The party despairs as the situation looks dire. Heingist and Bandy lie dying in the grasses. Markd is grappled and being carried skyward by a gargoyle, his sword lost in the field below, as Allmond stands alone over the prostrate bodies of his companions against the second gargoyle. Fingers pulls back his bow while running once more, trying to send another shaft at the stony foes, but his bowstring snaps!
(critical fumble)
Armed only with his golden knife, Markd swipes awkwardly at the claws which grip him, missing. He then twists to free his shoulder and thrusts straight upward into his captor's chest. The knife sinks deep into its flesh, like thrusting into pond water. A great gash opens up and sunlight bursts forth! The beast drops Markd -- again -- and he rolls to safety. The Gargoyle, meanwhile, howls in dismay as its flesh unravels along the seam cut by the knife, its entire form decomposing into a burst of pure sunlight which illuminates the sky, then grows dark once more.
Allmond stands over his companions, Bandy bleeding profusely
(-2), as the other gargoyle dives at him. He winds up and cracks it -- HARD -- with the iron-banded quarterstaff. The gargoyle explodes into pea-sized gravel with another tremendous thunderclap, scattering across the ground.
Miraculously, the fight is over. Allmond bends down and ministers to Bandy before he can lose yet more blood. He then prays over Hengeist as his fellow cleric, restoring him to groggy consciousness.
"I regret to say, I'm quite spent for the day," he tells Hengist in a tired voice,
"If you could pray for our small companion."
Date: 10:10pm, 19 July 2021
Light: Moonlight (-2)
Effects: None
Injuries: Bandy (dying, stabilized), Hengeist (serious injury), Markd (serious injury)