Leonidas rushed to hos horse and speed toward the western gate. Although it seemed it was to late to join into the attack what Leonidas was hearing made him press on. Whispers that one of the Royal guard had leaped from the wall into the fighting, Others that one of the royal guard were injured, and finally that there was a Drow within the city. As he moved he couldn't get a strait story from anyone but he was able to put some pieces together. "... Dammit Acrius.... Why did you jump off the walls?..." he thought to himself as he rode. "And how did Zatana get hurt?" he questioned quickening his pace.
With so many rushing to Zatana's aid and some literally growling at the guardsmen many quickly returned to their duties cursing Drow in general as they did. And Leonidas was only able to arrive after things had seemed to settle down. When he got there he rushed up the wall to meet with those helping Zatana. "I'm here to help, let he see where you're injured." He said to Zatana while removing one of his gauntlets. "Also Someone fill me in what happened here, not just how she was hurt. This assault was to quick I want details of what the goblins were doing" he said as his palm started to glow with a radiant light. As he gently placed his hand on Zatana's back she could feel a warmth fill her. She could feel as her torn skin and flesh started to sew itself back together. Although it was kinda itchy she could feel the pain being sucked away as her body seemed to mend itself. After a little bit Leonidas removed his hand, the wounds had closed but they still left a mark. "You're going to have some scars from that, but it could of been much worse." He said letting out a sigh, it was clear that the healing process had taken a bit out of the prince. "I would scold you for jumping down there in the middle of that, but it sounds like you might just have saved the gate. Just be more careful next time, maybe throw the explosives away from yourself?" he said in a tone that was oddly calm. After he was done seeing to Zatana's injuries Leonidas rose, he could feel all the eyes on him from the soldiers. Well now was as good a time as any it seemed... "Yes I have a Drow as a member of my royal guard." He started bluntly, "I know many of you would disagree with my decision, But this woman has proven herself many times. She has stopped assassins from taking my life, She has used her skills to get us information used in missions across the country. Hell she just saved this gate, if not the city. Let it be known I do not judge someone based on their race, but on their skills and merits. Zatana here has proven to be a powerful asset to the Empire and dismissing her based on the sole fact that she is a Drow would be a disservice to the Empire itself. Now I know the Drow have hurt the citizens of this City before, But that was long ago and Zatana here had nothing to do with it. Her and her people are fierce, and mighty warriors, if we can put our hate aside and see that not every Drow is the evil beings our history books tell us we can build a stronger empire." He said out loud in almost a booming voice. And although the Prince knew it would mainly fall on deaf ears he had said his piece for now.
After the attack on the West wall plans were made to secure all the gates in preparation for more attacks. Balthazar and the Duke were to remain in the keep working on strategies and keeping things moving outside of combat, Faira and Manald were positioned on the East Gate to help with the defenses there, Rudolph and Merik were to keep with the West Gate, leaving Leonidas and Acrius with the North Gate, Zatana was ordered to rest in the keep and regain her strength as she would be needed later. As the day continued more small attacks were launched at the walls, again only small strikes from only goblin forces. each attack was positioned at a different point trying to find a foothold. By the time night had fallen and the guard shift was changed over there had been 8 attacks in total. Overall the defenders would have about 50 injured from the fighting to against the 400 or so goblins that were killed. Moral was high with the men, but who knows how long that would be able to last.
As night fell Zatana and Faira were brought into the war room to be briefed on their next assignment. "We want you two to scout the enemy positions for us. All day we have seen these goblin forces coming from the mountains but we really don't know what we are up against. That being said we want you two to head to the eastern side from where the attacks came from. Investigate the area see if you can find where they are coming from, what if anything they have prepared over there. If you find the caves don't get ahead of yourselves and rush in. Mark them, we are working to make some sapping charges of our own and when you return with positions and what kind of guards the tunnels have we will send the sapping team in to blow the tunnels before dawn." Leonidas explained while looking at the two, "Did I leave anything out Baltazar?" He asked handing the briefing over to the one who came up with the plans.
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