Chapter 1

Initiative order.
Harbek
Magak
Saris
Glórendil
Que
Pirates

As Harbek completes his incantation three silvery darts leap out and rush towards the nearest pirate. As each missile strikes the pirate releases a cry in pain. His torso is cut to ribbons and he falls to the deck, twitching.

Magak bellows a challenge and charges the nearest pirate to him. He swings wildly and the pirate nimbly ducks out of the way.

One pirate lands right next to Saris. Without saying a word Saris swings his hand axe down on the pirate’s weapon hand and cuts it clean off. Before the pirate has time to scream Saris impales him with his short sword. The pirate’s body drops to the ground lifeless.

Glórendil word’s have a magical effect on the pirate nearest to him. He seems quite hurt, and moves his hand to cover what looks to be a fresh, nasty looking scar on his temple. However it doesn’t seem to have much effect.

Que leaps into action and manoeuvres into the center of the pirates. Something about these pirates does not sit well with you. At heart, you understand the laws of nature, the strong prey upon the weak but these pirates kill for pleasure. You channel your anger and focus it into your fist, then you bring your fist down upon the deck of the ship and scream a word of power. A deafening thunderous roar emits from you and, everyone in the vicinities ears ring as if from shellshock. Time slows as you all almost lose consciousness. You touch your nose and feel a little blood. As you regain your senses you see seven pirate corpses scattered about the ship.

As you clean up the last of the pirates you hear a mighty war cry. You look up to see three figures swinging on ropes. Two look similar to the creatures you have fought but the third is a massive figure, easily seven feet tall with a bald head covered with tribal tattoos. They swing across and land a few feet from your position. The massive brute pulls a massive axe from his back and charges towards you. You can see froth emerging from the corners of his mouth. The other two approach you more cautiously.

Again I swing my great axe at the nearest pirate.

Magak roars a challenge and meets the goliath head on. The goliath swings its greataxe but Magak dives beneath the blow and turns around, using his momentum to land a blow of his own. The goliath screams in rage but shrugs off the damage and moves to strike again.

Following Magak, Harbek also moves to confront the Goliath but Harbek takes a much more measured and cautious approach advancing with his shield raised, he ducks under the goliath’s greataxe and brings his warhammer down upon the goliath's knee. You hear a sickening crunch but the goliath seems to ignore the pain.

Saris leaps into the fray and attempts two strikes at the goliath. However, the goliath recovers from his earlier attacks and manages to ward off Saris’ blows. Meanwhile, one of the pirates sneaks up behind Saris and aims a blow towards his midsection. The strike is true and Saris reels back in pain and turns toward this new threat.

Glórendil engages the third pirate and their blades clash with the singing sound of steel. However, neither manages to land a telling blow.

Que focuses her energy and a frozen, dagger like shard appears in her hand. She hurls it towards the goliath but her aim's a little off. As the shard flies over the goliath’s head she calls out a word of power and the shard explodes raining shards down upon the pirates. The goliath, reacting quickly, raises his greataxe and blocks most of the shards. The pirates attempt to do the same, but their blades are too small and several shards puncture their bodies.

Hearing the familiar sound of bone giving way, Harbek smiles as he looks up at his foe. As he sees the goliath the smile leaves his face, as he realizes he has done little to hinder the beasts fighting capability. Looking over towards Magak, he sees him attempt to grapple the weapon away from the monstrosity before them and calls upon Pelor to aid his ally.

"Pelor be with this creature of the light and aid him in his attempt to beat back those that seek to advance the cause of the darkness."

@Harbek
As Harbek invokes the holy name of Pelor, Lord of Everlasting Light, his holy symbol glows with an almost blinding white light. The radiance flows from your holy symbol, up your arm and fills your body. You channel it through your warhammer and point towards Magak. A beam of holy white light strikes into him filling him with holy light.

@Magak
As you are filled with white light, a holy aura surrounds you and you feel amazing as if you could do anything. Filled with righteous purpose you reach out and grab the goliath’s greataxe and rip it from his grasp. You turn towards the goliath, and quickly examine your newly acquired greataxe.
It has definitely seen better days. It’s full of rust and looks to be pretty useless. You definitely feel a sense of sadness that such a fellow warrior would be forced to such a worthless weapon.@Que
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Que rushes in and strikes a quick blow, hoping to eviscerate the goliath. Unfortunately, he moves out of the way and the blow strikes his forearm instead.

Disarmed, and out of desperation, the goliath reaches for Magak’s weapon.

@Saris
Ever the tactful fighter, you unleash a flurry of blows and your opponent desperately tries to parry them. You raise your sword in an overarching strike and as he raises his sword to block you pivot at the last moment, reversing your momentum and bring your axe down onto the pirate’s clavicle. He screams and falls to the deck. Without a backwards glance you turn towards the other combatants as the life leaves his body and his eyes glaze over.

@ Glórendil
You aim several blows against your enemy yet despite his gaunt appearance and lack of armour he desperately dodges out the way of your sword. He readies himself and lunges towards you.