1.1 Madness and Prophecy

As Elke stumbles forwards, she regains her balance and finds herself looking up into the gaping maw that is the mouth of the female Brumelurk. Before she can react, the Brumelurk lets out and icy blast of misty breath in Elke's direction.

The mist engulfs Elke's face leaving her gasping for breath and clawing at the air.

Xanxus redoubles his efforts on the combatant in front of him.

Xanxus catches the Brumelurk in the midriff, knocking the wind out of him. The Brumelurk lets out an astonished grunt before resuming an aggressive stance.

The purple lightning strikes the Brumelurk in the forehead, setting his matted, straw-like hair alight. He frantically tries to beat out the flames, screaming as the searing pain of his burning scalp reaches his decomposing but still sensitive nerve endings.

The Brumelurk's jerky movements when beating the fire out make him a difficult target to hit though and the animated skeleton fares less well in his attack, his scimitar clanking off the flagstones, creating sparks a blacksmith would be proud of.

The tentacle lashes out and catches the female Brumelurk round the neck. It chokes her ferociously for around 20 seconds before she finally breaks free.

Between Elke's recent stumble and the brain freeze she suffered from the mist attack, her vision is blurred and she swings wildly at thin air, missing the female Brumelurk entirely.

Meanwhile, the male Brumelurk unleashes a blast of putrid mist breath at Blackstar.

The Moth thing is also now in the thick of the action and takes less than kindly to Haguk's recent intrusion on his personal space and his dusty claw cuts the night air as it swings towards Haguk's midriff.

Haguk's attack cleaves off the Mothman's previously undamaged right wing, and the severed wing flutters wildly in a bloody pool on the ground before finally becoming still. The mothman bellows in pain.