*** Korni posted his view of this fight already, but here's mine.

You say 'Do not waste them, that's fine.'
You say 'But if I ever am killed because you didn't waste one and did not have the mind to continue healing me...'

You grin evilly.

Kornithogoth sits down and thinks deeply.
Kornithogoth holds up one finger.
Kornithogoth uses the item we were discussing.
Kornithogoth says 'I won't risk.'

A grizzled ram has arrived.
You yell 'Help!  I am being attacked by a grizzled ram!'
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram's charge MASSACRES you!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
You are surrounded by a white aura.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Lothrinus closes his eyes for a moment and nods at a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 1
You sing 'Can you trust your eyes, do they see what's real
Am I here just near to you, near enough to feel?
Or am I near the gnarled oak just over to your left
Or maybe standing to your right before the granite cleft?'
You dodge Lothrinus's crush.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Lothrinus narrows his eyes and glares in your direction.
Your defilement misses a grizzled ram.
Lothrinus's crush injures you.
You absorb the force of Lothrinus's crush with a pair of spike-toed boots.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 1
You sing 'Can you trust your eyes, do they see what's real
Am I here just near to you, near enough to feel?
Or am I near the gnarled oak just over to your left
Or maybe standing to your right before the granite cleft?'
A grizzled ram's senses become distorted by your illusion.
A grizzled ram calls upon a mountain lion to help him.
A mountain lion moves in to attack you!
You dodge a mountain lion's bite.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 s
Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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You dodge a mountain lion's bite.
You dodge a mountain lion's bite.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
You parry Lothrinus's crush.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Lothrinus narrows his eyes and glares in your direction.
You feel unclean.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 h lion
sYou start aiming at a mountain lion.
A mountain lion is in perfect health. 

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 shove loth
You couldn't budge them.
Lothrinus yells 'Help! Hanord is trying to shove me into battle!'
You dodge Lothrinus's crush.
You parry Lothrinus's crush.
A mountain lion is in perfect health. 

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Kornithogoth mutters something quietly to himself.
A mountain lion's bite wounds you.
A mountain lion dodges your defilement.
You parry Lothrinus's crush.
You dodge Lothrinus's crush.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A mountain lion is in perfect health. 

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A grizzled ram calls a cabal power onto some thin air near you.
A mountain lion is in perfect health. 

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 shove loth

Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A mountain lion is in perfect health. 

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 You shove Lothrinus in front of a mountain lion!
Lothrinus yells 'Help! Hanord is shoving me into battle!'

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A mountain lion's bite mauls Lothrinus.
A mountain lion's bite decimates Lothrinus!
Lothrinus's crush mauls a mountain lion.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A grizzled ram tries to batter some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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The clouds disappear.

Autosaving.
The sun rises above the horizon.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A grizzled ram dodges your defilement.
Lothrinus's crush misses a mountain lion.
Lothrinus's crush maims a mountain lion!
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 sing dirge
You sing 'Darkness sets in, a bitter thought
To which naught was won, and all was lost.
To the bitter soul with darkened heart,
A silent cry, for nothing sought.'
A grizzled ram's awareness of self fades as you weave illusion around them.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A mountain lion's bite decimates Lothrinus!
A grizzled ram dodges your defilement.
Your opponent is not wielding a weapon.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Lothrinus has fled!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A grizzled ram charges at you and batters you.
A grizzled ram strikes you with bone-shattering force!
A grizzled ram's battering wounds you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 3

Kornithogoth glances at you.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
As a grizzled ram fights you, his confidence seems to falter in the face of your taunts and posturing.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth goes to sleep.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 You sing 'Now, though wintery winds be blowing,
Night be foul, with raining, snowing,
Still the trav'ller, that way going
Shuns the inn upon the moor.'
Your reverberating blast === OBLITERATES === a mountain lion!
Your reverberating blast decimates a grizzled ram!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth wakes and stands up.
A mountain lion's bite misses you.
You dodge a mountain lion's bite.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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You parry a mountain lion's bite.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
Seizing upon a flaw in a grizzled ram's tactics, you swiftly kick him!
With your decisive kick you drive the spike of your boot into your foe!
Your kick injures a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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A grizzled ram charges at you and batters you.
A grizzled ram's battering wounds you.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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 sing 
Lothrinus closes his eyes for a moment and nods at a grizzled ram.
A golden pillar of light erupts under a grizzled ram as his wounds are healed!
A grizzled ram is in perfect health. 

