As if being frozen wasn't bad enough, Ellana gets to come out of it to see the Venatori throwing everything they've got at them. The space is illuminated by the wall of flames and that helps, but only so much as seeing your probable death coming towards you instead of seeing only a hint of it in the darkness. Her reaction time is slowed due to the recent blizzard and before she can set a barrier, the warrior's maul hits its mark, smashing against her ribs and sending her flying backwards. She would scream, but all the air has been knocked from her lungs. When she lands, she wheezes for breath, her vision swimming from the pain. She's definitely broken at least one rib. Maybe several. At least she held on to the staff. That's an accomplishment, right? So she now casts Barrier on herself to keep from being finished off. The warrior got to her a second before Inessa got to him, but he's now frozen. That doesn't mean someone else can't throw a spell her way to kill her.