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#1 Guest_celestine_*

Posted 01 November 2003 - 07:24 AM

Chapter 11: The Quest
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"Kayna.. There you are. I was getting worried that you changed your mind about helping me," Haydir greeted the female as he saw her approach Trademeet city gates. The bard had agreed to help him on his quest before she found out his identity, he had expected to lose her trust.

The female shot the handsome half-drow an impatient look. He was wearing his usual elven disguise to cover his half-drow heritage. His long silver hair was tied up neatly in a ponytail and his silver eyes sparkled as he locked his gaze with hers. She admitted to herself reluctantly that he was good looking wearing his disguise or without.

"Let's go," came the female's reply.

Haydir felt slightly disappointed at the lack of enthusiasm from the female but he was comforted that she had at least showed up for their appointment.

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"Sami, you brought some company afterall, I thought it was the agreement to come alone?" the male drow asked, making a note of the wizard and his several companions.

Sami was a powerful mage, and one of the members of the Zhentarim. Zhentarim was a powerful, evil organisation that strived at maintaining and increasing the authority and influence over Faerun. Under the will of the Zhentarim, Sami had stolen an important helm from one of the very Lords of Waterdeep. There were six Lords of Waterdeep that governed WaterDeep. Their identities were secret and were known only to the leader of the Lords. The helm was a symbol of their identity and authority and a spy had sold the information to Sami.

"Haa. You think I'm so stupid to come alone? You brought company as well. Promises are nothing when dealing with scum like you!" the wizard retorted.

Haydir's handsome face twitched in anger for a moment, before being replaced by his usual calm expression. "It doesn’t' matter how many you bring. If you don't hand over the helm, I will bring your head for an extra bounty."

"Haaa.. Lord Candemoey sent a pathetic half-drow like you... Ha" the wizard laughed wickedly.

Haydir was surprised for a moment. No quarry had ever been able to see through his disguise without a spell. He understood that the wizard must have cast a spell before he entered the ruins.

"So you knew.. Then you should know the capabilities of my people... " the handsome male snarled.

"Your people? Ha.. Your people will only be too pleased if I dispatched you for them. You are only a half-bred! Do you really think you can fool me with your skin color?" With a wave of hand, the wizard murmured a spell and a dimension door opened.

To the half-drow's horror, two drow priestesses stepped out of the portal. They smiled evilly at the half-drow and waved their frails at him. No doubt they were high priestess of the evil drow god, Lloth as they carried evil frails with five snake tentacles that hissed angrily at the half-drow. Haydir felt a shiver down his spine as he looked at the snakeheads on the frails. He knew about the weapon from his visits to the Underdark. Such a weapon was only granted to Lloth's favored priestesses and it was the drow's favorite torture tool. A bite from the snakehead, was extremely painful and would drain the energy off the victim, leaving the victim weakened but alive and the drow could be able continuously tortured their victim without killing them. When used in combat, victims were left weakened and numbed and the drow could quickly kill them with a single killing blow.

Kayna stepped besides the male, and laid a hand on his ebony arm. He glanced a grateful look at the female and focused on the enemies in front of him. Kayna counted six fighters, two drows and one wizard. It was not advantageous to the two half-elves.

There was no other way than to defend themselves. The two half-elves prepared themselves for battle; Kayna fired all her stored spells triggers and let her contingency spells activated her protection. She was surprised when Haydir fired his own triggers and took out a small odd-looking hand crossbow from his bag. She thought the crossbow design resembled that of those the drow carried but Haydir's crossbow was much smaller and made of mythil with runes carved onto the crossbow.

The fighters took out their range weapons and fired at the two half-elves. Kayna sent two lightning waves towards the fighters and took out two of them who did not dodge her spells in time. She turned around towards the half-drow behind her and her eyes widen in shock as she saw him load small silver darts into his crossbow and fired them at alarming speed and deadly accuracy. Two fighters went down soon.

She remembered seeing the same silver darts in the bodies of some orcs she battled in the high forest. Haydir, magic, crossbow and silver darts. She did not take long to make the connection.

