Meeting Targ the Ogre

Meeting Targ the Ogre

Serena twists the handle and shoves the door open with her shoulder. As the door opens wide revealing a 15 foot square room stinking of sweat and mould, Lucretia steps forward to fill the doorway at her side. Another closed door is in the wall opposite. A large pile of mangy looking furs and rotting cloth lies against the west wall. Beyond the pile is a large iron bound chest. The room has no natural lighting and is lit only by the flickering light of the torches held by Cleo and Yvandel.

OOC: Currently, Lucretia and Serena are "in the doorway", and Cleo is standing right behind them - brought closer because of the possibility of combat. Ceely is back in the storeroom at the moment, and the rest of the party are behind Cleo in the corridor in the following order Balnor and Larz, Yvandel and Milo, Blondung and Merrell, Soggrin.

<Serena aka Douglas wrote>:
> Serena sniffs the fetid air of the chamber. "Sweat? Whose sweat? And
> what was making that scraping noise?" she thinks to herself as she
> strides quickly to the pile of mangy furs on the west wall. She
> plunges her longsword several times into the furry mass.

<Lucretia aka Joe wrote>:
> "Serena wait"...<Luc states in a hushed tone> as the
> warrior woman attempts to get by him... "Hello <he
> will say> "anybody home?" If he gets no answer he will
> let Serena proceed but he will wait for light before
> entering.

Serena, having shoved the door open, is half a step in front of Lucretia, just behind her in the doorway As she steps towards the pile of furs, Lucretia stretches out a hand to grab her, but misses her. "Serena wait"... he states is a hushed tone.

Suddenly, the door is slammed shut with tremendous force, knocking Lucretia backwards into Balnor and Cleo. Balnor manages to keep his balance, but the two warriors go down in a tangle of arms and legs. The sound of a bar going down on the other side can be heard.

Balnor quickly starts to examine the door, realising almost immediately that it is barred on the other side and set into a door frame which would prevent him from lifting the bar. Lucretia jumps to his feet and slams his shoulder against the door, which rattles in it's frame. Cleo also gets to her feet, and holds her torch high, hoping that it's light might help Balnor in some way.

As further noises of struggling can be heard on the other side of the door - and possibly some other fainter voices shouting - Lucretia takes a few steps back and throws himself at the door again.

Yvandel, fiddling with some pieces of paper, suddenly starts to murmur some arcane words, and just as the Lucretia is about to connect with the door, there is a loud knocking noise, and the door springs open an inch. Lucretia, too late to stop himself, slams into the door, which springs open as if hit by a charging rhinoceros and Lucretia staggers into the room and almost bumps into a hulking figure wielding a large battle axe standing in the middle of the room.

Serena lies in a crumpled heap off to the right, her shield lying on top of her. At the sudden light, the creature - at least 9' high, turns it's head towards the light and raises it's left hand to it's eyes, taking a step backwards. It has a dull-brown skin, covered with large, warty bumps and it's snarling mouth is full of yellowish, jagged teeth.

The muffled noise of shouting - at least 2 or three different voices, can be heard from nearby, calling to be released.

Lucretia swings with all his might at the surprised creature, as it's eyes start to adjust to the sudden light. His sword cuts across the creature's midriff, opening up a massive wound. (OOC: 16hp damage!) It staggers with the pain, swinging it's own axe in return, but rather wildly, and Lucretia merely ducks to avoid it. He gulps as he gets a good look at the huge muscles on the creature's arms, and breathes in relief that the axe didn't connect.

Behind Lucretia, Yvandel rushes in with torch and puppet held high. Cleo hands Herod her torch as he and Milo approach Serena. She stands guard whilst they manage to drag Serena's body to one side slightly and start to try and stabilize her wound. She has a massive cut to her hip, and she is covered in her own blood.

Meanwhile, Balnor slips through the door and rolls into the deeper shadows to the left of the door, trying to sneak around to the back of the creature.

Larz stands just outside the door, axe held ready. Blondung and Soggrin stand behind him, peering into the room to see what is happening.

Ceely has not yet returned from the storeroom.

Balnor, sneaking around the side of the 9' tall humanoid, comes out of the shadows and tries to slam his dagger into it's back. He is unlucky however, and his target moves just as he attacks, causing the dagger blade to merely skitter down it's side instead. Roaring, the creature swings it's axe again at Lucretia, as it twists, taking a couple of steps backwards to bring Balnor into his field of view.

Again, the vicious axe whistles past Lucretia's face, causing him to shy away a bit, his own blow cutting only air.

As Herod and Milo tend to Serena, they quickly realise that simple first aid will not heal Serena's injury, and that she is in a critical condition. As Milo tries to staunch the wounds, Herod starts to dig into his pack, taking out the half empty flask of healing potion.

Yvandel continues to wave his torch around and yell, although the creature seems to be ignoring him, concentrating on the humans with sharp pointy things immediately in front of him.

Ceely returns from the store room at a run, brandishing her harpoon. She charges between Blondung, Larz and Soggrin into the room, yelling "Enter the room, more coming from behind!" The creature glances up at her approach, just in time to receive her harpoon in it's gut. It stagger's backwards a few steps, then crashes to the ground, bouncing against the door on the opposite side of the room.