Slicing into the Red Woman shook her concentration on maintaining a form passably human. Even to the brink of exhaustion, she reformed after each slice, though it served no advantage to do so. Her priority was still on keeping up appearances, rather than bringing her monstrous powers to bear, and this continual reshaping made her sluggish.<br/>"I hear your plans," the Red Woman said, and in that moment rallied her strength.<br/><br/>An orderly's hand darted out across the attic table as the two prisoners slipped free, and the lantern there sputtered and extinguished. All the attic's shadows grew deep and dark, with only a colorful nimbus wreathed round the Red Woman to see by. Into this darkness the orderlies sank, soundless, and moved like wide-eyed denizens of the pitch black night. Somewhere, from the east or west or back around the chimney column, the faintest whisper of fabric, a scratching, the clink of sharp broken glass.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Lights and Perception</div><div class="spoiler_body">Faerie fire illuminates the Red Woman for as long as Medb concentrates. The light is only dim and 10', which is not enough for all characters to automatically see the orderlies.<br/><br/>Those with darkvision or passive perception 15+ are able to see the orderlies, they are not hidden from you.<br/><br/>Once an orderly is hidden from you, you must take an action to find them again with a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Since the light is dim, that check is made with disadvantage.<br/><br/>If you bring another light, such as lighting the lantern or casting a light spell, the check to find the orderlies no longer suffers disadvantage.</div></div>