winter wonderland

[adaun]

Adaun shivered as she became concious. She moaned as she opened her eyes and the world spun. Slowly her thoughts began to cohere as the fog left her head. She tried to sit up, but something held her to the floor. She shivered again, she knew she was still in the Goblin complex, but she couldn't remember what happened. She placed her hands on the freezing ice floor and pushed as she sat up.

Adaun screamed with pain as she ripped the iced over scabs from her fresh wounds. Her body was wracked with spasms and she vomited from the pain. When she finally found her senses again she stood and started pacing back and forth trying to increase her body heat.


"how much blood did I lose?....how much more will I lose now? " Adaun thought as she glanced at the massive puddle of frozen blood that she had been laying in.

"Left for dead? Maybe, it is a possiblility, in which case no one will be coming back for a while. If that is the case they won't be expecting me to be alive either..." Adaun said to herself as she began examining possibilities of escape.

" Oh they will pay...Pay dearly. I still have Phelan to deal with as well. My bastard brother.... I will kill you... this is your fault, yours and the wench's. Don't worry dear brother...I will see you soon. " She thought as she hugged herself for warmth.

[kore]

Kore eyed over the cave opening and took a quick analysis of the guard postings. Nothing he couldn't handle. He glanced over at his traveling partener and nodded to him as they readied to enter the cave. Then he heard chattering overhead. Voices cleary understandable.

"Oh no, you shouldn't be messing with the black stuff. Lartach said you hurt yerself. WAIT!!!!"

Kore looked up just in time to see two goblins arguing over a bag of black powder. Then, as if in slow motion the bag slipped from one of the goblins hands just as the other threw his war axe down in fustration, sending a spark to just the right place. Kore's eyes widened as they reflected the bright glare in his black pupils and the mountain began to crumble. He saw Tzukiel, the weak man standing there somewhat confused about what was happening. Kore bit his lip and leapt, pushing his compainion into the cave, and out of the way of the on comming avalanche, just to be caught by the might fingers of the mountain's raw grip and be pulled to the depths of the ice and snow grave. When the snow settled, nothing of Kore was left to be seen.

[adaun]

Adaun was pacing back and forth when the door opended much later that day. A desk was brought in and two chairs followed by Lotac, who was carrying a quil, ink and parchment. Lotac sat at the table and placed the items down as well. He motioned for the other side of the table. Adaun sat cautiosly.


" Now that you will behave yourself, tell me the information I wish to know and you will be set free from here. " Lotac said

"Very well give me the quill and parchment. " Adaun said. She took the items in hand and began to write furiously. With in a matter of moments an almost to scale map of Neriak sat in front of Lotac along with guard placements and possible entry points, the best routes for various sized armies to move through.

" You're free to go, a new set of clothes awaits your outside the door. " Lotac said

" Don't take Neriak lightly. " that is all Adaun said, she got dressed in the new clothes and took the sword they had given her and headed out from the fortress.