Situation
Time: 2:00 PM
Date: October 17th 327(CE)
Weather: Partly cloudy with otherwise blue skies and cool weather and a warm sun. Inside Taruhm, its warmer like used gymnasium and lit by torches and the occasional arrow slits. In the mine, there was a bit of airflow, but the only heat came from their light sources. Otherwise it was cool and stifling.
Those Involved:
@Ariel @happydeath @GhostofManchester @CaptainLiterally @lXlGamemaster @TheEccentric @Huntress @The Last Curse @chaosheart13 @Lore Magus @Karyra @slifer @DangoYumi @Miora @corrosiveblood @Agonite @DrabiaTheKiller @TheCrimsonFker
TooLongDidn'tRead: The Apostles are taking on a legion of undead while they work to figure out what's going on...
Note From The Author: (The pictured chasm is an example of what the danglers may be experiencing. Less lights though and no discernible bottom.)
Post Listening:
The Battle
Althea and Labra's efforts to sustain the Foreman paid off. While he did not wake up, he was stable and would likely wake on his own in time. However, he would remain vulnerable, so Lilirel carrying him would spare him some of the dangers that would potentially befall him if left behind. The miner's helm would also prove to be a useful extra light source should one be needed.
Unfortunately, not all of Althea's plans went off without a hitch. The skeletonal warrior were not so easily tangled by tactics better suited to the brainless. While the wee healer successfully tripped and dispatched one of the skeletons with a stake through its core, which dusted it, two more merely leered and took their time in ganging up on Althea with a sadistic malice apparent. One of which swung a gnarly blade that would inflict a minor injury to Althea. With less than half of her energy left and not confronted by a slowly growing number of baddies, she may wish to seek aid quickly...
Shurik, who was near Althea for a time, was able to successfully move by Diana and the ledge and provide ranged support to the front, destroying one of the skeleton warriors coming from the central tunnel with a well placed bolt. However, ranged combat in the tighter spaces of the mine posed many risks to allies. This brief move to the rear would also let him catch his breath for a moment, something Diana could use more of.
Diana's flower successfully rooted into the ledge where she stood, piercing the rock and giving Llawr something more sturdy to swing from. The plant specialist was not actually that bad off, however, if she attempted to grow her flower out to the chasm floor (however far that might be...), should would likely collapse and be about as useful as Foreman for a time. It seemed as though Diana would soon need to make a choice as to whether or not to leave the cliff hangers to the outcomes of their own choosing.
Jeremiah was similarly weary. For a multitude of reasons, some obvious and other less so, the siren's voice did not bring anymore skeletons under his control. Perhaps a 2nd try would work, however, the first as well as maintaining his hold on the first skeleton he charmed has drained him. With only a fifth of his energy remaining, and that small amount quickly waning in keep hold of the one skeleton, he would need to think of alternatives. However, for the moment, the one skeleton did proceed to follow his orders and turn on its kind. With deft sword strokes that the other skeletons didn't acknowledge, he was able to put up an effective fight.
However, the enemy still approached and in numbers the party was quickly having increasing difficulties in managing. While the light barrier cast by Stella still remained, enemies were still slowly making their way through. While the likes of Payne, were nearly impervious to the weakened skeletons hexed by Knell, the other party members left in the center were not so formidable. A few more skeletal warriors broke through the barrier near Stella, Jeremiah, and Knell with several more on the way, given enough time. Smelling like the corpses they were and chattering away as bone hit bone and metal, the undead force was a haunting, unending melody. Like death, they seemed inevitable.
The Rock Face
About 50 feet down from the platform where the party fought, those precariously suspended over a black abyss were repeatedly told to hurry up. Zayne's attempts to descend would have to be without the aid of the flower grown by Diana. It reached them, but it was far from reaching the bottom. The feeling of the air and limited vision into the blackness that floated beneath them like a fog gave off the impression the bottom, if it existed, was a long way off. Zayne would also note that climbing down by repeatedly smashing his hand into the stone to anchor himself may prove unreliable and hurt his hand.
Llawr would note the increased sturdiness of the vine he clung to. Before it was held only by Diana's strength, but now that it was anchored into the rock ledge, he felt more secure and that perhaps the vine could accommodate more than one climber at a time if there was a need.
