[color=7bcdc8]Honihaka

Westkirk Ruins[/color]

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"[i]Makkiki ta kimmegan... Kimmegan ta makkiki...[/i]"

The high yet husky voice sounded through the Westkirk encampment, chanting some manner of spell in a native tongue. Honihaka, a shaman assigned to the service of Lt. Harker, knelt at the side of an unconscious soldier, tending to his wounds. The man had been among the wounded they had ventured out to rescue, but had now been trapped right alongside. Alongside the obvious lacerations caused by Shambler claws, the man had been feverish since they had found him, and had lapsed into unconsciousness more than a day ago. Honihaka attended him, pouring herbal concoctions down his throat, setting maggots into his wounds, and praying to the spirits of the earth to guide him to wellness. None of the other wounded men trusted Honihaka to attend to them, fearful of their strange ways and alien customs. This man in particular was much too unconscious to object.

Time would tell if their efforts would pay off, though time was a luxury they could ill afford. Their already tenuous position in the remains of this town grew more precarious by the hour. If their position were overrun, the best they could manage would be to flee, leaving the wounded to die. Far from an admirable possibility, but certainly one that Honihaka had been faced with before. Hopefully this time, such a cruel fate could be avoided. The lieutenant certainly seemed to think so.

Speaking of, he was passing by just now. Haka flagged him down, though they did not move from the side of the soldier. "Harker," Haka was not a soldier; they did not address the man by his rank. The uniqueness of their talents and their position allowed them this much leeway. "Is there word of reinforcements? The most ill here, I can keep alive for a day longer if they allow me. Maybe less, and I haven't enough for more than three men." Haka spoke with a crisp Ilyan accent; a fact that often alarmed those that did not expect as much from a native. "I have not seen any ravens since yesterday morning. They have fled, probably. There is nothing alive left here." Haka blinked, and after a moment added humorlessly, "Besides us, for now."