andres ♔ every broken enemy will know | that their opponent had to be invincible

[adamantiumed]

♬ indestructible - disturbed

WHO || Lanston Wellington, Drax the Destroyer, Wolverine, Nathan Young, Faith Lehane, Maxwell Briggard, Sam Winchester, Rocket, Eric Carpenter, Cora Hale, Dimitri Belikov, Alanna, Jaime Lannister, Klaus Mikaelson, Gus Harrison
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked to assault the site of Shadowkind experimentation on Andres, free the Shadowkind within, and recover Sir Bancroft, if he's being held there.
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ Having spent months scrying on areas of the Island scouted out by Sir Bancroft and Sir Chessing, Hasmed is able to send a few groups to the Island via greater teleport spells, with a fairly small margin for error, as to where they're going to land. The Shadowkind prison teams land flawlessly, and the very big group appears in a clearing in the middle of the woods, abruptly finding themselves surrounded by trees and mostly darkness. The moon is in its last quarter, and with the trees so thick above them, there are only patches of light that filter down here and there. Those with darkvision or lowlight vision can see perfectly, but anyone with normal vision may find themselves squinting to see much of anything.

The teleport spell only works if the entire group is physically connected, so when they arrive, Wolverine yanks his hand off Nathan's shoulder, and gives Drax a Look like stop touching me if you value your hand. Eric runs his Drakenet app to determine their location, then announces: "Dead on." In other words, no spell mishap sending them miles off target. Beside them all, Lan's mount, Daisy, stamps her feet slightly, obviously unnerved by the magic. He whispers "Whoa, there" and reins her in, causing her to settle. ]

Comments

[layonhands]

Lan, are you-- [ risa watches the paladin with growing anxiety as the group starts to divide, particularly when he dismounts daisy and lifts one of the younger, struggling prisoners onto her back. holding her reins, he gestures to anyone going with eric's team who thinks they can manage a good ride check to take her. ]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith sighs, she left the one group to avoid a fight - but she's not going to skip out on a second one.]

I'll stick it out with Puff the magic ... hydra.

[trebond]

Mithros' beard.

[ Aw-struck, Alanna takes a minute to decide on where to go. Turning to Eric, she nods to him. Though the responsible part of her knows she ought to go with them to carry the prisoners off, a more reckless side of her is rather excited for the opportunity to slay the beast (though she does heed Sam's warning).

More importantly, though, there is her healer's training to consider. ]

I'll stay behind to see to anyone who needs healing.

[impetere]

[Since the narration knows that horse ain't going anywhere near Dimitri, Cora's going shift back all the way to human to step up with Daisy. She's got Mellie to watch her back and she and Daisy are apparently bros (ride 20 total). Gus helps her up onto the horse, and she gives Lan a small smile as she settles, snaking one arm around the younger prisoner to keep her close.]

I got her.

[likeagod]

[It seems that most of the group is staying to fight, so he will do his part to keep the escaped prisoners safe. After all, they may still run into trouble on the way.]

Good luck.

[To those staying behind before he turns and starts helping the shadowkind away from the enormous creature.]

[lionbrave]

[Jaime canters over on his own horse since... I guess at least one person should be mounted? Idk.] So no beheadings. Are regular stabbings acceptable?

[Yeah, he's staying, did anyone ever doubt?]

[familybusiness]

Um, yeah. Stab away.

[Wat.

He'll stick to his gun for this one, I think, which he pulls out now yep. o.o]

[trebond]

[ Who's got two thumbs and absolutely no desire to get close to this thing before it's necessary? This girl. Woman. You know. She hurls another ball of produce flame towards the enormous creature's body (atk 23 vs touch, fire dmg 10). ]

[herebemonsters]

[ the fire crashes easily into the thing's side... and seems to have no effect whatsoever. probably... immune to fire... ]

[msattentionspan]

[Alright, so that didn't seem to work. Which is never a good thing. Faith figures distance seems good for now and she'll retrieve the gun she had from earlier and take aim and fire at its chest. ( atk 29, dmg 7 )]

[druidisms]

[ since alanna's spell seems to do next to nothing, gus summons a huge ice storm under the idea that fire cannot kill a dragon hydra. but ice to the face might sting a little. (6 bludgeoning dmg, 9 cold dmg to anyone in the 20 foot radius.) while the storm is raging, he fires off his last bolt of lightning into the middle of the storm for extra damage. :) (last heroic surge atk 24, concentration 28, electricity dmg 20, ref save of 15 for half) ]

[asuma]

[Well Klaus isn't about to run up to a fucking mythological beast that looked to be immune to fire, especially when it was being bombarded with a miniature tempest thanks to Storm Mistress of the Elements over here.

But he totally disarmed that orange guard before sending him on his way so, despite not having brought his fancy Excalibur pistol like he probably should have ~just in case~, he will just use the confiscated weapon and follow Faith's lead for now.

Idk if this thing has any penalties but his attacks were only 19 and 18 so I doubt he's even hitting anything anyway (damage 2 and 1 if he did how do i shot bullets wtf).]

[lionbrave]

FOR THE SILVER DRAGON!

[Because sometimes, you just need a battle cry.

Jaime raises his sword and urges his horse forward into a charge with a full BAB's worth of power attack (atk 23, dmg 34).]

[technophobic]

[ everyone hits! and the massive beast howls against the onslaught, heads whipping around as jaime jams a sword into its side, gouging blood from a gaping wound. up close and personal as he is, jaime gets to watch in horror, however, as the wound begins to seal together, the damage to its body healing itself over at a rapid pace.

no sooner has that realization sunk in, than all six heads release gouts of flame in every direction. jaime and lan are the only ones unfortunate enough to be close enough to get scorched, and must make a reflex save dc 18 or take 18 fire damage. the reflex save will make it 9 instead. his save will also count for his horse.

