Sometimes exiting the Swamp can also be an epic battle. I had just finished setting up a bungalow on stilts, to function as a shelter, marina & portal. Forgetting to designate a corresponding portal to access it, at my main portal hub. I could see I had an active portal to the south on a nearby island, which was close enough to swim to after some island hopping. Between the last section of swamp, and a series of meadow islands, I had raised the land with my hoe a few months back, when I initially discovered it. As I was travelling along this narrow strip of partially raised ground, as the swamp was transitioning to meadow, I disturbed an Abomination. I had very little land available, that was above the waterline, and both sides of the isthmus was crawling with leeches. Not only were my hammer & pick broken after spending a few days exploring the swamp, but my bow had just broken a couple of minutes prior to engaging the Abomination. Coming at me from the meadow side were some skeletons, and from the swamp there were 3 Draugr & 2 blobs, and 2 wraith. As soon as things started getting crazy I popped the Bonemass buff, and decided to try and take out the Abomination first with my axe & shield equipped. I drained myself of stamina a couple of times, when my axe triple swing special missed making contact with the Abomination, despite the fact that I was directly underneath it. My life nearly ended, until I remembered I had medium health pots in my action bar. I then decided to save the Abomination for last, that the blobs and the wraiths were greater threat.

It was the closest I've come to dying, without actually dying, in a long, long time. Due to the location, I could not retreat, and due to my broken bow I could not kill from distance or kite any enemies. Swinging at the Abomination, and hitting only air nearly got me killed two times, as did trying to block with little or no stamina as both wraiths were lunging at me.

All in all it was an encounter I will not soon forget.

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