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Three days later the caravan leaves the woods behind and as they do, something falls onto the roofs of the caravan wagons from the last tree. They are tiny, blacked garbed men, no bigger than a children’s doll or toy. Alzar shouts to the group and they move to intercept. There are five of these little creatures that are attacking with sharp little needle knives. Alzar smashes one with his axe. Instead of dying, it shatters into a bunch of pieces, as if made of glass or porcelain. Marilla kills one, and then they take some damage back.
Three turns later they have all been killed, and Marilla heals the damage. Alzar takes the bodies of the five creatures. As they move he retreats to a wagon and spends some time investigating them. They are, in fact, children’s toys. These were dolls that were somehow animated. Were they a wizard’s construct, or just an animated spell? Luckily they didn’t hit – no armor when he normally travels.
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