1.1 - In Search of Sanity - Prison of the Mind

(Placeholder, will post soon and take a reasonable action for Iosef. If I do this, i will typically avoid using consumables like items or spell slots)

Moments after Axon's spell goes into affect, Iosef lets fire a crossbow bolt. It sails wide and fails to find its mark.

Razhel rushes into the room from the western door upon being called and pummels the creature with surprising ferocity, hurting the creature terribly.

It howls with rage as Grim follows up with his own crossbow shot. The shot sails just past Elias and sinks into the creature. It grits its teeth in pain and hisses at the man in the wide hat.

The enemy turns on Razhel, seeing her as the greatest threat if only for the pain it feels from her fists, and rakes at her with its claws while laughing in an eerily toneless voice. "And what you need is to die!" it screams. The thing's claws dig deep into Razhel's flesh, tearing, shredding skin, and catching an artery. The ferocious woman falls to her knees, then topples to the floor. The enemy takes a quick step back, away from the armed and armored Elias.

While Iosef and Axon tend to the unconscious Razhel and Elias, Grim brings to the two bodies of the slain creatures and deposits them before the guards. While maneuvering the body of their recent kill, Grim finds two vials of sweet-smelling red liquid tucked inside a pocket.

"'Aint up to us," one of the guards says, "You best stay where yer at. The cap'n said we was to fire upon you if you come too close." He turns his head and calls back, "Denman, you hear me back there? Go an' fetch the captain, will ya? One o' them folk from earlier are back, brought two bodies of those creatures with 'im."

"Yeah Hugh, I'll go check!" Denman calls back before disappearing through the large door to the south-west.

Hugh looks back to Grim. "You really got those ones, eh? Did a number on them, looks like." He lets out a low whistle. "Just a word of advice, we aren't lookin' for problems, but things have been changin' fast the last few days. There are women and kids back here, and peoples are scared. The cap'n's a good man though, and fair. So's Winter - we wouldn't be alive without both em. They're just bein' careful."

The guard next to Hugh purses his lips like he wants to say something, but stays silent. Like Hugh, he keeps his crossbow weakly aimed toward Grim, though lacking real commitment in the gesture.