The angry tentacle beast’s rampage went on for several minutes, orcs and goblin blood alike quickly staining the dusty ground of the castle’s courtyard. As the beast went to find its rival, it stepped on the pile of rubble Lye happened to be buried under. All thirty tons of the creature crushed everything beneath its large ‘leg’ including Lichensith Ulroke himself.
Amongst the escapers, the beast managed to grab one last victim before they could all get away. Philomel had a tentacle wrapped around her lither form, and was quickly digested into the massive maw of the strange monstrosity. Both herself, Verdian and Lichensith would be able to be revived later, when the chaos died, but for now, hope was lost for those three souls.
As Flint, Talen, Alyssa and Elthas got to the top of the staircase, what they found was an abominable horror.
A giant beating heart seemed to support the top of the castle with its massive girth. The heart was roughly twenty feet winde and at least twenty feet long. Veins and ventracles snuck from the large organ down into the staircase which led the warriors here. Forrals Fortress was –alive-.
In the middle of the heart was half a man, his lower extremities fused into the red blood pumping body part itself. He mouthed the words ‘kill me’, but no words seemed to leave his form. His eyes seemed to be sewn shut by some wretched creator. Every so often when the man opened his mouth, a pool of blood would spill out, only for him to beg for the sweet release of death yet again.
Talen started to take a step towards the creature before the man’s hand came up. Despite being seemingly blind, he knew exactly where the warriors were. He mouthed a single silent word to them.
Traps.
((Phi did not meet the time limit so she is out, Lye is also dead. No harm came to the rest this post, as they all made their way up the staircase. Now you see the true form of Forrals fortress. This monstrosity wants to die, but traps litter floor and wall alike. In this round, you guys try to come up with the best traps you can think of not for your characters, but for your allies. The most creative trap takes out a member of the competition, and makes said competition lose that shot to get their PG a HQ!))