Lorag's anger was growing, but this time towards Fendros rather than the mercenaries they were slaughtering. He was pushing into the enemy force far too quickly and recklessly, and it did not take much to guess why. Unfortunately, he was too occupied dealing with the mercenaries immediately in front of him to stop him from getting himself hurt, but Janius was able to move in behind him and pull him out before he was killed. As soon as he could, Lorag followed through the openeing and helped to cover Janius' retreat. At the very least, Fendros had driven a wedge into the enemy force, but that was not going to stop him from properly scolding him after all of this was over. He already knew the best way to drive his point into Fendros' skull: by telling Ahnasha. 

As Meesei hoped, the presence of the Champion was a rallying force for the defense. The mercenaries were sending their most experienced to the front, so Meesei intended to give them every advantage she could. All they had to do was hold, as the warband was cutting a bloody swathe through their flank, but if they could successfully counterattack, it would likely demoralize the mercenaries even further and lead to less casualties on the part of the defense. 

At the forefront of Meesei's mind was protecting her pack, and from what she could see, Kaleeth was in the most danger. By the way she was acting, her beast spirit was at least mostly in control, so Meesei knew she would not be fighting with any measure of caution, and there was nothing she could do to stop her. At the very least, however, Meesei was able to aim an alteration spell at the imposing behemoth off to her right, covering Kaleeth's already tough scales in a shield spell. It would not stop her from being harmed entirely, but it would take considerably forceful strikes to break through both layers of her defense. Once Kaleeth was as protected as she could be, Meesei proceeded to lead the defense from the frontline. She stayed close to the defensive line to allow their spears to help protect her, then used telekinesis to attempt to open up more holes in the enemy shield wall, followed by bolts of lightning to injure or hopefully kill those they struck. Unless something drastic happened, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that the mercenaries were going to be eradicated. If at all possible, Meesei decided to attempt to take at least one prisoner once the enemy numbers were sufficiently depleted. 

Kaleeth's fury only increased after the paralysis spell wore off, and her influence over her beast spirit faded even farther. The shield spell Meesei cast upon her did not even register in her mind as she stood back to her feet; only her thirst for blood mattered. The Breton who had paralyzed her had to advance close to the front to cast the spell, and given Kaleeth's size, it had taken a considerable amount of magicka to successfully immobilize her. As such, there was little she could do resist when Kaleeth lunged forward and stabbed her shortsword-like claws through the mage's back as she tried to retreat through the tightly packed offensive line. In a final, futile defense, the woman tried to charge what electricity she could through her own body into Kaleeth, which she promptly ignored before plucking the mage out of the enemy's lines, slamming her into the ground, then crushing her under her foot. In celebration of her revenge, Kaleeth's beast compelled her to rip off and eat a chunk of meat from the mage's side.

While the werecrocodile was distracted, a pike-wielding Nord among the mercenaries managed to lunge forward hard enough to drive the head of his weapon through both layers of Kaleeth's protections into the area just below her neck. It was a potentially dangerous area to wound, but the blade had been stopped by her collarbone, so it was not fatal. It did, however, provoke an immediate response from Kaleeth. As the Nord pulled back his weapon for another thrust, Kaleeth rushed forward, ignoring the blades and spearheads that were mostly deflecting off of the magical armor as she trampled over the Nord, through three more rows of defenders behind him. Kaleeth was now surrounded on three sides, but she had opened a fairly large hole in the offensive lines for the defense to exploit. In a berserk frenzy, Kaleeth slashed her claws in all directions around her, with as much force as she could muster. Many around her did not have shields at the ready, and her claws could cut through anything weaker than steel with ease. However, she was being attacked just as much as she was attacking. Many of the blows were deflected away harmlessly, but for those hunters who were able to maintain their composure, they could, and indeed did, penetrate through her defenses with forceful, well aimed strikes. The wounds were shallow, but they would add up.