As Johen and Norali watch, the ghostly serpent-woman vanishes completely into Corath. Corath's head bows for a moment, the magic disguise making her look human wavering and blurring. When it clears, Corath's usual guise is gone, replaced by the countenance of the serpent-woman, her eyes glowing a malevolent green.
Corath, trapped in her own body, watches the attack on Johen in horror. As the attack misses, she thinks at her captor with satisfaction, You think you will win, Serpent. You don't know my friends as well as you think!
The tall ranger drops his bow as he leans back from the falchion. His hand deliberately drops to the sword at his left hip. He draws it in a deadly arc, aiming for the orc's neck.
Valen's sword cleaves neatly through the orcs neck, leaving it dangling by a few tendons as the foul smelling creature slumps to the ground, quite dead.