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-----Seth smiles somewhat at Krord's disposal of the wizard and almost considers it a compliment when he sees Marast fall and shudder at the hands of the lightning bolt-scarred wizard. He slowly frowns and again punches out his fist at the Wizard again shouting, "Sabba Sa!"
-----This time the force that comes from Seth’s fist is not as strong although it is effective none the less. It strikes the wizard in the head momentarily stunning him.
-----The Dread Pirate, at last getting his grubby little hands on an opponent, begins madly flailing away at the toppled sorcerer. Not bothering to draw a weapon, Gimplefwick attempts to keep the tattooed wizard from casting any further spells by breaking the wizard's jaw. He delivers a rabbit punch and then an elegant combination to the wizard’s mid-section and jaw.
-----Suddenly the wizard punches back, hitting the Dread Pirate but causing very little damage. The evil one appears injured by the halfling’s onslaught.
-----Meanwhile, the burning form becomes visible. As Kazel watches she sees the dark cloaked form appear and quickly be consumed by the enveloping fire. With his last dying cries, the dark one falls to the floor and the smell of the burning body begins to carry through the room.
-----The Dread Pirate scores a glancing blow to his opponent. Over the bleeding wizard suddenly stands the huge form of Krord. With one big fist, he suddenly swings down, catching the last wizard just right. A sickening crack is heard as Krord’s fist smacks into the evil one’s jaw. The wizard then collapses onto his back and appears lifeless.
-----For a few moments, everything in the building is silent except for the ones who have been injured as they breathe heavily.
-----Now that all the wizards appear under control, Seth asks Krord if he could bring all of the bodies of the wizards, dead or alive to the center of the room. The big guard nods and moves off to do Seth’s bidding.
-----Seth then helps Marast up and gives him a pat on the back. The elf grunts out as he gets up, perhaps embarrassed with how he fell before the wizard.
-----At that moment, Albert comes flying in through the open door and perches on one of the high beams in the rafters. Eyeing everything below, the crow caws annoyingly.
-----Krord hangs on to Brandel as he lowers him down in after the impaled wizard. Together they strongly pull until the wizard’s body comes free. Within a few moments, they deposit the carcass on the floor near the other dead one. Seth then begins to examine the body of the wizard with the burnt face.
-----The Dread Pirate sits on the floor for a moment and thinly chuckles, "Arrrr, now that’s how ye deal with wizards. Wait a minute...weren’t there supposed to be four of 'em? There's old burnt face, invisible guy, and quick moving guy. Where's the fourth one?"
-----Looking alarmed, the Dread Pirate rises to his feet, drawing his cutlass, but wincing in pain at the movement. While he watches, he goes around to the various wizards, checking them for signs of life. He notices that none of the bodies are registering any sign of life.
-----Krord then approaches the still burning body of the last wizard. He carefully fans at the flames but recoils blowing on his too toasted hands.
-----Seth looks up as Dread mentions a missing wizard, "Well, is there not one underneath the door that the Dwarf is taking care of?" He looks in that direction. "Someone better check on our dwarf. I have not seen him since he went to sort out that wizard."
-----"Nay!" Runik says where he stands close to Brandel and Krord. "The one what was under the door trap be the one there." The dwarf points to the body of the lightning tattooed wizard. He then points at himself, Brandel and Krord and continues, "While’s we wuz a’keepin’ an eye on this one. This ot’er one comes ‘round the buildin’ n’ let’s us have it wit’ some kind o’ green cloud." Runik indicates the burnt-faced wizard as the one that caused the mischief.
-----"Well, that durn wizard we’s a’watchin’ gits away from us in the cloud, but we’s seen this kinda cloud ‘tack afore. So we’s jest pop outta the cloud n’ waits ‘til we knows fer sure where they be a’goin’. We hears ‘em causin’ the ruckus in here so’s that the way it happens n’ it’s looks like there be jest the three wizards!" The dwarf taps his warhammer against his other palm.
-----The Dread Pirate stops when Runik mentions that these were all the wizards, "Shiver me timbers, I guess that’s all of em then. The other one must've cut and run when he saw his buddies droppin like flies. Too bad they all be dead, though. We'll have a tough time questionin 'em about where Devlin's cave is located. I hate to even mention the possibility, but we might have to track down our old 'friends' and try to follow em fer awhile."
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