Danath rode on ahead alone. His mind whirrling around the possibility that they could save those the bandits hadn't reached yet. And the fact there were no patrols was disturbing to him...
Seeing some of the farms ahead were not burned yet he continued forward, sadly leaving behind the old man as he pursued his query.
I must stop them!
Ni'Tir stopped long enough for the boy to help the girl become decent before striding forward once more. When they reached the farm with the old man her heart sank, so much death and yet Danath wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Little ones. I must leave you here, please help the old man." She takes the time to summon some water elemental's.
As they rise from what little water sources abound she points to the structure. "Quench the fires and return to your home."
Once the Elementals had set to work she left the three unlucky farmers behind with one last rumble of her voice. "I will return!" She hoped enough of the farm survived for them to hide. The Elementals would make it wet enough to ensure it couldn't burn as easily...
She started running back after Danath in the hopes of catching up with him.
After getting struck, Azurefang will attack again.
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Ayles Megesen fights with abandon, as a man that knows he is going to die... he attacks Azurefang and hurts him, before an arrow from Xi'Tir disarms him yet again.
The other arrows and Azurefang bites miss him, as he turns and spins, and goes for his sword yet again.
In Celestial: "Wait for me bother!"
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Danath sees half a dozen of riders some 100' away from him, 4 of them dismounted, and probably attacking a person, next to another burning farm. They haven't seen him. He looks back, and Ni'Tir is away, maybe a mile away.
Do he waits for her?
Missing the human, Azurefang attacks again,
But misses again.
In celestial: "ENOUGH!" Tarina declares as she casts Bestow Curse on Ayles
Danath's choice
Danath continues his headlong charge towards the enemy, he couldn't stand idle, not if he wish to hold true to his ideals, to the teachings of his his draconic mentor. He had no time to hesitate or he could never face her again.
As he charged he leveled his lance and hoped that Dovan was one of the men on the ground, as that was where he was aiming...
+3 Ride while riding your bonded mount. (Ex) Cancel your armor check penalty of -3 while riding your mount.
Animal Companion Link (Ex) You have a link with your Animal Companion.
Cavalier's Charge (Ex) Mounted charge grants +4 to hit and -0 AC rather than +2/-2.
Decisive Strike (Su) As a swift action, use 1 power to grant an ally in 30 ft an att with a +1 bonus that bypasses all DR.
Hero Points (1) Hero Points can be spent at any time to grant a variety of bonuses.
Mounted Combat (1/round) Once per round you can attempt to negate a hit to your mount in combat.
Mythic Power (5/day, Surge +1d6) Use this power to perform your mythic abilities.
Power Attack -2/+4 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Ride-By Attack You can move - attack - move when charging mounted.
Scatter (1 allies) (Ex) Allies in 60 ft gain Wind Stance feat.
Spirited Charge Double damage when making a mounted charge (triple with a lance).
Surge (1d6) (Su) Use 1 power to increase any d20 roll by the listed amount.
Sword's Challenge +4 (2/day) (Ex) +4 to damage target, -2 AC vs. others when used, +2 to hit while riding your mount.
Valiant Vault [Mythic] Mount can leap over foe as charge/ride-by attack. Use 1 power to grant +10 or +20 if jumping.
His lance tore through one of the men on the ground...
Tearing through their side and spilling their blood all over the ground. "Bastards! I stand against you and today I plan on hunting you all down and Killing you myself!" Danath's shout was loud and powerful as he wheeled Aru around, despite being sixty feet away he had the total advantage of charging against them with brutal ease...
Again Ayles blade flies from his hand as several more arrows riddle his armor. Xi'Tir was merciless as she continued to hone in on Ayles alone. Now that Jex had abandoned him like a coward, she couldn't justify killing him. Yet. "Dats a good little cretin, just keep on cryin' til ya die. I'll take ya head back to Slobada!"
Ni'Tir pounded along, hoping to catch up to Danath as she ran. Seeing the fire in the distance she hoped he didn't do anything foolish...
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Ayles Megesen gets his sword out of his hand yet again, and he roars with frustration.
In Celestial: "Damn you woman! Damn you all to hell!"
He moves yet again to grab his weapon.
He tries to pick up his weapon and, after grabbing it, drops it again! He tries again but seems unable to do it!
In Celestial: "What have you done to me! Damn witches!"
Seeing the woman fighting and Ayles unable to pick up the weapon, all your "recruits" stop staring and surge forward. A multitude of arms and legs fall upon the bandit, and in under a minute he lays, bloody and pinned down, grabbed by the hands of your new subjects.
Several of your recruits have bruises and broken lips. One even lost a teeth. But all of them are smiling.
They are happy, they are free. They have vanquished their demons.
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Danath descends on the barbarians as a storm. Closing to them he recognizes them as Kellid raiders. Barbarians bent on pillage and plunder. He has fight alongside them sometimes, rejecting their lack of honor and blood thirst. But they are good fighters and riders.
