The Ogre roared in surprise and pain, his face and hair burning and his body being riddled with bullets. Despite the fierce attack, his club swung wide and was set loose out his hand, spinning end over end. It was as heavy as a log, flying into a tree, that just so happened to be the Gnome's tree. One Gnome had just enough time to attempt to scramble out of the way. Unfortunately, one of the crew was hit with tremendous force on his leg, his little leg being shattered just as the Ogre began to stagger away, until it fell upon its knees and fell over, bleeding from over a dozen different bullet holes, its head still smoking. After the club had hit the tree, it had bounced off and hit the edge of the bridge, activating one of the traps. Nothing happened at first... 
Now the Gnomes had one dead member, a few members hanging for their lives off a tree branch, and a dead Ogre body that stuck out like a sore thumb next to the bridge. Not that the glyphs and cheese and traps did not stick out as well.
The dog suspended in the trees yipped, and suddenly the poison darts shot out from the side, slicing through the air harmlessly and embedding on a nearby Oak. The other traps were still set however.  
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The two men's corpses flailed and fell over as dead weight, blood now smeared upon the table they were playing upon. Nuva's prediction of noise was not an inaccurate one, for as he was wiping his face, another bandit walked into the room. He had a beard, framed by grey eyes filled with surprise, and then anger. Whether he was simply brave, foolish, or experience enough to have seen a Skayleigh before, he did not hesitate. He drew his long knife and took 3 running steps towards Nuva's back. That is, until Kayden's arming sword ran him through from the side. The Prince's brown eyes were inches from the grey eyes of the dying man as the light began to leave his eyes. [i]There goes another's hopes and dreams[/i], Kayden though with a sick twist in his stomach. The torchlight flickered upon the two corpses, soon joined by a third as the other bandit slid to the ground, now leaving this world in a pool of his own blood. In the cells, they only saw one person. It was a female Elf of shoulder length blonde hair clad in form fitting, functional leather armor. Her hands were shackled behind her back, and her feet were tied by Ropes. "Took you long enough." she said aloud. Kayden wiped the blade of his sword on the dead man's jerkin. "We were caught up."  
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The Gnoll's furred hide wasn't as easily torn as a doe's. But the Kukri did its business, slicing it open with help from Zin's muscled arm. Its yelps died as he finished it off. Another Gnoll holding a scimitar with a blade like a jagged mountain range saw an opportunity to take advantage of, grinning and making ready to charge and hack Zin to pieces. It's hopes were extinguished as 3 arrows ended its life. The Gnolls were now 3 against 3. Two Sword wielding ones, and the leader with the wicked Halberd. Leonard seemed to have gone around to flank them.
With a hissing snarl, the leader leaped forward and sliced its sharp polearm across the small clearing, surely hitting something with its feral and quick attack. The two Elves were in the leader's range, but perhaps they survived as the leaves and dismembered weed stalks fluttered to the ground. A scimitar wielding monster hacked at Jex, the Drabarian blocking the blade with the haft of his two handed battle Axe. He hissed and thrusted his weapon forward, knocking the Gnoll in the chest by the blunt end and sending it skidding back a bit, a shallow wound on its pectorals. The Third Gnoll saw an opportunity to run at Arassel and Zin once the polearm passed, but an unexpected cry from the bushes was heard by all. 
"FER' THE QUEEN!" Regeland cried, his rapier slicing out of the brush like a whip, granting him a shallow stab along the Gnoll's forarm. The creature yelped, then snarled at the man, slicing at him with all the feral speed it had. Amazingly, the man seemed an impressive duelist, his blade whipping two and fro, poking the Gnoll and keeping it at bay, but scoring no large hits as of yet. The flamboyant Vrettonian let out a "HA! HEH-HU HA HA!" as he dueled the creature.  
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