Queen of the Demonweb Pits (Greyhawk Classics)
Paul Kidd
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 0786919035
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Apprentice had been a bear, he would have growled. The big man made to speak, but Recca had already slithered back down from the ridge to give orders to his men. They collected there under cover—painted men, camouflaged and almost invisible. Eleven of them sat and listened, trusting their leader to give shape to their lives. Recca looked about the empty wilderness and filled his mind with images of his victory—his glory. “They’re coming! More Iuz vermin to kill! A general, and without an escort.
Like a chorus of elven girls. “You have done well. Now tell me: the vampire pool—have you found it?” A priestess—scarred, burned, and downcast—failed to meet her goddess eye to eye. “N-no, your magnificence.” Lolth glared, and the room seemed suddenly icy cold. “Why not?” One priestess licked her lips in fright. “W-we have no w-workers, Magnificence. No sorcerers! There are only a few hundred left. The collapse of the city—” “No matter. No matter.” Lolth did not care to hear excuses and.
Alarm.” Enid brightened. “I could try to coax them out with a riddle!” “They’re demons, hon.” Escalla shrugged. “They get their jollies from other things.” “Oh.” The sphinx folded up her paws and frowned. The Justicar took a piece of charcoal saved for Cinders’s dinner and made a sketch of the room upon the floor. “Escalla? Are there enough skeletons to interfere with footing?” “Not too thick. I dunno—maybe a dozen dead guys.” “The bones on the floor are all broken?” The Justicar took on a.
Escalla raced past, throwing levers and twisting safety valves shut all over the control panels. “Polk, sabotage something! Hurry!” A huge pipe ran overhead between the furnaces. As boilers overloaded, one by one their valves popped and steam thundered into the pipe. Escalla saw the writing on the huge brass tube and yelled out to the Justicar. “Jus! That’s the safety vent! If we can close it, we might blow open some of this machinery!” Instead of hunting for a control lever, the Justicar took.
It’s done.” The big man set the badger on his feet then helped Henry to stand. “We’re leaving.” The whole palace suddenly gave a titanic shudder. The floor split open, and blank, empty space appeared in the gap. Whatever will had held this plane together, it was now breaking apart. Henry tried to lift Enid and drag her away, but she was too heavy. Stricken, the boy looked up at the Justicar. The big ranger sank to his knees and rested a hand upon Enid’s braided hair—still soft, still warm and.