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As the human poked her Arwyn's arm began to reach up to snap his finger, but out of the corner of her eye she noticed that even her small gesture of defiance had several of the nearby guard tensing up, their own hands moving towards their weapons or raising bows subtly towards her direction. After a moment's consideration she relaxed herself once more. After all she was here in search of her destiony and killing all of the guards would waste far too much of her valuable time.

At least the little man had answered her question, although his response raised several more. Her own people would never contemplate sending an unworthy representative on a quest without them having passed the ritual testing to prove they were the best suited for the task. Even now the humans seemed to be simply choosing randomly from whomever gathered and throwing all of them at the problem, rather than having each compete for the right to complete the task alone, saving the others for tasks which would best suit their abilities for the greater good.

They were soon introduced to even more candidates for the task at hand and Arwyn had to almost physically prevent herself from throwing her arms up in despair at the sheer wastefulness of the whole endeavour. The humans almost seemed to be trying to outdo themselves with unskilled combatants who would most likely not even last the first day in the dungeon which had been described to them. Especially not if their greatest warrior, who must assuredly have outclassed all of the knights presented before them, had already failed in the task.

One of the armoured figures towards the rear of the group seemed particularly unsuited to the role, the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_(stock_character)]bright red tunic[/url] he wore over his armour almost crying out to be shot at. If gambling had been something her people had experience with Arwyn would certainly have placed a large wager on that individual being one of the first to fall.

Leading the group onto a waiting [i]rimpa lán[/i] the knights began to chant what seemed a bastardised cantrip based on elven magics which had long been superceded by more enlightened enchantments among her people, but as the carpet rose swiftly into the air Arwyn had toi admit that even though outdated and obsolete the old spells still had some value to them. Before long the party were settling back down to the ground not far from a gaudily carved entranceway which seemed far more elaborate than the setting entirely required. Shaking her head Arwyn joined the several of the others as they made their way closer.

When a figure began to emerge from the cave the shadowbow was immediately on guard, her bow in her hands before any of the human could react and the string pulled back as she began to channel her energies into the weapon. Her cloak immediately closed in around her, generating a mist which obscured her position until she began to relax, recognising the similar style of crudely crafted armour the other humans were wearing on the approaching stranger.

Relaxing her posture, Arwyn let the magic seep from her bow, reabsorbing it into herself as the arrow vanished back into mothingness once more. Examining the newcomer from a distance she noticed he seemed to be missing some parts to his armour compared to the other humans, and while the removal of his helmet was understandable, as the rough piece of metalwork would do nothing but impair the wearer's senses and awareness of their surroundings, the missing gauntlet, vambrace and couter seemed a strange choice, especially considering his arm also appeared to have been left behind along with the armour pieces.

Leaving the humans to deal with the presumably injured man, Arwyn quickly moved over towards the cave entrance, seting herself up in a position within its shade that gave her a clear view down into the ominous opening. With her bow held at the ready, prepared to summon and loose an arrow at a moment's notice, the elf settled in to guard the way ahead while the humans discussed matters amongst themselves.