Velatha rose from the flaming guts of the demon's innards and slashed at the fell beast again. Her blade did not penetrate his hide but the spell imbued within cackled with electricity upon the beast's flesh, scorching it and leaving blackened marks upon its red and brown flesh. Some of its wounds began to heal, but the bleeding cut she left on its calf kept oozing fiery blood onto the ground.<br/><br/>The demon brought itself to bear upon Myrunue and with one colossal swing of its arm sent her hurling towards Anton, floating above the flames. He nearly caught her, but she was fully armored and the knight fell out of his grasp. Myrunue fell to her knees and put her hands down to keep her face as the molten blood scorched her. She screamed deep underneath her iron helmet.<br/><br/>Anton's spell shone bright and momentarily burned everyone's eyes, but the demon recovered just as fast. When the light subsided, it merely roared in anger. Molten sludge dripped down from its horrid lips. Rysinder was running fast away from the demon, around the fire. When he caught up to Velatha, he cried out "Here." and touched her scimitar with the spell that Myrunue had refused. Then he brought his prayer beads to his lips and began a spell to protect himself.<br/><br/>Myrunue got up off her knees, only to find herself slashed across the face with the demon's claws. Her helmet flew off and began to melt in the flames. Her bright blonde hair loosened out of its bun and she grimaced, clutching her side and drawing a longsword as she went. There was still some of the fiend's molten guts clinging to her hands and legs, but her armor seemed to protect her from the worst of it. She whirled around, panting as she readied her blade.<br/><br/>Two more arrows whirled past her and found the weak-points in the demon's armor. It roared in pain as fire consumed Nialda's arrows and deluged across its clothes and armor. Velatha appeared from thin air beside it, whirling her blade around in a dance... but it left no cuts- only a mark bright upon its bare wrist that glowed with arcane energy. It looked upon its own hand for a moment, and then down at the elf.<br/><br/>It lashed out at her, claws rending through her leather armor. With all of its sharp fingers inside of her, the fiend suddenly withdrew them from her body and lowered its head and snapped its jaws shut upon the crown of her head. Flames crawled down her face until it let go and the sword dancer fell unconscious. Anton was there in an instant, floating above the lava he brought his hands upon the wounded magus and prayed until her wounds began to heal. There was still blood everywhere, but once it was wiped away- all she had upon her face was soot and some dried blood. She wasn't dead yet.<br/><br/>"We need help!" Anton shouted to Rysinder as he held his hands over the magus and ushered his healing powers to resuscitate the elf, "Get your ass in here if you don't want to die after he finishes with us!"<br/><br/>The dwarf was breathing hard, looking on at the scene before him. He shook his head as he ran and leaped over the flames licking at his heels. The demon turned around at the cleric flanking him and caught his mace harmlessly with the back of its arm, "Oh Gods." He cried as it looked down upon him. The cleric took deep gash in his chest from the beast's claw.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Grant was stone-faced... with short brown hair and green eyes, whatever handsomeness he had was ruined by the glower he seemed to be giving the tiefling now. He clutched his belt hard and seemed to look down his nose at her. Though she did not regard him as she spoke, he stared intently at her.<br/><br/>When she was done, he quietly replied, "No. I am not happy. This answers nothing..."<br/><br/>He turned to leave, and then stopped mid-stride. Turning around, he looked over his shoulder at Nsia.<br/><br/>"...Do you truly think your birth was a union of<em>love?</em>It may well have been mutual, but was it voluntary?<em>How do you think your 'father' got here?</em>" He remained silent for a while, and then sighed, "It isn't your fault, however. You are older than any of us-" He went on to say, shrugging, "-I do not expect this possibility has eluded you..."<br/><br/>He narrowed his eyes when she began to eat the ash from a burnt branch, "They say that everything looks like a nail when you have a hammer but<em><strong>I</strong></em>know this," The inquisitor said, "The devil you know- the one with fangs and claws and all the flames of hell at its beck and call... is but a scratch put beside the voices in a man's head, the twisting of his soul into something perverse- the slow corruption and molding of his body into a foul likeness of his tormentor. The Lefurian Duke was a man before he was the great demon lord Adramelech."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Myrunue came running towards the demon, brandishing her longsword and cutting deep across its leg, severing one of the barely hanging pieces of armor from its body as the demon's blood burned it away. It splashed upon her as well, the knight bringing up her arm to shield her face from the deadly blood. Liquid fire dripped from her gauntlet.<br/><br/>Another arrow flew by, harmlessly bouncing off the fiend's helmet... but another soon followed, slicing clean through its jugular and sending hot flames gouting out from its neck. Roaring, the demonspawn clutched its neck and thrashed in agony.<br/><br/>While it reeled from the assault, Velatha stumbled up and limped away to catch her breath. Rysinder brought his arms up to shield himself as the demon clawed them out of the way and spilled his blood upon the leaves. It whirled around and caught the Giantsbow Knight in the stomach with the other claw and lashed forward to snap Anton's arm in its jaws. The fiend's hot teeth burned through his armor and left him with a withering injury it released him.