February 15th: Northern Group, Snarg, Javan, Gwydo, Sethos

To the north, without any attempts at subtlety are four individuals, three Elves and a Dwarf. The Dwarf is fiddling with something behind the others, two of the Elves are wearing heavy armor, and the last Elf has a long, gnarled staff and tattered looking robes.

The enemy has initiative.

The Dwarf continues working on whatever he's building in the back, at something of a feverish pace.

The two Elf Fighters charge forward, attacking Snarg from earlier. One of the blows connects, doing 12 damage.

The Elf Mage winds up and hurtles a sharp jab of ice at Sethos, dealing 16 Water damage.

Party's turn.

Snarg snaps back from the blow and bellows at the attacker. He snarls ferociously and swings back.

Spoiler:

Sethos, injured, quickly heals himself. Javan takes a step back as Gwydo plows past the enemy, evading their attacks of opportunity to charge down upon the Mage, but unfortunately does not connect. Javan, meanwhile, stabs at the other Fighter, injuring him.

Enemy's Turn:

The heavily injured Elf, terrified, drops his weapons and turns to flee.
The other one, spitting in his direction, slices at Snarg but fails to connect.
The Mage, seeing the massive armored Lugian bear down at him, quickly looses a Maximized spell at Gwydo, dealing 24 Earth-type damage as rocks and earth smash into him.
At about this time the Dwarf has finished at least one of his projects and lifts it up; a strange, spherical device which he lobs casually into the field before working on another one.

Party's Turn Again:

"You're next! Ah-hehehehehe!" Snarg cackles madly as he adjusts to face the second Elf. He brings his sword around and lunges in with his swing, snapping at the Elf as he goes.

Spoiler:

Snarg manages to seriously damage the Elf Fighter, Javan dealing the killing blow with his spear. Sethos decides to conserve Mana for now, just in case. Gwydo makes a Smite attack on the Mage, killing him in one blow.

Enemy's Turn:

The 'device' in the field abruptly explodes, violently, sending everyone in its radius flying back and dealing damage to all present. Gwydo, Snarg, and Javan manage to stay upright but Sethos is knocked prone.

The Dwarf has finished another of his bombs, and lobs one directly at Gwydo before turning and running.

Party's Turn:

"Ehehehehehe! No you don't!" Snarg howls as he takes off towards the engineer. He races forward, leveling his greatsword at the fleeing Dwarf.

Spoiler:

Snarg charges after the Dwarf, managing to chop him good in his haste to flee, sending the Dwarf to the ground, quite dead.
Gwydo, realizing the situation, quickly Lay on Hands himself for the full amount and, successfully, kicks the bomb some distance away to minimize its impact.
Javan helps Sethos get back up to his feet.

Enemy's Turn Sort Of:

The fleeing Elf has made it some distance now and is going full tilt. The bomb goes off, but Gwydo manages to hide behind his massive shield and deflect the worst of it, being prepared this time.

Party's Turn, Or Actions:

"FUNNY YOU THINK YOU'RE FAST ENOUGH!" Snarg yells after the running Elf as he takes off sprinting after him.

Spoiler:

It takes Snarg several seconds to catch up, but despite his lead the Elf is already tired, injured, and scared and you thunder over and through him, smacking him upside the head and knocking him out cold.

"Eheheheh, thought so!" Snarg sheaths his sword and hoists the Elf up on his shoulder. He turns and takes back off towards the town and the other sounds of fighting.

Spoiler:

On approach back to town you spot a rather large, armed Sailing vessel which has its cannons aimed strategically but, strangely, is not firing them. *switch over to Docks thread*

Snarg drops the Elf near Gwydo, Sethos, and Javan. He takes several deep breaths and relaxes himself. After a moment, he begins making hand motions and speaking in Undercommon, causing a white light to wash over himself and several of his wounds to close as it passes over them. "We need to see how everyone else is doing. We've stopped this group."

Picking the Elf back up again, he heads towards the remaining sounds of combat.

Spoiler: