Zak
Zak gave a flirty wink and a grin as the angel introduced herself.
"Aye, Miyu. Tis a pleasure. Ye can call me Zak, tha fearless an' mighty doom slayer o' heav-" The bolstering angel was interrupted as the neck of his coat rose, uprooted from the bushes like a freshly picked fruit by a talon of a hand.
"S-somthin' Ah can do fer ye lad?" Stuttered Zak through a subtle smile, withdrawing slightly into his coat as he was brought to level with the visage of a stern faced Syphax. He raised his hands in surrender, letting a puff of smoke linger on his breath as the Harpy made his demands. Zak gave the warrior a pat on his armored forearm and a subtle wink, possibly to indicate his compliance, or just to signify he wanted to be dropped. Either way the intimidating harpy set the feather thief down before he could manage any witty retorts, which in hindsight was probably for the better since Zak's quick tongue would have likely just gotten him in more trouble. As Syphax turned and departed with the rest of his flock toward the gates of war, Zak stood, straightening his coat with a brisk tug of his hands. He was quiet for a moment, taking a deep drag off his joint before casting a glance at Miyu, almost as if he had briefly forgotten she was there.
"Do ye see? Spooky!" This time, the horns of war weren't beyond Zak, the bellowing sound reminding the suddenly stern faced angel of his previous dealings.
"Oh bloody hell. Ah spose Ah can't avoid it any longer." Zak dropped the joint onto the ground and smashed it under foot. The space around him warmed up, causing the air to shimmer with heat as he stepped out from the bushes and into the open pavilion.
"Well then Miyu, Ah'll be seein' ye. Take ye to tha hole fer some whiskey an' whims if we win, aye?" Blinding light emanated through the pavilion as flames spewed out from Zak's back, taking the shape of numerous fiery wings. They moved around wildly and rapidly, extending out into the air. Waves of heat wafted up from the ground beneath Zak's feet as he knelt down, and in a flash of brilliance and fire, he was gone like a firework, streaming up into the sky in an arch of light that dissipated in a long trail behind him.
A sonic boom echoed out over the mystical lands of floating islands and oncoming war as the streak of flames that was Zak shot down from the sky like a falling meteor. Piercing the clouds, the flaming angel dropped from the sky, skidding across the plateau of a grassy floating land mass before colliding with the surface of Archadia among a thicket of trees that made up a forest near the coastline. The ground rumbled upon the impact, sending chunks of debris and splinters of wood raining into the air, and clearing a small patch of foliage, leaving a small crater surrounded by a few yards of barren land. The explosions and clashes of battle boomed and clattered all around as the chaos of war ensued. Zak meanwhile, rising from the fresh, smoking crater no worse for ware, scratched his head and grasped at his lower back.
"Been years...oh...Ah'll be feelin' that fer a while..." He knocked away a few stones, digging some of the debris out of his coat pockets as he looked around to try and get his bearings. Unfortunately all he could see were tree's and sky, which would no doubt be filled with aerial combatants soon.
"What am Ah even doin 'ere...Bloody crazy nobody lass an' her shenanigans..." Mumbling to himself, Zak began an aimless roam through the thicket, still grasping his back as the memory of land fall had him immediately reconsidering his presence in this conflict.
"Oh...'it'll be worthwhile' she said...wha? Gettin' m'self bloody killed? Was that tha 'classified reward? Why do Ah let m'self get into these situations?..."