Hollow Eve Tournament 458/Questionable Trinity vs. Camvrenkwain 2026-11-09

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Avrenka raises his hand in an imaginary toast.

His eyes bug out as he lapses into a momentary trance.

Nawain gets an icy blue crystal from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain holds an icy blue crystal in her hand and closes her eyes in concentration.

Nawain inhales sharply.  Though there is no apparent physical change to her, she seems more determined.

Nawain puts her crystal in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets a winter-bright niveium shard traced by rimestone-inlaid fissures from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain holds a winter-bright niveium shard traced by rimestone-inlaid fissures in her hand and closes her eyes in concentration.

Soft waves of a gentle, warm peach color flicker around Nawain.

Nawain puts her shard in her watersilk bag.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Brilliant, hair-like threads of light form a wispy crown around his head.

Nawain gets an ornate brass astrolabe from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain holds her astrolabe up and focuses on it.

Nawain puts her astrolabe in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets an indurium phoenix with eyes of canary diamond from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain holds an indurium phoenix with eyes of canary diamond in her hand and closes her eyes in concentration.

A wild fervor flashes in Nawain's eyes.

Avrenka gestures.

Nawain puts her phoenix in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets a sturdy ironwood wand wrapped in braided lengths of sinew from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain holds a sturdy ironwood wand wrapped in braided lengths of sinew in her hand and closes her eyes in concentration.

Nawain puts her wand in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets a regal diamondwood scepter capped with a trilliant-cut Sunderstone from inside her watersilk bag.

Avrenka puts his turtle in his black backpack.

Nawain holds a regal diamondwood scepter capped with a trilliant-cut Sunderstone in her hand and closes her eyes in concentration.

Nawain lifts her fist toward the heavens and with a mighty shout displays her righteous wrath.

Nawain puts her scepter in her watersilk bag.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Nawain takes off an ethereal butterfly fetish spreading wings of verdant moonsilver.

Avrenka gestures.

Nawain lifts her fetish above her head and closes her eyes.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Centering.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain's fetish steadily brightens, until it burns like a glowing golden torch!

Nawain's fetish fades over the course of a few seconds, returning to normal.

Nawain puts on an ethereal butterfly fetish spreading wings of verdant moonsilver.

Avrenka gestures.

Avrenka's face grows stoic, his body steady and vigilant.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Cambin lifts his fist toward the heavens and with a mighty shout displays his righteous wrath.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's eyes flare with an ethereal blue glow as her body grows rigid, contorting against the unmistakable throes of great pain.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Redeemer's Pride.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain trembles in pain, her steepled fingers fused together in concentration.

Dozens of faces on Cambin's sipar glom together and form what appears to be a raised fist made of faces.  The fist opens into a seven fingered hand that seems to wave back and forth, each finger composed of several small faces.  After a moment, the hand breaks apart into component faces, which appear to be laughing as they settle back to their normal movement.

Traces of ethereal blue light flicker over Nawain's form, like tendrils of unnatural lightning.  Her face contorts in agony, eyes rolling back into her head as she attempts to retain concentration.

Cambin puts his draught in his traveler's backpack.

Cambin draws forth an immense guardless flamberge featuring a serrated fire-orange blade.

Nawain's morbid grimace softens a shade as she slowly relaxes the vigilant pose of her hands, seeming more tranquil than before.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka gestures.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Righteous Wrath.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A brilliant silver halo appears briefly around Nawain's head.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka gestures.

Avrenka lifts his fist toward the heavens and with a mighty shout displays his righteous wrath.

A tiny murder crow lifts its head and nuzzles Nawain's ear before warbling a heart-rending melody.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Nawain's direction.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Sentinel's Resolve.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

Nawain is bathed in a soft silver glow.  For a moment, you hear a root-deep, living thrum beneath the ground.

