From: slg7m@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: [KQ] Azzar [Factory] KronQuestors Strike Back 
Message-ID: <1992Aug24.122953.58348@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 92 12:29:53 MDT
References: <1992Aug23.031419.11083@news.Hawaii.Edu>

Azzar was standing behind the rest of the KronQuestors, loosing arrows into the
guardsmen.  Colin and Maleiu were just inside the door with Kron, Captain and
Rhoan immediately behind them, trying to push into the room when...

> The guardsmen are extremely well trained.  Almost as one man they
> fall back a step and fling themselves sideways up against the 
> nearest wall. 
> 
> * Twang * Poing * Sping * Pling * Tong *
> 
> Kron yells "Duck!"
> 
> * Vip * Vip * Vip * Zip * Vip -- SPAK!  "AaaaiiIIGGGGGHHH!"
> 
> One of the guardsmen is not quick enough to jump aside.  The four 
> remaining crossbow bolts fly into the KronQuestors.  Did they duck
> quickly enough?  Tune in tomorrow...

Colin and Maleiu fling themselves into the room, out of the way, as the
guardsmen do the same.  Kron falls to the floor, a bolt parting his hair as it
whisks over his head at Captain.

Moving lightening fast, Azzar drops her bow, kicks at Rhoan and knocks Captain
down to get them out of the way.  A bolt grazes Rhoan's arm as he falls, but it
is merely a scratch.  The bolt strikes the wall behind them and drops to the
floor.  Captain was not so lucky: the bolt lodged itself in his shoulder as he
went down.  The last bolt heads straight for Azzar's heart.  Any who watch know
there is not enough time to move out of the way.  She doesn't move try to move
out of the way.  Instead, she chops at the bolt with her open hand.  It breaks
in two and the pieces fall harmlessly to the floor.

"All, clear!" yells Azzar.  Maleiu and Colin scramble to their feet, instantly
ready to continue the fight.  

Azzar finds her bow, rips a strip of cloth from the bottom of her tunic and
wraps it around an arrow head.  She dips the tip of the arrow into a flask of
oil and lights it.  While the path is still clear straight to the crossbow, she
carefully aims and fires the burning arrow into the crossbow's bridge.  The dry
wood almost instantly catches on fire.  Soon the crossbow will be consumed in
flames.

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Lady Azzar of Bloodstone