Cassandra looked to Hotaru who had entered her shop. The girl was a bit odd but she did not put it against her. She noticed the girls reaction after biting into the apple which began to rot in hands from the touch of the rain. Acid rain?... can't be. You only get acid rain from places close to volcanoes and there weren't any in Kurn. Then she decided to look up at the clouds and noticed which direction they came from. Great.... just great. They came from the mountain. That mountain was cursed beyond belief and now it was beginning to effect the weather. She looked to Hotaru and saw her looking at her which caused her to scratch her head. Hotaru's new reaction was something new, a quick glance outside as if she heard or saw something she did not like or expect. However, when she looked she saw nothing out of the ordinary. Except for the tall man win the cloak. However, odd cases always come into the section of the city. She moved over to Hotaru to calm her down but even she was a little skeptical about what was going on. Knights don't often run around like they have been unless the city was in trouble. She decided on the next best thing and moved to the door turning the sign over again and locking the door. "Stay here with me Hotaru,... I don't like whats going on."

 Ishmael did not spend too much time getting to the eastern tower and climbed its steps. The knights following behind him, as they took the thirty steps up. When they reached the top of the city wall he was greeted by the two knights who first saw the oddity. They guided him to the spot they were in when they saw it and gestured to its location. He indeed sensed something from the forest. "It was there for a good hour, but it moved back into the forest. What shall we do sir?" The knight asked Ishmael. Ishmael sighed and looked to him and smiled placing a hand on the man's shoulder. The smile faded, "Sound the alarm,... all men to their posts and be quick about it." He ordered, The knight nodded and rushed off to do what he was told. Ten minutes later horns were being blown and all the knights of the city were heading to their posts. Those posts were up on the walls. Ishmael looked to the forest and saw it moving rapidly with manipulation from the evil moving beneath it. This is it,... the beginning of the war between them and the evil of the mountain. Did they have the strength to fight it? He knew with his training he could handle whatever came out of that forest, but those around him.... he doubted it rather greatly. 

 Then something moved out from the tree line. It was huge, very huge and spider like. It moved slowly revealing itself. He could hear the words the knights around him were saying. Words of disbelief and questions of what the creature was. "The creature is not of this world but of the next. They are known as Retrievers ,... spider like monstrosities." He explained and the knights looked to him and then back to the creature. The think then raised its head into the air and let out a scream and it gave charge at the wall. Ishmael gave the knights on the wall the order to begin their defense. The knights pulled forth bows and fitted arrows upon it and began to fire at it. The arrows seemed to bounce of its natural armor. The thing then made it to the wall and began to climb it. More Retrievers emerged from the tree line each taking up a different section of the wall with arrow barrages from the knights in answer to the attack. The retrievers were only a distraction however for what emerged next. 
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(Retriever)
 
 What emerged her Hezrou carrying forth massive ladders that would be used to storm the walls with more demonic beings. The hezrous made great progress do to the distraction of the Retrievers. The demon spiders used the massive cleavers that they had for feet to cleave knights in half or worse send them flying to fall to the city floor below. Ishmael rushed to one of the retrievers using his might to go up against it swinging his blade. Immune to fear he had the advantage against it and his alignment gave him the edge he needed. He rose up his shield as he charged forward swinging his blade at it.
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(Hezrou)