[i]A flurry of small black swipes came at the abjurer as he broke from the remaining duo of shadows, leaving the one that managed to strike him exploding into light and its midnight essence fading away and the other almost keeling over from exerting its reach far beyond its grasp. They were not particularly smart foes, but beyond a doubt they were tenacious. They would follow you anywhere and everywhere if it meant scoring just one more blow.

And then came a startling explosion of crystalline ice in the otherwise wind whipped air, most of it clattering to the ground and bursting again into smaller pieces and racing past those present. Each piece, no matter how small, underwent rapid sublimation; the frozen magic shards reduced back to ether in moments and without a trace. As fortune would have it, two of the shadows caught the worst of the blast, while one other seemed to have taken hardly anything worse than a cold bath. In its own strange way, it seemed to shiver, as impossible as it was for a creature devoid of emotion or natural reaction. In either circumstance, despite best efforts to shield herself, the former elf that was Wick had no defense against the icy onslaught and too was bathed in the frosty magic.

Faint blue mist wafting from her armor and shield, it was clear that despite this incident she was still in the fight to come. After all, it would take more than that to see her into the world thereafter again. Not that she was in a hurry to visit it, at least not at this very moment, but it was safe to say it could have turned out worse. Much worse, for rather than continue to mindlessly attack her person, their rime covered bodies slowed for a moment before Haemar's magic dissipated.[/i]

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The [i]Shadow[/i] that was east of Haemar strikes him on its attack of opportunity for 1 slashing damage, but then explodes into light from hitting his [i]Illuminating Shroud[/i]. The other [i]Shadow[/i] flails miserably, failing to hit.

The north most and south most [i]Shadows[/i] fail their Dexterity saving throws and suffer 3 cold damage. The middle [i]Shadow[/i], that one directly in front of Wick, succeeds and takes only 1 point. Unfortunately, Wick fails her saving throw to the [i]Ice Knife[/i] and also loses her Concentration on [i]Hex[/i].
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[@Big Dread], [@Gordian Nought]