[url=http://magerune.blogspot.com/2013/11/xukhezur-kavinath.html]Xukhezur[/url] and Lu'Vayla were still within sight of the gate when they overheard the cries of alarm and aggression, and quickly sprinted over to investigate. The moment they noticed the appearance of Eliphas, the former recognized it as a balor from his [i]third[/i] optic orb's continuing surveillance of Lithium and cried "[url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm#balor]Balor[/url]!" as the latter immediately cast a quickened instance of [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/haste.htm]her discipline's primary spell[/url] upon herself, Xukehzur and anyone nearby, such that the recipients of her spell all stood within about ten yards of one another. Those affected found their rate of thought and action accelerated relative to the flow of the timestream, as everything around them appeared to slow down a little bit. Lu'Vayla the Velocimaster, true to [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/prc/20070327]her methods[/url] and moniker, found herself accelerated far more than the others she had affected. As she advanced fiercely upon the illusion of Eliphas, her image was a little distorted by her rate of speed, making her appear rather compressed and flattened in the front and stretched out behind in her wake. She immediately made the short sword she withdrew, transform itself into a bastard sword that she then held in both hands. As she closed in, she attempted to step within range of the large menacing demon in order to cast a spell of [i][url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/banishment.htm]banishment[/url][/I] upon it, not yet aware of its illusory nature.

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