[center][h3]Sordan[/h3]
[@PaulHaynek][@Eisenhorn][@Lugubrious][/center]

Batta the Beast, well a certainly fitting name. His mooks were made short work of, the thunder spells from Rionach made it all too simple, it was more like cutting down training dummies than it was a battle, but things changed when they reached the leader. Turns out it was probably just strength is why these men even followed him. Simply getting in a strike may not be the ideal way to deal with him. His type was the tenacious sort, if he was to make a strike, he would need to ensure it ripped through the target's vitals, a single stroke leading to a clean kill.

As Jerod would move in, Sordan kept in his shadow, a fair distance behind and to his side, ready to exploit his target's weakness. while not cluttering each other's movements. As a honed swordmaster, he was able to pinpoint moments and spots where he can deliver a critical blow with a single strike, and that was what he was looking for, though he was not picky, ideally he wanted such a moment. He could neutralize a powerful threat right away like this after all.

The Beast insisted on using force, barrelling into the two of them. Being in Jerod's shadow was a blessing though, for it allowed him to step out of the way, preventing the two of them from crashing into each other, allowing him to at least maintain presence between the two fighters, essentially switching their positions with Sordan at the front now.

As Batta took his axe on high, Sordan wasted no time to sweep past him, trying to block such a blow would be foolhardy, but as he did, he slashed at his arms in the exposed portions, this would at least off-balance the swing and let Jerod easily slip away.

As soon as this manoeuvre ended, it should result in Jerod facing him from the front, while Batta's back was faced to Sordan. In such a position he would simply remain outside of his line of sight, and then deliver a killing blow.