Session+100

**Session 100** **The Defeat of Grumish and His Orcs**
 * 2-18-2017 **

Having located Grumish and his force tunneling underground by way of enormous purple worms, Erevin had crushed the gem of Arghanaad. Elven hunting horns echoed above as Grumish turned his baleful one-eyed gaze to Erevin and his companions. Many of the who's who of orcs accompanied his great chariot pulled by elephant-sized boars... some they even recognized, including the pirates Rotgrim the Red, Gorstag Elfskinner , and Ner-Zul the orc shaman. There were many goblin heroes in the force as well like Snotgrub Picknose. Not one of these orcs or goblins wore a tentacled mask... they acted on their own free will, only following their one-eyed god's commands. With an earth rattling roar that shook the tunnels, Grumish commanded, "Kill them!"

Posy fully enraged, buffing up her strength as she strode forward with purpose. Uther quickly followed her lead, forming the line to meet the orcs. Erevin remained in place, sending a barrage of arrows into the closest orc, downing him. Thorn vanished from sight, moving forward into position behind a large rock... waiting for them to come to him.

Looking down into the cavern of vicious orcs and the mammoth worm-like creature birthing tentacle masks, Mali invoked magic over Melleron's claws sending him to pounce on the ogre advancing on Posy and Uther. The huge lion slashed and tore flesh from the great ogre as Ursus stepped forward, ready to defend the halfling behind him.

Orc archers raised their bows, sending a wall of arrows to pierce into Erevin! A great fireball came smashing in where most of the companions were still gathered together, Inali and Erevin managed to dodge out of the way, but Mali and Shri took a full hit to catch on fire! Wren, Kale, and Ursus caught part of it, seared with burns.

Wren stepped to the side, forming into a huge white dragon as Inali took a safe place on her back. Kale moved forward, piercing his blade into the side of an orc! Posy smashed her hearth hammer into the ogre before her, breaking his ribs! Uther slashed his sunblade from the other side, able to take down the ogre as the two worked step by step as a team.

Erevin sent another barrage of arrows to pierce into three of the advancing orcs as Mali doused herself with water to put out the fire. Melleron clawed and tore his fangs into an orc, spilling its green blood to the ground. As a couple of goblins rounded the large rock, Thorn moved from the shadows to stab one in the back with swift multiple strikes!

Goblins moving in from the other side stopped in their tracks when they seen the huge white dragon roaring in front of them. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Orcs and goblins surrounded Melleron, cutting and slashing into the great lion! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Another ogre advanced to brutally smack Posy with his great club! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Kale's blood sprayed the ground as the orc gashed his arm. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">An orc mage transformed into a huge red dragon, settling its gaze on Wren. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Another wave of arrows came flying in, a few of them piercing into Erevin.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">A swift lighting bolt shot through a line of orcs as the huge white dragon of Wren swung her wing to point the way. Inali dashed behind Erevin at Wren's command before the witch then moved forward to breathe a great cone of cold into the line of orcs coming toward her companions. Several orcs dropped to the ground.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Posy smashed her hammer into the next ogre, Uther following her in to leave a gash in its side! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Erevin sent several arrows into a goblin racing up on a goblin dog, dropping it to the ground as Shri healed herself beside him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Melleron finished off the orc he shredded into before as Mali shapeshifted into her huge tendriculos form. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thorn vanished from sight, going invisible with his ring, and dashed across the field toward the huge red dragon.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Not seeing the invisible rogue beside him, the huge red dragon moved up the battlefield to breathe his fire directly over Wren! Seeing him coming, she was able to dodge from the direct hit, but the fire scorched her white scales to leave her with a charred black smear! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Several rogue goblins surrounded Mali to stick their daggers into her flesh! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elfskinner moved up to slash his blade deeply across Melleron as another clanged his axe against Posy's metal armor. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Another orc slashed Uther as a boar charged past them carrying the orc hero, Tungar Boarfucker to slash his axe into Erevin! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Kale finished off an orc, stepping just out of the line of fire in time for Wren to send her last bolt of lightning and bolt of cold through two different lines of orcs, dropping several and catching the red dragon mage in the cold.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elves came down from the palace to arrive at the battle with Tethis Loremaster (Big Hat Ray-Ray), a heroic elven battle mage, leading them down. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> A bright white light destroying the massive purple worms at the front. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Corellion came down just behind the first line, stepping to the front. He raised his bow and it shined like the sun... the companions barely able to look at it. The tip of the arrow began to glow as he pulled it back... it soared across the full battle field! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Grumish turned to the side as the arrow flew past his ear, his hearty laugh echoing in the cavern as he taunted the elven god, "Ha! You missed!" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Corellion smiled, "I wasn't aiming at you..." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Surprised, the one-eyed orc turned to watch the arrow soar to the back of the battle to impact Erevin, filling him with instant bright divinity!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Posy smashed her hammer into an orc again and again, flames licking off of it to run inside the orc's armor burning his flesh! Uther wielded his sunblade beside her, double teaming to finish off the great orc warrior. Erevin turned toward the orc riding up on a boar, impaling him with several arrows killing the orc and leaving the boar riderless. Shri sent out a cooling wave of moonlit energy to heal some of her companions. Deserted by the red dragon, Thorn dashed across the field to the enormous worm beast that was birthing tentacled masks. Melleron clawed and tore his fangs into an orc while Mali began summoning.

