Thread: Scouts of the Inquisition (Alvis & Sync)

They were going as fast as they could, Disa knew it. But it still rankled him at their pace. he knew that he could lose the pursuers, but not with the team with him. If nothing else, Loriel was not trained for this kind of thing. Frankly, Disa was more willing to trust her elven nature than he was to trust their archer. The man had made far too many mistakes on this mission. He heard Loriel shout, and then there was that familiar tingle as her barrier enfolded him. Then came the blast of fire. It was good to know that she hadn't fluked out making that spell work before. But now it was time to do what he could to help resolve this. If they were pursued by only a few then this might be over quickly. But Disa knew it wasn'ty likely. Avvar didn't usually engage without very good odds in their favour. The moment a form showed up int he mists, away from the fire, an arrow slammed into it. If nothing else, Disa would have to trust the aim of his archer. Cover me! He roared, his flatblade swinging free in his hand, and he burst forward. Disa was a large man, but when he charged over the soft ground he was all but a metallic clad blur, moving far faster than someone his size had any business going. He passed beside another form, adn his sword ripped up. Blood misted in the air, and the man came apart at the waist. Garret moved to help hi, but Disa barked out a word in his native laguage, one that he'd trained Garret for. It was a simple one. Stay. Garret knew that Disa was the forward party, and that it was going to be up to the rogue to keep Loriel casting. The glint of metal came in the mists, and Garret threw himself to one side, deftly avoiding the incoming throwing axes. Disa was far enough into the fight that Garret couldn't make him out clearly in the mists. All he could see were forms coming close to him, and the dull thump of his sword striking flesh. If they lived through this, Garret was asking why the sound never sounded metallic. There was a snapping sound, and he felt the breeze on his skin, showing that the barrier had fallen. Keep him protected! Garret told Loriel, and stepped forward as a pair of figures passed the mist shrouded brawl to come at the others. Garret was a quick man, light on his feet, and dodged the swing of an axe and ripped a fast wound along the arm of his attacker, before dodging to the other and slashing a wound along his leg and another on his face, sending the man reeling. Another warrior came for him, and then he couldn't keep track of them properly, all he could do was keep them busy and stay alive. Disa felt another blade glance off the barrier, adn he used that chance to take his foe's head off. The severed head spun in the air, and Disa seized the hair of the head and tossed it at the oncoming foes. He could see corpses around him, at least four, but there just seemed to be more coming all the time. The barrier fell from him, and he swung his forearm into the path of another blade aimed at his head. Sparks flew as the well forged Paragon's Luster of his armour defeated the swing of the much cruder iron of the attack. The light from those sparks gave him an instant to size up his foe, and get a better count. It was definitely Avvar, and there were more coming at them. Always there seemed more. He'd been controlled, he'd been mindful of his responsibilities. But now there only one choice left. Disa let himself go. Garret backed away from his next foe, drawing him away from Loriel, and the hunter repayed the move by sending an arrow intot he ear of the attacker. Garret heard a humming sound, like a weapon at speed, and saw a pair of split bodies fall to the ground near Disa. A bellowing roar split the air, loud and almost inhuman, like some kind of mixture of beast and man. Disa stood alone, his head thrown back, all but howling at the sky, and the Avvar paused in their advance. When Disa moved again, it was withotu any of the precise strikes that Garret had gotten used to seeing. There was somethign wild, something all together savage about his assault. Garret did know what he was seeing. Berserker....