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"Aye, that we will..." you say and move to be near the middle of the group.
The assembled group moves into the gateroom and before you realize they have clogged up as it seems they are trying to force their way through a barricade.

You see the lizardman shaman making a retreat, and it seems like he has set the deathdogs free.
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You ready an attack with your maul if a gargoyle gets within range of you.

Guul and Hikdun outstretch their stone wings and you remember something... gargoyles can fly.
Aviial and the three peasants make desperate attacks on the distancing elementals;(2+7misses), (9+5misses), (7+5misses), (20+5crits, 6 slashing 1 radiant) only one of the peasants manages to hit one but it's on Hikdun's wing, still the attack is minor and unphases him.
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The gargoyles then begin to make an attack run on the top of the ridge, Sylvan uses his prepared action to make a jumping attack on Hikdun with his footbow from above (15+11hits +sneak, 10+42 piercing 1 radiant) Hikdun is pierced through and becomes a shower of debris falling down from the sky! Hikdun's death sends the taut wires flying, everyone dodges to try to avoid them. (++++++-+++--+-++-, 7 slashing) you, Makdt, Aviial, the elf cleric and one of the human clerics all get hit by one of the strings. "Hikdun? Brother? NO!?" Guul screams and flies overhead towards Sylvan, and slamming down attacks with the string whips (+) Sylvan deftly dodges the invisible strings and despite wearing bells on his attire makes not a single sound.

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The peasants are stunned but recover to perform javelin attacks on the remaining gargoyle (4+5misses),(9+5misses),(8+5misses),(19+5hits, 2 piercing 1 radiant),(4+5misses) only one actually hits to crack a bit off the irate elemental.

The clerics ready for another volley of Sacred Flames (+-++- 14 radiant) the blazing light finishes the elemental, causing it to crumble to bits.
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The fight being done everyone regroups to head inside, Sylvan separates to take up a guard position to protect the gate, Hedra addresses the group, "We have taken the gate, but steel your resolves for the heretics within will not die easy but we will show them the strength of the light!"
Everyone but Sylvan begins making their way into the gate.
(What do you wish to do?)

(yes the☺ is you, and the gargoyles are against the wall and the edge of the ridge with their backs to the wall, so going behind them isn't really possible, how do you want to move closer?)

You reactively attack the gargoyle (5+2misses) your strike bounces off its hard skin as it passes by you.
The orc reactively attacks the gargoyle  (4+2misses) the orc woman has an equally ineffective attack on the other gargoyle.
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The clerics form rank like a trained unit and collectively cast Sacred Flame at the Gargoyle farther from you; (++---, 13 radiant) radiant flames descend on Guul scorching him, he does look at least wounded.
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Makdt seeing the magical attack from the clerics overcharges(3 lightning) a witchbolt of 3rd lvl through her artificer's wand at the more injured gargoyle(17+6hits, 9 lightning) the energy arc lashes onto the stone being and crackles sparks into it.
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The elf cleric readies a bow and fires it at the gargoyle closer to you (3+3misses) but the arrow bounces off uselessly.

Hedra moves up and radiates holy power as he casts Crusader's Mantle, you are emboldened by his aura!
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Aviial scrambles up to Guul and attacks the weakened gargoyle; (5+7misses), (5+7misses) his attacks swing wide, your pretty sure you can see his eyes are closed. "Die foul creature!" he shouts out and you can feel the elf cleric sighing from across the battle.
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The orc woman readys a longbow and lets loose an arrow at Guul; (5+4 misses) it bounces off his hard skin.

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(so just a standard maul attack?)

Name: Michel Everett
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Planet of Origin: Sunnas II
Description: Why don't I punch you in the face, you know exactly what I look like. A human.

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Sword, sword, sword all I need is sword.

Looking for people to 'Uplift' with sword.

You rejoin the group as they arrive at the gate, all is still... the gargoyles are motionless, if you didn't know better you'd think they were simply statues, "Ken, is it safe?" Hedra asks the monk who still stands ready for action...
Silence.

A cleric woman screams, "Look out, there's some kind of strings between them!"
You focus to try to see the strings, and catch a glimpse of what looks like nothing more than spider's silk hanging in the air between the pair of stone beings.
"Ken get out of there!" yells the helmeted orc woman

"You may not realize it-" says one of the gargoyles "-but he's already dead." finishes the other.
The pair pull their hands away from each other and... the monk literally explodes in a shower of blood and gore having be sliced to ribbons.

(It appears combat with the gargoyle twins will begin in earnest soon, what do you wish to do?)

”The gargoyles will kill you. Cease your charge!” you shout out to the monk, "These creatures are no threat to a master of the Fist of the Sea Star!" he says and continues his charge up to the gate.
As for the wall it is made to be defensible and reaches to both the edges of the ridge with large flat stone blocks, to climb the wall would be improbable let alone being impossible for others of the group.
The monk has reached the gate, he has stopped... he stands just between the pair of gargoyle, appearing as is ready to fight and waiting.