Arrows came flying in from the orcs to impale the tendriculos form of the halfling druidess! Eyes covered the enormous worm beast and they turned toward the invisible Thorn, her scythe-like claws slashed across him! The red dragon mage stepped forward, raking his claws across Wren's scales and biting into her neck! Several goblin rogues danced and wove around Melleron, a few of them managing to slash and pierce into him... the great lion was pooling blood on the ground around his paws as Elfskinner stepped up and drove his blade into him to drop the mighty Melleron to the ground! Another orc followed up, driving his sword through him a final time! With Melleron out of the way, two more orcs stepped up to slash and pierce into Posy and Uther! The two barbarians were covered in blood! The remaining boar ran up to Erevin, stabbing him with one of its tusks.

Cirdan landed on Wren, piercing his beak between her white scales to heal some of her wounds with her own blood before Wren sent out a magical cone of cold over the red dragon mage in front of her, leaving him coated in ice! Corellion leapt onto the enormous boar pulled chariot to engage Grumish one on one with his great blade! Tethis sent out a violent bolt of lightning shattering through several orcs!

In a full rage beside the downed lion, Posy strode into the orcs wielding her hearth hammer with both hands, smashing as she went! Uther moved in a circle, clanging blades and slashing skin with the two orcs and two goblins around him. Erevin glanced to the chariot where Corellion was fighting Grumish, and then turned toward Elfskinner who dropped Melleron to impale him with several arrows! Pulling an arrow from his throat, the orc spit curses back at Erevin!

Thorn dove in close, wielding his double daggers in a blur as he drove them into the great worm beast! In a great mythic moment, he decimated the beast! Five huge dire lions answered Mali's call, taking up the line in front of the druidess! Each of them took a target, tearing in with their claws and fangs as the young druidess commanded them in full rage from the loss of Melleron. Mali sent a column of swirling blazing hot wind to burn and sweep away orcs!

The red dragon mage blew his fiery breath again, fully hitting Mali, partially hitting Wren, and missing Erevin as he dodged out of the way. Gargling on his blood and now blocked by a line of lions, Elfskinner slashed into one of the lions. Orcs and goblins again slashed into Posy and Uther, the ground around them was crimson from blood! Two orcs and Kale fought back and forth, slashing and impaling each other! Goblins surrounded Shri, driving their daggers into the drow priestess! Tethis arrived on the other side of the battlefield near Erevin. Several arrows came in to impale Mali, dropping the druidess to the ground, her tendriculos form fading back to the red-haired halfling!

