[i]Althalus[/i]

Althalus cursed as the assassin split into four and then one ran off. [color=00aeef]"Oh, fuck you."[/color] He snarled as the three remaining ones bowed at him and Keri. [color=00aeef]"Beats me. He's really annoying though, as you've noticed. As for killing him, that's simple!"[/color] He drew two knives, crouching into a ready position. [color=00aeef]"We stab them repeatedly until they die." [/color]At the mention of a Naga he glanced over at Ellys and cursed. [color=00aeef]"She's gone into Malice. If you don't destroy the brain she'll just keep coming. She's essentially a walking corpse of rage and murder."[/color] 

What happened next was a bit of a blur. The vampire tossed him a rag, animals suddenly attacked, and the other three of the assassin suddenly leapt into action. Althalus slashed at one animal only to be knocked over as an assassin was thrown by another. As he struggled to his feet, all three assassins suddenly cried out in pain. Before they could recover, two were cut down by the beasts. One was bleeding heavily and suddenly disappeared as the original assassin abruptly turned around and started heading back towards them, a knife in each hand. [color=00aeef]"This...might not be better."[/color]

[b]E'docsil[/b]

As the gust of wind hit the three legged rat, it abruptly shifted into a large roly-poly, curling into a defenseive ball and smacking into the wall with an audible thump. In an instant she was back into a rat, scurrying off into the darkness.

[b]Aramir[/b]

The Ridge Hounds were closing in quickly. Far too quickly. Aramir's last arrows were gone, only hitting a couple of the monsters, and the other ones were too far away for her to just grab. There was one thing she could do. She tossed her bow to the ground behind her, (damned if she was gonna be responsible for burning it) and threw her hands out in front of her, ignoring most of the screeching and howling and ranting around her in favor of focusing on the immediate threat.

Fire leapt from her hands, burning anything foolish enough to get in it's path. Aramir grinned as they hounds were either killed or forced back. Of course, with raging flames around her, she didn't hear Darius' warning. It was with a scream she hit the ground, covering her ears in an attempt to block the pain out.