As the thundering of feet could be heard in the distance, Sular's eyes weren't on his enemy. They weren't close enough to form any kind of threat, outside the range of even the most powerful of bows. However, he took this time to assess those bowman that stood in ine besides him, manning the northern wall. Many used the Imperial Recurve Bow, a strong short-range bow. Easy to use, perfect for mass production and use in the army. He assessed their stance, their view, and judged which would keep their cool in a battle. While it is important to know one's enemy, first one must know one's allies. While many of these people had very little true experience in the fields of war, some seemed ready to face the incoming horde, and held themselves like true Warriors. He had no respect for the supposed leaders of these military groups, who hid behind their men like cowards, but he could recognize a veteran when he saw one, and by his best judgement, this man would keep at least some semblance of order.

What he also noticed, as he assessed those that would stand with him, was the crest of the Battle-Born. In the battle of Surilan River, one of the Battleborn had led the charge against Silto Esselam, Sular's uncle. Even throughout the Shas-La they had earned a reputation as fierce, fearless warriors, and among those who fought with the barbarians, they were one of the few whom Sular respected. As a warrior, he had to respect might and bravery when he witnessed it, and whenever he saw a Battle-Born, it was in the thick of battle, surrounded by the corpses of their enemies. It would be good to have such a skilled wariror on this battle, and Sular had no doubt that the mere presence of that crest would back the troop morale, such was the fame of the Battle-Born.

The enemy was out of bowshot yet, however, they had started to group. The movements of the river had forced them through a gape, and at the end of it, they would come within range of the bowmen. The hail of fire, no doubt, would cost many barbarians their lives. However, Sular was an archer of Hesh-Coril, the House of Snakes. From the day he was born he had been trained in the arts of the Greatbow, a weapon whoms range dwarfed that of lesser bows. Too shoot at the enemy when they were spread out among the trees would have been a waste of arrows, but they had already made themselves vulnerable.

Muscles coiled and tensed under the brown skin as Sular readied an arrow. It took all of the warrior's strength to pull back the string of the Greatbow, the arrow prepared for it almost resembling a short spear in length. It's point was not barbed, as other arrows used by the Shas-La were, but built to pierce heavy armor. As he fired the arrow into the masses in the distance, knowing that it would hit somebody within, he knew that arrow had enough force behind it to punch through a human, and come out the other side with enough force to inflict a lethal wound on the next foe. Not only did two or more barbarians fall to that arrow, but the effects of fear could never be underestimated, as an arrow would soar from impossibly long distances. While Sular alone could not replace a full Shas-Ui of Hesh-Coril Greatbowmen, he knew he could deal some damage.

He took another arrow from his quiver. Another barbarian would fall, before the battle had even begun.