With Mali dead beyond her healing capability, Wren wove magic over Erevin to empower him. Tethis turned to Erevin, extending his hand, "Come, your destiny awaits you!" Posy hit her hammer against one of the arrows sticking out of Elfskinner's chest to drive it the rest of the way through him, shooting out of his back, and then smashed in his skull to drop him to the ground in a full rage! Uther continued to battle the group around him, cutting down one of the orcs! Shri barely escaped the group of goblins, falling on her knees to breathe life back into Maliumpkin from her bloodstained lips. Barely clinging to her own life, she shifted into the moonblade to return to Erevin's hand as he called her.

Grabbing a small chariot pulled by two boars. Thorn slashed into one of the two orcs riding in it! Spattered with Shri's blood over her own, Mali woke to see a circle of goblins surrounding her. Dire lions turned to decimate 2 of the goblins, allowing Mali to stand and send out curing magic over herself and her companions. With her healing, Melleron stood up and swiftly escaped the battle to go back into the tunnel the companions came down.

Rotgrim led 4 orcs to surround the dire lions, slashing and piercing into them, killing one. 3 goblins surrounded Mali, one of them stabbing into her back as two more slashed and pierced into Ursus beside her! Heavily wounded and coated in ice, the red dragon mage couldn't get his claws through Wren's scales, but sank his full row of teeth viciously into her long neck!

Wren glanced at her claws with a calculating frown before charging at the red dragon, managing only to slap him mightily with her tail as she spun around in her confusion! She turned around to see the mage fading back into an orc with his neck broken, and pointed at him gleefully as she shouted to Kale, "Look! I did it!" "That didn't look very intentional..." Thorn shook his head and chuckled as he clung to the careening wagon. "I told you that tail would be the end of some man," Erevin laughed as he winked at Kale. Kale laughed, taking down another orc, driving his blade through it's chest!

Posy slammed her hammer into one of the heavier armored orcs, and Uther continued to fight off the orcs and goblins surrounding him. Arriving on the great chariot behind Grumish with Tethis's teleport, Erevin stepped back onto the railing with his bow. Naming the one-eyed orc god as his foe to the bow, the weapon began to vibrate as it listed an on-going lengthy name... and Erevin put three arrows into his back. Thorn made it inside the boar-pulled wagon, driving his daggers into the driver and slitting the passenger's throat before kicking him off of the wagon! The remaining four dire lions mauled the goblins attacking Mali and Ursus, allowing the druidess to heal herself again. Rotgrim slashed deeply across Posy as a goblin clanged against her armor. The three on Uther nearly took the barbarian down, but he continued to fight...only his rage keeping him going! Two more clanged their blades against Kale as the elven warrior held the line back. The goblins turned their daggers back against the lions mauling them, one of them still backstabbing Mali. An arrow pierced into Wren as several more bounced off of her white scales. The orc wagon driver, let go of the reigns to slash into Thorn, and the wagon went zipping across the battlefield with the boars unchecked! Wren squeezed her way just close enough to dip her neck down to heal some of Uther's wounds. Grumish stabbed his spear into Erevin, pulling it back to produce a fountain of spurting blood! The attack gave Corellion the opportunity to drive his blade through Grumish's back, causing the orc god to cough up blood! Posy, encouraged by Uther still standing, took down the goblin behind her and slammed her hammer into Rotgrim again! Uther continued to fight, taking down another orc. Erevin, bleeding profusely, put two more arrows into Grumish's chest... and then with a perfect shot to the god's one good eye, his bow screamed and shattered from his hands! Thorn drove his daggers into the orc driver, but it still managed to fight back as the halfling continued to bleed over the wagon. Ursus and the dire lions finished off the goblin rogues around them, and Mali began summoning. Rotgrim managed another good pierce into Posy as one of the orcs slashed across Uther's back. Orcs slashed into a couple of the dire lions.

