Once Barnin got the cell door open, hearing nothing at the first door, he thought better of it and moved to Donnor’s cell to get him out before doing any more investigating.
Just as soon as the tumbler fell on Donnor’s cell door, the cell next to his opened with the two inmates, newly armed, coming out to attack.
Less than 30 seconds into the fight it wasn’t looking good. Barnin had already been stabbed several times, receiving pretty heavy wounds. Out of desperation, Barnin charged one of the men pushing him back into the cell so that he wouldn’t be getting attacked by both men.
As soon as he got him in the cell, he retreated out and closed the door. The caged attacker renewed his attack, attempting to stab Barnin through the cell door. This proved to be the biggest stroke of luck yet. As his sword was stuck through the cell door Barnin opened it, effectively pulling the sword for the man’s hand. Now, with steel in hand, Barnin felt like a reenergized man. But the attacker wasn’t to be outdone; as soon as Barnin picked up the sword, the man tried to tackle him. This move did take Barnin by surprise, knocking the sword from his hand, but only momentarily. Once he had the longsword back in hand and both feet under him, Barnin went to work, and less than a minute later both attackers had been vanquished. Just after thier foes were downed, the bodies morphed into odd alien forms. We had heard of doppelgangers, but this was our first expierence with anything of the sort.
Both heroes were bloody and battered, but after Donnor bestowed Kord’s blessings on the both of us, we were healed, armed, armored and ready for action once again.
We freed Ilya from her cell, and said we would be back for the raving looney once we knew the coast was clear. After searching a bit we found our belongings, and our way out. On the way out we were attacked by some odd construct that attached itself to Donnor and attempted to crush him. He should have fun getting that sticky stuff off once we get to the Green Dragon Inn.
Our plans now are to head back into town and get a room for ourselves, Ilya, and crazy. And in the morning after breakfast and picking up Barnin’s sword, we will get these two safely where they need to be and head back to the real Priel and try to clear our names.