Arranged Meeting - Hoarran Group and Jonathan
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_With Jonathan and Vaxin now gone the Hoarrans begin gathering their fallen, always with a close eye on the Defenders across from them. A few actually check on Marty, making sure she is fine though offering nothing beyond the inquiry. They move back quickly if her Far Scout guards come up. Behind the line twenty fully plated and mounted come riding up hard, fanning out and focusing on any last pockets of attackers, keeping proper distance from the Legion archers east and the wounded Defenders north.
Scouts rush off into the caves to follow those who managed to flee, and one of the newly arrived slips off her helmet ((some might recognize Danielle)) and pulls up in the center of the mess, looking between Legion and Defenders then to the ground at the dead. She makes a motion to the other Hoarrans and under escort they begin a retreat south._
There will be answers for this. Though likely not the ones we'd wish… she closes her eyes a moment before opening them again There was an evil here, it's taint lingers some, but not on the hearts of those still standing. She looks south judging how far the Hoarrans have moved before nodding and slipping her helm back on, I shall speak for you, though I fear many will not wish to hear it.
With a formal salute of her spear, she wheels her horse around and sets off at a trot south.
((OOC, at this point IG and IC reactions are fine. The entire fight was a very pitched and quick clash, even if spread over a few RL days. ))
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The Legion Tower is abuzz with action, though no Legionnaires have come out to join the battle save for those archers that had been deployed earlier.
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Ronan, finding that the situation is folly, decides to return to the city, glancing at Mariston as he turns toward the Peltarch walls..
Come, there's nothing for us to do here. This isn't a battle we can partake in without making it worse..
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_With the constant volley or arrows from Legion and Hoarran archers alike, as well as the work of Peltarch Senators who remain and the Hoarran mages who effectively disable the green robed mages with counter-spelling, the rush of heavily armored Defenders seems to finish their job, though have a tough time of it, using sheer numbers to overwhelm Jonathon and his bodyguards.
With the appearance of Vaxin, the remaining Defender soldiers in the western attack force break lines, most dropping to the ground dead, the few remaining fleeing towards the cave mouth while arrows continue to drop on them. The remaining green robed mages who are living break their line as well and take cover under the shields of the Defender soldiers, turning to the cave mouth as well to get out of the Hoarran mages sight, or any who are counter-spelling them, they cast invisibility and disappear into the cave mouth leading to Oscura.
The eastern attack force of Far Scouts is not so lucky, the few who manage to avoid the arrows of Legion and Hoarran alike are pushed into the flaming oil by the rush of their own men seeking to kill Jonathon, or sent fleeing up the road north, back towards the woods to the east.
To the north, a unit of wounded Defenders arrives finally, making their way down the road quickly, their shields high and weapons drawn. They order the remaining Senators to follow them back to the city, keeping a wary eye on the Hoarrans as they form a wall of armor to give the Senators some protection from any attacks._
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// a map is on the way. Pending approval.
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_General Theaon issues more orders to the archers
"Concentrate on the fake Defender mages first! Don't let them get their spells off!"
He casts a flame strike spell on a group of fake Defender soldiers, then looks back to his troops
"The Hoarans don't seem to interested in accepting our help by entering our grounds. If that is the case make sure these fake Defenders don't follow them south on the path."_
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_Jonathan and the three guards turn towards the sudden press of magic and steel, overwhelmed by the push of the heavily armored soldiers they are physically shoved back towards the flames. As Marty rolls away and then dispells the grease, there is an almost calm moment… then one of the guards fall, grasping towards his throat. Another soon after, and the loss of their shields and the sheer press of the Defenders coming forward, Jonathan spins spearing through a Defenders visor, but down to one guard and only lightly armored, first one blade slips by the stave of his spear, then another. Openly bleeding the last guard shoves him south towards the main line and then rushes the new Defenders, but there are too many. Jonathan slips, turning and backpedaling as they close in, before disappearing from sight in sheer numbers, impossible to tell whether he has fallen, lives or dies.
The Hoarran main line abandon their slow movement forward, charging the newly arrived men, the mages in line no longer tossing spells, but instead focusing on the green robed mages, countering everything they possibly can, arrows from the Hoarrans begin clanging off their armor, the light infantry drawing in close to where Jonathan was last seen, and then a voice echoes across the sounds of battle._
Enough!
_Flames erupt from where Jonathan was seen last, the Defenders, starting from the center and spreading out catching fire, as they frantically pull at their armor, it already beginning to grow red hot. Then a blast of sound sends them tumbling back, the charging Hoarrans not being spared as they to get knocked back and flat onto their backs. Standing over a bloodied and fallen Jonathan in the center of this stands Vaxin, glowing in magical protections, a wand in his hand.
The first Defender that tries to rush him, he utters a phrase and motions to them watching them just collapse, another motion and a wall of fire erupts between him and the charging Defenders. Not seeming to care about friend or foe, he steps up to the wall of flame where many of those charging have drawn up short to keep from burning and his hands held wide towards them and what almost appears as a simple color spray spell comes forth over those grouped… except many of those in range of the colors, drop dead. Others turn against their comrades, some turning bloodied in moments, the wand raises and a massive fireball comes from it, dropping beyond those who were afflicted by the spray spell, and incinerating a large group. Another motion and one of the green robed mages fall, and this time a different wand is out that he holds for a moment, cold calculating eyes judging.... but the charge from the Defenders has broken around him. He turns away dropping one last spell of Evard's for the ground behind him. He steps to Jonathan as the Hoarrans and those beyond the wall of flame are just starting to struggle to their feet, placing one hand on him they both disappear from sight._
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Joining General Thorn and the legion archers, Ael'Que sees the attack from the north, shouting to the Hoarrans
"Fall back this way, to the Tower grounds! We can hold them there!"
