At the Keep

Ovesk turns back the way they came, peering over the wall. "You never know what may come up behind. We best not be flanked. I'll keep an eye to our rear."

This cavern is roughly 30 feet wide and approximately 60 feet long. In the southern end of this cavern is a solitary stone figure, roughly sculpted from the same black stone of the cavern walls and firmly anchored to the floor. The figure, obviously a human male--although lacking any finished detail--stands some 5 feet high, with both arms slightly outstretched, pointing to the jagged rock outcropping which divides the two corridors to the north-northeast. The statue is covered with mud, offal, and dried dung. Around the statue are seven reptilian humanoids wielding clubs and nets, sparring with one another. They look up as you enter and turn to attack, snarling something in a primitive language.

Ovesk takes a glance toward the jagged outcropping intending to keep an eye in that direction. The challenge, though is right in front of them, and Ovesk charges shield-first into the fray, putting his momentum into his first strike with his flail, which whips in a wide arc toward his target.

Amon lifts his flute to his lips and begins to play a spirited tune. The music rises to the ceiling and begins to coalesce materially and fall as shimmering purple rain on their foes, outlining four of them in a purplish glow, making them more prevalent and easier to target. Caelymbor sends an arrow into one of the figures, causing it to pause. Before it can do anything else, Cormac's blade separates its arm from its body and it drops to the floor, bleeding profusely.

Ovesk takes a glance toward the jagged outcropping intending to keep an eye in that direction. The challenge, though is right in front of them, and Ovesk charges shield-first into the fray, putting his momentum into his first strike with his flail, which whips in a wide arc toward his target. His flail slams home on one of the illuminated creatures, but it is a glancing blow! Before the creature can react, Vita's spell strikes it, causing it to stumble backward. That's when Leo's bolt hits it in the forehead, causing it to pitch forward, dead.

Rua, bringing up the rear, spreads her fingers and stretches out her arms, and a sheaf of flame leaps from her fingertips, engulfing the remainder. Suddenly, a club impacts with Rua's back as two more lizard-looking beings come from the passage behind, where Ovesk had been watching. The three attacking Cormac all miss, but one gets through against Ovesk, causing 5 points of damage.

The air is suddenly filled with a horrible stench, like a combination of methane, sulfur, and decaying flesh. Cormac, Ovesk, and Rua must make Constitution saves (DC 12) or be poisoned.

STATUS
Foe 1: -6 hp (fighting Cormac)
Foe 2: dead
Foe 3: dead
Foe 4: -12 hp (fighting Cormac)
Foe 5: -12 hp (fighitng Cormac) (faerie fire)
Foe 6: -6 hp (fighting Ovesk)
Foe 7: -6 hp (fighting Ovesk) (faerie fire)
Foe 8: unharmed (fighting Rua)
Foe 9: unharmed (fighting Rua)
Rua: -3 hp
Ovesk: -5 hp
Cormac: unharmd
Leo: unharmed
Vita: unharmed
Amon: unharmed