Avrenka gestures.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A fiery blaze covers Nawain's left arm like a vambrace of solid sunlight.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Sure Footing.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

The air around Nawain shimmers with a blinding yellow luminescence.  The scintillating light writhes and twists, abruptly coalescing into a translucent field before blinking out of sight.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka gestures.

Avrenka looks steadier.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Cambin's direction.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Nawain's direction.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Turmar Illumination.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

A dull orange glow settles around him.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

Nawain's face grows stoic, her body steady and vigilant.

Avrenka gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

A soft silver glow briefly envelops Cambin's guardless flamberge.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A lucent sphere glistens around Nawain.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Will of Winter.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

Her eyes bug out as she lapses into a momentary trance.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka gets a corked glass bottle from inside his black backpack.

Kneeling down, Avrenka draws geometric figures within a bounded, six-pointed star with brass powder.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A shaft of brilliant white light descends from the heavens, bathing Nawain in its radiance.

She appears to grow stronger.

Avrenka's brass powder design erupts, transforming into a pattern of vivid and fiery lines!

Avrenka's vivid and fiery ritual burns away, leaving no sign of its former presence.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A brilliant silver glow enwreathes Nawain's body.

Avrenka gazes about his surroundings as if following unseen currents.

Avrenka inhales sharply.  Though there is no apparent physical change to him, he seems more determined.

Avrenka puts his bottle in his black backpack.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka takes a seat.

Avrenka gets a white leather scroll folio embossed with the symbol for eternity from inside his black backpack.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Nawain's direction.

Nawain taps something inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets a basic runestone marked with a symbol for Lay Ward from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain touches a basic runestone marked with a symbol for Lay Ward and closes her eyes in concentration.

Nawain puts her runestone in her watersilk bag.

Avrenka gestures at a gold-stippled scroll labeled with Aesandry Darlaeth.

Avrenka's scroll glows with iridescent hues.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A silver static briefly appears around Nawain's arms.

Avrenka gestures.

Avrenka suddenly seems more graceful and deliberate in his movement.

Avrenka flips through his folio and writes in a new spell.  His scroll crumbles to dust afterward.

Avrenka puts his folio in his black backpack.

Avrenka tries to stand and fails.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A bright silver nimbus roars up around Nawain as lights the hue of painted lady butterflies descend in a chime-soft waterfall.

Avrenka stands up.

Avrenka gets a balsa mongoose bead from inside his black backpack.

Avrenka gestures.

A shadow deeper than night oozes into existence in Avrenka's left hand and coalesces into a long narrow moonblade of dull black which seems to absorb light itself.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

She begins to glow with a powerful divine aura.

Cambin speaks a few words of righteousness in Truffenyi's name.

Suddenly, Cambin's voice is amplified tenfold as it echoes off to the distance, punctuated by a loud rallying call!

Avrenka's black moonblade blazes with violent, dark-purple energy.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Nawain's direction.

Cambin gestures at Nawain.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka's black moonblade is surrounded by a brief-lived aura of twisted space.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

A soft voice from somewhere near Avrenka babbles, "Tooheemooyee mo yoreetoo!"

Cambin gestures at Avrenka.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Nawain gestures.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

Avrenka's black moonblade blazes with violent, dark-purple energy.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

Avrenka casually releases his black moonblade into the air where it begins to bob along lazily beside him.

Avrenka gestures.

A shadow deeper than night oozes into existence in Avrenka's left hand and coalesces into a long narrow moonblade of dull black which seems to absorb light itself.

Cambin gestures at Nawain.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Brilliant, hair-like threads of light form a wispy crown around Nawain's head.

Avrenka's black moonblade blazes with violent, dark-purple energy.

Nawain gestures at Avrenka.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Nawain's direction.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

Sofina just arrived.

Avrenka's black moonblade is surrounded by a brief-lived aura of twisted space.

Sofina goes northeast.

Cambin gestures at Avrenka.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Brilliant, hair-like threads of light form a wispy crown around Avrenka's head.

Nawain gestures.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

Cambin gestures.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

Nawain gestures at Cambin.

Avrenka gestures.

