Hello again...|Fara, Reave

[jhaal]

Considerably better prepared this time, Jhaal and the group of Clears Trevor has assembled move in on Fara, taking a lot more care to avoid any unwelcome surprises.

(feel free to cut in with your troops Devon, I gotta run before my time's up. Wll be back in a mo.)

[Devon]

Trevor shows up with his group and salutes Jhaal. "Are you ready to squash these bugs who have infested our land?"

[jhaal]

(sorry about messing up Tevor/Devon! too many evs, that's what I say... ahem.)

Jhaal sighs, not really eager for conflict but definitely not prepared to let slavers use Fara as a base. He nods in agreement.

"Remember, no violence unless absolutely necessary. I want to try and overwhelm them with our influence."

[Devon]

Trevor nods nonchalantly. "Fine, then lead on Jhaal." Trevor's group stands ready to move at Jhaal's command.

[aivea]

Gin runs into Fara and starts looking for Jhaal. Though breathless, he continues searching desperately. Seeing Jhaal and Trevor, he rushes over and gasps out, "There's two people trying to burn Reave down! Madison's trying to slow them down but I don't know how long he'll last..."

[jhaal]

"Move in!" Jhaal commands with a sharp gesture towards the town. "No violence unless absolutely necessary! Free the slaves, and subdue any Storms who try to stop you. Search every building that looks like it's been used recently-"

upon being interupted, Jhaal makes a swift halt movement.

"Fire?!"

[Devon]

Trevor looks at Jhaal and shakes his head. "Continue the assualt on Fara, I'll have my men handle the fire in Reave." Trevor calls out to his group and summons half of them to come with him and the rest to follow Jhaal. "You handle Fara your way, I'll handle those bastards in Reave mine.." With that Trevor and half of his group trek back to Reave as quickly as possible.

[jhaal]

Jhaal nods, understanding the need to get both jobs done at once. "With me, then," he calls to the remainder. "Surround the buildings first..."

Swiftly, the group move in around the central part of the ruined city that's been renovated by the Storms and their slaves. Steadily, they advance inwards, on the lookout for any signs of movement.

[aivea]

"They're using burning arrows," Gin clarifies, still gasping for air.

"Too bad you won't be able to help them," Sorin comments with a light chuckle before starting to chant and firing a series of lightening bolts at the Clears.

[jhaal]

The Clears disregard Jhaal's command about steering clear of violence immediately, and retaliate as well as they can with their various weapons while dodging most of Sorin's lightening bolts. A group detaches itself and rushes at him, hoping to overwhelm the Storm with sheer physical force.

Jhaal summons as much strength as he can into his aura-- though truth be told he's never really tried this before-- and attempts to fight back with Influence.

[aivea]

The small group attempting to overpower Sorin physically manage to grab him, helped be the fact that he was distracted by trying to resist Jhaal's aura. Lorraine and Nikostratos arrive then, drawn by the commotion. With a growl of fury at that the Clears were seeming to be ganging up on his son, Nikostratos sends as powerful of a bolt as he can at the nearest Clear. From a safe distance, Lorraine puts her signs together and chants, forming a barrier of lightening to cover as much ground as possible.

[jhaal]

The unfortunate Clear hardly has a chance to scream as he's hit full force with Nikostratos' bolt; his charred remains slump to the ground with a gentle hiss.
Infuriated, Jhaal beckons those Clears who can still see him to split into two groups that can surround the two Storms. Those with ranged weapons are set the task of attacking physically from a distance, while the rest press in firmly from as many sides as they can manage without touching that lightning barrier.

Jhaal can't help but wish the rest of the group were here!

[aivea]

Azure rushes out at that moment, battered wings little more than dead weight and coming with him is Caspian. The two slaves stop suddenly and look around in confusion. They aren't far from Jhaal and the Storms are distracted with the other Clears.

Sorin pulls out a dagger and pricks his finger to try to fight the feeling that came from the Clears' influence with pain. "You'll have to do better than that!" he taunts, though ducking behind the barrier through a temporary break made by Lorraine to let him through.

Though Lorraine keeps chanting and her full attention and energy are focused maintaining the barrier, the other two Storms continue attacking with their own lightening.

[jhaal]

Jhaal beckons to the slaves urgently, keeping an eye on the two Storms as best he can.
"Behind us!" he calls out. "Let us deal with the Storms."

A couple of the Clears wisen up to the importance of Lorraine's lightening barrier and focus their missiles at her, hoping to break her concentration long enough to rush and subdue her. Meanwhile, the rest continue to circle round, the occasional unfortunate wounded or destroyed by lightening bolts.

[aivea]

The winged Wind nods but Caspain looks over at the Storms and bites his lip uncertainly. Azure sighs and pulls his fellow slave along toward the other side of the Clears where they wait for the battle to end.

"Don't worry, this'll be over soon," Gin assures the two.
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The barrier goes down when a lucky shot from a Clear's slingshot knocks Lorraine out. After slashing the back of his hand as a reminder to concentrate, Sorin rushes forward and attempts to, at very least, knock out Jhaal in hopes that without a leader the Clears will falter.