02 Insurrection by Forgotten Realms

Author:Forgotten Realms [Realms, Forgotten]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T15:56:44.263000+00:00

"You won't regret it," she said, giving the wizard a brief but obvious look. "It'll be worth it." Limping, blood flowing from the puncture, Danifae began to follow Quenthel and the draegloth. "Jeggred!" she called. "Carry me!" Pharaun realized his mouth was hanging open, and he snapped it shut. As he trotted after the battle captive, he saw Quenthel and the draegloth freeze, and he swept his gaze to where they were looking, at the back side of the building. Rising up from behind the roofline was an immense, chitinous leg of something all too familiar. The leg sought footing upon the rooftop, and two more appeared, followed, by the head of a spider of massive size. "Lolth preserve us," Quenthel breathed. "Where did that come from?" The immense spider pulled itself into full view, scrambling ponderously over the back edge of the building, each step making the entire structure shake violently. "Oh, no," Danifae said. "They didn't. . ." "They, who?" Pharaun asked, involuntarily backing up a step. Even Jeggred seemed anxious, watching the enormous arachnid, black and shiny, heave itself fully atop the building. Its mandibles clicked as it peered about, its multilensed eyes glistening in the firelight. "And what did they do?" the wizard added. "The matron mothers," Danifae replied. "They summoned a guardian spider. The fools." Quenthel sucked in her breath. "Indeed," the high priestess agreed. "We must flee." Pharaun wanted to ask the two females what in the Abyss a guardian spider was, but at that moment, the arachnid spotted them, though they had remained quite still. It leaned forward eagerly, coming after them. As one, they turned and fled over the side. * * * As she reached the alley, following Ryld Argith, Halisstra turned to see who had caught up with her in the chaos of the swarming, fighting drow and duergar. Of the others, there was no sign. "Come on!" Ryld shouted from up ahead, motioning frenetically for Halisstra to keep up with him. Several duergar had followed them into the alley that ran alongside the temple and were closing in on her. She turned back for a moment, thinking to make a stand and drive them away, but a crossbow bolt snapped against the stone wall near the priestess, shattering and showering her with splinters. She turned again and ran, the gray dwarves pounding along after her. As Halisstra caught up to Ryld, he fired his own crossbow once, to slow down the pursuit, and they sprinted along the alley together, weaving through the turns of the pathway, trying to lose their foes. The two of them turned one last corner and skidded to a stop. The alleyway ended at a solid wall, though one side was low, protecting some sort of covered porch. "Damn," Ryld muttered, slipping his greatsword free. He turned back to prepare to face the oncoming gray dwarves. "Get ready," he told her, and Halisstra planted herself beside the warrior, her heavy mace feeling good in her hand.

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