He then joins the Hoarran line against the remnants of the attackers, slicing down any who try to get to the Hoarran defenders or Jonathon. He stays with the line even if they continue to try to go north.
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::Mariston dismisses the Far scouts with some worry as to their safety::
Damn it all, this is more of a set up than “Find the Lady” in a public houses game of cards….
::The knights eyes look around, oblivious to any danger that may threaten him, any sign of aggression to any far scout seeking to protect him is met head on::
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Marty breaks her invisibility after casting an entangle spell from a scroll that she had whipped out from between her breasts.* She casts the spell at the entrance of the cave to slow the advance of the false defenders coming through there. Once she finishes the spell, she dives into a commando roll in an attempt to evade incoming fireballs and missiles, drawing a wand from a thigh scabbard as she does so. She finishes the roll on one knee, unleashing a dispel magic spell from the wand at the flaming oil, providing the Hoaran party a means of escape (?)*
//it's getting a little hard to visualise. The Hoarans are trapped between the cave and their own flaming grease right? If dispelling the grease spell isn't the best way of providing the Hoarans a means of escape please let me know so I can edit.
**(how many scrolls does she have tucked in there!? Boobs of Holding?)
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Ronan mutters a chant, creating a lesser spell mantle around him in case of retaliation by the green robed mages attempting to kill Jonathon. After the spell mantle, he proceeds to cast three bigsbies to stop the spells from the green mages. If he succeeds in holding them, he shouts toward the Hoarrans..
Get out of here! This isn't our doing! Remember that!
Though his expression looks less then hopeful that the Hoarrans will accept his words, still… he does his best to assist in Jonathon's escape while he is being pushed back. The confusion of who is friendly and who is foe making the mage unable to concentrate his spells on specific targets other then the ones obviously trying to murder Jonathon.
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_Between the blast of Hoarran magic and volley's of arrows, as well as the blade barrier at the lead, the line of "enemy" Far Scouts and other men is heavily damaged, many falling to the ground, the remaining men seem intent on getting to Jonathon, pushing hard against the Hoarran lines with what few men they have left.
The battle to the north seems to have died down enough, whats left of the Defender and Wavebreaker units there making their way back down the road to the Senators being pushed away, making no move to move beyond them, simply securing the Senators and pushing back north with them again.
As things slowly start to turn in the Hoarrans favor, a sudden explosion takes Jonathon and his three men from behind who are pressed up close against the wooded entrance to the Oscuran cave. The flickering images of green robed men suddenly appearing around the tree line as fireballs and magic missles fly through the air, followed shortly by another group of men in Defender uniforms charging through the opening from the cave and closing fast, heavily armored and swords in hand, pushing right into the backs of Jonathon and the few Hoarrans present with him now, the group of "Defenders" moving to push Jonathon and his group of bodyguards into the fire created by his own mages while the mages continue to blast away uncaringly with spells, damaging Hoarran, Senator or Defender alike in their attempt to kill the Hoarran leader.._
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Jonathan is pushed farther back west and somewhat south with his guards, fighting fiercely against the rush. In an abrubt change of tactics the Hoarran mages begin casting grease across the moving mass of attackers as they stream west following Jonathan, working their way around the blade barrier ((or for those hapless few… forced into it by the rush)) a curious idea... until Hoarran archers light arrows and launch flames into their midst. Jonathan can be seen looking frantically about then shouting...
Thank Hoar! They took the crazy girl with them!
As soon as the flames ignite, he motions the main line forward north at a trot, closing the gap between them quicker, though he and his guards still are doing little more then a steady walk back west, and somewhat south.
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_"Senators, I am not of the Jewel. I'll go cover them. You protect yourselves! This may only be a diversion to attack the city."
Rico is clearly worried by the conflicting tactics and speaks hoping to expedite an action before galloping off astride Scarlet…straight through Marty's smoke cloud._
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Marty disappears after drinking a potion
// Anyone with see invis will spot her disappear into the smoke.
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Meanwhile, Hammer is moving along the edges of the battle to the north of the meeting grounds, just south of the shrine, collecting those wounded from both sides who are no longer capable of fighting and dragging them to the relative safety of the shrine. There, they are quickly treated for the worst of their injuries, but not enough to allow them to rejoin the fight. After a few moments, there are soldiers in the livery of different units of Defenders lying in the shrine.
Edited to remove the fallen Hoarrans, none have been that far north yet to fall.
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Ronan and Marty are both issued direct orders to accompany the scouts north, if they fail to do so, like with Senator Thel, the scouts remain with them and do not forcibly drag them off, though they do indeed forcibly prevent Marty from going south if force is needed.
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What a surprise… both sides blaming the other.
Ronan mutters, and then looks annoyed when he is urged to return to the city.
I'm not a child, I can take care of myself. I want to see what the fuss is.
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@a57a6cb32e=Caoimh:
Whilst the Far Scouts may not physically be dragging Senators away to the City itself, they certainly do not allow Marty or anybody from the Peltarch group for that matter, to get anywhere near him or the Hoaran lines after the fighting breaks out, and she and anybody else attempting to get near Jonathan is forcibly prevented from doing so by scouts and other Defenders in the vicinity.
//okay. But Marty will be retreating south to the tower to help provide safe passage for Jonathan rather than fleeing north. Just for the record, Marty has never trusted the Defenders, and will not let any of them touch her.
Marty throws down a smoke bomb* to cover the retreat south*
** darkness single use item.
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Whilst the Far Scouts may not physically be dragging Senators away to the City itself, they certainly do not allow Marty or anybody from the Peltarch group for that matter, to get anywhere near him or the Hoaran lines after the fighting breaks out, and she and anybody else attempting to get near Jonathan is forcibly prevented from doing so by scouts and other Defenders in the vicinity.
