Ethereal Incursion on Gungla

The ethereal incursion on Gungla Island was successfully repelled. Aravir has a report on the incursion. Here are some more images from what turned out to be an epic battle.

At first, our numbers were few.

We were all happy to see the formidable Aldernon show up.

Yor whacks a slug.

Mystic Malkor wisely gets out of the way.

Soon, though, the fallen were piling up like cordwood. It seemed like we didn't have the numbers we needed for this undertaking.

Periodic spawns kept us on our toes. More exiles, like Blue Althea, were joining the fray by this time, however.

Strategic retreats continued in the aftermath of Malkor planting the kyeum.

Soon we got the sn'ell under some degree of control, and the ethereal flow from the portal to the kyeum was underway.

Here we see Aldernon underfoot after getting run over by an Ethereal Scarmis. Nice action shots of Nyla, Dongle, Mr BomBastik, and Xepel here.

Keeping the flow moving out of the portal proved particularly challenging this time.

Me healing Malkor after he slipped on some ethereal goop and fell near the portal.

I foolishly managed to trap myself against the rocks here. Malkor did a great job of directing exile warriors to the battle's hot spots.

Even Puddleby's law enforcement personnel fell victim to the continuing ethereal onslaught.

Many of the participants in this battle were long-time residents of Puddleby.

An impressive chain run by Hunter. Aldernon was struck by the number of deadly Ethereal Clouds.

Me bringing a chainload of badly fallen exiles to the Horus-master, Lorikeet.

A second portal opens up, bringing forth another death-dealing allotment of ethereal beasties to the battlefield.

Noivad delivers an arrow, at point-blank range, to an ethereal forehead.

By this time, we were just waiting for the kyeum to fire up. We'd lost the sn'ell a couple times, but managed to recover ourselves and fight on.

Dongle makes the traditional "We Win" salute.

Malkor pauses before leaping into the portal. Once again, exiles were powerfully drawn toward throwing themselves into the portal despite the dangers within.

There goes Malkor.

There goes Althea.

Exiles make the leap.

Exiles are sucked in like they are going down a drain.

Some manage to escape. Others end up waiting for rescue.

My thanks to everyone who participated and made this a great success, and special thanks to Malkor, who did a great job as an ethereal incursion coordinator.

Posted by Para at April 17, 2007 11:40 PM