<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3c/cc/b3/3cccb38afbf5f7cf4bc91f963d909286.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Aridrith (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2202003)</strong><br/><em>Dragonborn Barbarian:  Berserker 3<br/>Health: 42/42, AC: 16 , Rages:  3   </em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">combat rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Initiative:</strong><br/><strong>Effects:</strong><br/><strong>Action:</strong><br/><strong>Bonus:</strong><br/><strong>Move:</strong><br/></div></div><hr/><br/><strong>"Let me go!"</strong>Aridrith snarled as she struggled.  She had been sleeping in her bunk when several other soldiers had grabbed her.  She had no idea what was going on and at first, she thought it had been some sort of joke to see her off since she was finished with her enlistment in only a couple of days.  That thought had fled her mind when her hands had been locked behind her back with a thick chain that she couldn't break and her head had been covered with a bag that made it difficult to breath.  She had barely managed to hold back her rage in the knowledge that it wouldn't do any good.  But that didn't stop her from struggling as she attempted to break free of the hold they had on her.  But they were too many and even if she managed to get one off of her, another took their place.<br/><br/>Finally, she felt her body being tossed to the ground and she landed with a loud "Ooof!" as she hit, her hands not there to break her fall.  She felt herself be forced up to her knees as the bag was pulled from her head and she caught sight of someone that made it all clear.<strong>"You!"</strong>she growled, attempting to break the chain that held her hands behind her back, but couldn't.<strong>"Yes, me,"</strong>the human woman replied as she looked down at Aridrith from where she was sitting,<strong>"Did you really think that I wasn't going to get you?"</strong>Aridrith didn't respond to those words.  She had suspected this would happen ever since she had come forward with knowledge that had led to this womans, Captain Laura McRoth, court marshal.  She had suspected that Captain McRoth would try something, but she had hoped that she wouldn't get caught in it.  Apparently, that had been for nothing.<br/><br/><strong>"You've become a big problem for me."</strong>McRoth said,<strong>"Without you, this court marshal goes away.  But if they find a body, then they'll know that I had something to do with it, even if they can't prove if.  So it's much better if you just disappear without a trace, bringing your weapons and gear with you.  That way everyone just thinks you got cold feet and ran.  Fortunately, I have a way to make that happen."</strong>McRoth smirked as she looked off to the side and Aridrith's eyes followed her gaze, widening slightly when they landed on a portal.  It had been recently found, but no one knew where it led and the scholars had offered no information on how it had come to be or how to close it.  Aridrith's struggles grew harder and she finally was able to snap the chain that held her arms behind her back, but it didn't matter.  The numbers were too great behind her and despite her struggling, she found herself being dragged towards it.<br/><br/>Finally, she stopped fighting.  She knew that she wasn't getting out of this, but that didn't mean she wouldn't have the last word.  Her head turned towards McRoth, pure venom in her eyes.<strong>"I will return,"</strong>she vowed,<strong>"And I will see you pay for everything you've done."</strong>She stood in front of the portal and knew that she was going in.  There was nothing she could do about it.  McRoth just looked at her with a smirk as though the notion of what she was saying didn't bother her at all.<strong>"No, you won't."</strong>she replied before she nodded her head.  Her soldiers surrounded Aridrith and she knew they aimed to shove her in.  Snarling, she turned and jumped instead, refusing to go out like a weakling, unaware of how the portal closed behind her and certainly unaware of where it would take her as she tumbled through the air, making a collision course for the ground below.