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-----A cloaked man behind the one Zentil downed, looks up in the elf’s direction. Raising his sword, he begins to charge up the slight incline to Zentil’s position.
-----Raven takes aim at one of the cloaked men and quickly drops him with an arrow to the gut. He quickly redraws and a second man falls with a grunt.
-----The long-haired man yells, "There’s at least two hiding in the bushes." He quickly takes cover behind a tree.
-----Sol meets one rushing man who snarls as Sol yells. The cloaked man gracefully sidesteps as Sol brings his sword down. He laughs at the young man telling him defiantly, "I’ll give ya somethin’ ta yell about!"
-----Sol’s opponent then tries to stab at him, but the cloaked man seems to over extend his arm. He misses Sol widely and throws himself off balance. Luckily for him, the man goes down on one knee missing a second sweep of Sol’s sword. Another cloaked man runs to the aid of the one fighting Sol.
-----Sol’s opponent makes it to his feet and begins to raise his blade. Sol hefts his blade upward and, with a mighty slash, brings his weapon to bear into the man’s left shoulder. It cleaves into his opponent and the man drops to the ground.
-----Raven shoots at the man running towards Sol. The arrow stops the man in his tracks and his body thuds to the ground.
-----Rand guarding his surrendered man calls to Sol, "Sol, you might check therein the cave to see if any others await! Is there anyone who has any rope to tie up Thalog’s slumbering men?"
-----Zentil stands and swings his long sword at the charging man. The man ducks quickly and returns a jab, which misses the elf. The man spins and sweeps his sword, which misses its mark, instead thumping against a tree. Zentil’s return stroke likewise misses. The man seems to glance past Zentil for a second and then turns and begins to run.
-----Raven then calls to the man in the white shirt, "Hey Dandee! Ya, you in the pirate shirt! I challenge you! Or you have to run home and iron your shirt!?" Raven steps into the open, drops his bow and draws his swords. "Well, you son of a whore, are you man enough to fight me one on one?!"
-----The man starts slightly and then focuses on Raven standing in the clearing. A smirk crosses the man’s lips and he calls back, "I’d rather be a son of a whore than the son of an orcish whore! Look at you! I’ll carve you up before I leave!" He stands across from Raven with a thoroughly disgusted look on his face.
-----The man holds up his short sword and the sun shines brightly on it. "Well, come on, pig boy!" His brow is creased in anger. "What are you waiting for?!"
-----Raven glances at Sol and says, "Don't forget about the sleeping men..." Raven's attention goes back to his foe.
-----Zentil sheaths his longsword and picks his bow up off the ground and puts it away. He then pulls his pile of rope from his backpack and begins to tie the sleeping men up.
-----Raven gives the man the wolfish grin the other party members have seen before. He advances on the man and seems to be measuring the man's stance and possible skill.
-----The man pivots with his right side facing Raven. The short sword in the long-haired man’s right hand moves quickly as he holds his left hand behind him for balance.
-----Savagely, Raven hacks at the man’s sword trying to knock it out of the way of Raven's other sword that is slashing across the man's chest.
-----With an explosive move, the man sidesteps Raven, avoiding his weapons. Turning slightly, he brings his weapon to bear on Raven’s upper leg. The slashing motion rips into his clothing, badly injuring the muscle there.
-----As Raven turns, bringing his right sword arm down in an arc toward the man’s head, it is stopped and held by an unbelievable fast parry. The opponent looks at Raven from over his shoulder, his face wrinkled into a snarl. "Prepare to die, half-breed!" he spits into Raven’s face. Blood begins to flow from Raven’s leg.
-----Taking one step back, the man sweeps Raven’s sword aside and brings his own weapon across Raven’s abdomen. The force almost sends Raven to his knees. The others can see Raven is badly hurt. Yelling, the man in the ruffled shirt addresses the rest of the heroes, "Anyone else want to challenge me? Your humanoid friend here is almost dead!"
-----At that moment, the wolfish grin returns to Raven’s face. He stands upright displaying his blood coated and slashed body. The man stops and looks at Raven and the snarl slightly fades. At that moment, Raven moves.
-----With one upward thrust with his left arm, Raven knocks the sword almost out of the enemy’s hand. With a downward slash of his right arm, Raven’s sword rips down, across and into the man’s chest. Within a few moments, the white ruffled shirt is mostly a dark scarlet color as the long-haired man lies dead on the ground.
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