Round One Summary
Lon Deslo moves away from the general commotion. One of the mounted soldiers
(S17) follows. "
Are you all right? I thought someone jumped you." The other soldiers nearby scatter; a couple mount their horses, one approaches the sound of the baby on foot; a fourth, spotting Alton Grefe, gallops towards the sorcerer.
The best already churned trail Camilla can locate is in Andrinor's footsteps. She follows along the top of the hill after him. She can see several of the soldiers near the tent scrambling for their horses or simply running forward, seemingly uncertain whether to move in the direction of the arrows or the cries of a babe. Two of them, near their captain, answer Andrinor's challenge with arrows of their own. Neither comes close to hitting him, although one arrow plants itself uncomfortably near James Dukar.
While Halden Kraal falls back to set up his own ambush, James Dukar lets fly his missiles with grim accuracy. His target
(formerly M1, now S14), partially distracted by the small stampede started by Tibalt, is unable to react in time and slumps in his saddle.
Of the other soldiers near this unlucky fellow, one threads his way between the startled horse, making a cautious approach to Andrinor's position. A second attempts to chase down a few of the steeds. A third grabs Tibalt's host by the shoulder, shouting
"What're ye doin'? Are ye ensorcelled, lad?" Before he can reply, Tibalt notices the captain follow his men out. He raises a horn to his lips and blows - a sound that seems to shudder through all that hear it, filling the non-living with a vague sense of unease. A strange luminesence seems to spread from the mouth of the horn in a vast circle that stretches nearly to the summit of the hill.
Here's the updated map, showing where everyone is at the end of round one. H for horse has been replaced with actual horses and M for mounted soldier have been renumbered S13-18.
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