Silver Insanity

Aurora: The three hyenadons apparently have some sort of fire protection active, as they are completely uninjured by your attack.

Stewart: The hyenadon blinks, and shakes itself vigorously; the incipient crystallization fades from its form.

Luma: Luma simply shadowsteps back to the top of the cliff, and rips into one of the hyenadons.

Eenyrl: Eenyrl moves off to one side, and shoots the hyenadon that Luma injured.

And then the entire region erupts in flames; vast waves of fire lashing out of the ground at everything and everyone in the vicinity. Also including a chunk of the forest off to your right; lesser trees are utterly consumed, and even the greatest ones are reduced to pillars of charred wood.

It looks like there is someone (still alive) in the chunk of woods that got hit, but before any of you can get a really good look, tendrils of icy shadow boil out of the ground around your group, blocking sight and lashing and grasping at everyone.

Stewart glares at the burns on his clothing and the cold starts swirling as an icy mist around his arms. He then gestures in front of him and a large winged construct begins solidifying. "I'll call up some friends to hold up these hyena-things. Someone should take care of whoever's doing the ice and flames."

Aurora's gaze flickers towards the woods before returning to the shadowed combat in front of her. Her eyes narrow as smoky silver-gray energy swirls around her fists. A billowing cloud of gray energy erupts from the hovering spellcaster's fists, streaming down towards the ground. The leading edge of the cloud hits the ground nearest Aurora first and rolls across to the cliff's edge accompanied by a steady rumbling sound. Almost like a thousand small explosions... Only Stewart, Luma, Eenyrl, Kailyn, and the steadily forming construct of Stewart's make are left untouched, albeit ruffled by the "storm's" passage. As the last of the streaming silver-gray energy leaves Aurora's hands she begins to move towards the undamaged treeline.

Aurora: Your unconventional use of your power has cleared the shadowy mist from the area. It's still raining, but at least you can see what you're doing now.

One of the hyenadons was slain outright by your attack; there are two still alive, though one has been grabbed by the large tentacles that still fill the region.

A large white wolf is trotting serenely through midair over the cliff edge - going from your right to your left. As he reaches the woods on the far side, he dashes in to attack a previously unseen target hiding at the forest's edge. And misses.

The target is a gnoll priestess, wearing an impressive set of gold jewelry and little else. And, apparently, really good at hiding - you would never have spotted her if someone hadn't pointed out exactly where she was.

Luma: had been grappled by the tentacles (though a careful observer will notice that the ones holding on to her are a slightly different consistency than the ones from the Evard's effect...). Much like falling off a cliff, though, this is remedied by a quick shadowstep over to gnoll. The resulting flurry of attacks lands only a single glancing blow, however; this priestess is obnoxiously elusive.

Eenyrl: is being grappled by the tentacles and, despite his best efforts, remains so.

Kailyn: trots a few steps towards the forest on the side, giving himself a clear run to charge at the gnoll Luma and the wolf are fighting.

The Hyenadons: The one that was standing goes to try and bite Stewart - but gets grabbed by the tentacles before its attack can land. The other roars angrily and breaks itself free of the tentacles that were holding it - but is in no position to immediately attack anyone.

A male gnoll wearing a well made blackened breastplate walks out of the forest to stand next to the first gnoll, one hand on her shoulder. A shouted word of power is followed by a quick arcane gesture - both to no visible effect.*

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* Power Word: Kill, and quickened Flee the Scene, respectively.

A fur clad woman charges onto the scene towards the two gnolls. She tops suddenly just short of them like some realization has struck her, roars, and tears a watermelon sized chunk out of a tree with one angry swipe of her clawed hand. A large winter wolf trots up next to her looking equally frustrated.

Aurora's speed picks up sharply as she darts through the air towards the tree cover. "At least for the moment they're still close by, within twenty-five yards or so, but assuming I'm correct they could keep hopping around fairly quickly. They can't attack and do so though..." she silently warns her companions. Darting through the trees Aurora scans the sodden forest for any signs of the gnollish pair.

Stewart's construct forms, and takes to the air. Stewart himself takes a moment to gather his wits before moving away from the hyenas, grappled or no.

Both hyenadons are now grappled, and whining a bit.

Luma glares at the two illusionary gnolls, mutters something unrepeatable under her breath, and concentrates for a moment.
"That way," she points off into the woods, along the direction of the cliff, and then sprints off in that direction herself.


Aurora: You manage to come within sight of the gnolls at about the same time Luma shows up. They, of course, just teleport again - but this time Luma is able to immediately point out which way they went...

Stewart takes another moment to focus himself, and then follows Luma and Aurora.

Maya and her pack head off in the same general direction, spreading out and creating large gaps between each member. The pack members each howl hoping to gain the attention of the others in pursuit and hoping they'll get the idea.