“Now see, this is why this is forbidden by my religion…”

Kathlin muttered, hiding behind an overturned pagoda. The air stank of fel magic, corruption and generally of things having-gone-extremely-wrong-in-a-very-short-space-of-time. The girl stuck her head out from behind the pagoda briefly, to take in the new demonic entity, then hastily withdrew it again. [i]“Noop, don’t wanna get kissed by that”[/i]

“Wughhh…stupid…Night Elves…dumb Dranei…” Liaena coughed as she levered herself painfully out of the fist-shaped dent in the ground. The girl stared around in mild confusion as she took in the ash and smoke in the air. “Not sure it was meant to do that…”

“….”

Slowly tilting her head to look upwards, her heart sank like a stone as she took in the very large, very angry looking demon looming above her, well aware of her existence and looking distinctly unfriendly. “….definitely wasn’t meant to do that”

“—Men, FIRE!”

Just when Malizia was raising a huge hand to create Liaena-chunks – a volley of crossbow bolts smacked into the demon, knocking it to one side with a roar of anger and mild annoyance. A number of Stormwind guards had apparently finally responded to the calls of alarm, led by a wey-faced Captain who looked like he wished past him had shown less professionalism. “Summon the Paladins! We have a number one threat loose in the city! You – go! The rest of you, reload and get ready to engage!”

He pointed at one of the guardsman, who was all too happy to cut and run as he fled away down the street in the vague direction of the Cathedral. The others fumbled to reload as the Captain looked up at the demon that was in the process of lunging at him, fists ready. “Oh, mother”

“RAWWWGHH—“ *tink* 

*tink tink tink tink tink*

The captain gasped for dear life as he took in the translucent shield that was surrounding him. “Thank the light!”

Malizia meanwhile, took in the sight with rapidly dawning comprehension , to turn and stare wildly around for the magic’s creator. “my love!”

“….what did it say!?”

“Never mind that – FIRE!!!”