A CLOSE RUN THING!

 The battle raged for some time and our heroes were hard pressed to defeat this group of enemies, the Umber Hulks particularly were hard to stop, the heroes had learned to avoid looking directly at them, and this knowledge certainly saved the day, trading precision of attack for immunity to the confusing gaze of the huge monsters.

 Some heroes were sore wounded before the battle ended, the enemy archer traded shots with Andrena but in the end the Elven markswoman bettered the Ronin, (for it turned out the enemy was such). Thraug stood his ground and fought the terrifying monsters toe to toe! Both surviving Neogi tried to flee, one was cut down and for a moment it seemed the other would escape but Flint pursued in the Turtle ship and eventually the crew shot the beast with the vessel's armaments.

 Frost cast his divine magic to aid the party, Arken smote with with his great sword and thus the tide of battle turned in the parties favour.

             NEOGI PURSUED BY TURTLE:

Aftermath

 The party regrouped and began to sift through the wrecked Spidership, inside they found a horrific discovery, the craft was powered by a fiendish device which sucks the life from the unfortunate wretches locked in a cage in the helm room!!!

 The most recent victim was still alive and with a little care they managed to save his life, he introduced himself as Okan Kimi Special Envoy from the Empire of Kirshim, and he immediately asked them to help him rid these lands of the curse that has befallen them. The party were not averse to such a course of action, Mr Kimi's equipment was rescued from the hold of the ship and he clad himself in his armour making ready to help the party finish their task. And they all set off back to the Ziggurat.

                                                  DRESSED FOR REVENGE!