[h2][center]Nori[/center][/h2] Nori barely had time to sigh before combat erupted around her. These foreigners (well, she guessed SHE was the foreigner in this instance) were so unnecessarily violent. She draws her katana, red steel bursting flame into life around its edge. She was ill suited to non-lethal combat, but as other knights dog piled to protect their captain she supposed she'd make as good a deterrent as the rest of them. “Please lay down your arms! We do not wish to kill you without mercy.” She yells, noting as a mage of some sort was making a similar call for peace on the other side of the field (and failing entirely to notice how much of a threat that came off as). At least someone was being sensible. [h2][center]Gillian[/center][/h2] Gill smirked as the blow landed, despite the rattling of his bones and the small aftershock that shot through him. Big as the man was, the knight doubted he'd been struck that hard by someone barely half his size before. His pride was swiftly pulled out beneath him, however, as he felt a pair of legs slam into him, launching him from the giants grasp and knocking the wind from his lungs. He barely has time to recover his breath before slamming into the ground, rolling to face the attackers while coughing. He should have known better than that, letting his guard down. [i]”Still...it worked...”[/i] He thinks, standing up and watching as a group of knights advanced on the half-giant. It would take a few more hits before he broke through, but even as he felt the mana drain from his arm he was confident in his ability to crack the armor open. He draws his sword with his good hand, giving it a small practice swing. A cheap shot like before wasn't likely to happen again, he'd have to get in while the giant was distract. A pair of voices shot up from the fight,that of Tiral and...was that the famed Crippled Lion? Gillian nearly balked as they called for a cease fire, as if the pile of corpses around them wasn't evidence enough to the trio's (maybe more) guilt. However, the ice mage's threat was not to be ignored, so he held off his second charge.