of belief of the pleading demon's words.
"dear Sinzee you look to be unharmed,such troubles I have finding why it was you were taken in the first place,do you have any words for me on this before I finish the lieing Xieasafacleze that wants to see what undead truellyt means"he spoke ritcheousley and grumphed at the demon who spazed it's arms a bit and only waited wordless.
"true …true…I don't think there was any reason actually the old priests that were cast from Trellihn and their mother,the demi-godess Zifmiu were there,they did it,probably paid that poor creature you're about to strangle to death to"
"yes..yes…see the truth I guard this one….guard with my life,no harm –innocent"the demon spoke asuredly this time in spite of it's milue of whinning.
"I say we keep it,and use it in the material world to force the wrongdoers to show themselve's,mighty friend if we are to return soon surely this may be a sufficient plan to begin revenge"Marty billowed a response to the chagrining air about the corpse splattered area,as the demon smiled a bit and nodded to it's grappler.
"we go…wretched fool,you will be bound with ropes,somebody get a rope and I will send a metaphysical message that our vicory was made and we shall be returned"Feezazien stated as he dropped the demon,and walkd to around the other side of the church building.
Kliza took rope and she and Taiken bound the arms together,and they waited for word for their return.At times defference,some 4 minutes finally a psionic wave responded to the summoning,washes of ether flaoted about the dragon,and a dancing light appaered and channeled through it words from a goddess,'the world will re-pay thee for that which was done,your own reward may be greater for loss of a kin is a terrible wound,the portal will blanket the undead plane when shadows dance off the world around thee,fairewell"
They waited as prescribed,though there was no night and day,as mists began to strangely arrive,the ethereal swishes like those of the message sent to Feezazien dimmed area's creating shadows that looked like wisping confusions of living shade.Scurrying from a building several of these wicker shadows formed together…an energy was forming,and the group intrigued with this considered it may be the centre of the portal,and moved to it.
Soon the presumption of faith in the act of magic that was about to be was precieved as the material form of hasting blackness's felt like brushes of metal links across their bodies,gathering,swooning,enrapture the powers betold for exit from the plane of the undead must have carried a great vortex.They closed into a tighter circle,and forced the demon with them,having tried to jump away,Marty smaked the blunt handle of his sword against it's scarred neck,and it gouged to breathe for a second and was pulled in by Feezazien.Throwing flights of rainbow corsages that held together the perimeter of the portal arcana,moved in synchronusly,swatching prompts aginst the shades trying to divy from a more dense proclimation,the siftley flying bits still mashed like material on their bodies,but soon all were gathered at their feet or above them,and the final hexation of a green powerfull light wash covered the circle –it's air,the ground,and the portal looking opening that now lay above them-swoosh!!They fell through a green suffuse much like the adventurer's arrival,scattering from their finite semblnce,the demon trying to wing a greater seperation,but Taiken and Kliza grabbed a wing each,the air was cool,and easily swifted the light and nurturing feal of the real world,hope and free ellergy of elational life force skittered about them,they were nearly there.Swish!!the be all of the spell of teleportaion's suffuse was eliminated and there they were before the temple of Zintrin,no signs of time signature or harkenings to any other wanderers,in fact their supplies lay before them,and Feezazien knew the place as looking about for any danger,let his kinling step about for some fresh air.