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Ashes [EliteCommander and Vesuvius00]

Tarentek was honestly quite a bit confused. He was not sure why Onyx would be angry at him for being afraid of heights, though it started to make sense once she brought up dropping him the last time she carried him. Evidently, she thought he just did not trust her ability to carry him. Admittedly, it was something that made him nervous, but he would feel the same way about anyone who wanted to take him in the air. It would be simple enough to tell her...he just needed to get up the staircase first.

Fortunately Tarentek did not have much of an issue climbing the side of the mountain. He did not have to stop and rest, and was only slightly winded once he reached the top. As promised, Onyx was waiting for him just over the ridge, and before she could say anything, he spoke up. "You know, I'm pretty afraid of heights, kind of like what you are with water."

Ashes [EliteCommander and Vesuvius00]

"Well...I'm not psychic." Tarentek said, crossing his arms and looking away from Onyx in a joking protest, though keeping a smile on his face. "At least I got us here. If I'm here long enough, I'll learn my way around. There are a lot of bridges to remember, but I'm sure it can't be too complicated."

When Onyx mentioned flying him up the staircase, Tarentek immediately tensed up. Almost on reaction, he glanced down over the edge of the path at the valley beneath them. He gulped, and answered nervously. "F-fly up? Oh, um, well that's not really...necessary. Really. I have a lot more energy than before. W-we can walk, I'll let you lead the way."

Ashes [EliteCommander and Vesuvius00]

Tarentek shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, I should be able to. I was paying close attention when you were showing me around yesterday, and I did manage to make my way back to your den by myself. I suppose I'll lead the way." He answered.

Tarentek noticed Onyx looking at the faint clouds in the distance as they made their way through the village. Looking at her, it was obvious she was concerned, which did speak to how much water seemed to concern her. The odds of it actually raining were pretty slim, as it was not a common event in their area. Although, in the desert, whenever it did rain, it would pour so he could see why she might be concerned about it. He had gathered that their wings simply did not work when wet, which, for a flying race, would probably be a big deal.

Luckily, Tarentek remembered the path through the village reasonable well. There was one point in which he nearly took a wrong bridge, but he stopped himself before actually guiding Onyx down the wrong path. Obviously, he could not find his way around to anywhere in the village just yet, but he could find a few places they had already been to, and the center of the village was no exception. After a few minutes, they were once again on the mountain path up to the village center. "See, I told you I could find the way. And this time, I'm not walking myself into exhaustion."

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Oh, the robed one will be stopped, trust me. It's hammer time.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Sadly, Ssarak can only make people think it's bright.

By that description, Ssarak should be able to approach from above. He just needs to get up in the air above the trees, then swoop down.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Ssarak can fly above the trees, you know.

Also, isn't it daytime? They set out from their campsite in early morning.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Depends, how thick is this forest? I think Djarkel is described as pretty barren, so I don't imagine this is exactly a rainforest or anything. It also depends on if there is a clearing for the camp.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Ssarak could perhaps come in from a really high angle of attack. He could back off, get up high into the air while out of sight, then descend from above once everyone is distracted. While they're focused on the half-elf, they won't see him swooping down to deliver the a hammerhead to the biggest threat's skull.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Unless you guys really suck, a battle of this size should go down in less than five minutes. Taking into consideration how long it takes to stab someone to death, and applying a bit of tabletop, I'd say that if you guys can take out the surface guards after the away crew leaves, you might have a few minutes to deal with the last few in the ravine before the away crew could arrive, assuming they could even tell something was going on. Otherwise they'd leave without ever knowing their HQ got sacked. Though depending on how you do it they may or may not be aware of your presence. It's not a deep ravine, barely large enough to hold the the ferals in cages while giving space forthe robed man a private room. Bandits sleep outside just so ya know.

@Lucius Cypher

The battle would go quickly, but the biggest time waster would be waiting for people to leave and come back.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

With Meirin staying back at the caravan, we might have some more time, and he did say five hours to begin with.