Another arrow pierced into Wren as several others bounced off of her scales once again. Blood poured profusely from the wound on Erevin's chest, and fully blinded Grumish swung toward him, knocking the ranger from the rails! Erevin tumbled gracefully back, landing safely on the ground among the splintered ruins of his bow. Wren took a slash from the orc as she took to the air, landing beside Erevin to heal some of her wounds with her witchy hex. The blood finally stopped pouring from his chest. Another orc dropped to Kale's feet as he took a slash across his back from another. Corellion stepped forward with a slight look of pity in his eyes as he cleaved Grumish's head from his shoulders! The orcs and goblins and other creatures began to vanish from the battlefield as they were called back to the orc heaven. The boar-pulled wagon was racing uncontrolled until Thorn managed to grab hold of the reigns and pull it to a dirt scraping halt. Wren quickly used her last remaining heal spell on herself before she faded back to her raven-haired elven form. Corellion gracefully landed next to the elven prince, declaring in his deep melodic voice, "The winner of the hunt is Erevin Lionspaw and his companions!" A great cheer could be heard all around them from the elves. Shri coalesced from Erevin's moonblade, and the evil corruption dissipated from the forest. The companions were carried by the cheering crowds up to the palace above where Corellion addressed the crowd, "Once more Arvandor is safe and Grumish is gone." The companions joined in on the cheering. "But the war in the heavens is not over," Corellion continued, "Ghandahaur will not take this defeat well... there is more battle in the future until he is defeated once and for all." The elven heroes chanted around them, calling "Erevin! Erevin! Erevin!" A shattered remnant of Ellowyn in his hands, Erevin nodded in agreement to the Father of the Elves, "I will have to retrieve a new weapon to do battle with this foe." Several elves flew off to the tunnels and gathered the pieces of the bow, laying them at Corellion's feet. Corellion nodded to them, "This bow has the name of a goddess of the elves from another world ... even though Grumish was not her enemy... She gave her life today to blind the orcish god. We honor her sacrifice." The gathered crowd of elves went down on one knee in a wave. Angharradh stepped beside Corellion, laying her hand on his arm, "We can not let our champion go without his weapon." "I can never refuse you, my love," he smiled at her. The two joined hands and the pieces of the bow began to glow. The others averted their eyes as the blinding light became unbearable, turning back to see the bow reformed and glowing softly. Angharradh walked to Erevin who dropped to both knees before her, "Take your weapon, champion," she placed it in Erevin's upheld hands, "And use it to destroy Ghandahaur." "That I will, my lady," the young elven prince accepted Ellowyn into his hands as he bowed his head deeply to the elven tri-goddess. He could feel her strength increased. "The battle is not over... but today... we shall celebrate!" Corellion declared, leading the elves and the companions into his great palace. Erevin's ancestor walked beside him, "You have done our name proud." "That is all that I wished," the young woodsman answered. "I hope that one day we can drink together in earnest," Akama Lionspaw embraced him, and grinned, "But not too soon." "As do I," Erevin returned his embrace. The palace was beautiful, everything shined in gold and silver... and they were treated to mythic elven wine and venison. Thorn and Wren were relieved to find that everything here was finally delicious... for those who were not yet mythic, it was beyond anything they could imagine. Beautiful elven women with gossamer wings tee-heed around Thorn. The companions ate, drank, and relaxed... Handsome elven heroes flirted with the women companions until Kale and the barbarians scared them away. As they went off to sleep... Erevin dreamed of the battle with Grumish... his blood hanging in the air as he fell in slow-motion. The scene around him changed to an unfamiliar forest... some of the trees looked strange... very little signs of wildlife... it seemed pristine and unspoiled with primeval vegetation... as his blood spattered the ground, flowers bloomed and elves stepped out of them, naked and newly born. The young elven prince rubbed his eyes as he woke... Had his blood mixed with Corellion's to make a new race of elves in a world somewhere? Was it his blood alone? As each of the companions woke in the luxurious beds they went to sleep in... they gasped as they came up from the pool of water in the temple back in Myth Coramanth. Young acolytes jumped in shock, running to get the others as they shouted, "They've returned! They've returned!" It had been four days since they entered... It wasn't long before they were surrounded by queen Horitsu, Dulcet, and several others who wanted to hear the tale... DING!! Level 18!