Szordrin stalks the short distance to the rider of the drake and mercilessly lashes at the neck of the skulk, chopping the creature's head off with his final slash. Below the drake, the chain that is Xyranma suddenly grows beneath the foot and attempts to caught its hind legs. Noticing the death of its rider and the attempts to ensnare it, the cavern dragon jumps up into the air a few feet before turning tail and lashing out with the latter while doing so. Farviaan and Kylara land two more hits on the bulky creature, but it manages to free its legs from Xyranma's grasp and make for the nearest wall at astonishing speed - after spewing Khalas to the ground. The wizard gets a kick from one of the legs, throwing him further away from the group and leaving him senseless. Xune and Tavia jump out of the creature's path, while Sheiriya scores a hit in one of the hind legs. The beast leaves a steady trail of blood in its wake as it hurries off into the darkness, two dead skulks and Szrodrin on its back. The fastest of the skulks is apparently oblivious to the loss of the main threat to the drow and after losing sight of Tarinyon, closes in on Gaess and Naedragard. As he tries to hit her with his sword, Gaess drops to the floor and kicks out hard with her left leg. All those nearby hear joints snap and bones break, as the skulk topples to the ground in agony. Half a moment later, Zhadristan puts an end to this, skewering the skulk's heart with his sabre. One of the ghoul-slayers make it up to Farviaan and tries to punch his wicked longdagger through the gith, but the warrior dodge the attempt and sinks his blade into the skulk's chest in a perfect riposte. With a gurgle and some words in a unknown language, the dies while sliding of the blade. Xune is somewhat surprised by the skulks ferocity and casts a spell, while Tavia looks around for any enemies before blasting an arrow through the head of the skulk aiming at Naedragard. He goes down immediately. The last of the skulks charges up to Kylara, hacking at her with his blade, but missing the female. The Dalharil aims a couple of blows of her mace, hitting with the last. While the damage itself seems not that bad, something takes hold of the skulk and he sinks to his knees, shaking visibly. As the Dalharil raises her mace again, Xune shouts "Stop it, we need that one!"
Naedradard takes in the carnage all around her, then apparently spots something in the darkness.
