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Tanis rolls on the floor laughing.
    You stand before a steep green terrace.  A high, broad flight of stone
steps leads up the terrace to the golden hall.  To the north, arrayed
below you, is the town of Edoras.  A bright spring is gushing forth
into a stone basin here, with the overflow running into a stone channel
that leads off down the hill.  There is an east-west street which
runs along the front of the hall.
The sun shines down from directly overhead.
The sky is brilliantly clear.
    The only obvious exits are up, west, north and east.
 Rhoads the dunlending Swordmaster (Angelic)
 Trempk the silvan Medicine Man (Hand of Eru)
 Iceman the silvan Deathmaster (Villainous)
 Meilikki the dunedain Sorcerer (Angelic)
 Nash the sindar Mastermind (Immoral)
 Tanis the silvan Jester of Mayhem (Neutral)
 Nightsky, the Black Yearling
 Omegatau the eorling Weaponsmaster (Immoral)
 Stiven the hobbit Gangster (Immoral)
 Diablo, the Black Stallion
 Tars the dunedain Crusader of Justice (Angelic)
 Josef the hobbit Medicine Man (Angelic)
 An old gossiper [28 rumours]

strike tanis
    You take a deep breath, and summon the power of the staff to your
will.  Focusing on your opponent, you speak the staff's command word
'Thuringwethil', and watch as the staff's magic strikes your opponent.
    Your opponent screams in agony, after a small delay, a blue mist
begins to form around your enemy's body and is absorbed by the staff.
A warm feeling creeps up your arm and you feel better...the staff has
also just become cold and lifeless.
HP:230 EP:19 
Meilikki's staff fires a red beam at Tanis and....
hits Tanis dead on.  Tanis screams in agony....
Suddenly a blue mist forms around Tanis and is 
absorbed by Meilikki's staff
Rhoads hurts his neck attacking Tanis!
Omegatau gets a wild look in her eyes, then smashes her head into her enemy!
Rhoads gets a wild look in his eyes, then smashes his head into his enemy!
You miss Tanis.
Meilikki hits someone hard.
Rhoads swings the blade in a fast arc and splits Tanis's skull!
Tanis has died.

Trempk winces just from the thought of it.
Tars laughs out loud.
Elmo laughs out loud.
Tars looks around the room with white glowing eyes.
    You stand before a steep green terrace.  A high, broad flight of stone
steps leads up the terrace to the golden hall.  To the north, arrayed
below you, is the town of Edoras.  A bright spring is gushing forth
into a stone basin here, with the overflow running into a stone channel
that leads off down the hill.  There is an east-west street which
runs along the front of the hall.
The sun shines brightly in the western sky.
The sky is brilliantly clear.
    The only obvious exits are up, west, north and east.
 The ghost of Tanis
 Corpse of Tanis
 Tantek the hobbit Crime Lord (Demonic)
 Elmo the dunlending Wizard (Immoral)
 Meilikki the dunedain Sorcerer (Angelic)
 Diablo, the Black Stallion
 Tars the dunedain Crusader of Justice (Angelic)
 Rhoads the dunlending Swordmaster (Angelic)
 Trempk the silvan Medicine Man (Hand of Eru)
 Nightsky, the Black Yearling
 Omegatau the eorling Weaponsmaster (Immoral)
 Josef the hobbit Medicine Man (Angelic)
 An old gossiper [28 rumours]

Stiven enters.
Josef smirks in amusement.
Tanis grins.
Elmo rolls on the floor laughing.
Elmo looks at Corpse of Tanis.
Fimbu enters.
Fimbu leaves east.
Meilikki starts casting a spell.
Josef looks at Corpse of Tanis.
Trempk looks at Corpse of Tanis.
Tars puts an elven short sword into an Orc courier pack.
Elmo says: that was fast
Fimbu enters.
Tantek says "oif!".
Darkness suddenly starts growing around Meilikki!
Fimbu leaves west.
Tars tells you: NICE!
Stiven erms.
Tars tells you: NICE!
Tars tells you: NICE!