A scream on his lips, he split the head of a gor with his sword. He had no idea what was going on here. He would have thought it was a greater demon outside until he saw that the Beastman and Chosen were just as frightened as the rest of them, and then he remembered the Dragon eggs. [i]By Sigmar's balls![/i] 

Isolde stumbled into him and screamed in his ear, her eyes wide with fear. He looked around, and his eyes fell upon Hilde and the Scribe. He sheathed his broadsword, and plucked up an exhausted Isolde as if she weighed about as much as his weapon had. He was tired too, but his adrenaline was pumping. He pushed himself across the last bits of carnage and made it to the Scribe. 

With a snarl, he kicked the man in the leg, the tiny limb cracking as Vitus fell with a very unmanly screech of pain. Cerdic then kicked him in the chest, before using his free hand to grab Hilde's arm, dragging her. "Come on!" he yelled, charging forward with his last remaining strength toward the dimly lit stairwell. 

Behind them, a huge rending of wood and stone tore through their eardrums. Cerdic didn't look back, but the screams of the men and Beastman made it seem evident enough that the beast had ripped through the great doors to the large Hall. A roar the likes of which he had never heard in all of his life followed the noise, and the cold air in the room seemed to be sucked up as he stumbled down the first few steps of the stairwell. 

The room behind them exploded in flames. Cerdic leaped down the last 5 steps, hitting the stone bottom and rolling around the corner as intense heat and bits of flame licked them even down there. He covered the unarmored women up with his powerful form, shuddering as the beast let loose. It was less than a minute later, but the noises of claws scraping stone and the mewling of the beast was evident above them. He dragged them down the corridor, suddenly feeling so much heavier but knowing they needed to continue. Isolde let out a rasping cough that seemed to sound too much like their dragging feet.
[@Austronaut]