The Human had fallen into his trap, it seemed. Perhaps unforgotten at the side of the battlefield lay the seeing ward, for Jaldoa had resisted using its abilities to avoid the earlier attack and therefore his foe had no knowledge of his other-worldly perception.

When Chester attempted to speed over to Jaldoa’s tree, he would be shocked powerfully with Loa magic at the cost of the use of his limbs for a short period of time, complete paralysis, and a dangerous attack it was indeed. Meanwhile, Jaldoa was aware that Chester had moved to cut him off, and sped directly towards his foe who he knew would soon be paralysed and incapacitated.

Hoping to reach him in mere seconds after the ward of warning hit him, the troll would actually swipe downwards with his staff at his foe’s head, especially if he had fallen and was attempting to rise. However, he would expect the obvious roll to the side, which because of the obstruction of his tree could only be to the one direction. Therefore, if Jaldoa saw any indication that Chester knew he was about to be struck, he would immediately alter the trajectory of his swipe to deal an angled strike from left to right, less likely to kill but almost certain to actually hit.