Legend of the Hidebehind

> The party faces the Hidebehind!
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## Summary

Caius punches the displacer beast closest to the horses before it can eat them. The beast grabs Caius' foot with its tentacles and flips him over before slashing him with his claws. Xaillen quickly gets between Caius and where the displacer beast went and tells everyone to heal him. Olwen Edgeworth can't come up with a strategy and tries to fire at the displacer beast she targeted but misses. Flint tries to pull Caius away but falls over. He quickly gives one of his potions to Caius which heals him slowly. Michael Cienza throws one of his hammers at the displacer beast Olwen was targeting and hits it. Seven yells at the beast and it becomes scared. Seven tries to grab it but it slips back in terror for a bit. It uses its tentacles to knock her prone and tries to strike her. Seven quickly rolls out of the way and it misses.

The third beast strikes Adrian hard and knocks him out cold. It begins to drag Adrian away as he wakes up. He quickly blasts it in the face with a force bolt. He can't get away from the beast, but he does put up a shield. Hoshimi quickly heals Adrian and inspires everyone. Sybl Indrax casts fear into the displacer beast holding Adrian and hopes to nudge Adrian's fate to get away from the beast. Three of the horses flee from the camp as Caius gets up and climbs onto the boxes with Xaillen. The beast in the bushes leaps up towards them but Xaillen reflects the fire's light in the beast's eyes. Caius follows up by tripping the beast. As the beast gets back up, Xaillen backflips behind the beast and attacks it with his swords twice. Olwen quickly reloads and fires a shot at the beast dragging Adrian. It hits its leg and Adrian is let go. Flint scurries over to Adrian and holds onto him with the healer's gloves and it closes the rest of Adrian's wounds. Michael hurries over to the beast attacking Adrian and tries to attack it but misses it.

Seven follows the beast that retreated into the woods to find Yuuto holding onto the beast's neck. Seven helps it out by attacking the beast's neck and restrains it against a tree. The beast eventually breaks free and attacks Seven. The beast that was holding onto Adrian hides back into the jungle. Adrian gets up and remembers that drow used to train displacer beasts as pets. He takes out a sunrod and decides to wait until it comes out again to blind it. Hoshimi puts out a bunch of dancing lights to find the beast as Sybl fires a telekinetic bolt at the beast attacking Xaillen and Caius. The pebble smashes through the beast's skull and kills it. Two more horses flee as Sybl tries to demoralize the beast in the woods.

Caius gets off the boxes and charges towards the beast in the south. He then uppercuts it as Xaillen follows up with a downward slice from above, killing the displacer beast. Olwen quickly moves into the forest after reloading and shoots the displacer beast in the spinal cord. Once it's dead, she hugs Adrian, relieved that he's okay. Adrian is surprised but hugs her back. Olwen is determined to protect her friends as Adrian goes back into his tent and lies down. Hoshimi checks on Seven and Yuuto to see that they are starting to get along. Flint begins healing Caius up once Adrian is stable. Flint gives Caius a lollipop for being a good patient.

Michael notices something and calls the others over. There were collars on the displacer beasts and the leashes of said beasts were torn. Olwen suggests that these beasts were in the hands of the drow that were killed. They likely lashed out against their masters. Flint and Olwen feel bad about killing them, but Xaillen said they were an invasive species, and it was likely necessary to kill them. They guess the cat folk was mistaken for the Deliadel and it's likely they won't get the reward for it. When asked where Adrian is, Olwen tries to cover for him. Flint covers for her, and everyone heads to bed with Xaillen suggesting that they report this incident to the crown since there are more drow supremacists lately.

The next morning, the party gets up later than usual and packs up. Everyone gives Adrian space as they leave the Galgari Jungle. They see New Gatless on the horizon. Just then many people in the group heard weird breathing. Flint turns around slowly to find nothing at first. Then he sees a hungry beast in the jungle. He blinks and it vanishes.

## Notable events

* The party defeats the displacer beasts
* The party leaves the Galgari Jungle