Orlandu(RedBlueFlare) & Atryven(Sir Exxon)
Prisoners of the Sylvans
(OOC: Orlandu and Atryven have both been captured by the Sylvan(Wood) elves while out in the jungle exploring, the reason is unknown, but these Sylvans seem more vicious and cruel than those of their homeworld....)
(OOC: Orlandu is a Human Warrior and Atryven is a Human Kensai.)

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Encard(Encard) & Kayla(TAO)
The Path
(OOC: Encard fell into a pit while exploring an old path, a rope was thrown down to him by a mysterious figure which then left, shortly thereafter Kayla came along the same path, exploring. At the moment Kayla is heading towards the pit and Encard is still in it.)
(OOC: Kayla is a Kender Thief and Encard is a Human Chaos Mage)

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Aluthiel(Talthyr)
Beast slayer
(OOC: Talthyr had slain a mighty beast which had been terrorizing the camp, a costly battle which he only barely survived, and managed to get back to camp when it was attacked, Kayla was also there during the attack, at the moment he's back in the clearing where he killed the beast. It's lair is a large hole in the ground in the middle of the clearing.)
(OOC: Aluthiel is an elven assasin(Correct me if I'm wrong.))

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Varjacoa(Legolas)
Prisoner of the Lake Elves
(OOC: While fleeing some lizardmen Varja was chased into a lake where a Lake Elf showed him to the city of the Lake Elves, they weren't too pleasant to him though, imprisoning him for reasons unknown after attempting to get some information from him. At the moment he's in a cell, the elves in the other cells have told him that they have a plan to escape, and they've allowed him to come along.)
(OOC: Varja is a Faerie(Grey) Elf(Sorry, can't remember your class.))

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(OOC: I'll get around to writing non-OOC posts in a minute.)

Orlandu(RedBlueFlare) & Atryven(Sir Exxon)

Night began to fall.
(OOC: That's all of the IC you're getting for now, not much happening where you are.)

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Encard(Encard) & Kayla(TAO)

Kayla approached the pit and saw that someone had tied a rope to a nearby tree, the rope went down into the pit. She could hear that there was someone down there.
(OOC: Encard, you've yet to reply to my last post in which the rope was thrown down to you.)

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Aluthiel(Talthyr)

(OOC: I've yet to hear from you whether you want to examine the beast and explore it's lair or continue into the jungle(And in what direction.))

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Varjacoa(Legolas)

(OOC: Varja has just agreed to accompany the other prisoners in their escape.)

"Good," said the High Elf, "You might not believe it but if our plan works we should be away from this place before another day has passed. A group of Lake Elves which are... Displeased with their current leader has plans to end her life, but their numbers are too few to take on both her, her guards and whatever other Lake Elves still loyal to her that they encounter. That's where we come in, they'll free and arm us if we aid them in their attack on the palace, those who survive will be allowed back to the surface if they so wish. We've yet to figure out quite what's going on here yet, all of the prisoners here seem to be high-ranking among their race and held for ransom somehow to ensure the Lake Elves' safety, they don't seem anything like the Aquatic Elves of home, nothing seems much like it is at home."

Sounds of fighting were heard from the end of the corridor and a group of Lake Elves carrying weapons came running to the cells. There were four of them and two began opening all of the cells while the rest distributed weapons among the prisoners.

From outside could be heard the sounds of battle. When everyone had been freed one of the Lake Elves raised his voice and shouted out in a form of Common, Varja suspected that magic was involved since eveyone could understand it. "We're going to the palace now, remember the deal, those who fight and live will leave alive. Those who try to wimp out by hiding somewhere will be killed afterwards."

The Lake Elves began to leave and the prisoners followed, soon they had escaped the prison wing of the palace. Once again the leader of the small group of Lake Elves spoke, "Half of you will go to the palace entrance to fend off reinforcements, the other half will come along with us to fight the Queen and her guards."

Varja ended up in the group that went to fight the Queen.

<font color="skyblue">Kayla notices the rope, and runs it lightly through her hands, admiring the workmanship..."Nice rope to leave lying around, wonder why someone would do that?"

Her keen kender hearing picks up a noise from the pit, and she notices the rope descends down into it. She sidles to the edge and yells down, "HALLO IN THERE? ANYBODY HOME?"</font>

OOC: Yep Neb, I'm an elf assassin, and TAO, oops, sorry I missed your post when I was re-reading the thread.