<br/><br/>The shadow of a great bird passed over Nialda and there at last was Jahtera in her eagle's form. She hovered over the battlefield as Arngrim peered over her shoulder and took aim down the sights. One loud crack, and another, and a third- the shots went straight through the beast's armor, making a flaming hole in its helm and two in its plate. The fiend recoiled back and roared as fresh blood poured from the wounds.<br/><br/>Anton's feet lifted even higher off the ground and he floated over to Rysinder, thrusting his arms underneath the dwarf's own as the demon raked at him passing by. He flew he cleric to a nearby tree and dropped him there. Rysinder was still in shock, hurried preparing another spell as Anton said, "Stay here, you'll be safe and heal up. I'm going to try something... it might not work but it might also give us some time..."<br/><br/>Myrunue lashed her sword out, again sending its fatal lifesblood splattering through the air. "Get out of there--we need to regroup!" Anton cried out from aware. The female knight ran for her bow and pulled it free of the earth with one hand and started fleeing to get some distance between her and the demon.<br/><br/>The fiend looked at her as she went, while the rest of its armor melted until it was barely hanging on. Two more arrows pierced it, sending the demon a step back as it looked back and forth at the group arrayed before it. Covered in its own blood, the demon's armor was saturated in hot molten liquid. Its cloak was completely gone, and now uncovered- they all saw it truly. It had a head like a goat's, with twisted obsidian horns and a muscular neck. Its arms and legs were possessed of immense strength, bulging unnaturally... yet its ribs were showing, and its stomach seemed so emaciated, and though its hips protruded like bone, a thick flaccid member hung between its legs.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Round 2:<br/>Velatha takes 9 fire damage. She casts Shocking Grasp! Melee attack hits touch AC. 11 Electricity damage!<br/><br/>Baalim; +10 HP! -8 Bleed! Bleeds over armor! 3 fire damage! Moves to corner of L4,K5. Awesome Blows Myr. Hits! Deals.. 16 damage, tosses her 10 feet to I4, hitting Anton. Myr takes 3 damage and falls prone in J5, Anton takes 4. Myr takes 6 fire damage for moving into the lava-filled area. Her bow remains planted in K6.<br/><br/>Anton: Casts Burst of Radiance. Does not overcome SR. Does not find anything.<br/><br/>Rysinder: Moves to G5, uses free action to touch Velatha's sword, making it good aligned. Casts Resist Energy (Fire) on self.<br/><br/>Myrunue: Starts turn in fireblood. 8 fire damage. Stands up from prone as a move action, provoking an AoO. Demon claws her for 17 damage. She moves to F9, drawing a longsword.<br/><br/>Nialda: Flies some arrows. Does 6 damage. Does 3 damage. Demon blood does 3 and 2 damage to its armor.<br/><br/>Round 3:<br/><br/>Velatha spell dance/dimension doors to J6, full-attacks with Arcane Mark. Hits touch AC, both attacks don't do damage however.<br/><br/>Baalim; +10 HP, -8 Bleed! 1 damage to armor. Full-attacks Velatha with Power Attack -1/+2 and Cornugan Smash. Hit, Hit, Hit. Claws; 3+15, 2+15. Bite; 5+10, 1 fire. Intimidate check to demoralize; 4+22 vs DC 22. Velatha is shaken... and dying. -2 HP.<br/><br/>Anton: Five foot step to J5. Casts Cure Serious Wounds on Velatha for 21 HP. HP at 19. Move; Intimidate Rysinder into going into melee, 33 vs 23. Success! Rysinder complies but is now unfriendly to Anton.<br/><br/>Rysinder: Moves around lava, jumping the 5 foot gap and moving to J3. Acrobatics DC 5... He rolls an amazing 3+3 and barely makes it. Provokes an AoO. 17 damage. Attacks teh demon with heavy mace... rolls a 12! Miss!<br/><br/>Myr: Moves to J6 and Imp. Vital Strikes with longsword. Attack: 5+22; hit! Damage 3d8+15; Rolls 15... 20 after DR! Splash blood hits Myr for 5 fire damage. Hits his armor for 1. Armor is Broken! -4 AC, armor check penalty doubled.<br/><br/>(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss297/Ashdate/Battle%2047/battle47_21.png)<br/><br/>Nialda: Shoots moar arrowz. Miss! Hit... Critical! 23 damage. 3 damage on armor.<br/><br/>Round 4:<br/><br/>Velatha gets up as a move action, moves to J9. <br/><br/>Baalim. +10 HP, -8 Bleed! 3 to armor. Full-attacks errebody with Full Power Attack and Cormugan Smash. -4 Atk/+8 Dmg. Hit. Hit. Hit. Claws: Myr -26, Rysinder: -22. Bite: Anton -21, -6 fire. Intimidate Checks; 26, 32, 29 vs DCs 24, 27, 21.<br/><br/>Jahtera arrives. Begins to hover and cast Summon Nature's ally.<br/>Arngrim arrives. Still mounted ontop of Jahtera... Heh. Hit, hit, hit! No misfires. Damage; 10, 17, 10! Armor damage; 8<br/><br/>Anton activates Fly, picks up Rysinder and drops him at E5. Demon AoOs him for 18 damage.<br/><br/>Rysinder stays at the top of the tree and casts Cure Moderate wounds on self for 13 damage.<br/><br/>Myr attacks again, 33, hit! ...damage; 15. Both her and Baalim's armor get 1 fire damage. She moves to K6 and then to H10, swift action to retrieve her bow in the process.<br/><br/>Nialda plugs it full of holes. Hit! Critical! ...Lucky shot. Damage: 6, 32. Armor is destroyed! It loses its +7 AC bonus, -6 armor penalty check, and gains +5 ft. speed.<br/><br/><strong>Initiative</strong><br/>Velatha: 21, Baalim: 21, Jahtera: 18, Arngrim: 17, Anton: 14, Rysinder: 12, Myrunue: 11, Nialda: 11<br/><br/>(http://s30.postimg.org/3kd1nd1d9/Baalim2.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/3kd1nd1d9/)<br/><br/>HP: Baalim; -164, Myr: -83, Rys: -9<br/>Velatha's Scimitar; 8/9<br/><br/>Some slight mistakes I made, but since I already cast the die and went on- i'm rolling with it. (Dimension Door and Power Attack on third round)<br/><br/>Jahtera will need to make fly check to hover.<br/><br/>Whew. Lots of number-crunching. Lots of drama.  &gt;:)</div></div>