[OPEN] Smoke and Mirrors: Perendale

[minrathousian]

WHO: OPEN!
WHAT: The Inquisition's forces fight against the Venatori to prevent Corypheus from seizing power in Perendale.
WHEN: Early November.
WHERE: Perendale, Nevarra
NOTES: Violence.

On the edges of Corypheus' territory, Perendale is the site of a major Venatori offensive--a push by Corypheus' forces to take control of the city and push his influence further across Thedas. The Inquisition's forces have rallied to answer the Nevarran governor's desperate plea for support. The battle for Perendale will decide the fate of hundreds within the city's walls.

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[iceblade]

To say that Skadi is a force of nature on the battlefield is rather apt. The tall Avvar woman in her war paint armor races through the area, slicing her blade at every Venatori in sight. There's no hesitation and no stopping her, and her war paint becomes blood-splattered before long. Even the times a Dispel takes down her cloak of Fade energies, she summons it back as soon as possible and just keeps going. The slicing of her blade is only interrupted by the blasts of Fade energy she triggers, and if an ally seems in genuine need of assistance. Despite her battle-lust, any calls reaching her ears will snap her out of that long enough to assist.

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[judgemewhole]

"Skadi!" James called out, from Inessa's side, before gesturing to the siege weapon. "She's made it brittle! Hit it with all you've got, then pass the word down the line! We're cleaning up and moving in!"

[iceblade]

"Aye!" Skadi doesn't need any more incentive than that, rushing forward with an eager, dangerous glint in her pale eyes. As he's seen in her spar, she leaps high as soon as she's in range, then brings her ice blade crashing down for maximum effect.

[lyriumcarved]

Fenris is enjoying this fight, in the most vengeful, bloodthirsty sense of the word. The rage is back at the forefront again, that rage that he's always felt toward slavers and magisters... toward anyone remotely connected to Tevinter. Including, of course, Venatori. He doesn't hold back at all, unleashing powerful blows of his sword on them.

But at some point, they start ganging up on him, since they've noticed how efficiently he's taking the others down. He's getting a little overwhelmed here, in fact. "Over here!" he shouts, hoping to encourage one of his nearest allies to cut down their numbers some. As for him, he starts glowing yet again, as he draws his sword back, lashing out with a wide slash of his blade.

[iceblade]

Fenris' call reaches Skadi's ears and she wastes no time. Charging in his direction, the Avvar woman cleaves a path toward him, leaving the weakest of them splattered across the battlefield. Upon seeing him, she lowers her blade just long enough to pull out something...and throw it, just out of his personal range. It's time for a Jar of Bees!

[lyriumcarved]

At least Fenris has a pretty good idea of what's going on, the sound of buzzing reaching his ears as he continues with his onslaught. He even makes it a point to start leading his opponents onward in that direction, using the fact that he's wraithlike in this form, difficult to strike. They come on, trying to hit him, but instead one of them ends up right in the middle of those bees.

Fenris swiftly moves away from the area as the Venatori fighter screams, engulfed in bees alongside some of his other comrades. As he rushes past another warrior, he doesn't even bother raising his sword... Instead, he simply reaches out with a hand to literally jab it straight into his opponent's chest, yanking out his heart in one swift motion. Then he raises his sword yet again, as the next Venatori comes at him. But at least now, their numbers are thinned, a lot more manageable. He'll have to thank Skadi... when he's got a chance to.

[iceblade]

Skadi smirks upon hearing those screams, then stops and stares in awe as Fenris pulls his heart-trick. She's heard about it, of course, who hasn't? But it's one thing to do so, it's another entirely to see it in person. When the Venatori drops, she snaps out of it, and moves around the bee-chaos to unleash a Fade Burst at whichever of them are nearest.

As the burst knocks them back, she grins...then gestures wildly for Fenris to duck as she stares past him. "Incoming! We've got a mage!" Cue the fireball.

[lyriumcarved]

Getting up close and personal to kill Venatori is especially satisfying. That sense of satisfaction always goes by so fast, sadly, but in the heat of the moment, it's intensely strong, an empowering feeling. His phasing ability makes him hard to hit, which definitely helps with all of the magic flying around. But the glowing is starting to fade, at least for the time being until he can reactivate it.

Which means Skadi's warning is especially appreciated, as he just barely manages to duck and miss taking that fireball to the face. He whips around right after, slamming his sword on the ground for an Earthshaking Strike, letting the ground tremble and tear apart beneath that mage's feet.

[iceblade]

Skadi can feel the heat of that fireball, but between her reflexes and that shielding cloak, she manages to evade it in time. Barely. Thinking that it might be time to invest in some fire-resistant dragonhide armor, the Avvar woman smirks as she notices the mage get knocked off their feet thanks to Fenris making the earth tremble.

"Nice one!" Skadi has to admire epic badassery when she sees it, though of course that's no reason to pause her own efforts. She spins with her blade outstretched, cutting through those enemies not felled by her burst. The area around them stinks of singed flesh, especially since plenty of those bodies of enemies felled have now caught fire.

[lyriumcarved]

The fire is definitely doing its damage, which is encouraging to see. Fenris doesn't slow down after the earthshaking ability does its damage, ready to meet the next enemy attack with a counter swing of his sword. The large, heavy sword blocks the incoming strike, and he swiftly makes his own counter as well.

Their numbers are growing thinner now, but Fenris doesn't let up for a moment, seeing another opening and phasing back into that glowing, ethereal state as he reaches this time into the opponent's skull. The Venatori soldier drops at once, as Fenris shakes off the blood and keeps going.

[iceblade]

That ethereal state fascinates her, though now isn't the time to ask about it. Her own cloak of Fade energies remains up as she gestures to another mage in sight. Time to take them down together? If Fenris agrees, she'll approach from another angle, ready to fell the soldiers in between with Hakkon's Valor. The Venatori will never know what hit them.

[lyriumcarved]

The moment he sees what she's doing, Fenris gets into place, moving swiftly, like a glowing ghost. He looks to her briefly, to see that she's ready, and then charges, timing his attack to match up with hers. He gives a heavy downward blow of his sword at the mage. The sensation of the impact is highly satisfying to him, as the Venatori's blood spatters all over with the blow. Of course, he's not alone...

[iceblade]

Skadi's heavy blade cleaves a bloody path through the soldiers, and some of them fall more or less instantly. Of those who don't, she backs up and lures them away, then fells them with an Earthshaking Strike of her own. Between that and a Fade Burst, they move no longer. But one felled group of Venatori is just one felled group, and there are still plenty to go.

[lyriumcarved]

Fenris' sword slices clear through the last of his targets, watching them fall to the ground as he pulls his blade free. There's plenty of blood all over, staining his sword, and his hand, and the ground below the fallen. This was definitely quite the battle. But it's certainly not done completely.

"There are bound to be more where these came from..." he observes, looking around. "But we've made good progress."