A white static briefly appears around Avrenka's arms.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

A sheet of lustrous silver liquid snaps into being vertically in front of Nawain, its pristine surface animated with placid ripples and bubbles.  She takes a single step through it, emerging to the other side unchanged but with company.  As the silvery sheet is dragged along with the incomer, it wraps and defines the vaguely humanoid form of a shadowy watchsoul.

Avrenka gestures.

The air around him seems to shudder for a moment.

Nawain reaches up with open palms and cradles the luminous orb floating near her, allowing its light to ripple over her body like a rising tide.

Nawain's watersilk bag emits a loud *snap*.

Pinpoints of intense white light erupt from the ether, rapidly streaking and blurring into a blinding whirlwind of luminance surrounding Nawain.  The chaotic patterns of light roar and moan like so many lost souls bemoaning their demise.

The strands of violently churning light intertwine, crystallizing into a halo of radiant energy around Nawain.

The barrier of swirling light enwreathing Nawain's body fades to invisibility, the air lingering with a wraithlike sigh.

Swirling together, each of the faces on Cambin's sipar congeal into a distorted mess of facial features before slowly separating back into distinct entities.

Nawain gestures.

Oily copper-red rust slowly blankets the ground beneath Nawain, splaying into crooked motifs at its periphery.

Cambin traces a complex glyph in the space above his right arm.

Avrenka raises his bead up, and an orange glow surrounds it.

Several brown cockroaches huddle together nearby, seemingly drawn to Nawain.

Avrenka gestures.

The air around Avrenka begins to shimmer oddly.

Cambin gestures at Nawain.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

A dull orange glow settles around Nawain.

Avrenka fades into view.

Nawain lays her open palm over Avrenka's head.

A brilliant silver halo appears briefly around Avrenka's head.

Cambin gestures at Avrenka.

Cambin's cambrinth prism emits a loud *snap*.

A dull orange glow settles around Avrenka.

Nawain gets an ebonwood ritual vessel shaped like a hollow crow skull from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain taps something inside her ritual vessel.

Nawain puts her vessel in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets an ebonwood ritual vessel shaped like a hollow crow skull from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain sprinkles some holy water on herself.

Nawain puts her vessel in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets some holy oil from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain sprinkles some holy oil on herself.

Nawain puts her oil in her watersilk bag.

Avrenka fades into view.

Nawain pinches a portion of nemoih unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her nemoih unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of sufil unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her sufil unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of georin unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her georin unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of plovik unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her plovik unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of nilos unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her nilos unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of hulnik unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her hulnik unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of jadice unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her jadice unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of aloe unguent from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her aloe unguent on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of eghmok tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her eghmok tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of aevaes tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her aevaes tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of riolur tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her riolur tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of ithor tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her ithor tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of muljin tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her muljin tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of junliar tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her junliar tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of yelith tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her yelith tonic on Cambin.

Nawain pinches a portion of lujeakave tonic from an apothecary's felwood travel case made up of a plethora of drawers.

Nawain rubs some of her lujeakave tonic on Cambin.

Cambin gestures.

The dull orange glow fades from Cambin.

A dull orange glow settles around him.

Nawain gets an ebonwood ritual vessel shaped like a hollow crow skull from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain taps something inside her ritual vessel.

Nawain puts her vessel in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets a tenebrous black ka'hurst pasabas with a shadowleaf-wrapped hilt from inside her hip sack.

Nawain gets some burnt incense from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain strikes a piece of black flint against a tenebrous black ka'hurst pasabas with a shadowleaf-wrapped hilt, causing a shower of sparks over the burnt incense which smolders, then bursts into flames.

Nawain waves some burnt incense over herself.

A wisp of smoke settles around Nawain, surrounding her with the scent of smoke.

Nawain snuffs out her burnt incense.

Nawain puts her pasabas in her hip sack.

Nawain puts her incense in her watersilk bag.

Nawain gets an ebonwood ritual vessel shaped like a hollow crow skull from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain sprinkles some holy water on herself.

