From alt.pub.dragons-inn Thu Oct 6 20:22:33 1994 Xref: netcom.com alt.pub.dragons-inn:7750 Path: netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!larry.infi.net!anthony From: anthony@infi.net (Anthony Ignacio) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: [DT] - Repost Part 1 Date: 30 Sep 1994 20:25:13 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 88 Message-ID: <36hs79$sa0@lucy.infi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: larry.infi.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] ================================================================ Kelanen crept toward the compound's courtyard wreathed in a spell of cloaking. A listless wind eddied and whirled about his booted feet. Unsheathing his two handed warblade, he crossed a small cobblestone walkway toward a shadow enshrouded arch. A barely audible hiss sounded beyond the arch within the court- yard. Peering past the archway, Kelanen's magesight revealed a muscled eight foot tall creature of darkness. Two blood red embers burned where the eyes should have been. The ember eyes turned directly to stare at Kelanen's own. A bone chilling fear ate away at Kelanen's resolve. The Dread's body shifted with cat like grace to bar Kelanen's entry to the courtyard, its bulk looming frighteningly large in the night's gloom. "Foolish human," it rasped, "do you think to pit your puny magic against my own?!" A clawed ebony hand grasped the torso of one of the many broken bodies lying mangled in the courtyard. "They too thought they could resist my might." Its hollow laugh echoed errily off the compound's stone walls. Dropping the cloaking spell, Kelanen raised his warblade. Mage- fire crackled and burned bright along the sword's blade. The light thrown off by the warblade illuminated a grisly scene of carnage. "You will pay for what you've done Hellspawn," Kelanen sobbed. "My home...destroyed," he whispered in shock. Shifting his weight, Kelanen assumed an offensive stance. The Dread narrowed its crimson eyes. "Yeees...come! Let us finish it here and now!" Rushing forward, Kelanen attacked using the sword form, Heaven's Fire. With a whirlwind of sword strokes, he advanced on the Dread. Despite the Dread's seeming bulk, it danced nimbly out of reach of Kelanen's flaming blade. The Dread roared a frightful curse and slashed its own clawed hands towards Kelanen's face. Desperately, he backed away using the Iron Tower sword defense form, barely keeping the midnight creature's attacks from connecting. The Dread lulled in its attacks giving Kelanen a moment of respite. Taking advantage of the sudden stalemate, he raised his left hand in the air to point towards the Dread's chest. A column of silver blue magefire roared through the air to impact the heart of the creature's bosom. Blue black wisps of smoke rose to the sky. The stench of burned flesh overwhelmed the courtyard. An earth shattering scream reverberated off the compound's walls. The Dread's eyes smoldered a deep rust red, its outrage etched over its contorted features. It approached Kelanen heedless of the flaming sword, swatting it out of the human's grasp. "Now you DIE!" it roared. Backing away, Kelanen slipped on a blood smeared cobblestone and tumbled, losing his footing. The creature advanced like an oncoming night tide. Desperately, Kelanen conjured up a brilliant ball of magelight in front of the onrushing Dread. The blinded demon quickly weaved its own foul magic, calling forth darkness to extinguish the damnable light. Sensing his light spell faltering, Kelanen rushed around the Dread's bulk snatching up his fallen warblade. "This is for the souls of those you've killed this tainted night!" Kelanen cried. With a battle cry of revenge, he plunged the sword's blazing blade to the hilt, into the Dread's broad back. "ARRRGH! Damn you human...my brethren will avenge me!" Foul black blood trickled from the corners of the nightspawn's maw. "You cannot withstand our might!" it shrieked. "I will see you in Hell!" The Dread slumped listlessly over onto the cobblestone ground. "And so it begins..." Kelanen sighed wearily, "the Dark Ones have found a means of escape from their imprisonment. I'll need to find others to help me recapture them." ================================================================ -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Anthony Ignacio :: InfiNet Account :: :: anthony@infi.net :: Norfolk, Virginia, USA :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::