R1T11: Allen moves closer to the physician and speaks out to the Physician himself. "I am Allen Phan, who previously stormed the Hospice and made his way to its deepest secrets only days ago. Surrender to us, and I will guarantee your safety. There is only one man I am here to kill, and you aren't him."

"You're Phan's kid?"

R1T10: The air around Adelaide feels strange. She mainly feels it in her open wound, as if a sudden shock of cold air hits the singed blood and skin with more effect than just her hair. She breathes out, sensing something off ... and in doing so she breathes out a mist as on a cold day. Even doing so again to be sure she isn't deceived by the sudden shift in her sense of the environment. But she hears the curtain behind her slowly pull aside. Not quickly like something jumping out. No, slow and measured to elicit terror. She even senses the intense gaze of the one behind her, knowing before she ever takes a slight nod in that direction that the gaze is from one much shorter than her. When Adelaide looks at the new player on the field, she now feels palpable dread.

Standing behind her, having moved the screen, is a four-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf that is extremely burly and muscular, and yet there is something about him that is .... missing? Something drawn and no longer vital. His eyes bore into Adelaide's own. His hair seems ilke a leeched blond, and his eyes are sapphire blue but with white pupils, but his skin is pale and there is a bluish cast about them. He wears helm and armored kilt, but his upper body is bare and all brawn. In his left hand is a battleaxe of exceptional make.
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You are shaken right now!
Spoiler: Telgarana, Iluvar
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If not for the otherworldly nature of the coloring of this new player, the battleaxe this dwarf wears is an exact match for the one at the side of the Queen's Physician! Paired weapons of some type, maybe?
In a deep, grumbling, sepulchral voice (think Clancy Brown!), "Brother, she means you harm, her arrow poised. Shall I end her?"

"No, stand down," says the Queen's Physician much more relaxed than should be expected for him being on the ground and outnumbered.

R1T9: There is a loud shrieking noise, and a creature bursts forth from underneath a nearby cot to stand by the fallen Queen's Physician and then gives low, grumbling growl, attempting to warn away any that would hurt the Queen's Physician it is obviously protective of. It is right up at Iluvar, but given its ferocity it doesn't bite, yet. It is at once surprisingly cute and adorably vicious with its teeth showing for the Pharasmin monk's sake. But the rippling muscle of this creature's flanks shows that it has a lot of muscle.

The Queen's Physician barks something in a language - similar to the one he spat a little earlier - and the creature stops showing its teeth. It continues to growl, though .... like it is obedient not to be overtly hostile, but it's not happy about it.

R1T7: Vivino, we finally come to you. All of this is taking place and you don't really see the fallen Queen's Physican anymore (or whatever other creature is making noises). There is a creepy dwarf to the north of Adelaide (that curtain is now open), but it hasn't attacked yet. He seems dangerous, and the situation is tense, but it does seem that the out-of-view Queen's Physician is at least considering parley (though he mentioned "ceasefire" rather than "surrender"). What do you do?

Queen's Physican on deck, Brawnwyn in the hole .... (maybe, depending on if Vivino pushes hostility or this falls back to parely) ...

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Harsk: 28. PRONE!!!
Branwyn: 27. Hide from undead for 10 minutes.
Telgarana: 26.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 35 damage.
Adelaide: 22. Bow in hand. READIED to shoot QP if he stands (Attack 26, dmg 12)!!!
Iluvar: 21. Hide from undead for 10 minutes. !!!CAN'T USE UNARMED ATTACK UNTIL END OF NEXT TURN!!!
* Status (via Iluvar) for 7 hours. Heroism for 70 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 70 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 20. Bless weapon for 7 minutes.
* Currently has *status* cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar. Touch of glory (on self) for 1 hour.
Lurk: 13.
Allen: 11.
Sigur: 10.
Biter: 9.
Vivino: 7. Hide from undead for 10 minutes.