Aro sends a grin in Anders' direction when the barrier goes up. He won't be complaining about that. He has a shield of his own, but it can't shield multiple people, and this means it doesn't need to. Instead his hands crackle with electricity which shudders through every cultist that touches him. Iessa flaps her wings and soars skyward, before letting out a high-pitched cry and breathing a cone of lightning all around the enemy.

"You sure about that?" he asks Teren, as Iessa's breath blasts a cultist away from him. That leaves him free to chase after Connor, while the dragon distracts any that try to chase him. The electricity disappears from his hands as he looks up into the tree.

"It'll let you breathe lightning, like her," he says, nodding at the dragon. "Do you want it? Your choice. You seem to have things under control, anyway."