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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 433269" data-attributes="member: 114">“You are a foul impostor and will return with us for trial” calls their captain.“I don’t think so” responds Trajan, as he loosens his sword. Anne-Marie likewise changes her stance to face attacking horsemen.“You shall return in chains or face judgement here!” and two of the Jazumai spur their steeds forward in a charge, while the other two whip up their shortbows and unleash a hail of arrows.Arilyn has been preparing for this moment and quickly conjures a howling wall of wind between the two parties, which deflect the arrows harmlessly skywards.The mounted attackers make spirited ride-by attacks, wounding both Trajan and Anne-Marie without giving them the opportunity to return the blow. Trajan turns and prepares for the return of the horseman, readying an attack to strike as he nears. Anne-Marie takes the fight more directly to her foe, and with the aid of her magic boots runs up behind her assailant and strikes him just as he is turning his horse round!As the two mounted bowmen approach and attempt to gain a line of sight around the wind wall they see Arilyn rising aloft as winds make her cloak billow around her and decide to make her their primary target. Arilyn is hit several times with arrows before rising above their effective range, but retaliates by targeting one of them with her static bolt spell, which clings to him with electric fire.Anne-Marie duels her opponent for a while and then sprints off to distract one of the archers that is shooting at Arilyn. A 120ft charge and a leaping kick sends the Jazumai flying of his mount.Meanwhile, after several rounds of trading blows with the jazumai riding past him, Trajan finally gets the upper hand and cuts his opponent down, his superior strength telling at last. He doesn’t have a moments respite though, as his opponents heavy warhorse whinny’s fiercely and attacks him with its hooves! Trajan backs of defensively, unsure how to take this... the masters bonded warhorse is clearly out for his blood, but he can’t bring himself to strike a beloved horse. Nor can he take too many more blows from those heavy hooves…Suddenly to his amazement, his faithful light warhorse lightning charges into the combat, body-checking the heavier warhorse and knocking it slightly away from Trajan. Not wasting a second, Trajan leaps into the saddle and spurs Lightning away.DMnote: it might not come over as much here, but I really loved this moment, when his faithful light warhorse who he has made a point of caring for carefully charges in against much tougher opposition to rescue "her man". Sigh.Riding past Anne-Marie he scoops her up beside him and the two of them ride for their lives Northwards along the trade road, and back towards the ferry crossing while Arilyn flies overhead and the two remaining Jazumai remount and ride after them...</blockquote>

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