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Armexis Journal: A battle continued
Feb. 9th, 2008 11:46 amThe moment's hesitation seemed like months, and then Wengus charged forward against the wall of ogres and giants followed by Moriana and myself. A fierce battle ensued punctuated by the magics of Gimble. One giant managed to get through the line of fighters and up to the spellcasters, hammering Gimble and felling an injured Wengus who charged back to help. I managed to fell the giant with a thrown spear and Gimble made it to Wengus with a healing potion in the absolute nick of time.
After the battle the only one of us who remained unscathed was Moriana, although it may not be possible for her to get out of her armour until such time as we reach a smithy.
At some point during the fight Taurnil decided that his deity no longer looked favorably on the expedition and fled, later Sparki also left offering what seemed a weak excuse of trying to find him. Four of us remain, five if you count the wolf.
All the giants we felled seemed to be warriors, no sign of the Chieftains wife or the "visitors". Further exploration of the west wing of the keep led us to some sort of council chamber, and a concealed door here leads to stairs descending into the hillside. there may be more to this steading than meets the eye. We also found a large map of this level of the steading which will be useful.
Adjacent was the armory - much of the material here is far too large for us but among the trophies were some javelins which Gimble identified as magical. I've claimed the use of them in the meantime, to supplement my spears.
Now we are deciding whether to hole up somewhere and rest or move on to the East wing. We must have eliminated most of the giants/ogres by now but there was mention of some Orc slaves who might be able to provide us with more information on what lies below. I think Wengus will hold off killing them for long enough to ask.
