[Centre][B]First Blow
Maher Adonai[/b][/Centre]

Maher blinked as the demon arrived, not entirely certain as to its intentions initially. While it had been on the ship with them and was supposedly a member of the blades... Maher just couldn't shake the instinct to watch his back around it. That instinct mingled with his Templar training and Maher caught himself moving to cast against the demon instead of the gargoyle. No matter how many times he told himself the demon was an ally during the trip over the Sea of Blood he just couldn't bring himself to trust it.

Shaking his head slightly Maher refocused on the gargoyle when the demon fired its crossbow at the animated statue. He kept an eye on the demon still but he started casting another spell at the gargoyle. This time trying to narrow down which element of his previous attack had effected the gargoyle as it did, He focused on just water rather than mixing in anti-magic. He had a suspicion the anti-magic had been the one to cause the stunning effect on the gargoyle, but in the chance that he was wrong, pure anti-magic would have little effect, by testing water first he hoped he could effect the creature through kinetic force of the water pressure if nothing else.

Concentrating Maher started another incantation for a powerful torrent of concentrated water, similar to the first but subtly different to strip the anti-magic properties and concentrate on the force of the torrent. He hoped he wasn't making a mistake...