Counterattack

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## Hobgoblins; Attack!

The hobgoblin ninjas split up, one of them dashing towards Kiira who is in Vakon's cell, and the other towards the rest of the group. Jaylee finishes up a lovely meal with the Innkeeper, who has been telling a lovely story about the party's current actions. She suddenly finds herself in the prison cells to join the fight. The spellcasting hobgoblin, Garkuk, manages to break free of the entangling vines and steps down the stairs with a nice view of Carric, Mirik and Ven. She takes a deep breath and fires a lightning bolt through them, which Carric attempts to counterspell. She counterspells his counterspell, and he cries inside as they're all struck by lightning. More hobgoblins begin making their way down the stairs, and Ven is healed back up by Mirik. The rest of the fight is tenacious, with Ahsatan and Od releasing the other prisoners one by one with the crowbar (Od is not very good at it). Kiira dances with the other hobgoblin ninja in Vakon's cell, both of them darting around each other and hitting. Kiira eventually shuts the door in the ninja's face and hides behind it. Vakon is tied to a chair in this room which has four chains connected to the walls, for a total of 5 padlocks. Kiira manages to undo the largest one, and Vakon begins to try and flex his way out. Ven is continually knocked down by various hobgoblins, but Mirik makes sure to always heal him back up. He eventually knocks one of the ninjas (Gadronna) down, and moves on to the other guards. Carric makes sure to counterspell every spell Garkuk tries, including a very scary Ice Storm. Ahsatan eventually makes her way into the fray and slashes down a hobgoblin with her sword. As the blue mist absorbs into it, she hears a voice in her head telling her to free it.

The runes on her sword begin to glow, and the culminating mist bursts forth and forms a small ball on the ground. It solidifies slowly and turns black as a weird creature steps out. It's about the size of a large lizard, carries itself like a strange newt and has a savage looking stinger on the end of its tail. It's face is pitch black, with two blue horns and milky white bulging eyes.

Within the void of its face, a giant maw of white teeth seems to glow. It begins to chatter horrifically and rushes forward towards the hobgoblins. Kiira continues to dance with the ninja, but manages to knock it down. Vakon uses a mighty flex and frees himself from his bonds. With all of her allies defeated, Garkuk finds herself in a bad situation. She attempts to bash her way past Mirik, who is guarding the stairs, but fails. She is taken down herself. The demonic creature Ahsatan summoned attacks Ven, who goes down again. She takes control of it and returns it to her sword. Ven is healed once again, and with everything defeated, the party sneak back to Ven's safehouse with the ex-prisoners in tow. As they make their way through the streets, they catch glimpses of several hobgoblins marching towards the Outpost. They make it back to the safehouse undisturbed, and Maurice tells of a secret bunker she knows about underneath the Town hall, but it can only really be accessed via a farmhouse outside the town walls. Carric opts for flying out of the town now and carrying everyone, but the rest of the party decline and go to sleep. The party wake up very late the next morning and send Kiira out to scout around. She finds a kerfuffle happening at the town gate, and upon inspection sees that the hobgoblins are trying to fend off a pack of angry wolves trying to barge their way in. A small crowd of people are watching, and one of them says that today is Wild's Grandeur, the holy day of Melora and that maybe these woodland creatures were sent from her. Kiira returns to the safehouse and spills the beans, and Ven recalls that Melora has a deep hatred for Bane, a god who is often worshipped by warmongerers such as hobgoblins. As they discuss their next moves, they hear some thundering footsteps in the distance followed by a large impact and the sound of crumbling stone...