Jarek: Into the Jaws of Darkness, Round 01

With two fiendish creatures in front of me, I had to re-consider my battle tactics. I was far away from my companions and the monsters were blocking the way back.

"These are sinspawns!" Gryffin's voice echoed through the tunnel. There was a tone of fear and dread in the wizard's voice.

"What are these monsters?" I tried shouting back, but I only managed to mutter a few words. I felt my head getting heavy and my muscles growing tired. My vision began blurry and I felt the bow in my hands getting heavy.

Damn creatures! I thought to myself. Their bite must be poisonous or something. I was overwhelmed with a sense of lethargy and dread. I felt like dropping to the ground and let the darkness consume me.

"Blessed corellon. May your light shine upon jarek and let him be healed of his wounds..."

Guy's holy prayer sounded like the morning dawn banishing the darkness. His voice was the music of a dozen tenors, singing a haunting rhapsody, filling my body with a sense of hope, renewing my spirit.

I felt the fatigue and soreness fade away. The eladrin's hymn of praise gave me the strength and the clarity of mind to continue on fighting.

Feeling might of Corellon coursing through my body, I gave a howl of fury. The two sinspawns were taken a back. They never expected someone to resist their attacks.

I braced myself and charged towards one of the creatures. Using my elbows as a shield I bashed through the monster in front of me. I felt the monster's claw ripping through my shoulders, its poison tipped talons struggling to pull me down. But I continued on moving forward, knocking the sinspawn to the wall.

The other monster tried to grapple me down, but I kept pushing forward. My own momentum kept me running and I felt the monster's claws sapping my strength.

I kept moving, past the two creatures, Arao, Lloyd and Guillaumes. I made it back towards my companions, pass another sinspawn.

By the time I caught my breath, I was behind the eladrin priest. My hands were torn and bleeding from the sinspawn's talons. I couldn't believe how I managed to run pass three of those monsters and survive.

"Thank Corellon you're still alive," Guy muttered. His eyes beaming with pride and divine fevor. "You are trully a living testimony to his power!"