IC: Aluthuiel looked down on the beast from the edge of the large dip in the ground, inspecting it carefully, and noticing how much larger it had looked when it was crashing towards him.
He also had a healthy respect for whatever that thing was, and would try to avoid too much combat with them.
Having finished appraising the creature, he stealthily delved further into the pit to explore it's lair and body for treasure.

(OOC: Varja is a non-specialist mage, Neb.)

Invisible dagger clenched in his fist, Varja hurried along with the others. Though he had seen fighting before, and considered himself quite capable at that, the amulet around his neck completely altered the experience.
Arms holding swords left a trail behind as they arced down and at times he thought he faced two men when there was only one. At the same time, blood and sweat overpowered his senses while the shouting nearly deafened the mage.
It took a lot of concentration and effort to stay focussed, and Varja was glad for his training, as the exercises he was taught helped to keep him steady.

He lashed out with his weapon once or twice, causing the invisibillity spell to fail, but whether or not he hit his mark did not register in his mind. As they came nearer the throneroom, Varja decided that the amulet would not help him in battle, and he removed it.

Aluthiel

The Assassin entered the beasts lair and almost vomited because of the strong smell of rot emanating from it. Half-eaten corpses lay everywhere, most of the equipment he found there was broken. A few things had survived the battering that caused their owners' deaths though.

A short sword that had a slight magic aura, a silver ring that was slightly stronger in it's aura and a katana that seemed to have survived merely because of it's superior craftmanship.

The creature itself carried no treasure, but it lookd as though he might be able to sell it's thick hide and claws to someone who could make something useful out of it.

Varja

Fifteen prisoners and one rebel Lake Elf managed to survive the fighting and reach the throne room. Varja had only suffered a few minor cuts and scratches in the fighting, more from being shoved around accidentially than from actually being wounded by attacks.

As they burst through the huge decorated double doors leading into the throne room they were attacked by ten of the Queen's elite guards while the Queen herself jumped up from her throne, which was on a raised dais, and ran down the back of the dais where she dissapeared through a concealed door in the back wall.

Varja aided in the fight against the guards rather than follow the queen. He held no grudge against her in particular, and could in fact not care less if this internal strife led to a new leadership or not.
He did remember the queen's magical abilities, and wanted to remain alert for any hostile spells. Varja ended up standing behind one of the other prisoners and attempting to lunge past him with his knife. It was too short to do any real damage, and only limited the prisoner's movement.
Varjacoa stepped back and singled out one of the guards. He took a deep breath before tracing a pattern in the air, thus starting the conjuring of a magical flame arrow.

Varja

The battle was soon over, Varja once again managed to avoid any serious injury, a few cuts and bruises but nothing serious. With the Queen gone most of the Lake Elves surrendered, leaving the rebels in control shortly thereafter.

The prisoners were promised that they'd be allowed to leave soon, a few of the prisoners who were high-ranking among their own races, and mainly those from Varja's homeworld were invited in for a quick talk with the leader of the rebel elves, Varja was one of these.

He was told to warn the others from his homeworld of the Sylvan elves in the forest, since the appearance of the portal they'd grown massively hostile to anything that wasn't a Sylvan Elf. They also seemed to be preparing for something, something big, and most of their hostility was directed towards the outworlders.

The only race that they still had a bit of respect for besides other Sylvans were High and Grey elves. This said, Varja was informed that it might be in everyone's best interests if he found out what the Sylvan's were up to.

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Kayla

Kayla feels something cold and pointy against the back of her head, a voice behind her says, "Do not move, Kender, or you will find my arrow lodged in your skull."

<font color="gold">Atryven and Orlandu sat quiet on the ground. It was a while since someone said anything.
As the night were falling on, Atryven started to notice all the strange and unfamiliar sounds in this Jungle.
There were many bird-sounds he hadnt heard before, and it was just strange to hear how different this Jungle sounded.
"Damn! Insects are starting to come," said Atryven. "The only animal I 'fear' is insects. You cant get them away, so you just have to let them sit there and drink blood from you.
Besides, there are many of these insects that I dont recognize. Who knows what kind of develship they bring."

It kept getting darker and darker. Both the human prisoners fell asleep.</font>