Thread: Scouts of the Inquisition (Alvis & Sync)

Loriel was content to hang back slightly as the group came to a brief stop. She watched as Disa checked their surroundings, checked the group probably reluctantly including herself, she thought idly checked the terrain. She was curious as he drew parchment and charcoal from a pocket, then nodded in understanding as he made a quick sketch of what appeared to be a rough map of their path so far. His suggestion that they break for a snack or drink was a good one, except she only had a small bag of nuts with her, and didnt have the space in her robes to carry a flask. Trying to drink the rain water would be futile, and there was no way shed even consider drinking from the swamp. The surprise was obvious on her face when Garret offered his flask to her, and her hesitation in accepting was born from natural, ingrained suspicion. In her experience, the Ferelden Circle treated all mages as equalif you were human an elven mage was not-quite equal, and a dalish mage even less so. A couple of inappropriate advances towards her had started as simple acts of apparent kindness such as Garret was doing now. She forced her suspicion down and took the offered flask, in return offering her bag of nuts to him. She was silently thankful when the man took a handful, and she carefully sipped from the flask a couple of times before handing it back. She was starting to like the man certainly he was so far easier to get along with than their sergeant. She heard Disas partial warning, but it seemed to be too late, and then things escalated rapidly. The undead theyd seen earlier suddenly noticed them, then more started appearing from the swamp around them, arrows started hissing towards them Loriel had barely had enough time to return the nuts to her small pouch when an arrow swished past her lithe body. Then Disa was striding into the swamp waters to attack, more undead were appearingthere wasnt a connection, was there? She called on her energy reserves and pushed her will out a soft sound sounded around the small team as Loriel felt her skin tingle slightly, confirming shed successfully called a magical barrier into place. She knew the other three would also feel that light warm tingle on their skin. The barrier would not last for ever, but it would stop them by subtly deflecting blows from being damaged while it lasted. Na dinan sahlin! she hissed as she began swinging her staff in both hands. Andruil guide us! Each time the tip of the staff changed direction, a bolt of electricity darted from the crystal with a small hum and unerringly struck its target the energy wasnt overly damaging, but it never missed, and she could stay back at range to do her attacking she was using that minor advantage to mainly attack the undead archers she could see, if she didnt kill them shed certainly distract them enough to allow the others to get in closer and finish them off. She was also aware that Garret had drawn his daggers and was moving into the water to attack these walking corpses were armed and hostile, but not particularly bright or quick, and she could see Garret was easily able to position himself to do damage. But she also noticed two more corpses beginning to emerge near where Garret had stepped into the waters Stay out of the water! she called out to the others as loudly as she dared. Stepping into the water seems to draw them! Even as she spoke, she sensed another arrow, then another, fly too close to her and get deflected by her barrierand she wished she knew more magic than just the couple of basic defensive spells she did, wished she wasnt as scared by her magic as she was. At least her attacks, such as they were, would never accidentally hit one of her companions, although the very-close proximity of magical energy might unsettle them a little. She was now aware of fourfive corpses near them, if only fleetingly aware. Right now, she was more focussed on doing what she could to stop the corpses from harming her companions.