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Mae gasps in shock at the sudden demise of the wounded man. If her initiative is before Hermia's, she sees what Hermia's planning to do and takes a swipe at one of the malefactor's knees, hoping that the pain will get him off his guard.

Hermia rushes to join the rapidly surrounding throng, determined to prevent his escape. She tackles his legs, trying to bowl him over so one of her heavier comrades can help pin him down.

If Mae's initiative is after Hermia's, then she jumps on Talpyn's chest (if he's down, on his shoulders if he's still up), aiding Hermia in the grapple.

I'm aiming for the teeth...

Initiative
Mae-9
Ravoneth-8
Hermia-7
Giovanni-7
Opyeen-6
Kallas (waiting by choice)
Rykken-3
Talpyn (acting last by choice)

Mae takes the platform in two long strides and slashes at Talpyns legs from behind *slash-CLANG!* Her short sword hammers into the back of the dwarfs thigh and impacts armor, the shock of the impact runs up her arm sending tingles through the appendage.

As Mea steps back to hold her now numb arm the adept Ravoneth flys past her at shoulder height with her feet out in front in a flying double kick. *swoosh-thud-slide*. Her attack is well aimed but the dwarf squats and turns his shoulder at the moment of impact and the adept ricochets off and over his head. Turning in mid air Ravoneth is able to land on her feet next to Kallas and facing Talpyn.

As the dwarven Dark-Cleric begins to stand upright again Hermia charges in to grapple his legs. She succeeds in wrapping his legs up simply due to the fact that Talpyn refuses to dodge or move. Looking up Hermia can see the dwarf looking down at her with an evil grin as he tightens his grip on his mace.

Seeing what could be her demise in the eyes of the evil dwarf Hermia is stuck motionless as Talpyns muscled shoulder and arm begin to move. She can feel him plant his feet into the bones of the earth and tense his body for the strike. At the moment he begins to swing a mace appears out of the corner of her vision swinging in towards the dwarven mouth and that terrible grin. *swing-CRUNCH!!!!!* Goivannis mace slams into Talpyns grinning face tearing flesh and teeth from the mouth. The dwarf, stunned slightly, staggers backwards a step. Hermia feels an intense pain as the fingers of her right hand are caught in the straps of a dwarven boot. Looking to her hand Hermia is greeted with the sight of three broken fingers, blood runs from the twisted bone fragments peeking out of the flesh of her index, middle and pinky fingers.

(Unsure what Opyeen has planned)

As Hermia pulls her hands away and cradles her injury there comes the feeling of thunder on the platform as Kallas charges in. His axe held out and behind his right shoulder the dwarven warrior skids to a halt in front of Talpyn and snaps his body forward using every ounce of his 240lb frame to drive the weapon forward. *swing-CRACK!!! The axe drives into the armored chest of his foe leaving a rather large crease in the plate mail.

Streaming out of the crowd comes a series of magical bolts from Rykken. Slamming into the dwarf in quick succession the leave trailing whisps of smoke and the scent of ozone in the air.

Dazed a bit and fully angered Talpyn swings his mace and the closest target available. As the mace comes around in a blind swing there is a muttered Midnight from the dwarf. The mace transforms from the image of a beautiful maiden to the visage of a fanged and demonic thing. The strike is off balance and badly timed but it does glance off of the armored forearm of Kallas. When it impacts the dwarven warrior Kallas drops his axe and backs away. The companions can see clearly that his eyes are solid white and unseeing, the dwarf is blind. Holding his hands in front of him as he moves Kallas begins cursing.

Oypeen will cast magic missile at the evil dwarf

Mae switches hands and goes for the dwarf's underarms, making enough noise to both ruin any hope of getting in another sneak attack and give Hermia an opportunity to disengage in Giovanni's general direction.

(I don't suppose a cure spell or a healing potion will fix up Hermia's hand, will it?)

(A healing spell/potion will fix her hand.)

Giovanni will pull Hermia out of the fray before re-engaging with the Dwarf.. Man I can't tell you how good it felt when I read I connected with his face..

Rykken will run up and assist Kallas by leading him out of the fray.

Soaring out of the crowd comes another series of Magic Missiles as Opyeen casts. The bolts singe into Talpyn as he continues to stagger towards the edge of the platform.

Shouting erupts from behind the bar as Durnan, sword in hand, vaults the amber quartz bartop and hastens towards the combat. His bouncers are in the crowd but unwilling to engage.

Giovanni reaches down and grasps Hermia by her tunic and drags her clear of the fray. Keeping his eyes on Talpyn the CoS cleric sees the hatred in the face of his foe as Talpyn calmly shrugs his shield onto his left arm and begins his advance. Spitting blood from his ruined mouth the dwarf is intent on paying back the damage he's received.

Rykken runs in and grabs Kallas by his shoulders and stands him up to move him out of harms way. The blind dwarf is an easy target and as Rykken gets him moving Kallas says Ware the Screaming Maiden, his mace will drain your life to feed it's wielder.