The Gorbal!
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 23289
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You recognise the being from the legends that you were told when you were
a child. Imagine a dark cloud very roughly in the shape of a man, but
three times the size. It is glowing a dull red in places, like coal embers
in a hearth. Small spears of lightning play around it. It has a gaping maw
of a mouth filled with very sharp teeth. It is a Gorbal!
How did something like this stray into an area that the Dragon presumably regards as part of his domain? You doubt that even the wyrm itself could defeat it. The creature has emerged into the tunnel at a spot somewhere between you and the orcs. You don't know how it managed that, but you aren't about to stop to analyse it. Termagant, in Lyra's body, is already running away from the beast, but it is handicapped by being on hands and knees (as near as it can get to its normal quadripedal style). You, still carrying Lyra, run after it, even though you know it's hopeless. The thing will surely catch up with you in just a few seconds.
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JH (trying to work out what could frighten the orcs yet our heroes survive it)
1/6/2003 1:28:02 PM
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