Nawain puts her vessel in her watersilk bag.

Nawain takes a deep breath and then raises her hands, murmuring prayers under her breath.  A strong white light fills her, exploding outward and blinding you momentarily.  When the light fades Nawain seems to be floating a few inches above the ground while descending slowly to a standing position, looking exhausted but happy.

Nawain gets a winged tyrium scarab clasping a golden eye from inside her watersilk bag.

Nawain raises her scarab up, and a cold white glow surrounds it.

A rancid stench emanates from Nawain's body.

Cambin begins to focus intently around himself.

Nawain gestures.

The earth beneath your feet begins to shake violently!

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Truthseeker Elurora just arrived, leading her group.

Elurora traces a complex glyph in the space above her right arm.

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Aemaranth manages to stay upright, but looks a bit wobbly!

Elurora is thrown to the ground by the heaving of the earth!

As Cambin bows his head and chants, a brilliant disc of light coalesces before him.  Spinning slowly at first, it gains momentum until blue-white sparks shoot off in a blinding display.  He spreads his arms wide in a final decisive gesture, and the coruscating light explodes, sending a barrage of razor-edged rays flying out in all directions!

An ephemeral light glows about Elurora.

A razor-edged ray lands a glancing strike against Elurora's chest!

Dark golden light shoots from Elurora to Cambin, but he endures its aggressive brilliance.

Avrenka reveals himself.

Avrenka gestures.

An unearthly scream echoes through the area.

Aemaranth collapses as if dead, dropping her ilglaiks skefne.

Elurora collapses as if dead, dropping her pavise shield and diacan cutlass.

Nawain glances disdainfully at Aemaranth.

Ruby wisps drift lazily before Aemaranth, trailing ribbons of spectral lightning.  The labyrinthine, ever-shifting tracery they sketch is already fading.

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Aemaranth shakes with the movement of the ground.

Elurora shakes with the movement of the ground.

The faces on Cambin's sipar take one last glance at him as he removes it.

Cambin loosens the straps securing his triangular sipar and removes it.

Cambin angles his triangular sipar at Aemaranth and charges forwards!

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

The air around Aemaranth solidifies into a blinding yellow luminescence and intercepts the attack with a shower of coruscating light.

Cambin's triangular sipar lands a glancing strike to Aemaranth's right leg!

A blithe house spirit materializes in a waft of chamomile and sage.

Avrenka gestures at Aemaranth.

Bands of opaque iridescence appear around Aemaranth in a concentric hexad.   Each begins to revolve along a different axis, soon collectively fading into a colored blur that obscures her for several moments.

The air around Aemaranth shimmers with a weak yellow light that quickly disperses.

A blithe house spirit near Aemaranth glides over to Avrenka, glowing brighter and brighter!

The house spirit passes through Avrenka's body with no discernible effect.

A blithe house spirit and a shadowy watchsoul fade away.

Cambin slides his left arm through the straps on his triangular sipar and flexes.

Cambin lowers his shoulders and steadies his weapon.

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

Cambin attempts to cleave through Aemaranth with his flamberge!

Cambin's guardless flamberge lands a good strike to Aemaranth's right arm!

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Aemaranth shakes with the movement of the ground.

Elurora shakes with the movement of the ground.

Nawain begins to focus intently on Aemaranth.

A blithe house spirit fades into view.

A blithe house spirit near Aemaranth glides over to Nawain, glowing brighter and brighter!

The house spirit passes through Nawain's body with no discernible effect.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

The dull orange glow fades from Aemaranth.

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a hard hit to Aemaranth's chest.

Arising from Cambin's guardless flamberge, a flock of flaming silver sparrows coalesces around him.  Wheeling slowly at first, they grow agitated until the air dances with flurries of holy fire.  He spreads his arms wide in a final decisive gesture, and the conflagration explodes, sending bird after fiery bird flying out in all directions!

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Aemaranth, battering her right arm with a light hit!

