Seeing the wolfs rush toward them Bellanie barely has a chance to react before they are upon the group. As they circle the group Bellanie struggles to get out of reach, stepping back and drawing her weapons. As Sasha starts making odd noises she quirks her eyebrow "What are you trying to talk to them for? They want to eat us!"
He holds a hand up to the sky, readying to respond to any attack with a burst of rumbling thunder.
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Far from built to withstand going toe to toe with a wolf, Finch stumbles backwards as he sees them approaching, with a gasp of fear. He draws his scythe and prepares for the worst.
Far from built to withstand going toe to toe with a wolf, Finch stumbles backwards as he sees them approaching, with a gasp of fear. He draws his scythe and prepares for the worst.
As the wolves circle the party Sasha mutters a few words and makes a simple gesture with her hands, growling and snarling at the festering creatures.
Empathic feelings of rage and bloodlust instantly flood your senses as the wolves, almost in unison, scream "Blood! Must have your blood!" With her familiarity with the breed she can definitely sense that they are completely rabid.
Finch tugs at the scythe on his back, freeing it and brandishing it before him while stepping back towards the main group.
Bellanie pulls a dagger from her belt and cradles it in her hand, waiting to strike.
Snarling and biting the wolves continue to circle the party, looking for openings before tearing into them with wild fury. While several of the creatures fail to hit their targets, two manage to rip into Johan and Sasha, leaving bloody wounds covered in a foul looking frothy red saliva. The wolf on Sasha catches the halfling by the foot and yanks, sending the small hunter to the ground with a thud. Corentin, seeing the wolves are truly wild and have a meal of the party members on their mind, takes a swing with his weapon () but misses as the attack sails wide of the quickly moving canine.
"Take heart, my friends!" Hannah shouts, raising her banner above her head, before she begins to sing an inspiring song about a clever wizard setting wargs on fire with pinecones. They aren't exactly Wargs, but we aren't clever wizards.
"Please forgive me for this, spirits of nature," Finch says, as he raises his scythe.
He srikes at the wolf currently threatening Sasha, hoping to end things as swiftly as possible.
As the wolves close in, Iacobus moves to interpose himself between them and his companions. Unfortunately, his fist swings wide.
As Hannah begins her inspiring song, Finch takes aim at the wolf that tripped Sasha, his scythe cutting deeply into its fur and drawing a pained yelp from the creature. It stumbles, nearly collapsing from the massive blow of the hit, but regains its balance and continues on. Johan steps into a position to flank the wolf to his south, slicing at it and scoring a solid hit, a line of crimson appearing across its mangy fur.
Iacobus steps next to his half-brother, going toe to paw with the wolf that Johan struck, but swinging wide and missing the creature.
Seeing the whatever Sasha was trying to accomplish obviously isn't working Bellanie stabs into the wolf in front of her before stepping back out of the way.
Sasha rolls to her feet and goes total defensive, while commanding Galor to attack.
Bellanie lashes out with a dagger, narrowly missing the wolf with the deft slice. Galor stands against the remaining wolf, but fails to connect with his bite, both wolves starting each other down menacingly. As Sasha rolls to her feet the wolves surrounding her strike, trying to take advantage of her vulnerable position.
Try as they might, neither wolf manages to find an opening in the halfling's impressive defenses, and their attacks are easily thwarted.
The wolves continue to shift and position themselves around the party, using hunting instincts honed over countless ages of evolution and natural selection. Two of the wolves move to flank Corentin, while the remaining wolves circle Sasha and Galor, looking for openings and eager to get away from the biting steel of Finch and Johan's weapons.
Sasha and Galor hold off the repeated attacks of the wolves circling them. Corentin, however, is not so lucky. Both wolves strike in unison, finding gaps in the man's defenses and ripping into his flesh. The force of the assault sends him to the ground, where the maddened canines snarl and snap at his face, ready for the kill.
Hannah continues to inspire her allies, but changes song slightly to bring sleep to the diseased wolves.
