Session 72

=November 4th, 2021 - Clash of the Zombies=

Clash of the Zombies
The session began with the crowds of the coliseum erupting as a second wave of undead started charging out of the gates around the arena. Larger zombified ogres and trolls clambered out until they saw the group of Champions gathered near one end. The monsters started charging from all around the Champions, and their dwarven honor guard. The fighting was intense, with Maximus circling and swooping down to claw and bite, and the spellcasters trying to stay protected in the middle of their group.

The dwarven honor guard had taken up positions around the group, and they took the brunt of charging trolls and ogre clubs - it wasn’t long until all four dwarves fell. Rachen and Cadmus had split on either side of the group, with Rachen getting surrounded. After felling an ogre, he put himself between another ogre and troll to try and save Thia, who had gotten herself surrounded. Cadmus used his staff of thunder and lightning to great effect, and unleashed a mighty lightning bolt through multiple ogres. Quickly, there was no safe spot, as the dead moved between the group and the Champions were taking numerous hits. Alburt detonated a couple of spell-sculpted fireballs around his friends.

Rufus was dodging, somersaulting and rolling to avoid hits as he performed his hit and run tactics. There was a humanoid zombie among the group that appeared to be raising zombies that had fallen. Once the group focused that monster down, the zombies stayed dead. However, only a few seconds after this humanoid zombie hit the dirt, did the stone gate-slabs around the arena lowered again. The Champions were still in combat, and shouted to each other to pay attention as six zombified dinosaurs started charging - three zombie stegosaurus and three zombified triceratops.

Cadmus used his spirit guardians and thunder staff to try and zone out some of the dinosaurs from the group melee, but in doing so he was charged and gored by one of the triceratops. Then the roar of a mighty zombified tyrannosaurus rex sounded from across the arena, as the Z-Rex charged out from the large boss-gate.

It was beginning to look bleak for the Champions. Alburt misty stepped out of the mass of monstrosities, and Thia had to acrobatically jump off the back of a dino and grab onto the tail of her dragon, Maximus, to get her out above the melee. Once on her dragon’s back, she could shoot with impunity. Lachlan was bladesinging, and amongst the crowd's cheers the Champions pulled from the brink and started to overcome the zombies.

It had only been a few minutes, but when the last zombified dinosaur fell the Champions stood breathing heavily, bleeding and wounded. The crowds clapping and cheering calmed down. The arena was filled with dead bodies, blood and gore was everywhere, and all the dwarves that came with them through the portal now lay dead upon the dirt.

Just when they thought perhaps it was over, the large stone-slabs around the arena began to lower once again. The roar of the crowd rose again as the Champions watched numerous rank and file skeletons in full plate armor marched out into the arena. The group looked around at each other and braced for what was to come next.

And that is where the short session ended. It was still the night of the two hundred and seventy second (272nd) day since the raid on Greenest.

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