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Aemaranth, battering her left leg with a light hit!

An ephemeral light glows about Elurora.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Elurora, battering her back with a light hit!

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Aemaranth shakes with the movement of the ground.

Elurora shakes with the movement of the ground.

Elurora looks grim, but her wounds seem better.

Aemaranth gestures at Nawain.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Aemaranth's direction.

A blithe house spirit fades away.

A blithe house spirit fades into view.

A blithe house spirit near Aemaranth glides over to Cambin, glowing brighter and brighter!

The a blithe house spirit reaches out to lay a pair of immaterial fingers on Cambin's eyes, and a searing light gushes forth.  When the flash is gone, so is the specter.

Aemaranth begins to focus intently on Nawain.

Elurora stands up.

Nawain closes her eyes, drawing her closed fist toward her chest.

Seconds later she swings her arm outward, pointing at Aemaranth as her eyes fix on her in a vehement stare.

Avrenka regards Aemaranth with an incisive, calculating look.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Avrenka's direction.

A shadowy watchsoul fades into view.

Elurora positions herself to intercept Cambin's strike against Aemaranth!

An ephemeral light glows about Elurora.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a hard hit to Elurora's right leg.

Dark golden light shoots from Elurora to Cambin, but he endures its aggressive brilliance.

Silver birds of flame take wing from Cambin's guardless flamberge.

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Aemaranth, battering her chest with a good hit!

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Aemaranth, battering her left arm with a good hit!

Avrenka regards Aemaranth with an incisive, calculating look.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Avrenka's direction.

Several bolts of flashing silver flame flare into view, churning around Aemaranth.  With surprising speed, they swirl upward into the sky with a wailing shriek!

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Aemaranth shakes with the movement of the ground.

Elurora is thrown to the ground by the heaving of the earth!

A pair of immense ghostly hands sweep forward to grasp Aemaranth in a translucent embrace!

The ghostly hands interlock their wispy fingers, locking themselves tightly around Aemaranth.

Flickering shadows shudder through the air toward Aemaranth!

Tendrils of malevolent darkness swarm around Aemaranth, intertwining with one another into a constricting cage.

A disturbing black radiance creeps over Aemaranth's ilglaiks skefne.

A disturbing black radiance creeps over Aemaranth's ring balaclava.

A disturbing black radiance creeps over Aemaranth's alabaster staff.

A disturbing black radiance creeps over Aemaranth's ring hauberk.

A disturbing black radiance creeps over Aemaranth's octagonal shield.

A disturbing black radiance creeps over Aemaranth's thick gloves.

Sofina reveals herself.

Sofina gestures at Avrenka.

Avrenka seems unfazed.

Elurora stands up.

Bolts of flame begin to fall from the sky like fiery fists of Everild, punching savagely into the ground as collateral energy sprays outward!

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A bolt of holy fire strikes Aemaranth's octagonal shield and slams into her left arm, burning and blistering her flesh.

Aemaranth is lightly stunned!

The sudden oscillation in the ground beneath you leaves your teeth chattering.

Sofina is thrown to the ground by the heaving of the earth!

Aemaranth shakes with the movement of the ground.

Elurora is thrown to the ground by the heaving of the earth!

Sofina stands up.

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands an awesome strike that partially splits the sternum, snapping some ribs surrounding the heart.

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Aemaranth, battering her right arm with an extremely heavy hit!

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Aemaranth, battering her left eye with a powerful strike!

Aemaranth is revealed from concealment.

Aemaranth's silver glow flares.

A bolt of holy fire strikes Aemaranth's octagonal shield and slams into her right arm, utterly immolating surrounding flesh and bone in a conflagration of roaring silver flame!

Aemaranth falls unconscious!

A stentorian voice announces, "Aemaranth loses!"

Elurora thrusts her palm toward Cambin.

Uncomfortable-looking twists pull at Cambin's skin, but no noticeable harm is done.

Sofina waves a twisted frozen-bone wand ensnaring a faceted Syrin's heart at Nawain.

