Kaleeth stayed close to Janius to fight them off by his side. With how often they trained together, she knew quite well the majority of his fighting style, as he did for her. She could guess how he would respond when the enemy approached, so she tried to do what she could to support him. Given that he had more experience, she felt it would be best for him to take the lead in the fight.

Both Janius and Kaleeth had one of their opponents attempt to hold their attention from the front, while another moved around to flank Janius. But, before they could do any damage, Janius’ call for help was answered in the form of Ra’kalesh moving up to Janius’ left flank. He deftly parried the Bosmer woman’s silver sword with one of his vambraces, then grabbed a hold of her wrist and started to twist it back. Janius could use the opening to land a killing blow, but with Ra’kalesh’s martial arts experience, it would not likely be necessary in a grapple. 

For the mage, there was little else he could do in time to save himself from Fendros. He could not resist Sabine’s strength, and with her hands grasping his arms, he could not even run. The cold from her spell merely added to his pain and sense of desperation. He managed to angle down the dagger to cut Sabine’s arm slightly, and he was able to use his knee to strike at her stomach and groin, but in the seconds he had to react, he did little of consequence to stop Fendros. 

As Gallus expected, the officer could not react in time to save his own life. Unfortunately, his death did not cause near as much disarray in the ranks as he might have hoped. Another of the enemy was already giving orders, and they were overall not backing down. The enemy had already lost a little less than half of their soldiers holding the room, but so too had some of Gallus’ warriors fallen. Apart from the ambush from the elite soldiers in the courtyard, this was the most intense fighting they had encountered yet. The enemy wanted to hold this room, and it would be a fight to clear them from it.