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Ethelred watched in horror as the Harzel knight was attacked and thrown against a wall.  His ally did not get up.  The Frozen Knight tightened his grip on his lance, intent on making that wyvern pay. It was no doubt greatly fortuitous that this crisis gave him an opportunity to free Elnith, but he couldn't feel good about watching this knight die as a result.

[i][color=6ecff6]In the short time I knew you, you seemed to be a reasonable and noble person.  You will be avenged.[/color][/i]  Ethelred briefly wondered if the knight had been pained at seeing Elnith freed, or hurt at the realization that the Frozen Knight had betrayed his trust to break Harzelslack's prisoner out.

From the look of it, there were three wyverns, one at their level and two others targeting the ballistae.  Pretty clever of them to attack the siege engines, more clever than he'd expect from a wyvern.  The elf had already engaged them, striking one of them in the head, but the winged beast managed to send the warrior flying out of the castle.  The elf was probably fine, given what Ethelred had seen of his acrobatic abilities, but it did mean that their ally was out of the fight.  At least he managed to reunite Elnith with her sword on his way out.

[color=6ecff6]"I'm afraid I cannot, a consequence of my own curse,"[/color] Ethelred replied to Elnith.  [color=6ecff6]"But that just means more for you, I suppose."[/color]  Ethelred saw it in her eye- the pitiable prisoner was gone, and in her place, the berserker knight was back.  Seeing her reinvigorated lifted the Frozen Knight's spirits and filled him with confidence.  Finally, something had gone right in this mess of a quest.

Ethelred charged at the wyvern, aiming his lance at the eye that the Harzelslack knight had stabbed.  Assuming it struck true, Ethelred would then freeze it to the beast's flesh to prevent it from freeing itself.  If the wyvern wasn't able to pull away from Ethelred's lance in time, the freezing would reach its brain and kill it, but the Frozen Knight didn't intend on waiting that long.  Using his lance as a lever, he would attempt to yank the winged fiend's head to the side, exposing its neck to Elnith and giving her a clear shot with her sword.