[i]Rae'liel[/i] - [u]The Not-so-Honored Guest[/u]

Moving swiftly up the wide staircase, Rae'liel and her six knights charged up into the foray. By now she knew the Copters would have been struck down, either by what little defense remained upon the rooftop or the long guns of Stormwind herself. It didn't matter, those Pilots knew all too well that their lives were forfeit for a greater purpose. Liadrin and Rae'liel were to deliver the grave news to their widows and children if Rae were to return. 

Events took a turn however, when the six were spotted by Captain of a platoon of the White Hand. In unison they sharply turned, and in unison weapons were raised. 

[color=662d91]"SHIELDS UP, NOW."[/color]

Instantly, her Knights obeyed her command and a sputtering of muskets only claimed the life of two. A grave price for the small group, but a price that needed to be paid nonetheless. Gritting her teeth, Rae'liel's lips thinned in disgust at their tactics as they charged down the staircase in unison. They were fools, the lot of them. Their Knights could have held the line and forced the defensive Paladins to attack.

Instead, they would crash against Holy Might. 

Might that began with her signal. Reaching down quickly and seizing the shield of dying Blood Knight, a spark upon the midst of her spine as she did so was the only signal the other Knights needed. The five Blood Knights stood steadfastly, and in unison vengeful wings of magnificent light erupted from their backs. Feathers of luminous gold erupted into the heavens behind them as another Knight retrieved the Shield of the second fallen and they were slung into the oncoming crowd.

Tearing through the air, the luminous shields bisected the first lightly armored target they ran into, only to bounce off the wall behind them and collide against two more each as with incredible procession the two Knights on the flank threw their shields as well. Bisecting two more and striking two more down with grace and ease as with a deft catch, they caught their returning shields out of the air. 

What had been a fearsome group of twenty was now an smaller, but still powerful group of eight.

With their shields up to prevent any more havoc from raining down upon them, the Blood Knights drew back their hands in unison. Flowing from the grasp of five came the Light itself, coalescing into the Hammer. A symbol of the justice they were destined to serve. Akin to a gavel of judgment, these five hammers of heavily concentrated light magic were thrown forward to meet the eight rushing forward, unaware that their party had been cut into well under half its original strength.

Crackling as they tore through the air, the five hammers would rupture upon impact with the Captain and his men at the head of their fist of iron. With a rattling eruption that could shake the very foundations of the castle as the Paladins' shields remained raised to protect against the flash, once the initial concussion of the blast wore off, the shields lowered, swords were drawn and Rae'liel and her four remaining Knights descended upon whatever little might be left.

[color=662d91]"The Captain is mine! Handle the remains of the others. NO PRISONERS SHALL BE TAKEN."[/color] Grimly uttering the execution order, Rae'liel surged forward with her shield at the ready, and drew her sword as the wings upon her back shone with utter wrathful brilliance. The light of day was hers in this moment, and she intended to see that it remained so. 

With wrathful conviction, she charged the Captain who was recovering from the blast. There was little mercy in her mind whatsoever as the Sin'Dorei brought her sword down upon his neck. Aiming of course to end his life, and avenge the lives of her lost comrades.