"Gods! It was you in the high forest!" she gasped.

The half-drow stopped loading his crossbow for a moment when he heard her. He glanced her an apologetic look, followed quickly by an alarmed expression and pushed the half-elf out of the way.

Kayna fell heavily on the concrete grounds. Other than a bruised elbow that had broken her fall, she was not seriously injured. She looked at Haydir and realised that one of the drow priestess had engaged the half-drow and one of the snake heads had sank its fangs in the half-drow's arm. It would have been her, if the male had not pushed her away. She could not understand the male at all but there was no time. The half-drow was parrying the attack with his good arm, while the other arm lay numbed.

Kayna got up immediately and summoned as many allies she could. With new summoned creatures to increase the pressure on the drow priestess, the female was able to pull the injured half-drow away from the battle. She threw him a potion before engaging the nearest enemy.

The wizard was safely enclosed under layers of protective magics and took his time casting his most powerful spell. He had no qualms in killing his allies and enemies; he only needed them to buy him some time. He was confident that he would be the only survival remaining after his spell.

Kayna froze as she recognized the wizard's spell. There was barely time to cast a counter spell; it was a difficult spell and she had never tried to cast it before. She focused all her attention on the difficult spell in her spell book, her head aches from reading the magical runes but she could not give up. Her fingers formed the necessary symbols and as she neared the completion of the spell, she turned to the busy half-drow neared her.

Haydir had engaged the two drow priestess. Kayna's summoned creatures had dispatched the remaining fighters. His arm had gained back the strength with the potion the female gave him and he was glad to have the use of both his arms against the priestesses. They kept him busy with their evil frails but it was not long before one of the snakeheads broke through his defense and sang their fangs into his skin. As he parried their attacks deftly, he was quickly feeling drained. It was this moment that he felt himself being teleported a good distance away from the drow.

Once the female had the half-drow besides her, she grabbed him and finished the spell on her lips. The wizard had also finished his powerful spell. He teleported out of range as several boulders fell from the sky towards the battlefield. The agile drow priestess shrieked and dodged the first few boulders. They were not quick enough for the next wave of boulders and were crushed to death. Their screams filled the air and the battlefield was filled with dust from the impact of the spell.

The two elves were safe under Kayna's magical shield. She had conjured a protective shield to counter the wizard's comet spell. The bard focused all her energy at the shimmering blue shield around them. She felt the first few boulders pounced off harmlessly off the shield but the next wave was much difficult for her. The magical shield sink downwards as several boulders landed on it. With a final effort, she strengthened the magical shield with her remaining strength and pushed the boulders off the shield.

The third and final wave of boulders approached. It was not the end yet but Kayna knew she was unable to hold on the shield any longer. She was about to collapse when she felt a surge of energy and a strong arm grabbed her around the waist, and held her up. She found herself looking at the male who had willed his magic to merge with hers, a second layer of golden shield took over as the blue shield faded away.

As the final wave of boulders fell off harmlessly off the new shield, Haydir laid the exhausted female on the ground and search for the wizard in the battlefield. Visibility around the battlefield was low but he had keen eyesight. He found the wizard at the end of the ruins trying to see beyond the dust and smoke arising from the battlefield. Haydir readied his crossbow. He could tell with his keen eyesight that the wizard had layers of protective magic on him. The male smiled deviously as he aimed his trusted weapon at the unwary wizard and chanted a spell on the bolt. The empowered bolt glowed with a golden light before shooting towards the wizard.

The wizard did not even know what hit him. He saw a quick flash of silver towards him and before he could move away, the bolt breached through his magical protections and sank into his neck. He felt the poison ran through his blood stream and his heart stopped beating.

After looting the helm from the wizard's bag, Haydir picked up the unconscious half-elf gently and tenderly kissed her forehead.

"Thank you Kayna, rest well," and he teleported them away.

