16th Granite
As he charged the Undead the thought crossed Tezad's mind that perhaps running headlong into a group of enemies with pikes wasn't the best idea.
The thought left just as quickly as the Dwarf swung his hammer at the nearest skeleton and his hastily picked squad fell on their own targets...
Meanwhile on the Eastern border Firetower let loose a frustrated warcry as his spear ineffectivly stabbed a Skeleton through the ribs. Derek stood at the Leader's back, swords twirling about him as the invaders closed around the pair...
Suthmun parried the blow of a pike with his spear as he was pushed backward by the attacks of the Undead soldiers. As his heels hit open air he glanced behind him. This proved his final mistake as the Pikeman he had been fighting lunged forward, sending the spear sharp head of the pike through the Dwarf.
The Warrior reeled backward under the force of the blow, boots unable to find any grip on the loose soil. The skeleton pulled his weapon free and turned back to the battle as Suthmun collapsed backward, vanishing beneath the water of the pond...
Nearby Argonnek smashed a Swordsman in the face with her fist and as the Skeleton staggered back the Marksdwarf sent a bolt flying into the invader's eye. A moment later smoke poured forth from the skeleton as the bolt ignited into flames.
Pausing to reload the Dwarf glanced over to where Kanet was tearing his way through a group of Undead. Her mind snapped back to the enemy at hand when a bolt embedded itself in her shoulder. The momentary pain allowed the slightly charred Swordsman to advance on Argonnek, shield ready to catch any further bolts the Dwarf sent his way.
Argonnek struggled to tear her mind away from the pain flaring in her shoulder. As her vision cleared the Dwarf just had time to fire off a bolt which whizzed off target past the Swordsman before the longsword cut through her armor and torso. A scream erupted from the Marksdwarf's mouth as she collapsed to the ground, blood pooling around her.
An eerie noise that could possibly be called laughter rose from the Skeleton as he brought his blade up over his head for the killing blow. The invader's attack was cut short as his head was torn from his bony form by a bolt through the neck. Smashing the body aside with his crossbow Kanet took up a position near his fallen lover, pulling his mace and hammer from their belt loops...
Back among Tezad's squad the battle had turned in Thunderclan's favor. No Warriors had died since Suthmun while the Undead had lost several of their number. Despite this the emotionless creatures continued to fight.
Zu Ende dodged the swing of a hammer, catching the attack on his shield and bringing his mace around. Arcs of electricity ran up the Dwarf's gauntlet, bouncing between the spikes on the maces head. When the weapon impacted the Undead there was a brief flash as the electricity ran through the bony body. An unearthly scream erupted from the Hammerman's mouth as the massive amount of energy reduced the skeleton to dust.
Watching the dust cloud settle Zu let out a sudden grunt and fell face first on the ground, a half dozen bolts sprouting from his back...
Seeing his squadmates either dead or fleeing the field Tezad was left alone against 6 Undead pikes and wrestlers. Grinning as an idea came to him the Warrior turned and ran, Undead in hot pursuit. As they reached the treeline Tezad stomped the nearest trigger, leaping to the side as a series of cages fell from the trees, trapping the entire group. Rolling to his feet Tezadwatched the enemy bang uselessly at the cage bars...
Battle long over several Warriors sat among the beds of the Infirmary while Mothwing set Ingtak's broken arm. Kanet sat near Argonnek's bed, cleaning his weapons as he kept an eye on her.
The majority of visitors were clusted around a bed at the far end of the room though. Mothwing had patched up his injuries as best she could but the face of Thunderclan's Leader was pale and he seemed ready to join Armok at any moment...
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Sorry Ze, Zu just would not stay alive. Feel free to claim another Dwarf, we still have plenty of free Warriors.
We lost Zu and Suthmun and its possible we'll lose Argonnek and Firetower. Argonnek has a number of torso and limb wounds while Firetower was completely crushed by that Hammerlord. He lost another of his 9 lives (I think he's got 7 left at this moment) but the ancestors may require more to bring him back. We'll see what happens I guess.
The bg news is that Kanet actually got over 1 kill today! Up till now his only kill was that Titan, now some Undead have joined the group.
As usual, journal entries are encouraged...
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