Bloodsong: The Heroes

"Ah, some fun has arrived in the vicinity!" The Firey maniac, Marroar looks to the orc infront of the small halfing. " You have two reasons why you shouldn't try to thread this forest" the elf says in a cocky attitude as he has the index and pointing fingers enlongate from his right and left hand. He then points them thogether towards the Orc warrior. An oval orb in a spiraling purple color appears from each of his fingers and shoot in an instant, spiraling past the short halfing, towards the warrior.

[Marroar: Looks towards the south and casts two Magic Missiles towards the Orc Warrior for 1d4+1]
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X=Tree; passable but hindering
W=Orcish Warrior
A=Orcish Archer in Tree (hiding; Wren is aware of them)
S=Soldier
E=Wren (Elf)
D=Marquez (Druid)
B=Illyana (Bard)
C=Marroar (Cleric)
R=Maya (Rogue)
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Initiative:
Archers
Wren
Maya
Warriors
Marquez
Soldiers
Marroar
Ilianna
The Magic Missiles fly true, past Maya, and simultaneously connect with the Orc, who screams, trips, and falls on his face in front of Maya. [10 damage.]
"Orcs!" Ilianna was briefly taken aback. It was the middle of the day! All knew that the squinty eyed brutes abhored the daylight, that the cowards always preferred to strike by ambush in the dead of night where their light-sensitive eyes could see unmolested. Was that simply the orcs in her lands? Or were these beasts confident enough to strike even with that disadvantage?

As the battle exploded into violence, the half-elf felt her eyes drawn to the body of the guardsman. Damnable pigmen! No better than goblin kin! But this was not something she was entirely unused to. The Orc raided those homes under her protection as well, and while the spilled blood of men was always disheartening, enraging, she had a duty to not strike out at the enemies, not when a greater duty was presented. In war, there is always more than simply numbers and technology that determine the outcome. Morale was something that seemed to be draining away, like hope was leaving the farmers, the miners, the citizens and soldiers. Her Uncle had done well to train her as he had.

Her hand went to retrieve her rapier from it's sheath as she burst into song. Not just any song, for while there was indeed history behind the tale she spoke, it was more than simply the ideals behind it which made it strong. Interwoven with strands of the magic of song, her words drifted down to the ears of her allies. Always before it had awakened the kindling fires in the hearts of the downtrodden, encouraging them to unheard of acts of bravery and skill. She expected it to work no different in the hearts of trained warriors. That warrior there, did his eyes shine a bit brighter, was there a new unrelenting courage behind his blade now?

It did the woman good to see her work's fruition. Ilianna never could help but fall completely into her song. A song of battle for the living. Her hand rested on the handle of the slender blade as her melodious voice broke out over the chaos of battle and that voice found words. It was an old tale, an easily recognizable one, of a beloved knight and the exploits of his band, comprising almost completely of battle hardened peasants. The tale was meant to be told as an epic tale, starting dreary and full of gloom before the hero made his entrance. Such a thing would not do in battle, but again Ilianna had already sung the song in previous encounters. She was ready with the improvised version.

"Rukan the Shield raised his sword up on high
Crying his defiance out into sky
As the Greenblood horde marched towards his humble home
Yet Grall and Feruun refused to sit idly by..."


The tale had been told enough times. All knew what was coming. The banding of the peasant militia, the hold against the superior numbers of the Greenbloods, but there was something in her, she knew it, that made the song-story something greater. Her voice and her magic would make any song into a powerful Force. With flourish she loosed her rapier from it's sheath. Her song continued.

Move Action - Unsheathe Rapier

Standard Action - Inspire Courage (All allies that hear the song receive a +1 bonus on saving throws against charm and fear as well as a +1 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls)

Quote (Kazuhiro)


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X=Tree; passable but hindering
W=Orcish Warrior
w=Helpless or Dead Warrior
A=Orcish Archer in Tree (hiding; Wren is aware of them)
a=Helpless or Dead Archer
S=Soldier
E=Wren (Elf)
D=Marquez (Druid)
B=Illyana (Bard)
C=Marroar (Cleric)
R=Maya (Rogue)
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Initiative:
Archers
Wren
Maya
Warriors
Marquez
Soldiers
Marroar
Ilianna

At a shouted command, another shower of arrows comes from the trees, striking the soldiers. [3 damage to Illyana, 3 damage to west flank Soldier, 5 damage to west center Soldier. Maya and Illyana discern their locations.]
((What is the condition/location of that guard who was shot by the first arrow?))
He has a pretty worrisome and growing amount of his own blood on his armor, but shows no signs of cowardice yet.
Wren cursed slightly at the situation but continued on. Nothing could be done about the situation, and that archer up there still hadn't spotted him it seemed. With a careful grace, he drew the dagger from his belt and hurled it at his unsuspecting, tree-borne foe. If it didn't kill him, hopefully it would at least make him slip, fall, and cease attacking.

Summary:
Draw other dagger.
Ranged sneak attack against archer to east.
+6 to hit, flatfooted
1d4+1d6+1 damage

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X=Tree; passable but hindering
W=Orcish Warrior
w=Helpless or Dead Warrior
A=Orcish Archer in Tree (hiding; Wren, Illyanna, and Maya are aware of them)
a=Helpless or Dead Archer
S=Soldier
E=Wren (Elf)
D=Marquez (Druid)
B=Illyana (Bard)
C=Marroar (Cleric)
R=Maya (Rogue)
+=Gates/Town Walls

Initiative:
Archers
Wren
Soldiers (2)
Maya
Warriors
Marquez
Soldiers
Marroar
Ilianna
The dagger slams into the archer and buries itself to the hilt. His arrows shower to the ground as he jackknifes over a branch and falls, visibly breaking an arm as he tries to catch himself. [4 piercing damage, 12 falling damage)

Two additional Soldiers run through the gates.
Wren yells out after the archer falls to the ground, not that it matters the archers probobly figured out where he was anyway.

"What the hell are you all doing? Don't just stand there idle, fight!"
Uh, guys?