#2 Guest_Edgar_*

Posted 01 November 2003 - 01:23 PM

Good combat scene. :wink:

And now the secret is out! Things could get tricky! :wink:

Good chapter!

#3 Laufey

Posted 01 November 2003 - 09:47 PM

Chapter 11: The Quest
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By the way, I really like your avatar pic. :twisted: Is that Kayna, by any chance?


The female shot the handsome half-drow an impatient look. He was wearing his usual elven disguise to cover his half-drow heritage. His long silver hair was tied up neatly in a ponytail and his silver eyes sparkled as he locked his gaze with hers. She admitted to herself reluctantly that he was good looking wearing his disguise or without.


Yes, he sure is! :twisted:


Sami was a powerful mage, and one of the members of the Zhentarim. Zhentarim was a powerful, evil organisation that strived at maintaining and increasing the authority and influence over Faerun. Under the will of the Zhentarim, Sami had stolen an important helm from one of the very Lords of Waterdeep. There were six Lords of Waterdeep that governed WaterDeep. Their identities were secret and were known only to the leader of the Lords. The helm was a symbol of their identity and authority and a spy had sold the information to Sami.


A blackmail plot, perhaps?


"Haaa.. Lord Candemoey sent a pathetic half-drow like you... Ha" the wizard laughed wickedly.


Haydir was surprised for a moment. No quarry had ever been able to see through his disguise without a spell. He understood that the wizard must have cast a spell before he entered the ruins.


Oh dear...this isn't going well at all.


To the half-drow's horror, two drow priestesses stepped out of the portal. They smiled evilly at the half-drow and waved their frails at him. No doubt they were high priestess of the evil drow god, Lloth as they carried evil frails with five snake tentacles that hissed angrily at the half-drow. Haydir felt a shiver down his spine as he looked at the snakeheads on the frails. He knew about the weapon from his visits to the Underdark. Such a weapon was only granted to Lloth's favored priestesses and it was the drow's favorite torture tool. A bite from the snakehead, was extremely painful and would drain the energy off the victim, leaving the victim weakened but alive and the drow could be able continuously tortured their victim without killing them. When used in combat, victims were left weakened and numbed and the drow could quickly kill them with a single killing blow.


Hm, you have 'smiled evilly' 'evil drow god' and 'evil flails' pretty close together here. Perhaps you could change the phrasing a little, for more variety? Otherwise, I liked the description of those flails! Very nasty weapons indeed.


She remembered seeing the same silver darts in the bodies of some orcs she battled in the high forest. Haydir, magic, crossbow and silver darts. She did not take long to make the connection.


"Gods! It was you in the high forest!" she gasped.


I'll look forward to his explanation later on. :twisted:


Kayna fell heavily on the concrete grounds. Other than a bruised elbow that had broken her fall, she was not seriously injured. She looked at Haydir and realised that one of the drow priestess had engaged the half-drow and one of the snake heads had sank its fangs in the half-drow's arm. It would have been her, if the male had not pushed her away. She could not understand the male at all but there was no time. The half-drow was parrying the attack with his good arm, while the other arm lay numbed.


Am thinking a little about Kayna's use of the phrase 'the male'. Now, this is common phrasing for a drow, but I think I would expect a surface half-elf to say 'the man' or 'Haydir' instead, at least most of the time. You know best of course, since she is your character, but it's just something I noticed that made me wonder a little.


Haydir had engaged the two drow priestess. Kayna's summoned creatures had dispatched the remaining fighters. His arm had gained back the strength with the potion the female gave him and he was glad to have the use of both his arms against the priestesses. They kept him busy with their evil frails but it was not long before one of the snakeheads broke through his defense and sang their fangs into his skin. As he parried their attacks deftly, he was quickly feeling drained. It was this moment that he felt himself being teleported a good distance away from the drow.


'Evil flails' again - and that was a very nice trick, teleporting him! Was it Kayna who did that? And what spell was it?

