Malakaus didn't get a chance to fight much when, after his initial charge, Sharee came out of no where to take both kills on the bandit he and Sarel were engaged in. He wasn't sure if he should have been disappointing as the bandits weren't putting up much of a fight, but that was expected since they managed to catch them off guard. Nonetheless after they cleared out the docks Malakaus went back to retrieve his crossbow. The others were already filling into the cave leaving him at the end, not that they went far. Sharee stopped them when she spotted a big [i]Cathay-raht[/i] blocking the hall, likely the bandit leader by virtue of being bigger than everyone else. Even if he wasn't the leader, taking him down ought to put a damper on the spirits of the other bandits, seeing their biggest and strongest fall. Noelle and her lackey started flinging magic at the bandits to cull their numbers and Malakaus helped out with his crossbow. Switching his box out for explosive ice-tipped bolts he fired into the cave. Even if most of his bolts just hit the bandit's tower shield the ice that formed on it would make it even more difficult for him to use efficiently, due to the additional weight of the ice or how painfully cold it was becoming. Malakaus didn't concern himself with accuracy and in such tight quarters it wasn't necessary anyways. As long as the bolts were being shot away from his allies and towards the enemy he just kept firing from his crossbow until he ran out of bolts in the box. Once he ran out he tossed the empty box and loaded the regular bolts.

Putting his crossbow away Malakaus went back to the dead bandits. He quickly rifled through their pockets which earned him some coin purses, skooma, and lockpicks. What he was looking for however was that lance that one of the bandits had. The cave was too tight for him to be swinging his axe around and unless Sharee lets him take point he can't shield charge without bowling over everyone else. But if he had that lance he could safely stab the enemies from a distance, or at least have more range to kill than if he just had his wakizashi. While he was away he also took the time to take out his notebook and write down a reminder to work an enchantment to give him resistance against poisons. Sharee seemed rather quick to start throwing those gas bombs around and Malakaus would rather not get caught downwind of that. Once he finished looting and writing he returned to the group with the lance out, ready to charge once again.