Thea gave a sharp yelp, of mingled pain and surprise, then fired another magical bolt at the orcrat who had fired the ballista. The wand produced only another anemic bolt, and Thea glanced at the weapon curiously, wondering if it was damaged or merely rusty from disuse. The orcrat survives the wound and goes back to reloading his weapon.
Alarion cannot help but sigh in relief as the pain of his wounds lessen. He once more lays into the bear, trying to bring the beast down. He inflicts two more terrible wounds on the bear.
Braz fires again at the bear he has been targeting. It had taken a brutal punishment already, hopefully he and the other could bring one down and begin to help against the orcrats. One blot flies wide but the other slams home just as the bear raises up to strike at Soulfetter. The bolt sinks deep into the bear's brain and it collapses.
Almost as if in response to the death of it's companion the other bear retches again.
Darius yelps with surprise and pain as the axe strikes home. "Tired of being a dart board, huh? Well I was getting dart-bored anyway.". Drawing his bastard sword, Darius swings two mighty two-handed blows and side-steps to to position one orcrat between himself and the other. The big orcrat is badly wounded but not yet willing to give up the fight.
Feeling uneasy, Raul retreats inside the door, pulls the doors just not quite shut and retreats a few feet inside, far enough to watch for movement outside the door, but not far enough to be in the melee below.
OOC: Soulfetter's up. He'll have to clamber over the fallen bear to attack the remaining one, but he should be able to manage it.
Soulfetter 3
Brae 2
Tau 23
Orcrats 12
Thea 9
Alarion 8
Braz 7
Bears 6
Darius 5
Raul 4
[/sblock]To hit with sword: 
And anyway, if you had seen some of the rats that I've seen in my lifetime, you wouldn't be so quick to dismiss "burly" as an apt adjective!
