[center][color=c4df9b][h3]Maritza Verenna[/h3][/color][/center]
	Instead of meeting the Golden Boar's charge, the Knight Serpenta fell back, moving to Veileena's side. [color=c4df9b]"Apologies for my cold tongue Lady Cal, but we needed to ascertain as much about this situation as we could and you were not the most forthcoming."[/color] Unlimbering her axe, Maritza surveyed the woods and low brush to the noblewoman's back. If the Naga had learned anything about the Boars from their previous encounter, it was that nothing was beneath them when it came to achieving their goals. As such, a simple flanking maneuver, kidnapping Lady Cal out from behind them while the main force sacrificed themselves to draw the knight's attention seemed well within the realm of possibility to the former nomadic survivalist.

[color=c4df9b]"And excuse the intrusion on your personal space, but on the off-chance anyone should make it around behind us, they will have to go though [i][b]me [/b][/i]first."[/color] The Naga informed Veileena as she loosely coiled herself around the young noblewoman, forming a protective barrier of scales that only the most foolhardy would try and wrest the girl from. Her axe at the ready, Maritza turned her back to Haelstadt, her fellow knights and the unfolding battle to watch their rear with a vigilant gaze.