The Shadow

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## Summary

The party comes across some dead bodies. As they continue in both Kross Dalgo and Jalerom Tanlaial trip on the stairs forcing Oin Lightbringer to pull them both up by the ears. As everyone recovers, they see a figure in a white cloak feeding on a dead corpse. It turns to them seeking food.

Jeminya Malum transforms into a werewolf, jumps into the fray and tries to bite the shadow. She tries slashing at it next but the specter's cloak wraps around the arm. The cloak then electrifies shocking Jeminya but she shakes it off. Shiloh Emeraldsong runs in and bites the specter as well. He tries to slash it too but the cloak grabs him and slams him on the ground. Kross fires a pair of arrows that hit the specter. The cloak then pulls out the arrows which makes Kross suggest that everyone use fire. Ivan Windstrummer tries to fasinate the specter only for it to resist Ivan's music. Ivan that detects two sets of thoughts coming from the creature which makes Faerthurin realize that the creature is covered in a glimmerskin. Jaylen Dalgo moves in as Rose Emeraldsong summons a flock of bats to pull the glimmerskin off but the cloak fries a few of them. Oin gives fulls strength and bear's endurance to Amber Hawthorne while Faerthurin uses magic missile on the glimmerskin. Jalerom hurries to the specter's left side but his crossbow is jammed and he falls back to the ledge below. Beleen Spiderwing is too scared to move as Lucid give Amber true strike. Amber charges at the specter while removing her necklace making her grow larger and swipes at it.

Jeminya slices into the specter hard. An electric current runs through the cloak shocking Shiloh, Amber, the remaining bats and Jeminya. Shiloh is protected thanks to the armor he wielded and some of it's wounds close. Shiloh tries biting it but misses as Kross fires at the specter from the side. The glimmerskin catches one but the second arrow is lodged into the specter. Ivan plays a song of courage while also fasinating the specter as Jaylen moves in to bite the specter. It can't get past the glimmerskin as Rose summons a dire rat behind the specter. It's swatted away by the glimmerskin as Oin blesses the party. Faerthurin then summons two giant fire beetles that attack the beetle. Jalerom tries climbing up but falls down again. Beleen then goes in and begins chanting as Lucid gives a spider climb spell to Jalerom. Amber then breathes fire on the specter while also destroying the summoned beasts. Jeminya is also hit but she survives with only a few burns.

Jeminya swipes at the beast as the glimmerskin reaches out to Shiloh, Jeminya, Amber and Rose and shocks them. Shiloh's armor protects it again and he heals. Kross fires two more arrows as Jalerom yells that Kross stole his luck. Ivan tries his hideous laughter on the glimmerskin but it doesn't get his joke. Jaylen sinks it's teeth into the specter's leg and poisons it as Rose heals Amber a bit. Oin then gets behind the specter and punches it with the glimmerskin cushioning the blow. Faerthurin moves as Jalerom finally climbs up the cliff wall, sneaks behind the specter and attacks it. Beleen finishes chanting and irresistable dance is cast. The glimmerskin crawls away from Shiloh, Amber, Jeminya and Rose and begins dancing. Lucid pecks at the specter as Amber collapses on it.

## Notable events

* The party takes on the shadow in the form of a specter given glimmerskin and levitating a spear
* Amber kills the specter by falling on it