Malthang recovered, slamming his mental barriers down on the pain that lingered at the edge of his consciousness, bringing his not inconsiderable mental faculties back to full functionality thanks to a surge of adrenalin. Daemons were approaching from behind him and he couldn't tell what was going o...

Malthang considered the information Amalii had presented him. Not much in the way of options remained to him. The chase had come down to this final moment, for better or worse. Offering a brief prayer to the woodland spirits of his home village and to Khaine for good measure as well as out of genuin...

Malthang eyed the sorcerer pacing around the column of light. His sharp eyes picking out that he never strayed outside the column and nothing seemed to pass within it from outside. Well, this makes things a little more challenging...good thing we brought our own magic...practioner. The shade had to ...

OOC: Oops! Definite Freudian slip haha, guess I'm just used to it usually being T'Keela in need of getting patch up! sorry T! IC: Malthang's brow creased in concentration while he mulled over the options available to him. If he and T'Keela continued without Amalii and Helkor then they would at least...

Malthang looked over to where T'Keela lay near death and began to inspect his wounds. They were serious. Very much so. And the shade had used the last of his healing salves to repair his shoulder so that option was out. The best they could do would be to bandage him up and try and get him to keep up...

Malthang swayed ever so slightly as a wave of dizziness and nausea hit him, he looked at his damaged shoulder to see his flesh apparently flowing of its own accord. This only added to his current state of unease and he averted his eyes quickly, only keeping his stomach contents where they belong thr...

Malthang shuffled backwards as quickly as he could with a single arm, his left arm hung limp across his body leaking his life blood into his armour. Still clutching his shattered sword in his right hand the shade tried to put some distance between himself and the fight. The blood shade had come to h...

Malthang recovered from his life-saving roll and aimed his crossbow at the advancing noble, the twin blades in his hands weaving a gleaming dance of silvered steel before him. The weight of a fresh magazine of bolts sat atop his repeater crossbow and the range was short and even then the shade wasn'...

The welter of blood flew viciously from the previously complete body of the druchii, which one it was the shade neither knew nor cared. Time seemed to slow as the nauglir reared up and roared, Helkor then deciding to match its display and charge the fearsome creature. Malthang was starting to get th...

Malthang grunted in irritation. Never a dull moment the shade thought wistfully. He turned gracefully on the spot and began sprinting along with the rest of the makeshift party, a basilisk is a fearful creature and not one he planned on getting caught by. Then again, he didn't necessarily have to ou...

Malthang reeled slightly, allowing his sense to recover. Just in time to notice that the group were in considerably more trouble than they were moments ago. The human phrase "out of the cookpot, onto the campfire" came rapidly to mind with the sort of unhelpful gallows humour that all such...

Malthang grimaced in disgust at the worm like creature that had fallen into two pieces at T'Keela's feet... and then slowly started to eat itself with it's own internal fluid. He focused his attention on his surroundings again just in time to see the collection of floating, baleful red eyes staring ...

Malthang stood in the underground cavern, in awe at the natural wonder that surrounded him. It was at least as impressive as the forests of his birth but in a different way. The wooded lands give a sense of security in their finite nature, you knew the borders, the paths, the creatures, where you co...

OOC: hey all, really sorry but this time of year is completely crazy for me with travel and family so won't be able to post until the weekend. Sorry for the hold up, I know people want to get on with stuff but the shade will be back in action ASAP!

Malthang had remained silent through the initial exchange, weighing up the options and trying to find a solution. The shades had them outnumbered as far as he could tell, not to mention covered from all angles. If they were half the marksmen that he was they would all be dead before drawing another ...

OOC: sorry it's late again, I will get my arse in gear soon! Malthang took a deep breath and attempted to appear unshaken by his most recent brush with death. He was fairly sure he failed. Luckily between the darkness of the cave and the fact that Amalii was still irritating enough to draw the atten...

Malthang froze in the darkness of the cave, his sharp eyes straining to pierce the gloom and discern just what it was moving at the end of the hallway. By the way it moved he could safely assume it wasn't the nauglir they had the brief encounter with earlier. He tracked its movements around the back...

OOC: sorry its late again! Been at a friends 21st in leicester the last few days so didnt have access to a computer. IC: Varaken disliked the sight of the underway, autarii rarely ventured in and even more rarely emerged again. Hellish beasts stalked the halls, so deadly that even a hunter as skille...

Ooc: sorry its late. It's been a long and busy week! Malthang collected himself from his near nauglir experience and rejoined the group, stowing his wargear. He was allowed a brief moment of enjoyment as T'Keela was snuck up on by the Khainite before that damnable wizard decided to interject into th...

Malthang listened to T'Keela's plans unfolding, mulling over the details. The group were at a significant disadvantage. The nauglir alone could rip their entire little band apart without so much as blinking, add to that the heavily armed and armoured warrior on the beasts back and the scent of sorce...

The shade was the first to notice the Khainite's reappearance, not that that was particularly surprising with the attention spans of these city dwellers. Seeing the bedraggled and bloodied warrior take a seat next to him the shade returned to oiling and working the mechanism of his crossbow, ensurin...

Malthang dregged deep into his self-control to avoid shooting T'Keela in the back as he strode away. Interesting how his mere touch could set his skin crawling and set off a bloom of rage in the shades guts. All the same the shade's face broke out into a grin. "You know T'Keela, you're actually...

Malthang allowed what passed for gratitude in the Druchii way of life pass without comment from Helkor though he had to snigger when he commented about the packs. Shades had long ago found sufficient ways to transport their goods while trekking through the forests, it was only because city dwellers ...

Malthang continued to eye Amalii warily. This one is more powerful than he seems... he thought to himself, a slight shiver running down his spine. Not that he would ever show such weakness in front of the other hunters. Still, they were out of that hell hole. Autarii dislike cities at the best of ti...

OOC- sorry it's late, been one hell of a week! Malthang stepped up to the guard captain, maintaining a 3 sword length distance between himself and the elf. His sharp eyes flickered across the assorted guards, noting the way they stood uneasy and suspicious. The captains bluster would have been amusi...