Alarmed that the wolves have succeeded in placing two of his companions in perilous positions, Iacobus maneuvers himself to strike at the most keenly placed of the lupine threats.
Cringeing as his first attack leaves the wolf injured and suffering, Finch strikes a second time, hoping to end the beast's pain.
However, he is hesitant to strike, and the swing misses entirely.
Swinging his shield onto his arm to provide some cover Cor tries to take advantage of Johan's distraction.
He's unable connect however.
"Bella" he calls giving a tilt of his head towards the other wolf and the open area behind it.
Sasha continues to fight defensively, striking at the wolf nearest her.
Galor fights on against his target.
Bellanie ducks around the snarling wolf on Corentin's flank, looking for an opening to strike.
The halfling deftly circles around the wolf, scoring a hit on its flank as she steps into position. Sasha and and Galor continue fighting in tandem, sword and wolf posing an immediate threat to their enemies.
Sasha strikes at the wolf with her sword, the blade biting deep into the beast and drawing a gout of blood. The wounded wolf stumbles once and is still. Galor however struggles with his younger, and more agile, opponent, failing to find an opening to strike.
Hannah continues to hold her banner aloft, inspiring her allies and keeping their spirits up. Iacobus slams a fist into one of the wolves, drawing forth a yelp accompanied by the sound of breaking bone. The wolf tumbles to the ground and remains still. The other members of the party continue their attacks, but none are successful and the wolves lunge once more!
Two wolves, working in tandem against Corentin, fail to find an opening in his defenses despite his vulnerable position. The last wolf, facing off against Galor, is unable to connect with a bite against the older, and more well trained, canine.
Happy to see Bellanie's success Corentin feints an attack at the wolf between them before swinging his axe at the one between Johan and himself.
This time he finds more success when his axe bites into the creature.
Now free to use his magic without threat, Finch raises one arm to the sky, and roars a single word of Druidic, thrusting his other hand towards the wolf flanked by Corentin and Johan.
Wind roars around the wolf, buffeting it about, and the animal locks in place for a second, as though it had been electrocuted from the inside.
Working in tandem, the solid blow from Corentin along with the sudden burst of electrical energy from Finch leave the wolf staggering, stumbling for a moment until it collapses.
Bellanie keeps at the wolf between her and Cor, trying to keep him from getting to brutally mauled by the beasts.
As the tide begins to turn, Iacobus steps to his right, swinging wildly at the nearest wolfharrying his companions.
Bellanie manages to find an opening in the defenses of the wolf attacking Corentin and lands a wicked strike to the base of its skull, instantly slaying the creature. Deftly stepping around the perimeter of combat Iacobus comes in behind the last remaining wolf and slams his fist into the creature, dropping it to the ground with a struggled whimper.
The streets are quiet as the fierce melee with the festering creatures ends abruptly.
Corentin rises and shoulders his shield once again. Holding his free hand to one of the nastier gashes on his leg he gives Bella a brief smile before addressing Johan,"Thank you for the aid my new friend. Your bravery does your clan proud."
Looking down at the wolves bodies littering the ground he says to no one in particular, "These animals can not have found their way inside our walls on their own or, if they did, we have a breach in our defenses. Finch do you know what this sickness is upon them? Sasha can you track them back to where they came from?" In the face of the potential threat to the community Corentin's demeanor noticeably shifts into what his friends jokingly refer to as his "soldier face".
"Is anyone else injured?"
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Kneeling to examine the unconscious wolf Johan answers. I was bitten before I was even aware of the animals. I worry that the bite might be infected with whatever malady effected these beasts. He then examines his own wound to try to discern if it is indeed infected.
This animal should be put down. He prepares to do so unless someone speaks to stay his hand.
The poison appears to be alchemical in nature, not natural.
"No," Sasha says, examining the bodies of the fallen sadly, "You're right. It should be put out of its misery. Such a shame that someone would do this to such magnificent animals."
Hannah moves over to Coretin. "You were hurt. Let me help you."
"We should inform the guard. If these wolves got in, then maybe others did as well. More of our fellow folk might be in danger."