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Raiyn Illander

His eyes widened as the Shade slammed his sword against a rock and to his utter horror, the jewel came bouncing free. The green gem landed in the dirt, still sparkling brightly. Raiyn's eyes widened as he witnessed his weapon destroyed in such a fashion.

"Now then. Catch."

Startled, he lifted his eyes to catch the weapon already in mid air, flipping handle over end at an amazing speed right at him. Having already been beaten pretty badly, he knew there was no way he could catch the blade as it came at him. At the same time, behind the blade the Shade rushed him, raising the wickedly large hammer that also wielded earth as it's power. Though the darker side of that power was much more deadly than his own had been. Raiyn was running out of options and time. With his mind made up, he shifted to the left, hoping to at least lessen the wound he was about to take.

The sword connected with his shoulder, going half through. His mouth opened in a silent cry that he managed to stem before allowing his scream to pierce the air. Stumbling backwards, he used the distanced he'd gained from being run through by his own sword and pulled back his good hand that held the dagger. In a single thrust over his shoulder, he released the dagger, sending it flying right back at the Shade. Losing his balance to the sword that still vibrated through his shoulder, he fell onto the ground hard on his back. He never saw if his dagger did what it was supposed to or not.

Instead he reached over with his free hand and attempted to pull the weapon out of his shoulder. The other half of the blade having gone deep into the soft dirt beneath him, made it all the more difficult to remove the weapon. He clenched his teeth as he pulled at the sword, his voice half crying out as the weapon slid slightly. His breath was short as it heaved out of his chest, one leg pushing against the ground as he tried to ignore the burning all through his right shoulder and chest. Raiyn had to dislodge the sword, and quickly in order to use it to defend himself against Talazar, who was most likely still standing.

Nira Ku

The dagger came out of the darkness of her magic. There was no time to move from it and her pale eyes widened slightly in surprise. The knife cut through her shoulder, and with it brought back a good portion of her own magic. Her scream cut through the darkness as she stumbled in mid run and dropped. Her hand let go of her sword and clutched the weapon that was the source of her pain. With a single, fluid pull, she managed to get the blade out and toss it to the ground. Quickly, she picked up her blade again and took several nimble steps back away from the group. Her teeth clenched together as she glared at them.

Then she straightened and smiled at them, a wicked grin that showed her white teeth. Her beautiful pale face gleaming in the darkness and her eyes reflecting the fire light from the town behind them. A soft laugh echoed from her lips, then slowly it grew until her sweet voice was loud with laughter. As the sound fell from her lips, she'd slowly taken steps backwards into the darkness. The power in her sword crackled as she let it build once more. Once she'd faded into the darkness, she snapped her fingers, black magic curling around her hand.

She shot that power out at the taller man who was new to the group. Nira hadn't seen him before, but assumed he'd joined them. Without waiting to see if her attack hit, she let the darkness over her blade extend and in a hard swipe she sent a blast of magic at them all. Still moving in the darkness, she snapped her fingers once more, dark magic filling her hands. This time she sent the blast at Aelianus, though it was less potent than the one she sent at the new comer. Another barrage of her black electricity came right after. Still stepping around in the darkness at a good distance, she sent one final elven spell at the woman in red before her voice called out to them amongst the crack of power.

"It matters not if I cannot kill you now. The boy will be dead before the end of the night. That is just the start of our little game," she laughed. Without another word, she let her teleportation spell take her away from them and back to Talazar to see how the fighting was going. She came into the darkness next to Iri who was watching the fighting with a sick gleam in her eye. Nira turned just in time to catch the boy taking his own blade right through is shoulder and throwing a little dagger at Talazar.