*Eternity and Almayce head to the doorway, as Almayce draws a wand from his belt.*
*The remaining two assailants near the party close the short gap to give chase. However, though they would dearly like to finish off the devastatingly dangerous and nigh-dead Ironwolf, a combination of Almayce, Eternity, and Astral Constructs placed by Zaeryl for this reason block their way. Thus, they decide to attack Eternity, hitting her once. Also of note, one of the Afflicted that is on the floor but not dead wakes up and tries to rise. An Astral Construct kills it.*
The next wave of six remaining Afflicted swarm past the Astral Construct, which downs one of them, to its credit. The other five decide that attacking the Astral Construct guy might be fun, or perhaps the near-dying Ironwolf next to him. One of them hits Zaeryl but does not quite spoil his concentration, but unfortunately, another of them slashes Ironwolf's neck and leaves the giant warrior dying, spilling blood over the cold stone floor.*
(OOC: Eternity takes 9, then Ironwolf takes 7 (at -5!) and Zaeryl takes 8.)
*Another wave, this time of ten Afflicted, approaches into the light thrown by Michael in the distance.*
*Zaeryl completes his manifestation, as two more of the more dangerous Astral Constructs appear, one just in front of the newest group of ten, the other nearby to protect himself from his own assailants, and he shakes with self-inflicted psychic enervation another time for doing so. Then he takes a moment of calm and regains his psionic focus, replying to Michael:*
"We suggest leaving the way we came, which has no enemies at the moment, as soon as possible, after healing Ironwolf once to wake him up. We have cover covered."
*As one of the Constructs disappears completely into the darkened dead-end hallway, the other Astral Constructs kill both of the Afflicted attacking Eternity as well as the two attacking Zaeryl and the one that downed Ironwolf (sweet revenge!), leaving two Afflicted in the mix near Zaeryl and Ironwolf's body. The other newly-conjured construct kills two of the ten, as the one left behind that was conjured last round moves to stand just south, forming a blockade of Astral Constructs that should prevent the remaining eight from passing unless they all bowl past like they did with Michael.*
(OOC: Everyone's turn!)
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