-----Meanwhile, Raven fends off another attack with his dead orcish shield. Just as he drops the dead carcass, an orc steals in and delivers a devastating chop to Raven's right side. The hunter drops his hand to his ribs!
-----Sarah's Spectrum Discs come back again and the first one plows into the orcish commander. It gives a good solid strike and the commander is suddenly wounded. The second one miraculously rebounds off his shield, but the commander looks absolutely dazed by the first sphere.
-----Garrison continues to beat down the orcish forms below the netting. The woodsman sweats as he continues his onslaught.
-----Raven lashes out angrily with both sword arms. Quickly, he destroys the orc that hurt his ribs as well as a second attacker.
-----Sarah quickly casts her next spell and those who observe see an immediate reaction from the orcish commander. The armored form is already wavering from the last magical attack. Suddenly his body goes rigid as if he is frozen in place.
-----At the same time, a strange glowing spear appears in the air over the battle. It suddenly darts toward the hag still floating menacingly above the fight. As its tip strikes the hovering hag, she disappears. A groan escapes Caranip.
-----Sol continues to carve his way forwards, stepping in as each opponent falls.
-----"Sol, the big guy's paralyzed! Try to get to him!" Sarah yells her strategic advice to the Gorian as she checks to make sure Caranip is okay. Using her magical eyes, she scans the area to see if she can tell where the spear came from.
-----Raven's face shows pain as he faces off with the orcs, but his eyes show no sign of quitting. The Hunter sees the orc leader is in trouble, so Raven moves to clear a path for Sol to get to the leader. Raven says to Sol, "Get the bastard!"
-----The beautiful mage scans from her position, still mounted on Marlexana just outside the doors. She thinks she detects a bit of movement from the top of the back stairway, but she is unsure as part of the blasted doors stands in her line of sight.
-----Raven leaps to Sol's side, ripping the throats from two orcs as he does. Sol widens his path by taking down another orc. The young warrior's next swing is parried and for the moment stalls him.
-----"By my Aunt Granny Nertlenip's sparkletoed nubblenoser!" Caranip shouts toward the building rage of the fight. She shakes her fist toward the battling horde of humanoids in a manner that almost reminds Sarah of a certain dread halfling pirate. "I'll teach 'em better than to ruin one of my spells!" The small gnomish girl quickly and angrily begins to slip down the horse toward the ground. As her feet hit the ground, Caranip then speeds through the door to the entry hall.
-----Just as the gnome disappears inside, a large feline shape bolts from the courtyard and enters the stronghold behind her. With a loud roar, the familiar cat creature bounds up alongside Raven causing the orcs facing the heroes to give pause. One paw strikes out raking sharp claws down an orcish leg. The humanoid falls back painfully gripping its leg.
-----Raven's wolf leaps up biting deeply into the neck of another warrior. The orc with the wolf attached to it falls back into the orcs behind him as the wolf splatters the humanoids with blood.
-----Raven whirls his sword into the chest of another orc, while the large cat rakes her claws against the chain mail of another. Raven's foe falls dead, but the one the cat struck, though unhurt, begins backing into his companions.
-----Sol chops into the helm of a soldier and splits the orc's skull. As it drops, he sees that a line of orcs four deep remain between him and the prone commander.
-----Lovan takes down another orc threatening him with a well-placed slam to the humanoid's forehead. Just as Garrison finishes downing the last of the net covered orcs, he limps to help the storm priest while trying to cover the backs of Sol and Raven.
-----Now a couple of well armed soldiers rush to cover the half-orcish commander, while the troops below try to stand their ground against the onslaught of the adventurers. Sol watches with glee as an orc weakly tries to stab in at him, only to watch the orc overstretch himself and almost throw himself into a prone position. Raven strongly bats away a spear, allowing Sol to step forward. Another orc jabs its spear toward the huge cat. The cat roars loudly as the orc backs, wide-eyed and with fear on its features.
-----The magically glowing spear suddenly drops from above and jabs at the large cat. The feline roars and rears up, causing the mystic spear to miss.