Once the female had the half-drow besides her, she grabbed him and finished the spell on her lips. The wizard had also finished his powerful spell. He teleported out of range as several boulders fell from the sky towards the battlefield. The agile drow priestess shrieked and dodged the first few boulders. They were not quick enough for the next wave of boulders and were crushed to death. Their screams filled the air and the battlefield was filled with dust from the impact of the spell.


Ha! :)


The wizard did not even know what hit him. He saw a quick flash of silver towards him and before he could move away, the bolt breached through his magical protections and sank into his neck. He felt the poison ran through his blood stream and his heart stopped beating.


After looting the helm from the wizard's bag, Haydir picked up the unconscious half-elf gently and tenderly kissed her forehead.


"Thank you Kayna, rest well," and he teleported them away.


Awww! :wink: Very sweet chapter ending.
Rogues do it from behind.

#4 Guest_Dark-Mage_*

Posted 01 November 2003 - 10:55 PM

Good chapter :twisted:

#5 Guest_celestine_*

Posted 02 November 2003 - 11:42 AM

Good combat scene. :twisted:

And now the secret is out! Things could get tricky! :twisted:

Good chapter!


Thank you. :twisted:

#6 Guest_celestine_*

Posted 02 November 2003 - 11:50 AM

By the way, I really like your avatar pic. :twisted: Is that Kayna, by any chance?


Not really, Kayna has red fiery hair and green eyes. :twisted: My avatar is a 3D model done by L.Soa (www.soanala.com) . I love all her artwork. :wink:


Sami was a powerful mage, and one of the members of the Zhentarim. Zhentarim was a powerful, evil organisation that strived at maintaining and increasing the authority and influence over Faerun. Under the will of the Zhentarim, Sami had stolen an important helm from one of the very Lords of Waterdeep. There were six Lords of Waterdeep that governed WaterDeep. Their identities were secret and were known only to the leader of the Lords. The helm was a symbol of their identity and authority and a spy had sold the information to Sami.


A blackmail plot, perhaps?


Possible, typical of what Zhentarim do. :twisted:


Hm, you have 'smiled evilly' 'evil drow god' and 'evil flails' pretty close together here. Perhaps you could change the phrasing a little, for more variety? Otherwise, I liked the description of those flails! Very nasty weapons indeed.


thank you. I'll keep that in mind, its a horrible habit of mine.


Kayna fell heavily on the concrete grounds. Other than a bruised elbow that had broken her fall, she was not seriously injured. She looked at Haydir and realised that one of the drow priestess had engaged the half-drow and one of the snake heads had sank its fangs in the half-drow's arm. It would have been her, if the male had not pushed her away. She could not understand the male at all but there was no time. The half-drow was parrying the attack with his good arm, while the other arm lay numbed.


Am thinking a little about Kayna's use of the phrase 'the male'. Now, this is common phrasing for a drow, but I think I would expect a surface half-elf to say 'the man' or 'Haydir' instead, at least most of the time. You know best of course, since she is your character, but it's just something I noticed that made me wonder a little.


I never notice it, thanks for pointing it out. :) You are quite right. :)


Haydir had engaged the two drow priestess. Kayna's summoned creatures had dispatched the remaining fighters. His arm had gained back the strength with the potion the female gave him and he was glad to have the use of both his arms against the priestesses. They kept him busy with their evil frails but it was not long before one of the snakeheads broke through his defense and sang their fangs into his skin. As he parried their attacks deftly, he was quickly feeling drained. It was this moment that he felt himself being teleported a good distance away from the drow.


'Evil flails' again - and that was a very nice trick, teleporting him! Was it Kayna who did that? And what spell was it?


Yep, it was Kayna who teleported him. Its a modified teleportation spell. I got the idea from the Solaufein mod where the drow priestess was able to teleport Solaufein next to her if he went out of her range.



"Thank you Kayna, rest well," and he teleported them away.


Awww! :( Very sweet chapter ending.


thanks. for reading. and for the comments. :(

#7 Guest_celestine_*

Posted 02 November 2003 - 11:51 AM

Good chapter :)


Thank you. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :wink:




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