A sheet of slippery ice forms beneath Nawain!

Nawain slips and falls forward, slamming her face on the ice.

A shadowy watchsoul near Nawain flies furiously through the air toward Sofina!

The watchsoul spins in several quicksilver circles around Sofina, then transmogrifies into a flame that appears to burn out immediately.

An attendant drags Aemaranth off the arena floor.

The violent heaving of the earth finally subsides.

Elurora appears somewhat less confident.

Elurora stands up.

Nawain gasps and regains control of her breathing.

Avrenka reveals himself.

Avrenka regards Sofina with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Sofina.

Sofina twitches several times as the ridges encompassing her form recede and vanish.

Cambin begins to advance on Sofina.

The bone spine lands nearby!

Avrenka is engulfed in a ripple of light and shadow, and vanishes, only to reappear some distance away!

Sickening waves of greenish miasma dance around Sofina and then fade into nothingness.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

Swirling together, each of the faces on Cambin's sipar congeal into a distorted mess of facial features before slowly separating back into distinct entities.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion turns to face Cambin.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion lands a glancing strike to Cambin's left arm.

The bone spine falls to the ground!

Cambin closes to pole weapon range on Sofina.

Avrenka joins Cambin's group.

Avrenka regards Sofina with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Sofina.

Something pops in Sofina's eye and discharges a sickly lime-yellow fluid that runs down her face.

Cambin closes to pole weapon range on Sofina.

Sickening waves of greenish miasma dance around Sofina and then fade into nothingness.

Elurora moves into position to cover Sofina from harm.

Nawain stands up.

Elurora positions herself to intercept Cambin's strike against Sofina!

An ephemeral light glows about Elurora.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a hard hit to Elurora's back.

Elurora looks grim, but her wounds seem better.

From Cambin's guardless flamberge soar silver birds, each one aflame.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Sofina, battering her right hand with a glancing strike!

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion reveals itself.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion twitches its pincers at Cambin.

In front of the obsidian scorpion, ichorous yellow-black needles twist into existence, like suppurating wounds in the air.  They are drawn into a circle facing Cambin.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion's spell flies wildly off course!

Avrenka gestures at Sofina.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Avrenka's direction.

Cambin closes to melee range on Sofina.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Avrenka concentrates intently on a dull black moonblade.

Avrenka is engulfed in a ripple of light and shadow, and vanishes, only to reappear some distance away!

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Avrenka searches around for a moment.

Cambin raises his triangular sipar suddenly to fend off something you cannot see.

Avrenka points at Sofina, ruining her hiding place.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Avrenka joins Cambin's group.

Avrenka gestures at Sofina.

A sheet of slippery ice forms beneath Sofina!

Sofina slips and falls backward, slamming her head on the ice.

Elurora thrusts her palm toward Avrenka.

Uncomfortable-looking twists pull at Avrenka's skin, but no noticeable harm is done.

Cambin begins to advance on Sofina.

As Avrenka opens his hand to release his moonblade, it dissipates into the shadows from whence it came.

Avrenka grabs the black moonblade out of the air next to him.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion lands a grazing strike to Cambin's left arm.

The bone spine falls to the ground!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Nawain gestures at Sofina.

Conjoined by cobwebby traceries of light, five orange motes are drawn out from Sofina's eyes and swing apart harmoniously around her.  As the pentad of motes then gyrates with dizzying velocity, Sofina becomes encased in a spectral cocoon which soon sinks into her body.  The motes disappear into the ground one by one.

Cambin tries to move onward, but something holds him fast.

Cambin closes to pole weapon range on Sofina.

Avrenka reveals himself.

Avrenka gestures at Elurora.

Bands of opaque iridescence appear around Elurora in a concentric hexad.   Each begins to revolve along a different axis, soon collectively fading into a colored blur that obscures her for several moments.

Nawain begins to focus intently on Sofina.

Sweeping currents of faint coppery lines eddy around Nawain for a moment.

