Cana's hackles were the first to rise, as her senses were more keen than Kieran's could ever be, even if he was in wolf form as well. Then the scent hit him like an awful wave. It was a foul stink, that of some monster who didn't belong in this forest. A monster that needed slaying. Kieran noticeably slowed his pace alongside Cana. A vicious growl rumbled from his throat, trying to indicate to the others that there was trouble nearby, as he could not openly talk to them in this form. Not that he really cared to talk to any of them anyway. Well, not all of them, that is...

Harrumphing at Cagan’s back, Effie stalked closer to him still, her hair skittering across the bare flesh of her back and stroking her nerves. She was about to say more when a familiar woman appeared, one that she had a conversation with last night. The details were blurry, but Effie remembered her wanting a place to stay or of something of that sort.

Hissing at being dismissed so easily, Effie pressed, “I have to be stuck with this lot for a whole day?”

As if to emphasize her point, there was a small tiff behind her when two bumbling fools clashed into each other and their voices easily slithered into her ear like a disgusting worm. Without turning around, Effie drew her sword and slammed the butt of her weapon against the helmet of one of the morons and her heel into the stomach of another. She moved closer to the supposed leader and held up her hands incredulously at the group she rather abhorred.

Cagan stopped as the others did shortly after, the smell was getting to bad for him, it had to be coming from a flank, but how could it get past the scouts? A ranger, druid and barbarian they must be strong at the senses. Still he knew well they would be attacked, but so close to the village and a port town no less? It scared him to think that monsters lived only 35 minutes out of civilization. Drawling his sword he looked around hearing a light thumb every so often. "get ready crew"

Alir had caught a glimpse of the monster as she fell back. She stayed to the trees, her bow was loaded with a arrow.

Ryuko heard Cagan call out for her but as she looked down cagan stopped the group. Not sure whats going on ryuko decides to climb down for now. In the middle of her way down the smell suddenly hits her and catches her ofguard. In shock she accidently lets go of the tree falling down and hitting the ground. She didnt fall down to far so she survived the impact. After she stood up again that smell hit her and she knew it was nothing good. She quickly drew her blades and walked towards cagan "what is this?" She asks as she holds her nose shut with one hand

Katherin recognized the smell easily. She wasnt surmised the creature so close to town. She had heard rumors that one was close. She readied her spells.

"a vile creature, cyclops.... I know this smell well" he said as he watched trees shake as birds fly away. There was a large and ground shaking thud getting louder and louder until a tannish green sack of fat nearly naked save a few 'rags' of random materials covering bits on the monster as it yelled and aved it's club around showing it's powerful yet ravished and ruined teeth. "ryuko... move back e need you to be able to sneak around to it's back" he said as the rest of the group drew there weapons if they had not yet.

"Understood" ryuko replyed being suprisingly serius. She quickly dissapeard in the mass of men behind canan trying to seek out the easyest way to get behind the monster. While she walks into the mass she notices the red haired girl from yesterday. She looked like an assasin aswell. i think ill gether some more people and then we can attack the beast from behind..... ryuko quickly got some more assasin types together and then tapped on the shoulder of the redhaired girl. "Hey come with me. Well sneak around it and attack it from behind"

Katherin felt the earth move and knew the creature was close. It wasnt close enough for her to attack yet but she was ready. She moved to the side so that she would have a clear shot.

Kieran readied his highest level spell for the day and channeled it directly at the cyclops' eye. A sunbeam traveled directly to the creatures eye, blinding it for the remainder of the battle as well as dealing a good amount of damage. Kieran and Cana took advantage of the vile creature's blindness and ran to both sides of it's body, each of them biting their respective leg. Wolves hunted by exhausting pray and then biting at it's heels to trip it for the full on attack. The cyclops was large and cumbersome as is, its blindness would only make it more vulnerable to a successful trip attack.

It was just Effie’s luck to be caught in the front when an attacker shows up. She wrinkled her nose at the putrid smell and followed the woman from last night. The redhead put most of her weight on her calves and darted behind trees, moving slowly as to not attract his eyes – pardon, eye - with movement. Carefully, she drew a sword from her back and removed herself from the trees, approaching his uncovered back. Grinning from ear to ear, she thought of the blood that would be spilled onto her hands once again, but waited her time for the others to join her.

Cagan was growing tired of the cyclops even as the battle had just started. It's attacks were large and wide even if blinded it hit many of the unsuspecting men who wore armor so bulky they couldn't even touch there toes. Cagan was lucky enough to actually manage to dodge, blocking wouldn't d much for him at the point so his whole point would have been to take the agro but it was blind as it was.

Alir tied a rope to her arrow and shot it. It lodged in the Cyclops's shoulder and she quickly tied the other end of the rope to the branch she was on. She then slid down across the rope onto the Cyclops's shoulder. She had her hood pulled back up.

Katherin listened carefully trying to figure out where everyone was. Battling in a group wasn't something she had a lot of practice doing. She aimed low since most of the other attacks seemed to be aimed at the creatures upper area. She slowly built a layer of ice. Encasing the creatures feet in ice so that he couldn't escape or really attack them.

Nyala was closing behind the cyclops. The thing had come across their path from the side and she and the other scouts had almost missed it. Moving carefully, she hoped it was not one of the more lethal "red eye" cyclops' that could project deadly beams of magic. Stooping low, keeping her profile low, she readied her spear. Thankfully, the others seemed to have readied themselves. Thus she didn't have to take any unnecessary risks.

She was then about to cast her spear, pulling back her shoulder when an arrow shot out of the branches overhead and the blonde haired elven archer slid down towards the beast. Both must have been of elven manufacture for no arrow and no rope could hold such weight. She was exposed there, perhaps she was planning on getting the Cyclops to bash itself by getting its attention and leaping free at the last moment. If that was the case, it was a risky proposition.

Hurling her spear, lower now than she had originally intended to avoid any accidental chance of striking Alir, Nyala didn't wait to see where it struck. She immediately drew her twin blades and prepared to rush.

Lucky enough for Alir the spear missed her as she pulled out her knife and slashed at a point in the cyclops's body that should paralysis it.

Ryuko quickly charged at the moster together with the others. she ran ahed a bit and then got into position so that she could threw one of the others up to get them in a better position. Looking at the red haired girl she stood there ready to throw her up at the monster. "Come on! Ill throw you!" while Ryuko did that the others of the small group attackt the feet of the monster trying to get it to fall.

Cana and Kieran kept at the monster's frozen feet, every bite and attack still lowering it's HP. Kieran prepped another spell for good measure. Flame strike was a damaging spell, causing divine fire to cascade from the sky towards an enemy, dealing both fire and divine damage. The cyclops stupidly swatted at the flames as if he could knock them off course, but they always met their target.

Trepidation crept down Effie's arms and all she could think was how that little girl could throw her. Nevertheless, she nodded her head with a quick frown and removed her mask from its placement on her hip, sliding it onto her face. Twirling her sword deftly in her hand, she placed herself near Ryuko and prayed under her breath.

Cagan stared the beast in it's skin as he stabbed upwards toward the meat and muscle behind the chins with gusto and power, his buckler bashing the foot encased in ice, he'd have to thank the only one that could form the trap, she had saved more lives than he could have. "Go for it's nape"