Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28358106-20160714040922/@comment-28358106-20160718173800

More ballista rounds whistle past Hound as he runs. One of them lands near the Centaurs, and a few of them go down. They continue to fight, however, and give just as well as they receive, but it's clear they won't last. They're sacrificing themselves to allow the last of the Harpies to escape.

Hound chases the small group up the wide stone steps. In a running battle, he cuts the soldiers down one by one as they fall like cordwood. Finally, he catches the Mage by the collar and yanks him back, throwing him on the ground.

Then Hound feels it, unmistakable, from the peak. The miasma from before.

"You know what is there," the mage cackles, his terror turned to hideous delight. "You cannot stop him!  You may try, but you will -HLLK-"

He is silenced as Hound snaps his neck.

(Ascend the peak and see what has happened, or stay below?)