Cambin closes to melee range on Sofina.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a very heavy hit that scratches the right hamstring in a light blow barely worth mentioning.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion's spell flies wildly off course!

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

A burning sparrow sweeps into Sofina, battering her right arm with a good hit!

A burning sparrow sweeps into Sofina, battering her chest with a good strike!

Cambin stumbles as a blithe house spirit departs his body.

A blithe house spirit dematerializes in a waft of lavender and chamomile.

Moving quick and skittery, a lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion extrudes a dozen arrowlike spines from inside its body.

Cambin begins to focus intently around himself.

Avrenka regards Sofina with an incisive, calculating look.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Avrenka's direction.

Elurora thrusts her palm toward Avrenka.

Uncomfortable-looking twists pull at Avrenka's skin, but no noticeable harm is done.

Avrenka gestures.

A soft crackle briefly comes from Avrenka's direction.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Nawain gets a twisted frozen-bone wand ensnaring a faceted Syrin's heart from inside her watersilk bag.

Avrenka concentrates intently on a dull black moonblade.

Sweeping currents of faint coppery lines eddy around Nawain for a moment.

Sofina stumbles as a shadowy watchsoul departs her body and returns to Nawain's side.

Sofina gasps and regains control of her breathing.

Nawain puts her wand in her slender rugursora.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

An ephemeral light glows about Cambin.

Cambin cringes slightly for no apparent reason.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Avrenka gestures.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through the surroundings.

Avrenka searches around for a moment.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Avrenka points at Sofina, ruining her hiding place.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Avrenka stares intently into his moonblade.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Nawain begins to focus intently on Sofina.

As Cambin bows his head and chants, a brilliant disc of light coalesces before him.  Spinning slowly at first, it gains momentum until blue-white sparks shoot off in a blinding display.  He spreads his arms wide in a final decisive gesture, and the coruscating light explodes, sending a barrage of razor-edged rays flying out in all directions!

A razor-edged ray lands a good hit against Sofina's abdomen!

A razor-edged ray lands a good hit against Sofina's abdomen!

A razor-edged ray lands a good hit against Sofina's right hand!

A razor-edged ray lands a glancing strike against Elurora's left leg!

A razor-edged ray lands a glancing strike against Elurora's abdomen!

A razor-edged ray lands a good hit against a lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion's leg!

A razor-edged ray lands a light hit against a lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion's body!

A razor-edged ray lands a good hit against a lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion's body!

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion's spell flies wildly off course!

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Elurora gestures.

Dark golden light shoots from Elurora to Cambin, but he endures its aggressive brilliance.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Avrenka reveals himself.

Avrenka regards Sofina with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Sofina.

Sofina subtly reels as a pained expression crosses her face.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Elurora moves into position to cover Sofina from harm.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Sofina tries to back away, but something holds her fast.

Avrenka gestures at Sofina.

A sheet of slippery ice forms beneath Sofina!

Sofina slips and falls forward, slamming her face on the ice.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

As Avrenka opens his hand to release his moonblade, it dissipates into the shadows from whence it came.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion twitches its pincers at Cambin.

In front of the obsidian scorpion, ichorous yellow-black needles twist into existence, like suppurating wounds in the air.  They are drawn into a circle facing Cambin.

Cambin's triangular sipar is jerked slightly.

The bone spine lands nearby!

The bone spine lands nearby!

Avrenka points at Sofina, ruining her hiding place.

Nawain begins to focus intently on Sofina.

Sofina gasps and regains control of her breathing.

Sofina stands up.

Elurora begins to advance on Avrenka.

Avrenka is engulfed in a ripple of light and shadow, and vanishes, only to reappear some distance away!

Moving quick and skittery, a lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion extrudes a dozen arrowlike spines from inside its body.

The faces on Cambin's sipar take one last glance at him as he removes it.

Cambin loosens the straps securing his triangular sipar and removes it.

Avrenka regards Sofina with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Sofina.

Cambin angles his triangular sipar at Sofina and charges forwards!

