"Five of them.  I saw five come over the walls.  We retreated, but they cut down several of my brothers and sisters.  I don't know why this is happening!"<br/><br/>Gavin was on the verge of tears.<br/><br/>"Where are the other monks?" Elena asked.  "Anything you can tell us about them, or the demons, will help us defeat them."<br/><br/>Gavin brushed away his sorrow with a wipe of his sleeve.  "Okay, there's one thing I can help you with.  We keep a font of sanctified water in the church foyer.  It is like acid to such beasts, and will prove useful in fighting them.  Come on, I can lead you to it."<br/><br/>Gavin took them to the foyer.  The sign of clawed benches and defaced shrines indicated that the demons came through here already.  Even now screams could be head as a fleeing monk busts through the side door on the western wall.  Two more of the demons emerged, their gray flesh stained with blood.<br/><br/>A reliquary with several bottles lining the side could be seen on the north end of the temple.  No doubt the holy water Gavin was talking about!  Aelwen reaches the reliquary in time to grab one of the flasks.<br/><br/>A man in a white scarf was right behind the demons, a crow perched on his shoulder:<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/ULFbFI5.jpg)<br/><br/>"Hmm, I didn't expect there to be two young women here," he said.  "So, which one of you is Princess Aelwen?"<br/><br/>"What are you talking about?!" Elena exclaimed.  "Killing people in this monastery, summoning monsters-"<br/><br/>"Well, it's obviously not you."  He pointed over to Aelwen.<br/><br/>"I do not know what magic she uses, but that women there is the traitor who fled justice."<br/><br/>Elena looked over surprisingly to Aelwen.  "Really?  Are you...is that why?"<br/><br/>"And yet you traffic with demons," Gavin said.  "You are no enforcer of law."<br/><br/>The man laughed.  "I suppose I should introduce myself now.  My name is William.  My surname, it does not matter.  And I do move on King Henry's orders, whether you believe it or not matters little.  Harboring one guilty of regicide is a crime against the crown, after all.  Turn her over, and I'll grant you clemency."<br/><br/>"Lies!" Elena shouted.  "You wouldn't wreak such tragedy if that was it!"  She moved to grab one of the flasks off the wall, but an unknown shout stopped her.<br/><br/>Looking up in horror, she saw a demon holding a priest's limp body from the rafters.<br/><br/>"A good noble is beholden to defend her people, is she not?" William asked.  "You can brainlessly rush in to battle, but his death will be on your hands.  Nobody else needs to die here tonight.  Step forward and surrender, Princess Aelwen, and we'll take you back to the capital."<br/><br/>Elena looked over to Gavin, and then William, and then Aelwen.  "Eleniel...Princess Aelwen, I don't know what's going on here.  I heard rumor of demons, and your escape after the murder.  But this man..."<br/><br/>She didn't say anything more than that.  Standing there shaking from the earlier ordeal, this young mage was in over her head.<br/><br/>"Don't worry my child," Gavin said as he lifted her cheek to meet with his own.  "The gods will protect us."  His back turned to William, his eyes glanced over to Aelwen's hidden flask of holy water.<br/><br/>Containing a smile, Elena stood up and walked over to Elena.<br/><br/>"It's for the best, there's nothing we can do<em>against them</em>."<br/><br/>Holding her hands in her own, she nodded with affirmation.  Then her eyes looked up to the rafters of the hostage priest.  "I know that you'll do the right thing."<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/GZ9Nsqk.jpg?1)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Holy Water</div><div class="spoiler_body">A flask worth of holy water can be thrown as though it were a ranged weapon.  Creatures vulnerable to holy damage (demons, undead, etc) take 1d6 points of damage per hit.  There are 5 such flasks at the reliquary.<br/><br/>Unlike her mace, the demons will not subtract any damage dealt via holy water.  As it merely needs to touch their flesh, Aelwen gains a +4 bonus on her attack rolls with holy water flasks.<br/><br/>However, Aelwen can manage to hide a flask of holy water in the folds of her clothes.  How she uses it is up to her.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Environment</div><div class="spoiler_body">William wears no armor of any sort, and he does not carry a weapon at his side.  Most likely a mage.  The demons flanking him, as well as the one with the hostage in the rafters, are the same kind as the two she fought before.<br/><br/>Gavin and Elena are unarmed and unarmored.  The hostage appears unconscious, but a fall from that height will kill him.  Perhaps if someone rushed over in time to catch him, maybe he'll survive...<br/><br/>Elena's last two words sounded different than what they intended...perhaps she has some trick up her sleeve?</div></div>