Vol 1:Book 3 - House of Wax

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Having gathers some essential supplies for their journey, Clawfist sets off to the House of Wax. Clawfist reflects back on his ill-fated decision not to agreed immediately on Natasha's request to seek out her father. Clawfist wonders who she really is, that had allowed her to use her influence on the Bree's city guards and their subsequent arrest.

As they finally approaches the location of the infamous House of Wax, a sense of anticipation could be felt by everyone, perhaps as well as in finding the location of Natasha's father, they might also gain the rumoured treasures from there!

The magnificent House of Wax soon greeted them and they can't stop and marvel at the unknown builder who created this fabolous structure. The wall are made from solid white marble and highlighted brilliantly by the sapphire crystalline roof, which give an illusion of a lustrous finish despite the lack of intensity from the marble.

The entrance to the house seem to be the large open archway insert directly in the bottom of the house around the middle and yet no window can be seen, what is even strange is where are the guards that suppose to prevent the house from being looted?

Clawfist ponders if this is the right place and they all as one enter the inviting archway into the House of Wax.

Inside the House of Wax, everyone was surprise at what they see on the walls in the large square room they are in, the white marbled walls are devoid of any paintings, hangings and ornaments. The floor of the room isn't empty however, as there are forty large urns standing upright covering the back wall of the room. Clawfist has a sense of alertness, as he got a gut feeling something is very wrong yet, he can't work out why.

'Everyone spread out and check your surroundings!' advised Clawfist.
'What kinds of place is this, it almost empty where is everyone?' squeaked Clawtool.
'Maybe they scare of us and knew we were coming!' roared Clawfury.
'The only thing that scary than you is a mouse' retorted Clawfree.

Everyone spread out apart and stand in front of some of the jars, but a cautious distance away. Suddenly a small section of the back wall drop down revealing a dark doorway and a lone figure calmly walked out.

The figure is a large half-orc and snarled in a loud voice,

'Welcome everyone to the House of Wax, make yourself comfortable because it be the last place you will stay!'
'Yeah, you and whos army?' Clawfire said.
'My name is Kali Papa and my army are these' said Kali, before snapping his right fingers.

The Jars on the back wall broke open and as each Jar is open, a orc burst from each one until forty brigands appears, they each carry a large curved sword.

'Everyone Defend formation now!' shouted Clawfist as he bended his knee and put out a small trap and laid it carefully on the ground, closed his eyes and then placed his right hand on his forehead and concentrated hard to gather his focus.

'BEAR HERE!' said Clawfire, as she wave her staff in a circular motion before stamping it on the floor, a small roar come from behind them as the doorway burst open, and a large black bear gatecrash the party and stand beside Clawfire.

Clawfree play on her instrument and sang in a clear, beautiful voice,

'There once was a tall half-Orc called Kali
He thought he was clever and very jolly
So he screams and he shouts
'Everyone attacks!' , what a lout!
but he lose his voice, what a complete wally!'

Everyone in Clawfree's party feel raw energy courses through their veins as they senses a wave of purpose washed over their bodies.

Clawfury roared with anger and heads off to the nearest group of brigands of eight, swinging his axe.

'Khazum-al Durin,' Clawfury snarled as he spun himself completely around like a whirlwind with his axes sticking out. Clawfury crashes into a small group of brigands and slices into their middle sections.

Clawfire pointed her fingers towards a brigand,
'BEAR THERE!' commands her bear and send it towards a small group of four brigand.
'GUST BUST!' Clawfire follows up with her staff and spin vertically creating a small dustwind which blows towards another group of four.

Clawtool peer left then right then disappears from sight! Clawtool creep up behind a small group of three brigands and slash their neck from behind as her deadly poisoned tip daggers, touches them.

Clawfist draw five arrow with his left hand, quickly notched them on his bow and fired upwards, to a group of brigands on the right. The arrows hit their marks, as the brigands cried and fall down as they are hit on the kneecaps temporary weaken them.

Five of the remaining brigands try to rush them but as they approached Clawfist's previous laid trap they slow down as their feet feels heavy as though a huge weight was added to them.

Clawfree survey the situation as she calculate the casualty. Clawfist and his fellowship has so far suffer no losses, Kali however has lost eight brigand from Clawfury whirlwind attack, four more from Clawfire's angry looking bear and three more brigand corpse from Clawtool daggers, blinded four other from Clawfire' gust of wind, five more brigand from Clawfire's rain of thorn, this meant Kali Papa's forty brigands lost fifteen brigands and injured or disabled nine more leaving just sixteen unharmed.