Burnt Offerings

The hound snarls and flies into the air. Gerund and Yola swipe at it ineffectually as it sails over their heads straight at Seoni. She manages to step back and get the slim iron wand at her belt drawn before the 1000 lbs beast crashes down, fangs seeking her throat. Finally she manages to get the wand between her and the beast, and with a flick of her wrist sends a fatal jolt of lightning through the hateful creature. The hound's hair stands on end and begins to smoke, and the whole chamber fills with the smell of singed fur as the hulking beast slumps dead to the floor.
While her friends struggle with the hound, Sasha's mind clouds with vengeance and she leaps over the shiny floor, her acrobatic feet easily carrying her to her target. The smile on Lyrie's face disappears as Sasha tackles her to the floor and starts pummelling her about the head. The bookish Lyrie is no match for Sasha's bare fisted fury. Blood streaming from a broken nose, she half scrambles, and is half pulled back from Sasha, who bellows in frustration as the focus of her wrath is yanked backwards.

Sasha looks up to see who can only be Nualia standing before her. The silver haired, violet eyed women grabs Lyrie by the scruff of her neck with a red-scaled claw and yanks her to safety behind her. "Lyrie, stay behind me; close the gate." Holding one hand to her face, Lyrie scurries around the corner to comply. Nualia cuts an imposing figure. Tall and lean, her beauty is unsettling, and marred by both her demonic claw-like left hand and the scars and partially healed wounds across her exposed midriff. Impassively, she raises her serrated blade to cut Sasha down...

In the south hall Orik stands fast against the militia, blocking all attacks against him and delivering a brutal swipe to Vansen, who staggers back to be replaced in the assault by young Alpert. Poot steps up his oratory, trying to egg on his green troops against this obvously more skilled swordsman.

The Yeth Hound attacks Seoni for a whopping 10 hp, ut seoni counters with a zap from her wand of shocking grasp, killing the beast. Sasha easily jumps the trapped section of hallway due to her high acrobatics skill and punches/kicks/scratches Lyrie for 3 hp non lethal dmg. On her turn Lyrie cannot connect with Sasha. Nualia uses her action to switch places with Lyrie, allowing Sasha one more good kick at her ( 3 more non-lethal dmg). Orik Hits Vansen for 7 HP and takes none in return.