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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Breezly" data-source="post: 1322180" data-attributes="member: 12847">Post 011904 - Battle on the Road, Rnd 1Post 011904 – The Battle on the Road, Rnd 1OOC: My apologies, I will not be able to update the map until later this evening.  I hope my lines noting your movements help./OOCThe battle is joined. Combat Initiative:18 - Silestrea17 – Dain15 - Goblins14 - Fizzi14 – Aram12 – Orcs12 – Merchant Guard11 – Ogre10 – Knights in Silver8 - Willow7 – TsorenSilestrea, excited with her first combat, brings her horse to within range of the archers taking shelter in the rocks to the east.  With a quiet, coolness she brings her crossbow to bear, but fumbles with the bolt as it drops from her hand.  Frustrated, Silestrea looks up and sees the goblins eye her with a sly grin.Dain, axe in hand utters a dwarven war cry and charges at the nearest opponent.  The goblin is a bit surprised at his appearance but is quick enough to bring his spear up in an unskilled block.  The movement is enough to throw off Dain’s attack as his axe glances off the spear.The goblins in the rocks turn their focus on Silestrea and Fizzi.  The three take aim and fire their bows at the two mounted figures.  The light of day plays tricks with their eyes and each of the shots misses, going over your heads.  The goblin facing Dain returns the blow but his spear is easily dodged by dwarf.With a chuckle Fizzi quickly retrieves a dart from his vest and lets it fly at the nearest Goblin archer.  The dart seems to fly true but at the last moment it clicks off one of the rocks and lands at the goblin’s feet.Aram takes a quick glance at the battlefield and decides to wade in with what appears to be merchant guards.  With a deft maneuver, Aram quickly covers the distance and swings around with a high circle kick to the orc’s head.  The back of his foot catches the orc square in the face and greenish blood spurts out its nose.  The orc looks at Aram with anger and swings its huge axe across in an attempt to cut the monk in two.  The move is obvious to Aram and he easily dodges past. The merchant guard fighting with Aram takes advantage of the orc’s distraction and drives his spear into and through the skull of the beast.  The orc convulses for a few seconds before dropping to his knees.  The merchant pulls the spear from its head and turns to the battle.Willow, seeing the nearest orc fall to the merchants blow, quickly charges past him to the next orc facing the Knight in Silver.  Ivory follow quickly on her heels.  The swing of her sword is deftly blocked by the orc, but this exposes the lower portion of his body to Ivory’s attack.  The wolf takes a bite out of the orcs leg and greenish blood oozes from the wound, but it does not bring him down.Tsoren dismounts and quickly looks around at the battle.  Seeing the ogre in battle with a Knight in Silver, he decides not to risk a sling shot.  Drawing a dagger, Tsoren looks for the nearest orc.  Seeing the convulsing orc on the ground, Tsoren changes targets and moves to attack the orc at R14.  Tsoren moves in low on the orc and drives his dagger up into the chest of the creature, as it is trying to fend off the Knight in Silver.  The dagger finds a way to the creatures heart and the orcs eyes go wide before it drops its axe and falls backwards into the snow. The Knight in Silver nods his appreciation before looking to the rest of the battle.The rest of the melee continues in earnest with sounds of battle echoing in your ears.  You catch glimpses of merchants running to hide in their wagons, or move towards a nearby rock.  Two orcs were taken down, but the battle is still far from in hand.What do you do?</blockquote>

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