DwarminYou walk forward. Vlad and Kaltukk are busy so they remain behind, and Edwin elects to scout ahead, so you're left to walk with Clair. The two of you advance slowly, keeping a sharp eye out for anything that may be hiding in the shadows amongst the massive pillars. You can see nothing through the impenetrable darkness, though your higher senses tell you that something foul draws near, though you know not what it could possibly be.
scapheapYou follow Tali into the dark.
Ross VernalYou tentatively nudge the orc with one toe. His eyes flutter open and he pushes himself to a sitting position, rubbing his head with one hand. You help him up and explain the situation. He seems displeased.
CheesecakeYou slowly come to, and you can feel something soft poking you in the side. You open your eyes and see Vlad standing over you. You push yourself up and instantly want to lie back down. Your head swims and your vision is blurred, but somehow you still manage to get to your feet with the help of the human. He describes the events leading up to the current situation. You catch about half of what he said, your focus being on trying not to throw up.
ZakoYou break away from the others and go on ahead to investigate independently. Your instincts kick in and you instantly melt away into the shadows.
You slip from cover to cover, crossing half of the room in seconds. You hear something soft, wet, and massive sliding across the floor with a leathery sigh, and you peer around a corner, your well adapted eyes searching around the darkness in the direction of the sound. Your gaze falls upon the source, a giant worm, so fat it barely squeezes through the even gaps between the pillars. Its breathing is soft, and yet deafening at the same time in the eerie stillness of the chamber, and its skin stretches until it seems about to burst as its slimy body heaves the musty air in and out of its lungs through the gaping, tooth-filled maw that comprises the creature's face. Its length is great, covering the gaps between four pillars as it slides across from you perpendicular to your vision.
Your focus broken by the sight of something so strange, you mistakenly disturb a small pile of rubble and several stones tumble out of place. They clatter across the floor and the worm freezes as it senses the noise. It wriggles backwards and pushes his head around the corner so that he's facing you, then begins sliding forward to force the rest of his length into the same lane. You take several steps backwards, terrified.
Boss: Erorongus, Giga Wurm
Name: Kaltukk
Gender: Male
Race: Orc
Appearance: Average orc build. 6"6, blackish-grey skin, mohawk. He bears scars from battles past, one on his eye, another large on on his chest.
Profession: He was a mercenary for quite a while, then joined a professional horde as a basic grunt. He's been to only one battle, but he did good.
Health: Dizzy
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots
Skills: Battle Tactics
Proficient, Survival
Proficient, Swords
ProficientInventory: Tribal Totem
Known Magicks: Reinforce I - boost your strength using magical energy; fatigue varies
Name: Vlad Lamora
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: Short and slightly built with short, dark brown hair, a mustache, and light grey eyes. He is neither handsome nor memorable.
Profession: Assassin
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots, Dull Iron Bastard Sword
Skills: Swords
Proficient, Throwing
Proficient, Cooking
Proficient, Lockpicking
DabblingInventory: Empty
Known Magicks: Catch II - you can slowly absorb energy, such as light; restores fatigue and reduces hunger
Name: Clair Redfield
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Appearance: A red-headed, green-eyed woman. Her hair is in a short tomboy cut and she has a tattoo of a dull red star on her cheek.
Profession: Shepard
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots
Skills: Staves
Proficient, Butchering
Proficient, Cloth Mending
ProficientInventory: Empty
Known Magicks: Repel II - manipulate air into a general or focused blast, pushing the target(s) away; some fatigue
Name: Tali Bluestone
Gender: Female
Race: Dwarf
Appearance: A somewhat shorter than usual, but well muscled Dwarven woman stands before you, with dark black hair done up fashionably and tucked into a single long ponytail cut raggedly short. Piercing copper eyes radiate cunning and a cold intellect, and are framed by long, emotive eyebrows that give her a slightly unsettling demeanor, even after being imprisoned.
Profession: Explorer
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots, Sturdy Footman's Helm, Flimsy Leather Cuirass, Shivered Lance
Skills: Navigation
Proficient, Pole Arms
Proficient, Herbology
Proficient, Architecture
DabblingInventory: Lucky Coin, Bloody Cobblestone
Name: Edwin Malfonse
Gender: Male
Race: Elf
Appearance: Edwin has short cropped dark brown hair, green eyes and lightly tanned skin. He stands at typical elf height, 5' 4'', has a thin and wiry build that's thin even for an elf and seems almost eternally smudged with a small covering of dirt. He seems almost at home here, strangely enough.
Profession: Professional Thief
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots, Shattered Iron Shortsword, Sturdy Footman's Helm, Small Iron Buckler
Skills: Stealth
Proficient, Thievery
Proficient, Daggers
Proficient, Lockpicking
DabblingInventory: Sturdy Lockpick, Coiled Iron Chain w/ Cuff