He also sees a young girl in the ground, raped.
One of the Kellids die without fully realizing what hit him, his trousers on his ankles.
The rest turns towards Danath, surprised.
Xi's enjoyment ends as the recruits take Ayles captive, she lowers her bow and watches then. Uable to do more then hope they pressed her patience so that she could end them. Unlike the others she had no mercy for this filth. Sighing lightly she watched carefully for trouble...
He had no pity for the man he had killed, rapists deserved no less then a swift brutal death. Had he lived Danath would have castrated him for his brutal assault on the girl.
"Dovan has sent you to your Deaths!"
He presses his knees into Aru and urges him to charge again, aiming his lance at one of the mounted men this time as he rode past hoping to tear them from their horse...
Even though he was outnumbered by some of the fiercest warriors their were he was calm, collected and used all his skill to tear them apart one by one.
Ni'Tir continued running along, hoping to reach the nearest fire and in turn Danath as well. She hoped everything was okay...
Celestial: "I have saved your life, the life you seem so eager to throw away, you will face punishment for your crimes as are found appropriate based on their severity." Tarina informs Ayles as the recruits tie him up. Tarina then tends to Ayles wounds, making certain that the man will live long enough to face his punishment.
The tightening of her bow string and sharp whistle should be indication enough for Jex.
"Sit ya ass down coward, I dont mind shootin' rapist thugs in da back. Dat Tarina doe she be a sensitive one, so please give me a good reason ta kill ya..."
Xi was sincere and Jex should easily tell she wanted to kill him and he was giving her all the reason to.
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Danath charges against one of the mounted warriors, but barely misses him.
The 5 remaining Kellid barbarians get in motion.
2 of them let out bloodcurdling screams of rage, and ready spears, bracing against another charge.
The two mounted ones draw bows while getting behind their companions, with practiced ease.
They both fire at Danath.
The last one draws and Spiked Chain and readies and attack if Danath approaches, while keeping in the middle of the two braced barbarians.
"Your spears won't save you..." He mutters loudly but was sure they couldn't hear from so far away. To the Kellids's surprise, no doubt, Danath spurred Aru into a charge, guiding his mount with his knees so that he could leap over the left flank of the enemy and thereby skewer one of the archers without the threat of their braced spears.
He elects the Barbarian on the left as his target for leaping over. Easily clearing the man and his ground braced spear as it lacked the reach his lance had. Just before reaching them he leaps well over the readied spearmen, the only threat was the one with the chain.
He sailed over them and braced for the impact of his Lance, hoping to tear the man off his horse. He would tear them apart, one at a time...
Ni'Tir continues to run towards the burning farm.
Xi'Tir's normal arrow hammers into Jex's shoulder before the farmers are able to surround and tie him up. "Dat was for Maria and a warning Mon. Cross us again and suffer."
Looking to the farmers she growls before waving for them to put Ayles and Jex near the barrier where the zombies were clawing. "No... Not today mon. Dat is Lord Danath's judgement. However, if'n dey have attacked ya den ya best tell da Lord and allow him to judge dem properly. Same goes for these cowards."
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The "recruits" get restless.
"Why? Can't you see what they have done? Let's hang them!"
Danath jumps over the spear men and hits an Archer hard, but he doesn't drop him.
The Highway man seeing Danath jumps starts to duck... but it is a feint! (He has the Improved Feint feat).
He uses his spiked chain to try and trip Aru.
But he is unable to.
The two archers turn and fire again.
They all seem like veterans, holding their ground.
"Dat's not ya choice..." She levels her bow, arrow nocked at the recruits. She was completely fearless as she continued to speak. "... ta make. It's different if I hurt dem den you." She smiles her teeth forming a vicious look. "Or do ya want a soul as black as us eh? I know where I am bound in de end. But my end is not now, Mon. And no I can't see what dey done. Don't Care."
She nods at Jex. "If dat one had killed Maria I'd have fed him ta the corpses. But..."
She nocks a second arrow, displaying the skill that she had once more. "If ya hurt dem more are ya any better? What would ya families tink? Revenge? Stupid. Ya don't get whats lost 'n' dead back. And dem..." She nods to Ayles and Jex again. "Dey will face the laws, but to murder bound men is somet'ing I can't do and makes ya a honorless dog mon." She lowers the bow slightly as she nods over to the other prisoners. "Put dem with de others, ."
Ni'Tir continued running headlong her heavy strides making nearby shrubs shake in her passing. She slammed into a smaller tree and broke it under the massive pad of her clawed feet before releasing a gutteral roar towards the burning farmhouse.
Danath wheeled Aru around, sixty feet passed his opponents and easily ducked the poorly shot arrows. Like the man of honor he was he wheeled and charged these experianced barbarians once more.
Again he and Aru Leaped into the air and sailed over the spearmen, his lance driving hom into the mounted archer with his passing. This time his lance would put an end to another barbarian...
