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-----The rising bandit who fell looks astonished as he sees what transpires with Sol. Before he can react Raven hits him at point-blank range with an arrow through his shoulder. Stumbling back, the man looks in Raven’s direction with his mouth wide open. In the next moment, a well-placed dart in the side of the man’s neck quiets him for good. Gabe runs over to Sarah as she puts away her other darts.
-----The commotion continues on the next level as the party hears Heiros curse over his lost vision and the horses add to the confusion.
-----Thalog calmly looks over at Raven and then glances at Sol. "Something tells me you’re possibly about to charge up the ramp," Thalog says to the young man, "Before you do, just remember, I have some useful spells especially if our foes are clustered together. If it looks too over whelming, fall back." A circle of green motes race around the mage’s head showing the excitement that fails to be expressed on his face.
-----Raven nods to Zentil and then says to Sol, "Like the man said, keep close." Raven with his bow still in his hand, moves up the ramp. Raven readies an arrow and yells up the ramp, "We've kill 'em all! Help us put out the fire! Hurry, before we lose the keep!" Raven motions for Zentil to get ready to fire at anyone who comes down the ramp.
-----"Dammit.." Sol hisses under his breath, "This may be our best chance to get Heiros, whilst he's still affected by Sarah's magic." With a frown he adds, "I'll be back real quick, if someone else starts coming down, I'll come down before them." Sol starts running up the ramp.
-----Acting like he knew Sol was going to run ahead, Raven takes off after Sol.
-----Sarah sighs and sits back down by Thalog again. She says to him "You know, sometimes I wish I was a warrior. Then I could rush off into combat and leave all the wizards behind." She says, somewhat bitterly.
-----As Sol runs with Raven and Zentil behind him, he sees Heiros a few feet in front of him, slowly backing up as he wipes at his eyes. Gray daylight filters in from an arrow slit on the right. A dividing wall separates the ones on the ramp from the commotion that continues on the main floor.
-----Sol quickly raises his blade and turns it so the flat of the weapon faces the blinded man. With a swoop of air, Sol brings his sword about so it connects with the back of Heiros’s head. A solid thud is masked by the whinnying horses and yelling, excited people beyond the wall. Heiros looks skyward and he collapses to the floor.
-----Sol grabs Heiros, and with Raven and Zentil’s help, begins to drag him down the ramp. Luckily, still no one else appears to check on the progress of those that descended to put out the fire. As they descend to the lower level, they hear Thalog’s voice say, "Well, look who our friends have here!"
-----Raven says, "You're one lucky SOB there, Sol." Raven smiles to Sol, "Let's get these guys out of sight and someone get that damn disk from Heiros. Let's see if we can catch anymore of these bastards in our little trap."
-----Raven starts to drag the bodies off the ramp. "Someone give me a hand here." Raven says as he throws a body behind a box. Raven then throws hay over any pools of blood.
-----"He's only unconscious." Sol explains to Rand before helping Raven hide the bodies. It isn't until he's once again settled by his spot next to the ramp that Sol wears a mock indignant expression before saying, "Lucky...?"
-----Thalog liberates the pouch at Heiros’s belt. From inside the pouch, he draws forth the dark disk. Looking it over in the darkened chamber, the mage finally shakes his head. "My guess is that it is some kind of holy, or unholy as it were, symbol. Either that or a magical item I have not heard of."
-----Staring down expressionlessly at the unconscious brother of Rand, the mage asks, "Shall we tie and gag him? He may have other abilities that don’t require this." He holds the dark disk up so the others can see.
-----Thalog next holds the pouch up that the disk was contained in. Small items remain within the container, but they don’t make the slight chinking noise of coins. "Would anyone want to wager what Heiros is carrying in here?"
-----As the last of the bodies is hidden, Thalog looks up the ramp. As the motes glow softly around his head, he says, "They’re soon going to have those horses under control. What’s our next move?"
-----"Well my guess is that we'll have some people coming down here to put out the fire. We will have the drop on them for sure..." Raven pauses as he glances up the ramp, "or we can take Heiros and leave. I personally don't want to leave unless this tower is destroyed." Raven readies his bow and keeps a look out for new enemies. "Oh, my guess is that Heiros' pouch is full of black stones. Do I win a prize Thalog?" Raven gives Thalog a slight smile.
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