Cambin's triangular sipar sparks with silver fire!

Cambin's triangular sipar lands a good hit to Sofina's chest!

Sofina is lightly stunned!

Nawain closes her eyes, drawing her closed fist toward her chest.

Seconds later she swings her arm outward, pointing at Sofina as her eyes fix on her in a vehement stare.

Cambin slides his left arm through the straps on his triangular sipar and flexes.

Cambin sidesteps and adjusts his footing.

Cambin makes an agile leap towards Sofina, attacking her with a mighty cleave!

Cambin's guardless flamberge lands a hard hit to Sofina's left hand!

An ephemeral light glows about Cambin.

Cambin cringes slightly for no apparent reason.

Sofina goes north.

A lithe obsidian scorpion coated in a viscous acidic secretion runs off.

Avrenka regards Elurora with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Elurora.

The faint waterfall of light dissipates from around Elurora.

Cambin begins to advance on Elurora.

Avrenka reveals himself.

Avrenka regards Elurora with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Elurora.

Elurora's rage dissipates.

Cambin closes to pole weapon range on Elurora.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a very heavy hit that scratches the right bicep (But another battle scar for Elurora's collection!).

Dark golden light shoots from Elurora to Cambin, but he endures its aggressive brilliance.

Elurora jumps at Cambin, missing him cleanly coming to a rolling stop.

Avrenka regards Elurora with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Elurora.

Nawain gestures at Elurora.

Conjoined by cobwebby traceries of light, five chartreuse motes are drawn out from Elurora's eyes and swing apart harmoniously around her.  As the pentad of motes then gyrates with dizzying velocity, Elurora becomes encased in a spectral cocoon which soon sinks into her body.  The motes disappear into the ground one by one.

Cambin's pommel suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a good strike that deeply bruises the right bicep.

You notice a soft silver glow fade from a heavy diacan cutlass with a lotusweave-wrapped grip that Elurora is carrying.

Sweeping currents of faint coppery lines eddy around Nawain for a moment.

Elurora stands up.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a heavy strike that nicks Elurora's left forearm.

Avrenka regards Elurora with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Elurora.

Swirling together, each of the faces on Cambin's sipar congeal into a distorted mess of facial features before slowly separating back into distinct entities.

Nawain begins to focus intently on Elurora.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a strong hit that just barely penetrates the skin to nick the stomach ('Tis but a scratch!).

Dark golden light shoots from Elurora to Cambin, but he endures its aggressive brilliance.

Avrenka regards Elurora with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Elurora.

Avrenka regards Elurora with an incisive, calculating look.

Glinting lines weave chaotically in midair, growing brighter with each intersection until a net of burning ultramarine bars unfurls and passes through Elurora.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands a massive strike that cuts open the left forearm from elbow to wrist.

Avrenka gestures at Elurora.

A sheet of slippery ice forms beneath Elurora!

Elurora slips and falls backward, slamming her head on the ice.

Nawain closes her eyes, drawing her closed fist toward her chest.

Seconds later she swings her arm outward, pointing at Elurora as her eyes fix on her in a vehement stare.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands an extremely heavy hit that cuts deeply into muscle on the right thigh.

Several bolts of flashing silver flame flare into view, churning around Elurora.  With surprising speed, they swirl upward into the sky with a wailing shriek!

Nawain begins to focus intently on Elurora.

Avrenka searches around for a moment.

Cambin's flamberge suddenly cries out "Justice!" as it flares white hot and lands an awesome strike that removes Elurora's right arm cleanly at the elbow.

Elurora falls unconscious!

A stentorian voice announces, "Elurora loses!"

A glowing rain of surreal silver fire begins to cascade down from the heavens!

A bolt of holy fire strikes Elurora's octagonal aegis and slams into her abdomen, utterly immolating surrounding flesh and bone in a conflagration of roaring silver flame!

The dull orange glow fades from Nawain.

An attendant drags Elurora off the arena floor.

The air feels thick with an unnatural humidity.