Session 5 - Rise into Sanity, Loss of consciousness.

We ran out of the illusionary walls and saw several more Grell with pale dwarves hanging on their tentacles. we did not have much time.
What happened next can only be described as unwise and excruciating.
We kept on wanting to fall off into the depths below as we touched the bridge's stonework, which teleported us back into the room we just came from. the Grell and pale dwarves kept coming closer and closer as Al'Akir made it over the bridge first. he waited, and as i made my way over there he left.
I quickly followed and started to climb up.
We must have climbed for a good while before i could have one last glimpse at the bridge. Cassius and Dormund were still there.. still not passing the bridge. I had nothing to help them with and made the traumatizing decision to leave them. i hoped they were able to make it back, but waiting was suicide.
As i climbed higher i started to hear noise. the sound of Kruthicks, an explosion and skittering headed my way. I saw several Kruthicks run up to me and promptly pushed myself to the wall.. they were there, skittering and making their noises. i threw some ball-bearing down the ledges which noise startled them, causing some of them to run away. i carefully made my way past them, and slowly made my way back to the hole we had at one time come from. on the way there, i made a mistake and found myself under attack by a Kruthick and promptly started running to my friends who were currently keeping a swarm of Kruthiks at bay. I quickly joined them and tried to join Talis above the tunnel i was in, but as i did i was attacked and could not make it up. i decided to join Al'akir in his stand against the Kruthiks. we fought back to back and told the rest i could collapse the tunnel. they agreed with my assessment to wait another 15 seconds for others to arrive. the seconds passed and i started to cast my Shatter spell. As i doubted myself for a second and hesitated casting the spell, i was attacked by a Kruthick. Its attack hit me hard and i fell unconscious.
 
I woke up several hours later in silence. I was in the room above and the tunnel was blocked off. I looked around and saw Talis and Al'Akir. Hurt, but safe. To my surprise and guilt, i also saw Dormund. I can not imagine what would have happened if i had casted that spell. He would have been stuck there, and i would effectively have killed my good friend. Sadly, there was no sign of Cassius.
 
The others woke up and Dormund told me Cassius didn't make it, he saved Dormund's life and in the process doomed himself.
A noble has died, a sad occasion. i may not have known him long nor well. but he was a friend and companion as well as a fellow noble.
This is the priests fault.. he sent those without money here on a fools errand he know would lead to their deaths. He lied to us, got us to find out what happened to the peasants.
Every action has a consequence. i will see to it his has a severe one.
 
First things first however, we need to get out of this place; i hope the blood i collected from that Krik will do what i hope it will.
 
I am angry and have the power to do something about it.