-----Another fighter charges out of the trees to attack Rinda. The huntress rolls to her left avoiding his sword. She then gathers her strength and lifts her club to hit her attacker. Her club rings as it bounds off his shield.
-----Romney waits as an armored warrior rushes him. The noble guard meets the advance with a well-placed sword thrust cutting into the enemy's thigh muscle. As the man yells in surprise and pain, he tries to strike Romney but his maneuver is blocked. "Surrender in the name of Hearthorn and Altoria!!" Romney yells into the air.
-----"Strator!" Lovan yells as his warhammer succeeds in finding the chest muscle of the soldier facing him. The links of the chain mail clink as the weapon of the Rager's priest slams into it. The man curses as he tries to stab Lovan but misses.
-----Garrison and another guard square off. They both swing at the same time with Garrison's battleaxe slicing the air over the man's head. With a quick jabbing motion, the opponent sticks the woodsman with the tip of his long sword. Ignoring the light scratch placed on his stomach, Garrison smiles fiercely and growls, "I am going to make you choke on that toothpick!" A trickle of sweat runs down the opponent's face.
-----Suddenly as Raven looks over the current battle scene, a figure armored in plate mail steps from a nearby tree and brings the tip of a long sword across the hunter's back. The force almost knocks Raven to his knees as blood begins to trickle across his badly scratched back. The armored man then kicks at the kneeling ranger trying to knock him down, but Raven stays on his feet.
-----Just then a delicate yellow form descends slowly from the trees. Although her descent appears graceful, the demeanor on the shaded face of the Lord Wizard's daughter is menacing. Sarah Night resembles an avenging angel as she floats to where her feet touch the ground. The young mage glowers angrily and purposely at the man behind Raven.
-----The man's face carries an expression of one who has been nobility. Though rough in appearance, an expression of arrogance is in his dark eyes as he looks first at Raven and then at Sarah. His black hair and beard is close cropped and he raises his chin ignoring the battle going on around them.
-----"Move, Raven! He is mine!" Sarah commands, her hands beginning the workings of what can only be the incantation of a very focused and terrible spell. "Krondor!" the young mage yells at the man in plate armor, "I have waited a long time for this, you bastard!"
-----Sol grins back at the commander, but it's like no other that the Gorian has ever given. Cold, harsh and focused, Sol steps forward once more and the Lathanian blade flicks around in a twirl that is then transformed into a viscous arc aimed at the commander's neck.
-----Raven springs to his feet and faces Krondor. Raven looks at his prey and snarls. Raven's eyes show how deeply he hates Krondor and how much he wants to kill him. For a moment it looks like Raven is going to ignore Sarah and attack Krondor, but then Raven lets out a growl and proceeds to retreat from Krondor. Raven waits for Sarah's spell to fire before attacking Krondor.
-----As Raven hightails it from Krondor's position, Sarah points at the traitor of Hearthorn and mutters some arcane incantation. A small reddish glow emits from the young mage's finger and for a moment it looks as though the dainty digit is alight on fire. Within a breath after, the point of red light streaks from Sarah's hand firing across to the man who raises his sword in command.
-----The red streak appears to hit Krondor in the chest and for an instant everything seems to stop amid bright flashes of fire, heat and noise. A loud low roar echoes through the trees as the streak explodes into flame and destruction covering an area of about twenty feet. As the explosiveness of the fireball fades away, two trees have caught fire while a bit of the surrounding brush is afire.
-----Krondor stands almost in the same position as he was although he appears badly hurt. His face badly blistered and singed looks to have also lost part of the hair of his beard and head. He surprisingly regains his composure, grimacing and glaring at the opponents facing him, while his demeanor resembles some foul humanoid more than one who once knew nobility.
-----Krondor drops his ruined partly melted shield and raises his smoking sword. "You will pay with your life for that!" he spits out at Sarah. That's when the Hunter rushes back in!
-----Krondor immediately brings his sword into position. He swings heavily just narrowly missing Raven while forcing the ranger to take a defensive stance. Raven slashes in with one of his short swords only to have it parried by Krondor's weapon.
-----Sol brings his great weapon to bear on the commander, but at the last moment, the older fighter moves slightly. The weapon stabs into him, but it is not at the neck Sol was aiming for. Nonetheless, the weapon pierces through the shoulder and travels downward into the chest. The man looks up at Sol and the Gorian can see fear growing in his eyes.