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A second form came out fronized it as Entreri’s night hell horse dropped down gracefully froh so that its two riders weren’t launched fro open, his stunned expression reflected on the faces of a pair of Ashht froate then charged across the outer ring, Drizzt following its progress by the shouts of the defenders still out there

Drizzt started back toward that wall, but noticed Dahlia’s wide-brih to scoop it up and put it on Then, blowing his whistle loudly, the drow leaped the next ring, and sprinted around a third He lined hihty unicorn past hi steed charged on

In a few heartbeats, Drizzt was out of the fortress, with no pursuit apparent other than a growling panther leaping over the wall down to his right He spotted Entreri’s steed, the flaht, and bent low over Andahar’s strong neck, urging his round with every stride

As he neared, it beca the mount in front of him Entreri sat in the saddle, but she whispered into his ear continually Entreri’s nightoing, though the raven was nowhere to be seen

Drizzt didn’t question it He put Andahar in line behind Entreri’s nightlanced back at him and nodded When the trail cleared a bit and allowed for it, she held her staff out wide and up high, and again ured it out He claht around Andahar’s flanks, stood tall, and took up Taul arrow Dahlia nodded, and kept the staff up high and out wide

Drizzt let fly again, then a third tiy Drizzt could see little arcs of power jurasped it with her other hand as well

Still she kept the staff up high, though, and puain, then a fifth ti the weapon’s length Dahlia’s an to dance with residual energy

But she called for one ain

The trees thickened around theht the staff in closer, and lower Drizzt settled in his seat, placed his bow across his lap, and urged Andahar on

Valindra Shadowmantle slipped out of the crack in the stone at the back of the shallow cave and reverted to her nor white unicorn were out of sight by then, but Valindra followed their progress out of Ashenglade by the tu out their locations

Valindra glided out of the cave and onto the ravaged field A few of the rings of woe still sy The lich moved to one and dipped her toe in As she suspected, it was Dread Ring energy, necromancy, and so to Valindra it felt like a warm bath in oil-scented waters

The cries around her alloping away in pursuit of Sylora the Crow

Valindra knehere Sylora had gone, and expected that Dahlia did, as well

She pondered her next move, but became distracted when a sround beside her

"Wretched creature!" Arunika’s i the crooked wand "I hope they rinned at him then held her hand out for the wand

The imp shifted away

"Give me the wand now … Greeth! Greeth!" Valindra ordered

Her eyes spun crazily and the imp’s bulbous eyes widened Suddenly the dih to hand the wand over to the terrifying lich

Valindra took it and brought it up in front of her eyes, issuing a littlepower of the Dread Ring

"Shall I inform my mistress that you’re the new Thayan leader in Neverwinter Wood?" the imp asked

Valindra didn’t even hear the creature, her focus locked on the sudden sensations of the roiling power Sylora’s overreach had hurt the ring, she knew, and badly

"Shall I inform my mistress that you’re the new Thayan leader in Neverwinter Wood?" the i at the wand the whole tiers "Tell her--Ark-lem!--that I’ll speak with her presently"

The infusion of power tickled her, and es of Arklem Greeth flooded her With this power, surely she could reclaim her beloved And surely, once she’d resurrected hiuide her from the tumult within her head Maybe she wouldn’t need the Abolethic Sovereignty’s a that piscine creature into her deepest thoughts, e up in front of her eyes pulled the lich fro curses, Valindra realized that it had likely asked her a question, likely repeatedly, before leaving in such a huff

Valindra disly scrareat a promise of power! And the notion of Arklem Greeth at her side once more!

"No, no, I mustn’t," the lich told herself

Then she nodded as she considered her course and knehere she ical powers, preparing to leave, but stopped short and considered one other thing she round just off to the side

Only when she stood on the edge of the Dread Ring did Sylora Salht Basking in the power of the wand and the connection it offered her, Sylora had taken more than the life force of a few ashen zoical shield against the barrage of arrows, had stolen power fro itself, and no inconsiderable amount