(012) Beneath the Gatehouse

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:46 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Padrig assists Michele with the windlass of his great arbelast, and they soon have the mighty weapon ready and loaded.

Meanwhile Andaros, Olaf and a couple of the other burly fighting-Men work together to move an ancient stretching-rack to block the door. It is an awkward thing, for the door is atop half a dozen steps, but they eventually position the rack at an angle so that the door is jammed shut. It is poorly balanced, but any egress via the door has been made troublesome to say the least.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:50 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Ulric, taking his lantern with him, strides back to the entry by which you all entered this grim chamber to keep watch.

Anwyn bounds ahead of him, putting an arrow to her bow string, and scampers down to the right angle corner in the passageway from where she can observe all comers...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:40 pm

eris wrote:

danhem wrote:Ulric frowns at the thought of the ogre rousing his comrades.

"The truce is off, he said. What did he mean by that? Perhaps he mistook us for someone else?"

"Someone named Saxon." Olaf says then directs a question to the prisoner, "Does the name Saxon ring any bells with you? Perhaps the leader of the gang that brought you here and traded you for...a truce, perhaps?"

Ulric moves to watch over the southern passage while the the others barricade the door to the north.

"Clear a space around the southern entrance. If any ogres show their faces I will cast an enchantment of sleep that may incapacitate one or two of them."

OOC: Wow, lots of activity this weekend.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:54 pm

tombowings wrote:
(quote author=eris board=hinterlands thread=4726 post=57836 time=1285544441"Someone named Saxon." Olaf says then directs a question to the prisoner, "Does the name Saxon ring any bells with you? Perhaps the leader of the gang that brought you here and traded you for...a truce, perhaps?"(/quote)

"Saxon was the name of the lead of the bandits that ambushed my company in the forest. I was only a piece of the truce--we'd need to interrogate someone involved for more information. May I suggest Deggarhund; I'd love to see him behind bars for a change."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:06 am

heartless wrote:

waysoftheearth wrote:Padrig assists Michele with the windlass of his great arbelast, and they soon have the mighty weapon ready and loaded.

"Glad to help to make sure this arbelast does not hit any of us again, but the bad guys", comments Padrig.

"I don't like the feeling of this, trapped in here and no knowing who is coming to dinner. Make sure we have as many of us as possible surrounding each ogre to bring them down quick. When they attack let them in one at time in the door way if possible. BUT FOR GOD's SAKE WAIT FOR THE MISSLE FIRE TO FINISH SO NO ONE ELSE GET KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE!", states Padrig.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:00 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
In the grim semi-dark of the cell, Thorgrim noisily knocks free another stone with a grunt, which precipitates an unexpected tumble of heavy stones from the wall above his undermining efforts. Once the clatter and cloud of dust abates, both Thorgrim and Pelenwin see that despite the new pile of rubble, there is a space large enough for a Man to crawl to his freedom!

Meanwhile, in the chamber of torment outside, regardless of all the hurried words and preparations for battle, there is no sign of any immediate threat...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:09 pm

tombowings wrote:
"Free at last. Thank you, my friend," says Pelenwin after have clambered out of the whole made by the dwarf and his hammer. "Now to find my effects."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:28 pm

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Fair

"Pelewin, not to bother you so much after your ordeal, but how many villains are we talking, here, that ambushed your company?"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:49 pm

danhem wrote:
Ulric sighs as the impetuous elf once again rushes far ahead of the group. At least I'll know someone is coming when she gets killed, he thinks to himself.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:05 pm

eris wrote:

verhaden wrote:Mads the Fair

"Pelewin, not to bother you so much after your ordeal, but how many villains are we talking, here, that ambushed your company?"

"That would be the group that sold him to the Ogres, though." Olaf says, "What we really need to know is how many Ogres there are in this dungeon."