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The recruits, not sure want to do about Xi'Tir threats and lack of tact, put Jex and Ayles with the other bandits.
Danath again do a "jumping charge", now killing one of the archers.
The Highway man tries to feint again, making like he is going for Danath this time with the spiked chain! (He has the Improved Feint feat).
But at the last minute he goes for Aru legs, using his spiked chain to try and trip Aru.
Aru falls down, hard, together with Danath.
The archer then fires on the prone Danath.
But he misses!
Thebarbarians with spears charge against Danath, taking advantage he in now prone.
One of them is unable to dislodge the spear, and becomes unarmed, and away from Danath.
They all turn to see the dinosaur quickly approaching!
The mounted archer, fearing the worst, starts riding away.
The roar was ground shaking as she came into view. She spends the round moving closer to the bandits. Her head low and her toothy maw open as if she were going to scoop them up and devour them...
Seeing that they complied Xi lowers her bow and puts away the arrows before climbing back in her perch. She looks down at Tarina then. "If ya want ta go after dem den go. I can hold dis place. But..." She looks off in the distance, thinking she heard something on the wind before shaking her head. "Dey are a lot faster den me. You however may catch up to dem more quickly. Up to ya."
"If you can hold this down, that might not be a bad idea, the others might need help."
-> Azurefang 41/66
Casting a quick spell on her wolf, Tarina quickly hops atop Azurefang and then rides towards the direction the others had gone.
Xi gives Tarina a smile. "Oh ya, dey won't take me. Go and have some fun Mon~" She nocked an arrow then and held her position staring into the night.
Sorry my post got deleted...
Okay. I was asking how many barbarians are standing near danath. Just one right?
Ni'Tir's roar was a welcomed sound, he had assumed that he was finished...
However the fight was now even...
Too bad for the Barbarian's.
Aru scrambles to his feet before Danath, as expected of a four legged animal in the heat of combat.
Danath, far more battered then before, rises to his feet and remounts quickly.
Thankful for the arrival of Ni'Tir he recovers and rides around the bandits. Making note of the girls position as the one archer runs away. "Coward..."
He guides Aru with his knees, taking into account his weakened state but nonetheless determined to make sure none of them escape. He leveled his bow at the retreating archer and fired...
He wasn't pleased by the flesh tearing blow the arrow made as it dug into the man's back. So far he was displeased with the way he had been fighting but they would not escape. Not alive at least...
He angles Aru around until they are closer to Ni'Tir and he makes a grand show of commanding the huge beast that had arrived. With a sweep of his arm he roared. "These cretins wish to rape and pillage, rein death upon them my companion! Consume them all, starting with the one who bears that chain!"
With that he levels his bow and readies to unload arrows into his opponents...
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The Barbarian tries to attack Danath as he stands up.
But he fails.
Then Danath incredibly quickly manages to get in his horse and ride away, and even let an arrow loose against the escaping bandit, which keeps going even hurt.
The barbarian moves back towards his remaining two companions and braces his spear against another charge. The other spear wielding barbarian drop his spear and draws a bow.
He fires after Danath.
But his arrow goes wide.
The last one readies his Spiked chain for another trip attempt.
Ni'Tir slams her tail into the ground, causing the earth to rumble, pretending to obey Danath's command save for the fact she decides these barbarians needed to be taught a lesson. She opens her mouth, invoking the same runes she unleashed on the bandits earlier this night.
The ground at the feet of the barbarians rumbles just before flames from the heavens rain down...
Sheaims to catch the barbarians on the backside of the spell, catching only the barbarians if she is able...
As the divine fire burns there flesh the monsterous voice that rumbles forth from the beast before them was loud and powerful. "You shall suffer a thousand deaths before this night is done cowards."
The huge lizard starts casting spells its huge tale slams into the ground as it summons forth a beast of powerful muscles and large stature. Its roar was enough to unnerve any who had never seen a Tiger before...
Danath seeing, Ni'Tir's plan raises his free hand as an arrow glances off his armor. He casts Grease underneath the barbarian's feet. hitting them all in their tightly packed formation.
Xi'Tir and Chi
Continue to hold their lonely vigil, ensuring that the enraged farmers don't harm their prisoners until Danath returned. She hopes down from her perch and retrieves Maria's shield, throwing it over one shoulder before returning to her perch. Mission accomplished, almost... Dovan needed to die and no matter what Danath promised him. She Was going to kill that man and return his head on a pike in the name of General Seraph.
The last six months and strange dreams had hardened Xi's mind, she wasn't ready to forgive scum, not yet at least. And if she had to alienate her companions and be that hard line in the sand then she would. As people needed protection and tonight was the greatest indicator that she was right.
Da hard line, dey cross it, dey die. Simple, no need for courts. A few arrows and a shallow hole. Dats it.
She continued her watch, particularly bothered by the fires innthe distance.
Ni'Tir's spell casting