Rhonna: The Fire Pelt Cat Attacks, Round 02

"I thought you have given up on this?" Lloyd mutters after witnessing Rhonna's enchantment on the wild beast.

"I'm not dealing with demons," Rhonna answers back. "The stars are now my guide and my patrons."

She wants to say more but Lloyd turns his attention on the nearby goblin hound. The half-elf swings his sword and manages to keep the creature at bay, at least for the moment.

These creatures are relentless in their attacks, Rhonna says to herself. Two of the mongrels continue tearing on Guy's priestly vest, knocking the eladrin to the muddy ground. The dragonborn swings his battle axe helplessly against the forest cat, while tiny fireflies continue buzzing around him.

It would be easier to summon the powers of demonspawns and have them eradicate these pathetic creatures. Rhonna still remembers the rituals calling infernal powers that her coven-sisters used.

"No," she whispers as she tries to banish her fears. I will not surrender to this evil. I will not fall back into the darkness again.

"The damn trees are moving!" Lloyd shouts as the clearing begin to shrink.

Rhonna looks around and realizes that the trees of thistle wood are closing up on them. Small vines and hedge bushes start to crawl across the earth like a thousand hungry vipers. Patches of tall grasses sprout out of the ground, their thick leaves coiling around the young woman's feet and legs.

"This is foul magic!" she exclaimed while raising her bronze dagger up into the sky.

The dagger in her hands tremble from cosmic energies of the constalletions. It begins to glow azure blue, collecting and amplifying the mystical music of the stars.

Rhonna smiles, knowing that the stars are her new source of strength. She does not need to make the same mistakes again. The stars are guiding her on the right path.

A powerful bolt of celestial energy shoots out of the young woman's finger, piercing through the goblin hound's skull. The creature screams as the eldritch magic works its way into its body. Rhonna's hexing curse further aggravates the pain, ripping through muscle and skin.