[i][h3]The Vale[/h3][b]The Town,[/b]
[b]Currently[/b][/I]

The feline monk's hit scored, having set a bolt of golden light directly into her foe before it could so much as react, the battle's tides were already well in the process of being turned; they had clawed another inch back from the formless Kingdom of Darkness. This process, repeated enough so that they had found an unexpected ally, was a sound well of hope - deeper and fuller than any they really should have experienced. Their home, or what was left of it, had disappeared into the void no more than a day ago, but here in this world they felt a surge of exhilaration their spirits hadn't ever before; as though their efforts were actually seeing them through.

But so too was doubt strong here, venomously potent at that.

That subtle, underlying distraction is what set the slayer's bolt off its course just ever so slightly. It took a moment of reflection to recognize it had not landed, the cloud of unusual deceit and actual chaos of battle mingling into one complicated mess that only spiraled further out. Yet, by then, the violent gnome hurried to the front, audacious robes shifting as he carried himself as fast as his feet could speed in flight. Seemingly oblivious to the weighty burden the shadows had, one just under the surface, he drew back a hand and threw forth a bizarre lavender beam which then struck past Thea and to the shadowy soldier.

His arcane language for the spell certainly was not familiar either, even not to the ears of the trained Wick.

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Birbin casts a strange magical cantrip at the [i]Shadow Soldier[/i] beside Thea. It suffers 4 psychic damage and has disadvantage on its next saving throw until the start of Birbin's next turn.

[b]Score[/b]
[url=https://youtu.be/NQ5S8vs2n0U?t=54s]A Fellow Hero[/url]

[b]Map[/b]
[url=https://www.myth-weavers.com/map.html#id=4370]Town[/url]

[b]Initiative Order[/b][list]
[*] [i]Haemar (19)[/i]
[*] [i]Thea (19)[/i]
[*] Katia (16)
[*] Theodore (16)
[*] [i]Birbin (13)[/i]
[*] Cesar (12)
[*] [i]Shadows (10)[/i]
[*] [i]Night Fury (10)[/i]
[*] Wick (5)
[*] Valmjr (4)
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