{"id":795,"date":"2000-06-18T03:24:07","date_gmt":"2000-06-18T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar\/?p=795"},"modified":"2000-06-18T03:24:07","modified_gmt":"2000-06-18T10:24:07","slug":"elf-hunt-darshak-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puddleby.com\/lundar\/2000\/06\/elf-hunt-darshak-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"ELF Hunt &amp; Darshak Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font>Day 81, Year 538 of the Ascendancy<\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font>Early this morn was held ELF&#8217;s monthly clan<br \/>\nmeeting. After discussing several issues pertaining to the clan, it was<br \/>\ndecided that we would hunt today in the Orga Camp. Several members<br \/>\nwished to hunt in the Snaggle Wood, but I managed to convince them that<br \/>\na hunt in Orga Camp 2 would be more fun. I&#8217;d not hunted in OC2 in a<br \/>\nlong time, and I strongly wished to see if anything there was new.<br \/>\nLittle did I know that my decision would lead to unforseen trouble&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar-files\/img\/twhunt.gif\" alt=\"ELF in TW\" width=\"317\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font>The Tangle Wood was as tangled as ever, and we met<br \/>\nup with many beasts on the way to Orga Camp. After dispatching our<br \/>\nfoes, we were again beset by beasts within the Orga Camp, including the<br \/>\nlarger variety of orga such as the Orga Rage and Orga Berserk. Finally,<br \/>\nwe stood before the entryway to OC2. I stood by the entry, and opened a<br \/>\npath where before there was none, pumping my spirit into the gateway<br \/>\nuntil it grew big enough for a man to pass through. Fleming volunteered<br \/>\nto scout out OC2, and he dived through the trees, and moments later,<br \/>\ndived back out. He reported that there were no big orga in OC2, though<br \/>\nhe had spotted 3 Warlocks. &#8220;Easy&#8221; boasted Stryfe, but Fleming warned us<br \/>\nthat it could be dangerous to go in with the few healers that we had.<br \/>\nFinally, it was decided that a few of us would go in first, and the<br \/>\nrest would follow later. However, things did not go exactly as they<br \/>\nwere planned.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font>Stryfe was the first to fall. He fell to a large<br \/>\norga that Fleming had missed. Now, our clan was scrambbling to rescue<br \/>\nthe fallen sylvan. A few more of us went in, and were also falled by<br \/>\nthe Orga Rage, or by the Warlocks who seemed to have multiplied in<br \/>\nnumbers. We managed to rescue a few of the mangled sylvans, but several<br \/>\nhad to depart. After that I kept my big mouth shut, and we hunted in<br \/>\nthe Snaggle Wood instead.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar-files\/img\/snaghunt.gif\" alt=\"Snaggy Wood\" width=\"348\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font>After hunting in the Snaggle Wood for two hours or<br \/>\nso, we all returned to town; many of my clan mates retiring for the<br \/>\nday, or returning to their studies. I myself retired to the Academy for<br \/>\nsome rest and relaxation, burrying my nose in a book. However, my<br \/>\npeaceful meditation was broken when the Mystic Aki&#8217;s desparate cry rang<br \/>\nover the sunstone: &#8220;town all falling to darshak!&#8221; I quickly set aside<br \/>\nmy book, and made my way for town. I was surprised at the number of<br \/>\npirates that were invading; I barely made it to town thanks to<br \/>\nmarauding Darshak Scouts and Invaders. I ran into Town Center, bleeding<br \/>\nfrom several sword wounds, and joined a group of exiles within the<br \/>\ntemle, gradually ridding Town Center of Darshak. We then began to push<br \/>\nthe Darshak back, out of our town.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar-files\/img\/shakinv.gif\" alt=\"Pushing the Darshaks back\" width=\"272\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font>We fought the Darshak visciously, struggling to<br \/>\npush them back. Oft times we had to fall back a little because of a<br \/>\nsurge of Darshak, but we did not give our ground easily. We cut through<br \/>\nthe ranks of pirates, pushing them to the west of town. There, the<br \/>\nDarshak were joined by more of their numbers from the beach, and a<br \/>\ndesparate battle raged on, the exiles often falling back before the<br \/>\nhordes of Darshak. Eventually we made our way to the beach, where stood<br \/>\nliterally hundreds of Darshak, and we were very hard pressed to hold<br \/>\nthem back. We managed to hold the pirates at the west gate, gradually<br \/>\ndepleting their numbers until there were no Darshak left. It was quite<br \/>\nan invasion, and the first one that we&#8217;ve had in quite a while. Luckily<br \/>\nfor us, there were no &#8220;elite&#8221; Darshak present at the invasion, but next<br \/>\ntime we may not be so fortunate. (Check out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puddleby.com\/lundar-files\/files\/darshak.sit\"> Vision Stone<\/a> of part of the Darshak Invasion.)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 81, Year 538 of the Ascendancy Early this morn was held ELF&#8217;s monthly clan meeting. After discussing several issues pertaining to the clan, it was decided that we would hunt today in the Orga Camp. 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