Kythan: Excavation

"Get her!" Kythan shouted to his companions as soon as they enter the cavern. The cavern itself appears to have been recently enlarged at the east end, where a massive, curving stone carving protrudes from the floor, wall, and ceiling. It is covered in runes that appear strangely familiar, and it appears that some of them have been chipped away.

A table nearby holds several stone working tools and a thin book.

It's not these however that captures the attention of the swordmage and his companions. As soon as they step thru the chamber, a pair of dretch guardians gibber and howl to alert the other occupant of the room - a female eladrin with purple skin and silver white hair - who takes cover behind her table. The two dretches attack and while the dark skinned eladrin fire her hand crossbow at them.

The fight turns bad for the dretches as Kythan quickly slashes thru them with his burning blade.

The female eladrin creates darkness and uses the cover provided to flee. The magical slippers she’s wearing allowing her to move along the wall and reach the shaft leading up. She continues to fire crossbow bolts at Kythan as she retreats up the shaft. She manages to catch the swordmage's shoulder with a minor wound.

Kythan annoyingly pulls out the small crossbow bolt and runs after her. He however struggles after a few steps and falls on the floor.

His companion is beside him in a few seconds and is checking the swordmage's wound.

"Poison." The companion whispers and busies himself with his bag.

"No!" Kythan gasps. "Go after her. We cannot let her escape."

The swordmage's vision then turns blurry and the world vanishes before his eyes.

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