The Furnace Knight's belt glows and gravity ceases to have a hold upon him. With a flick of his tail he ascends into the air in a movement so fluid it suggests his species originated below the waves. He raises up into the air, ascending to a position above Lord Death Despoil. There is no wasted motion here, no elaborate forms, not blinking or lowering his guard for a moment. Serpent eyes stare as he raises his sword and -

It's not an attack. It's a [b]command[/b].

The wolves, howling, close in on all sides.

These are berserkers, unarmoured and unprotected. Jagged glass cannons, only protected by a single enchantment: a divine chronomancy spell that defers all injuries minutes into the future. They will fight at maximum strength right up until their blessing expires and then all their accumulated injuries will hit them at once and they will drop dead instantly. The wave is uncoordinated, but there's a pack instinct at work that keeps them from getting in each others way, even through their blindfolds.

The Furnace Knight hovers above the battlefield, silent and unflinching, gaze reptilian as he observes. In this attack it's clear that he doesn't have any ideological commitment to honourable battle - quite the contrary. He observes the forms because of the rewards they grant and once his obligations are met, he discards them. His earlier headstrong rush was a rational attempt to maximize an advantage and now that it has passed his approach is far more defensive and cautious.

And that gives you an important clue: He has [i]no idea[/i] what you're capable of. Even on the most basic level his wolves attack with teeth and talon, seeking to rend flesh you do not have. He is sending a wave of expendable troops to soften up a necromancer, seemingly unaware that their corpses might be turned against him. Despite his superiority in hand to hand conflict he seeks to accumulate data because he simply does not know that you are not an expert martial artist. This is a warrior who knows himself, but not his enemy. Despite his advantage in positioning he is still in the same boat as you.