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 sing labor

A mountain lion's bite wounds you.
A mountain lion's bite wounds you.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
As a grizzled ram fights you, his confidence seems to falter in the face of your taunts and posturing.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 You sing 'I feel a weakness deep within me
I am but mortal, forever I cannot last
I look to the end, and I grow weary
My time is coming, coming fast
How I wish my time would last.'
Lothrinus sags, appearing to bear an invisible burden.
Lothrinus's crush hits you.
You parry Lothrinus's crush.
A mountain lion sags, appearing to bear an invisible burden.
A grizzled ram sags, appearing to bear an invisible burden.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth goes to sleep.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A mountain lion's bite wounds you.
You parry a mountain lion's bite.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
Lothrinus's crush hits you.
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 h lion
shove 
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram attempts to shatter the claw of the Dracolich, but it is unaffected.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 shove loth

You parry a mountain lion's bite.
Your defilement injures a grizzled ram.
Lothrinus's crush injures you.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 You start aiming at a mountain lion.
A mountain lion has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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 You shove Lothrinus in front of a mountain lion!
Lothrinus yells 'Help! Hanord is shoving me into battle!'

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Lothrinus's crush maims a mountain lion!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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[EMPIRE] Kornithogoth: hour
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A grizzled ram calls a cabal power onto some thin air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Lothrinus seems to meld with the wilds long enough to avoid a mountain lion's attack.
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
Your opponent is not wielding a weapon.
Lothrinus's crush maims a mountain lion!
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
You move out of the range of a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram tries to attack some empty air near you.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 sing noc
You sing 'I gazed into his profane eyes,
And he, he snarled in strife
As I raised my voice in terror
And brought his greatest fears to life!'
A mountain lion has fled!
A grizzled ram gets a look of extreme fear in his eyes.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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The sky is getting cloudy.
You no longer feel such bravado.
A mountain lion yells 'Lothrinus! Now you die!'
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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A mountain lion's bite decimates Lothrinus!
Your defilement hits a grizzled ram.
Seizing upon a flaw in a grizzled ram's tactics, you swiftly kick him!
With your decisive kick you drive the spike of your boot into your foe!
Your kick hits a grizzled ram.
You move out of the range of a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram's charge EVISCERATES you!
A grizzled ram's charge MUTILATES you!
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
You absorb the force of a grizzled ram's charge with breastplate of a dwarven ribcage.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth wakes and stands up.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 s
You yell 'Die, Lothrinus, you sorcerous dog!'
Lothrinus calls upon a mountain lion to help him.
A mountain lion moves in to attack you!
You dodge a mountain lion's bite.
Lothrinus starts aiming at you!
A grizzled ram has a few scratches. 

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 sig

A mountain lion's bite wounds you.
Your defilement injures a grizzled ram.
A majestic silver scepter flashes brilliantly, projecting itself into combat!
Your divine subjugation injures a grizzled ram.
You parry Lothrinus's crush.
You absorb the force of a grizzled ram's charge with a pair of darkened leggings.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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Your defilement injures a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram attempts to shatter the claw of the Dracolich, but it is unaffected.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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 You call upon the Codex and carve a Sigil of Pain onto a grizzled ram.
Your sigil of pain grazes a grizzled ram.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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Kornithogoth closes his eyes for a moment and nods at you.
Numbness sweeps over your wounds as Kornithogoth seals them with a crimson fire.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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Kornithogoth shivers in the freezing temperatures.
The extreme cold grazes Kornithogoth.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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 h l
Lothrinus has fled!
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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 h lion
A mountain lion's bite is unable to penetrate breastplate of a dwarven ribcage.
Your defilement injures a grizzled ram.
His feet aren't on the ground.
As a grizzled ram fights you, his confidence seems to falter in the face of your taunts and posturing.
A majestic silver scepter flashes brilliantly, projecting itself into combat!
Your divine subjugation hits a grizzled ram.
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
You parry a grizzled ram's charge.
You drive a grizzled ram's charge back with your connecting blow.
You dodge a grizzled ram's charge.
A grizzled ram has some small but disgusting cuts. 

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 h lion
shove loth
You start aiming at a mountain lion.
A mountain lion is in perfect health. 

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 They aren't here.
Kornithogoth glances at you.
A mountain lion is in perfect health.