Theodore had anticipated some sort of a retaliatory strike, but would not have dared guess his actions to bring two of the birds against him. Now that they were kicking and pecking and clawing at him however, he scolded himself for not being prepared enough for it. The massive ravens were ruthless in their attack, but something was not quite right. No matter how hard the attacks stung, his body did not give in. No wounds appeared, no blood was spilled. It was just as it had been with the shadows back at home. Were these birds some similar creation of darkness?

As he was busy being manhandled by his adversaries, his allies acted to help him and, judging by the voices he could hear, Cesar who had been unfortunate enough to draw the ire of the remaining bird. He could not see beyond the bird he had weighed with his newfound divine knowledge, so whatever it was that happened there for now was not anything he'd really know. However, eventually a familiar fur covered companion of his came crashing to the side of the wounded bird, clawing at its body, only to reduce it into an explosion of darkness and some clinking thing, which she quickly picked up in the process. "The early cat catches the bird, huh?" Theodore quipped as a Scorching Ray struck the bird keeping a hold on him.

Theodore chose this to be his moment, attempting to escape from the clutches of this bigger-than-usual avian, but was distracted by the loud bang Cesar's voice made, leaving his attempt half-hearted at best. While he could feel Wick's magic wearing the raven down, it still managed to keep hold of him, making the situation even more hazardous. If it were to take flight, even if it was killed after, he would fall. And after that beatdown, he was not too sure of he could take it.

There were little precious options for the templar, so he chose to drop his crossbow and draw one of his two blades, as well as staring right into the creature's very being. If it was to take him to the sky, it would get something back from him in return. But Theodore dared yet hope his allies could spare him from such a fate. Katia had climbed into the tree he had chosen as his cover, but could not quite reach to grab. Perhaps she was up to something?

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Theodore attempts to escape the grapple with a magnificent roll of [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/2867]6[/url]. Unsurprisingly this does not exactly work out and he is thus left with 0ft. movement for this turn, still grappled by the Great Raven.
As his only option for retaliation, he lets go of his Heavy Crossbow, instead opting to arm himself with the other of his two shortswords and he uses Slayer's Eye on this new bird as well. No information is learnt, as none was learnt from the first one either.

[b]HP:[/b] 15/28  [b]AC:[/b] 16  [b]Concentrating:[/b] Not
[b]Radiant Consumption:[/b] Available
[b]Slayer's Eye:[/b] On the bird grappling him
[b]Spells expended:[/b]
0/3 1st
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