Demons. Fantastic. Least it seems like he's in good company, people who know what they're doing, though he's doing his best to keep an eye open for all of them. He'd sorely love to just cut a path through to Erimon and skewer the bastard, but fights are never that simple, especially not when there are mages and demons brought into the mix. He's not certain there was anything that could've prepared him for that - for Warden mages bound to demons, no matter what he was told.
Nothing like a bolt of lightning to wake you up. Rebellion helps with fire just fine, but lightning is another story. His shield might not have helped anyway, with the way the spell arcs and strikes his back, sending Herc's back rigid. His arms shake with with the force of the current running through him, he can feel it burning his skin, and it makes his jaw lock. The shock can't change that he's still a stubborn ass of a man, and so he twists, skin reddened from the heat of the desert and the lightning, and so he twists through the pain and treats the offending mage to a armour clad punch knee to the groin and nose-breaking strike of his pommel.
Maker, but he hated fighting mages. Situations like this, with demons and getting struck with lightning? Well, they were a reminder why so many people in Thedas were scared witless of mages, and why Circles might have seemed like a good solution for so long.
Still, there's Jamie, and there's a rage demon, and Herc twists from his mage situation to deliver a couple of hacking blows to the damn thing. They can't get too thinned out or split up, and trying to get all the demons focused on him so the others can concentrate on dealing out hits, rather than avoiding them, yelling at the demons and turning to strike out at the others. Might not work, but damn it if he isn't going to try his best. Even better if it means they can get to Erimond faster.
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Nothing like a bolt of lightning to wake you up. Rebellion helps with fire just fine, but lightning is another story. His shield might not have helped anyway, with the way the spell arcs and strikes his back, sending Herc's back rigid. His arms shake with with the force of the current running through him, he can feel it burning his skin, and it makes his jaw lock. The shock can't change that he's still a stubborn ass of a man, and so he twists, skin reddened from the heat of the desert and the lightning, and so he twists through the pain and treats the offending mage to a armour clad punch knee to the groin and nose-breaking strike of his pommel.
Maker, but he hated fighting mages. Situations like this, with demons and getting struck with lightning? Well, they were a reminder why so many people in Thedas were scared witless of mages, and why Circles might have seemed like a good solution for so long.
Still, there's Jamie, and there's a rage demon, and Herc twists from his mage situation to deliver a couple of hacking blows to the damn thing. They can't get too thinned out or split up, and trying to get all the demons focused on him so the others can concentrate on dealing out hits, rather than avoiding them, yelling at the demons and turning to strike out at the others. Might not work, but damn it if he isn't going to try his best. Even better if it means they can get to Erimond faster.