Thursday, July 20, 2017

Chaos in the Demonweb!

Well.

Surrounded by spider demons, JUNIUS looks at Lolth through the Coin of Truth. He sees odd shimmerings he can't identify, but also perceives that the five odd towers of fire near the base of the five dimensional strands stretching into the sky are each manifestations of Lolth herself. Kill them, or even one of them, and she might die!

So the formation of Romans explodes outwards like a pool break, with:

JUNIUS and his staff attacking the FIRE tower. Aristocles the Magus gathers the fire into his hands, allowing Junius to cut the ring of runes containing the flames. Whoosh! Junius and his staff get singed. Also, Lolth emerges from the flames and attacks. Junius gets cut by Lolth's foremost spider-claws; the Sword of the Dawn just clangs off Lolth's exoskeleton. When he throws the Eagle of the Twentieth at Lolth, she catches it and hurls it back, stabbing Junius quite badly. He, however, does not lose consciousness, and summons the Legion of the Dawn, which engages her in battle.

Lolth: Do you really think your Sword of the Dawn can save you, here, in my own private Hell?
(Legion of the Dawn arrives)
Oh.

RETARIUS and his Belgae, heading for the WATER tower, are sidetracked by a pair of giant spiders, but they manage to kill them. Only Retarius and Ringorix, last king of the Belgae, are still on their feet when the spider runs away. Ringorix chases and kills it just a few feet from the outstretched fingertips of a massive stone monster which cannot move out of its pit.

COUNT BRASS and SIR ADELPHIS attack the AIR tower. Sir Adelphis climbs up a giant spider's back and stabs it in the head, while Count Brass is sacked and webbed up by another spider. Sir Adelphis manages to free Count Brass, who cooks the spider with his flame-lance. Then a Living Hurricane attacks, becoming disoriented by Sir Adelphis' prayers and winding up on the other side of the Demonweb, knocking aside a few spiders on the way. ROSA dispels it, as it is unnatural.

Beset by other spidery fiends, Count Brass seizes the white thread and whoosh! He is bodily transported away from the Demonweb and up to a world of Air.

ROSA and her friends, including Elrond, attack the EARTH tower. While Rosa fires arrows at a transparent Phase Spider which exists only partially in this dimension, Peter and Elrond destroy the tower of flame, revealing yet another Lolth.

BROTHER AQUILA, the Three Rebukers, the Knights of St. Michael, and DECINQUE attack the DEATH tower. The giant skull guarding it locks its gaze on two knights, who rot away to liquid in an instant, their souls being trapped in the skulls' ruby eyes. Decinque pries one eye out and smashes it, then runs around the skull, evading its lethal gaze. He then climbs up the Death Tower, follows the Black Thread, and is whisked away to a world of Death.

Voluntarily.

Brother Aquila rebukes a zombie dragon so firmly that it flees, and hides as he comes closer. The Three Rebukers are attacked by the Phase Spider, which bites Petrus and carries him off to another dimension.

Putting out the flame pillar reveals, yes, another Lolth, who prepares to attack.  Brother Aquila uses the Hammer of Witches to smash Lolth, breaking her back and destroying her body. Her disembodied eyes float away, but hey, we got one of her!

GNORFANK and BJERN attacking Lolth herself, get webbed up by a spider. Rosa shoots it dead, while Sylvia cuts its thread and releases Gnorfank and Bjern. They attack Lolth, who stabs Gnorfank very badly and cuts Bjern semi-fatally. But Rosa's arrows distract Lolth from administering the killing blow.

Many heroes are down, some may be dead, and three are in completely different dimensions? Will they be referred to in the chronicles as the Three Lucky Ones? Stay tuned ...

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