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-----Raven brutally weighs in with his own attack, but his sword is stopped by the old man’s shield. "What’s wrong with you, boy?" the oldster asks mockingly, "Maybe you can’t hit me ‘cause you must be some kind of half-breed. You got any pig-orc in your family?"
-----Zentil drops his bow and drawing his long sword moves forward to meet the crazed woman stalking him. With a mighty thrust, the elf attacks first, but the woman parries the attack with her sword. As she swings her weapon about, Zentil catches her attack and deflects it before it can find his throat. Their swords ring as they meet.
-----Rand draws a slow breath and fitting an arrow to his bow, he takes careful aim. The arrow he sends finds its place in the chest of the frizzy-haired caster. The man screams, clutches at his chest and falls off his horse to the ground.
-----At that very moment, the crow that menaces Sarah freezes in the air, giving a startled squawk. Its body stiffens and falls to the ground motionless.
-----The Dark High Priestess holds forth a straight piece of metal in her hand. Passing her hand over the metal in a strangling, grabbing motion she intones a dark spell. Suddenly Thalog’s body becomes rigid and he stands motionless!
-----Sarah gathers some multi-colored sand from her pouches and tries to cast again. The spray of magical colors springs forth from her hand just as the old crone of the Dark Faith begins her own evil incantation. Devlin stops with a look of shock and she reels backward. She stands staggering with her mouth opening, shaking her head as if to clear her mind.
-----Rand runs up beside Thalog to check on the mage’s condition.
-----Raven’s face turns to stone, but his eyes show great anger. Slowly a wolf-like smile spreads across his face, "I'm going to enjoy this..." With that, Raven's swords strike out at the old man. The old man successfully parries one of Raven’s weapons with a great ease. As the old one glares at the ranger with a cocky look, Raven’s smile grows as his opponent was momentarily distracted from Raven’s other blade. The evil one’s look changes to one of horror as Raven’s other short sword plunges into his chest. He falls to the ground in a widening pool of blood as he begins to cough his last breaths.
-----Sol answers his opponent's sneer with a smile, "The way you're going, it ain't gonna be much more." Once more he attacks. His sword rakes at the fine chain mail the warrior wears but it draws nothing more than sparks. The armor almost looks untouched!
-----Suddenly the warrior stabs in, piercing Sol’s ring armor and into his gut. Sol clutches at his bleeding stomach and looks badly hurt!
-----As Raven looks around at his companions, the old man on the ground grabs for Raven’s legs but misses. The old one moves very slowly as he is critically wounded.
-----The young wild-eyed priestess takes a wild slash at Zentil as the elf ducks the attack. As Zentil sees an opening, he lunges but his awkward positioning causes him to stumble and fall.
-----Clutching at his stomach, Sol says in a haze, "Much better..." He raises his sword, and eyes his opponent carefully.
-----Raven looks down at the old man and says, "That was for Gabe, you piece of dung." With that Raven turns to face Sol's attacker and starts to quickly advance. Raven smiles at the attacker and says, "Please don't surrender like all the rest. Ready to die?" He holds up the sword that killed the old man. Raven snarls and then attacks.
-----Quickly one of Raven’s swords rip down the warrior’s arm badly hurting him. With the short sword in his left hand, Raven tries to ram it though his chest, but it is stopped by the chain armor. With a grunt of pain, the opponent turns toward Raven.
-----The High Priestess recovers from Sarah’s attack and stares at her. With an angry look, she says, "You wish to learn the secrets of the Dark? May you dwell in it forever!" Devlin then mutters something low while pointing at the young sorceress. Suddenly Sarah is completely surrounded by darkness!
-----Zentil quickly moves to get up. Seeing an opening, he swings his sword, but the younger priestess avoids his attack.
-----Rand holds his sun symbol aloft while holding three small pebbles in his other hand. After a short blessing, the cleric throws the pebbles, one at a time, at the High Priestess. All three stones miss their target.
-----The warrior grimaces in pain and anger at Raven. He brings his sword around trying to strike down at the ranger’s head. Raven quickly crosses both blades over head and catches the sword spoiling the attack.
-----With a burst of energy, Sol hefts his sword at the warrior. It bangs loudly on the opponent’s shield.
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