Gabriel's sword slashed across the hallway and a splatter of red blood on the wall told the tale. The swordsman's rapier fell from his grasp as he held his throat and gurgled with blood, trembling and finally collapsing at Gabriel, and past him hitting the stairs, dying upon them quickly from bloodloss. The last vicious attack had left him lifeless, as the rogue held up the cut off finger.<br/><br/>"Ring of Protection, and not just any!" He tapped three jewels in it, white gemstones with a small shine. "Powerful." He frowned. "At least as strong as coming out wearing a tower shield in the hand the ring is on, maybe stronger. Its a nasty piece of protective magic, no wonder he was hard to hit at first." The rogue seemed quite pleased at this success.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ring of Protection +3, and Rapier looks enchanted as well, the rogue could tell the enchantment bonus roughly, but he hasn't had a chance to look at other items better yet.</div></div><br/>The woman was trying to squirm free from the brambles, as the rogue pulled out a vial of ashes. "They detoriate in a minute on their own, but the upper one first, or I can  toss this on them and make them vanish now. Thing is, it will also dry the woman a fair bit." He smirked. "Desert dust."