Chapter 17: Stoking The Fire
So we saw this noob-bridge, and we figured we’d just haze ‘em a bit. If they threw their weapons over to us, then they needed to get sent back to the Hunting grounds and rethink their careers, ya know?
Well, we figured we’d show ‘em how to use Barnacles to cross if they stuck it out, or gave us a good cussing, but that’s not what happened.
Before we even knew he was mad, William Oh shot Thomas in the leg with this acidic bolt that nearly crippled him, then he summoned this massive thundercloud, at least a hundred feet across, which turned him into a bolt of lightning and slammed him directly into Richard, our Nuker.
Well, I saw my Party rolling around on the ground, and I knew it was just me and him then. I drew my weapons and gave him a good fight, but he had some kind of Ability that disarmed me…
- Harry Almsfield, level 8 Climber
“Guess you finally figured out what you needed me for, huh?” Will asked.
“We’re still alive. Fantastic. What did I miss?”
“Met some other climbers and they told us where to go to make it to Skyhold.” Will pointed at a rough map of the floating mountains scratched into the dirt.
They did so under duress, so the map was suspect, but Will was fairly sure it matched up with what he saw from the higher vantage point they’d had earlier in the day.