[color=A0A0A0][h2]Fleuri Jodeau[/h2][/color]

Fleuri stepped back as the axe narrowly struck his helmet.  [u]That was too close for comfort,[/u] he thought.  True, he wouldn't be much of an Iron Rose if he wasn't willing to step out of his comfort zone, but it'd be a good idea to not let that happen again.  He was lucky that the axe was not charged when it hit.  The explosion from that weapon was strong enough to make a crater in the stone- he did not want to see what it'd do to someone's head.

Judging from what he had seen, the runic engravings on the axe glowed when it was charged, and released its charge upon striking something.  If they could strike the axehead before its wielder brought it down, perhaps the unexpected detonation might unbalance him...although doing so might damage his weapon in the process.  If they could make it go off close enough to its wielder, they might even be able to injure him with it.  It wouldn't be easy though- Fleuri assumed that if this northerner was running around with such a dangerous weapon, surely he'd be experienced enough to not hurt himself with it.  On the other hand, assuming the warrior wasn't an amateur who had no idea what he was doing, this might lend a bit of predictability to when and where he'd would and wouldn't use his axe's special power.

When Steffen moved in for another attack, Fleuri was ready to support him.  The Ingvarr moved in close and attacked unarmed, presumably wanting to get in too close for the axe- and too close for the warrior to safely use the magical explosion.  Fleuri rushed in too, bringing his sword and hooking it beneath the axe's beard or heel, preventing the Barukstaedian from bringing it down on the approaching Invgarr.  Between the length of his greatsword blade and the leverage that he had, he should be able to keep the axehead away from himself, but he kept a safe distance behind his sword's crossguard just in case.

Whatever the others were going to do, they'd better do it fast before the northern warrior managed to free his axe.

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