♬ down with the sickness - disturbed

lan doesn't make the save at all, and his teeth clack together as the fire licks across his skin, staggering him back half a step as he tries to raise an armored forearm in front of his face. when he draws it away, he drops his sword to the ground with a heavy clang, shoulders heaving up and down with a strange exaggerated motion, a strange, uncontrolled anger burning in his eyes. it looks as if his skin is boiling, bubbling beneath the surface, and he casts a glance aside just enough to see where eric has drawn his team off to the forest line, where the soldier has paused, hesitating. ] GO, DAMN YOU! [ the word is growled ferociously, strangely deep and guttural, and he lashes his head back, and snarls at jaime: ] Stay of the way, boy. [ he barely sounds like himself anymore, and his head thrashes strangely to the side, another growl bursting out of his throat, as his entire body starts to spasm. there's a horrible popping noise from his neck, and his shoulders seem to stretch and hump upwards, his legs extending, and then bowing backwards with a sickening crack. his hair grows thicker, coarser, spilling across skin and bursting out of the seams of his clothes, while his fingers elongate to dangerous, wicked, knife-like points.

the roar he releases as the change completes rivals the deafening tones of the hydra, and he crouches down on all fours, powerful legs tensing - and then he springs forward, pouncing at the beast and raking with claws and teeth (atk 34; atk 30; atk 37; dmg 41), sinking fangs into its side and drawing more shrieks from the monster as he mercilessly tears at it. ]

[trebond]

By the Goddess... [ As she mutters her alarm, Alanna does some recoiling at the sudden outburst, eyes widening. For a moment, she wonders if peRHAPS HE'S TURNED INTO AN ENEMY ??? but then he goes for the hydra and she has to guess that this has been a … constant condition of his.

A well-hidden, constant condition of his.

Blinking fast, she pushes through it, charging the hydra alongside Lan's animal form, bringing her sword down. Given how useless her spell had been, a full charge seems safer. She steadies both hands on her sword as she brings it forward to stab through the dragon's hide—or attempt, anyway (atk nat 20 for 29 total, dmg 14). ]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith makes her reflex save with a nat 20 + 12. Which of course doesn't even matter when she watches what just happens. See, she's seen some pretty crazy shit. Giant blob of a guy getting a sponge bath... yep. An old knight looking guy turning into a giant monster? Kinda out of her depth.]

Damn.

[She's not really sure what to do, but with everyone moving in close to the hydra, she wants to take the same risk and charges forward. She moves toward the side opposite where Alanna has struck the thing with a sword and tries to just shove her fist through the hide and reach for something to pull out... She doesn't want to give it a chance to heal, so if she can pull it off, she'll just leave it half-way in and half-way out of the thing.

atk: 22 | dmg: 18 (ignore 2pts hardness - for reference) ]

[druidisms]

[ gus bounds after everyone without even hesitating or spending even a second to dwell on his mentor's big, hugely public reveal. of course, he is just going to... hit the hydra with a stick. (two handed atk 21 & 19, dmg 5 & 6 wow) so that was useless. ]

[asuma]

[Lol have fun with that, y'all. Vampires and fire do not a great combination make. Plus it's more fun to watch everyone else get incinerated. Klaus is staying back here and firing more pot shots at this thing from a safe distance (attacks 26 & 19, damage 4 and 3). Every little bit helps rite. :')]

[lionbrave]

[WELL BALLS. Jaime yanks hard on the reins and the horse rears back, getting out of the way of the worst of the flame (reflex 22). Then he gapes as Lan... changes.

He did not see that coming.

But for the moment, the monster seems to be on their side. He raises his sword again and stabs at the monster again. Twice. (atk 25 dmg 23 with double penetration, atk 13).]

The wounds heal up!

[But he's still... stabbing. What else can he do?]

[familybusiness]

[Wow, everything is terrible right now.]

Yeah, I'm seeing that!

[He's...got nothing, but he'll be hanging back too, taking shots at the hydra from a distance (atk 17, dmg 19 woot dp aaaaand atk crit fail YAY).]

[herebemonsters]

[ sam, you just accidentally shot faith. :'| fab job. for 7 dmg.

but actual fab job on the rest team, because the hydra whips its heads back and forth wildly as it's assailed from all sides. it tries desperately to heal over all the damage as it takes it, but there's only so much that can be healed, and as lan continues to maul the thing with vicious claws, it finally roars and slumps to the ground in a tangle of necks and blood.

/init ]

[trebond]

[ Alanna backs off as it slumps to the ground, but her grip remains tight on her sword. She shoots Sam a sideways look, since he knew about this thing. ]

It's not like to come back from that now, is it?

[familybusiness]

[Sam curses under his breath, wincing.]

Sorry! I'm sorry!

[Nice friendly fire there, buddy...

He looks over at Alanna, shaking his head.]

No, it won't. Well done, guys.

[He looks...distracted, though, now that the battle is done. :')]

[druidisms]

[ dat's gross. sluggish from exertion, gus waves faith over instead of going to her. this is why he didn't join the dragon's light bc he's a lazy fuck. but come here boo, he will heal you. ]

[trebond]

Outstanding.

[ She sheathes her blade, looking around to assess the others. She'd hardly been tracking them while the battle raged. ]

Anybody on their last legs?

[ Actual Dragon's Light get. ]