"And here I thought dwarves were known for their bravery to the point of recklessness." Serphia was quick to comment at Smokey's small retreat from the White Hand squad down the corridor, the Night Elven Captain glowering down at the dwarf with an unimpressed look on her face.
"No wonder you are still stuck fighting Troggs and Trolls."

Turning to the corner leading into the corridor where the White Hand soldiers were gathering, Serphia rushed forward as the rest of her sentinels reached the bottom of the stairs behind her.

They did not afford getting into a stalemate. The White Hand blocking their way would soon be reinforced by a band of mercenaries coming from the barrack upstairs, something that would trap them in a pincer attack. The time of caution and deliberation had long since passed; now was the time for unrestrained aggression and an all out attack!

"To me, warriors! We will break their line!" Serphia called out, as Vashi lunged out with her staff; creating a small carpet of smoke at the entrance to the corridor that the sentinels used to rush through.

Rithrynn had already dashed past Serphia and Sharon, with another arrow ready in her bow. Running through the magical mist, the moment she appeared on the other side, she immediately raised her bow to take aim at the White Hand line. But rather than aiming for the two bulky armored knights who made up their front line, she instead aimed past the one on the right; at the battle mage who was channeling on a spell behind them.

Letting the arrow go with a forceful 'twang!', the serrated arrow flew past the bracing shield of the knight, and instead hit the battle mage straight in the lower shoulder where his breastplate and shoulderpad intersected. The man fell back with a grunt of pain, and soon all of the Night Elves, with Serphia in the lead; charged towards the knights!

Serphia, who was first in the group, made a leaping kick towards the shield of the rightmost knight!

As the almost eight feet large Night Elf crashed at full force into his shield with the flat of her foot, it was enough to push the knight backwards and to the side. The man refused to give much ground, being quick to absorb the energy from the kick and reposition himself, but Serphia's charge had left an opening in their line that she used to charge past them as she headed straight for the men in the back!

The chevalier with the buckler and rapier was first to meet the incoming Captain, but as he prepared to meet her dual blades, an arrow flew past Serphia to hit him in his chestplate! The arrow embedded itself in his steel plate, but did not penetrate through; merely pushing the man back slightly. But this minor distraction was all that Serphia required to bring her swords around in a lightning fast scissor like motion around the man's shoulders! Although he attempted to deflect them with his rapier, his defense was overwhelmed by the ferocity of Serphia's attack as his blade was pushed aside, before Serphia's dual swords closed in around his neck to sever the man's head in one fluid motion!

The man's head had barely begun to fall towards the ground when Serphia raised her foot to kick the headless body of the chevalier backwards and into the battle mage behind him who was now trying to get back up; knocking him back into the floor as the headless corpse of his comrade landed on him!

Behind Serphia, the two knights had long since been surrounded by the Night Elves! One of the Sentinels who had gotten behind one of them had managed to ram a dagger into the joint of the knight's left arm, before quickly dodging away as the man retaliated with a swing from his hammer! The knights had been forced back to back as the Sentinels surrounded them, probing them for any weakness or openings while staying away from their slow and cumbersome swings!

Up above however, the first White Hand chevalier could be seen stepping onto the stairs up above! The man quickly spotted the fighting going on below, as he pointed down on them.

Rithrynn, who had been about to fire off another arrow, snapped her head around to look at Alissah, Liam and Smokey.

"By the goddess, be of some use and get those reinforcements off our asses!"