#anywhere

Gerd opens a portal passage "Wards are down! I got this open! Who is going in?"

Dagmar's general approach to obstacles is "through" - and thus, she cleaves at the soldiers between her and the portal.

Frank and Dagmar seem in unintentional contest to see who can make a bigger path of ivory!

Symon gestures at Gerd, a shoo, go, motion. He will remain outside.

Both shatter warrior limbs and legs, ignoring the wounnds

Gerd shakes her head "Closes when I got through" She blocks a Dragon Warrior's attack with the hornshield

And Dagmar and Frank get to the portal passagge. Gerd says "GO GO GO!"

Dagmar ain't fooling around. She charges!

And in Dagmar goes... and she feels somethinng, a wave of fear... a spell!

Frank charges in.

Another voice calls out "Dreams awakened, now be still, warriors become seeds! Enough of tales seized from ttheir rightful places! Rest rest..."

and many other dragon wariroiors revert, as dream craft sucks them back to their proper tale!

Olgar comes int o view

Dagmar grits her teeth. Fear is nothing new. She's got work to do.

Symon takes this opportunity to gather as many of the unshattered teeth as he can. Never know when they might come in handy someday...

And Dagmar runs into the first guardian! The first real kithain, a reddcap "I'm getting paid too much to let you by"

Frank is right behind her.. he was spared the fear spell

"No, you're not." Frank promises, and attacks the 'cap.

"Your choice." And she sweeps at his knees with her blade.

High and Low!

The resulting coordinated attack obliterates the Redcap who falls mortalized

Grunt, nod to Frank. Moving on!

Frank nods back and on they go!!

And they find a figure... A pot bellied slaugh in a chair in a chamber, his hannnd on a lever, "Hold. If you approach, I trigger this, and centaur die"

"Leach?" Frank identifies the sluagh but yes, he also stops.

Dagmar stops, calculating.

"They die, you die. There enough money for that?"

"You came too soon. I just wanted to live, self defense... they are said to be my doom you knnow? Fate was that I would die by a cenaur's hand and I have lived SO long... much like your squire, dear knight. " A hiss... "Let me go then... promise safe retreat, and i wlll let you save them.." A sigh "this time"

True! Why would he lie to a Gwydion. But the 'this time'? Oh he'llk eep coming after them!

"You ask for something we cannot give you. We cannot promise you a safe retreat."

"Dumbass. You did the thing like that play guy. That screwed his mom?"

"You just pissed off a shitton of a new kith."

"A pity. Le's hope the one destined to kill me is in the chamber.." He moves the lever

And Dagmar THROWS Flyswatter at Leech

Frank charges PAST the sluagh, trying to find a way into the chamber.

Leech's hand ggoes forward.. .and keeps going... as it is SEVERED by Flyswatter which was never meant to be thrown but some how takes his hand off at the elbow!

the lever holds in place because the hand is.well. you knnow, swinging around!

Leech cannnot scream!

but he tries

And Frannk, Frank moves to the CHamber and puts his hannds between the door and PULLS!

And someone from the other sidep ulls as well, forcing it open. He sees Siv! Siv in Centaur form but her!

Frank is relieved of course but looks to see what the lever's action was supposed to do.

Dagmar tromps over to the sluagh, interposing herself between him and the lever as she retrieves her weapon.

It would apparently have relased hellfire upon the centaurs.. HIS lever anyway

"Dagmar, a fire trap. You have him?" Frank calls even as he starts ushering the centaurs (and Siv) out. "Siv, you are well?"

Grunt. ("Affirmative.")

And "Thanks, Mountain! I cann see them now!" Gerd's voice says "I'll send them to.. home?"

"Yes."

Siv says "RIght but me I want to..." Siv blinks as she fades "Oh damnn it, Gerd. I wanted to punch that slua.."

and she, and the centaurs are gone.