Bear twists against the paralysis, failing to struggle free before the brief encounter became quite so crowded. Bottlenecked at the doorway there's a moment of that shout echoing while a vial shatters over Bear's mask and Milady dances about Hawke.

Two knives are thrown- one spinning with vicious accuracy into the mess of bodies trying to enter the fray- past Pam and thudding into the shoulder of the Chevalier- downing him. The second spins end over end only for the pommel to knock one of the Inquisition scouts in the forehead, stunning them momentarily. A low sworn word in Orlesian has him fumbling with a grenade, staggering at the sudden attack of both hound and master, the glass shattering at his own feet- Antivan Fire flaring to life at their feet. Charred bodies crackle with cooking fat as both Bear and Hawk cry out in pain.

From behind Velanna a bottle whips through the air to crack Bear in the face, breaking them free of the paralysis- and toppling over backward onto Hawke.