The Battle for the Ziggurat Begins!

               HEIGHTENED ACTIVITY

Getting close to the Ziggurat also meant getting close to danger, a first skirmish with the guardians led the party to seek refuge in a nearby ruin, hoping to remain there undiscovered, but they had been seen...

 Before long a large force of bandits seemingly led by one of the 1/2 orc clerics and a Minotaur headed directly for their hiding place, at the same time one of the Neogi accompanied by a terrifying hulk also approached but kept a safe distance hiding behind a rock.

 It seems the foe are still not aware of Hugin the crow and his ability to spy for the group!

 Through a crack in the rubble they were also able to see that a horrible Spider ship was also in the area. The enemy formed into two groups one to each side of the only entrance to the ruin perhaps hoping to minimise the deadly effectiveness of Andrena's archery. A forlorn hope as it turned out.

 Even as the party were finalising their plans Flint seemingly possessed of some ancient racial insanity just ran out on his stout legs and attacked the Minotaur directly!! 

 At the same moment the Hulk left the Neogi and headed for the side of the ruin, then all hell broke loose, Arrows flew with the usual mixture of deadly accuracy and alarming mishap that seems to be Andrena's trademark, Flint and the Minotaur clashed, Thraug dashed out to support his ally, Arken began weaving his battle magics and Frost sought the favour of Tyr to grant power and protection to his allies...

                                                                                              A TERRIFYING HULK

 The enemy cleric tried to use powerful forces against Flint and Thraug, the Minotaur struck and missed, arrows whizzed and disrupted the cleric's power and the deafening clash of metal range out briefly, after the initial onslaught the party seemed to clearly have the upper hand,  however as the Hulk arrived a deadly duel ensued between it and Arken and only his ability to keep a clear head when facing the terrifying monster and the timely intervention of Frost and his warhammer imbued with divine magic saved the day!

 What was left was just mopping up, the Neogi had fled the scene and now in the midst of battle remains the heroes began to consider how they would deal with the Ziggurat...