[center][color=CD5C5C][h2][u]Aanshi Minerva[/u][/h2][/color][/center]
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	[color=00AEEF]"I've never known a teifling to be meek and I am curious as to why you ask such a question.  Do you wish not to enter the lands below and find who or what is responsible for this?"[/color]

	Aanshi looked back at the plainsman in equal curiosity. For someone so small, she couldn’t help but feel like he is larger than she is. [color=CD5C5C]“I do not fear what we may face inside if… that is what you worry of, Sir? I was simply wondering,”[/color] she clarified. Then came River’s hand on hers accompanied with kinder words. While the plains elf did not bear her ill will, Aanshi still found herself shying away from the gentle gesture and words. Her eyes darted to and from the kind elf with the conscious effort of avoiding his gaze. But out of courtesy, she gave him a small nod and a terse smile followed by a mumbled [color=CD5C5C]“Thank you.”[/color]
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	The group eventually were told to stand their ground to wait and the Tiefling followed orders as she tended to. The hours passed and she tried to learn what she could but could only decipher what the others were able to since their permission to enter the city was denied. When the sound of hooves on dirt was audible for her to hear, she felt herself perk up to look at the approaching men and women that was supposed to be the army that they were waiting for but not with Anora. Regardless, Ardur started giving orders around them when a disembodied voice invaded not their ears, but their minds. Aanshi pulled out her sword and shield as she furrowed her brows, finding the intrusion in her mind concerning whilst giving her a dull but faint pain in the head.  She tried to physically shake her head to remove the voice but found it futile. The voice referred itself seemingly worthy to be considered a God and she found herself clenching her jaw for a moment as she found its presence in her mind less and less likeable.

	[color=FFFF00]”Inquisition, move out!”[/color] Ardur shouted and she marched forward, placing herself in front of the footmen as their group marched outside the tree-line and onto plain sight. The voice seemed quite pleased by this and she found herself fixing her stance as the ground stirred and the air grew ever fetid with every dull shake of the earth. [color=CD5C5C]”By the Gods,”[/color] Aanshi muttered under her breath as a gigantic and inanely plated creature arose from the city and towards them. The gore that covered it was stunning, to say the least. Her bewilderment was broken when the creature started charging at them with a thunderous roar. Her heart pounded in her chest as she chose to hold her ground, waiting for the proper moment to move out of the creature’s way. She then barked a hold order to the men, most of which seemed willing to follow her command.

	She waited for ranged attacks to fly, hopefully to give her and the rest of the footmen an opening to make use of. [color=CD5C5C]”Do not be brash!”[/color] she shouted as her fingers flexed on her sword. The arrows earlier seemed to do no damage at all. But their large half-dragon companion’s stream of acid seemed to have weakened the creature’s armor enough for others to make use of. [color=CD5C5C]”Steady! There will be a chance,”[/color] shouted the Tiefling said as she edged closer to the thing, hoping to catch it by surprise somehow. The creature roared in anger just as the earth glimmered and shook in addition to the giant’s gait. Sparks on the earth ran under the giant and she found herself nearly taking a step back as the monster ran straight through the crumbling earth before its path.

	[color=FFFF00]"Inquisition soldiers, spread out! …Surround the creature, keep your distance and its attention while we probe for further weakness,"[/color] shouted Ardur and Aanshi was more than willing to run towards a side flank of the creature with the rest of the soldiers while Ardur let out a stream of fire towards the creature till it retaliated with a boulder towards their leader’s chest. With the creature sizzling and surely cooking inside its own armor, she was about to psyche herself to charge when she saw two soldiers get tossed around like they were nothing. Furious, she ran for the creature, but stopping as she felt herself get nearly knocked down by the wind from Kharne’s massive wings. Aanshi instinctively raised her shield to protect her torso and covered her face with her sword hand to protect herself from the debris that flew past her. She lowers her hands and felt her initial surge of energy wavering from the Dragon’s attack. But the beast seemed unimpeded by the powerful attack by what she had gathered was Kharne attacking the creature by using its own axe head. Instead, it stopped and focused its efforts on Gilead who now was holding on to a spear. She wanted to help, but magic users started casting spells and she did [i]not[/i] want to be within their magic attack’s effective ranges. So she hung back, raising her shield as she tried to sprint behind the creature to help distract if need be and attempted to pry a spear off of their [i]sheath[/i] before she felt the ground move from the veins that sprung out to remove all the others.

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i'm so sorry for the extremely late post
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