Alcove stayed silent but still wondered what they would do if they were found. They were surrounded. Looking around she couldn't see Nicote that well, she couldn't see anything well since it was so dark.

Astrana focused her eyes. Because of her light abilities, she could see in the dark and see through Nicote's shadow cover. When there was a wide enough path she pulled Alcove after Nicote silently brushing him to let him know where they werel

Nicote carefully walked through the tunnels, not daring to lift the shadows he'd painted over the small group nor risk traveling through those in the cave, as he was unfamilliar with the terrain. Both luckily and unluckily there were a few torches scattered about, giving just enough light to see.

It started getting colder the farther they went in, and more orcs kept appearing.

Astra shivered in the cold and because of her magic. She grabbed onto Nicote grounding her back to earth. She drew back from the orcs making sure Alcove was covered with her magic.

Ever since they had met the first of the orcs Dorian had cast a invisibility spell over the two of them since the majority of the group seemed covered. They followed the others in silence, careful not to alert the enemies to their position. Dexion had a harder time then the mage seeing he just wanted to fight and loot the corpse. But he wasn't a rouge, and sneaking wasn't a skill he was very good at. More than once he tripped, or made some sort of noise to alert the orcs. Thankfully they couldn't see them....

Nicote gritted his teeth as he heard Dexion stumble yet again. Pressig on/approaching the next cavern, he peered around the entrance and went into shock, his usually-calm brain whirling.

The cavern was huge.

(I'm goign to let someone else finish this paragraph cuz Nicote is in shcok and probably needs a boink on the head to snap him out of it *cue deer in the headlights look*)

The healer noticed that Nicote paused as they saw the full extent of the cave. Feeling around for a second she brushed his harm, making sure he was okay. The cavern was impressive for it to be a trolls hideout. The massive area had separate tunnels leading to different areas of the cave system. It would be beautiful if it weren't for the smell of rotting flesh.

Nicote just kept staring straight ahead, focused o nthe thing in the center. Well, actually more like the rock in the center,

"Stone of Fear." he murmured. He was starting to become a bit more conscious but now looked like he wanted to bolt.

She sighed and murmured. "Great more stones." Being able to see Nicote and his expression she nudged him gently and whispered in his ear "Snap out of it, we need you, so now's not the time to go into shock."

A soft hand tightened about his arm as they joined the others. Dorian turned to find the elf staring forward, eyes wide in terror. "Dexion?" He man asks softly. There was no answer. Lightly he turned the elf to look at him, twirling a finger about the elf's head. A spectral crown fell into place about the silverly strands of hair. Almost instantly the fear faded.
"Thanks..." Dexion said sniffling a bit before hugging the man. As they pulled away from one another he kissed the man lightly. With that he turned to the other group. "Everyone else alright? Did the stone effect anyone else?" He asked in a whisper.