Tim steps in front of Mani, blocking Mariana from proceeding by putting both his body and Rizvan in the path of her weapon. He looks at her sternly:
Tim warns, "If you want to murder this creature, you'll have to come through me. Know that I wish him dead as well, but The Five want him alive for questioning. When they're done with him, I am certain he will hang for his crimes. But until then, he must remain alive, and I intend to see to it that he does."
Tim is surprised by Mariana's rage. She tries in vain to get to the doppelganger to the point of recklessness. She tries to kick the half-ogre knight in the knee in order distract him, as she tries to take Mani's head off. The strike is awkward and Tim easily blocks it with Rizvan. The strike wasn't even close.
"Get out of my way!" She yells.
"That monster must die!"
"That is not your decision to make," Vinccenzo replies.
"Not yours, not Tim's, not mine... none of us."
"Regular, you are risking your career," Herleva says to Mariana. "If you kill a helpless prisoner, the least you will face is ostracization from Bluffside. Concentrate on the Rising Swords. They are the threat!"
The female archer steps back from Breva, drops her bow, and draws her blade. She seems uncertain, but she doesn't run. The evil cleric's presence nearby keeps her in the fight.
Looking in surprise at the resistant Rising sword Akos nods in all seriousnes.
"You really are something. You should ignore that bumbling fool behind you and join The Five in trying to control this menace. A man of your obvious talent dying just for some motto? Right! And your pigstickers cannot harm one touched by the Court of the Moon..." Akos motions to his own silver weapon. "This is the only thing that works, and I carry it to remind myself of the danger of complacency. It would be softer touch for you, weaker than iron. But if you survive, ask around what substance harms Children of the Moon the most."
The archer grins at Akos, but there is only menace in his eyes. He drops his bow, shifts away from the snapping teeth of Mutt, and draws his blade. "You think The five would forgive a man that was once an Elite, hmm? A man forced from his home for a crime he didn't commit by a system that cares nothing for the truth! They took my honour, and my betrayer took my wife! No one believed me then, why would they now!"
He shouts out a challenge of anger as he tries to cut Akos' head off. The loremaster manages to avoid losing his head, but the man still cuts a deep wound into Akos' shoulder. The iron blade makes his skin blister.
OOC: RS Archer (male) - Attack vs. Akos: 1D20+10-2 = [15]+10-2 = 23 (hit);
RS Archer (male) - Damage vs. Akos: 1D8+3+1D6 = [8]+3+[3] = 14 | Akos takes 6 points of damage
Roland leaves the mercenary to the other two guards, and, initially, steps towards the fleeing man. Then he shakes his head and moves to engage the evil cleric, hoping he can keep the man distracted, so the loremaster has to worry about one foe. He slashes out at the cleric with his short sword, but the cleric easily deflects the strike away with his club.
Vinccenzo immediately senses that the mercenary that succumbed to his spell, has managed to break free of the enchantment.
"Tim, he's free from spell!"