The Keepers of Chaos: A Vault of Hell

Riu Astrial: LXII

"Andraste!" Herod cried out, he pointed at the villa's open doorway where Riu could just barely peer inside. The doorway held two distinct figures, standing inside Riu spotted a familiar six foot man wielding two long swords each of them adorned with an insignia she could have sworn she recognized.. The same symbol from his inner sight. Standing next to him however was a large hairy beast of a lion roaring in defence. Riu sprinted to them.

"Oh that's so cute! Little kitty wanna play?" Riu wasn't sure who was talking but she knew there was a voice, she knelt over panting reaching the doorway standing right behind Asher. "You can't intimidate us, soldier boy! You and your lion are hardly frightening."

"I'll play with your severed head!" Asher hurled back.

Riu looked over Asher's shoulder to see a Gralhund guard come in, swinging his large broadsword missed the thug by a foot. The landing of the house was chaos, she spotted several guard's swinging at leather clad men wielding maces, with numerous of these mace wielding guys swinging back.

"What's going on here?!" Riu asked, Asher stood in front of her, his twinned blades sitting slackly in his grasp. The soldier made no movements and no one tried to answer her question. The chaos continued. She guessed Asher had been trying to intimidate these men and even a lion did not work. Lovely.

"So the city guard ain't enough for us huh? They had to go and hire some mercenaries?" one man began walking to the doorway holding his large mace steadily in his hand. "That's fine. I'll have just as much fun with those lovely ladies when I'm through with the back up!" The guy lunged, Riu immediately brought her mace up, little man was going to do what now?

"I believe you are mistaken, common thief!" Alekzandr's voice rang out to Riu's right, Alekzandr charged forth from inside the house slamming the butt of his rifle against the guy's head. The man recoiled, swinging his own weapon blindly around. Riu jumped into the action side stepping Andraste and Asher. The inside of the house was simple and really quite beautiful if not for all the fighting. To the left was a long hallway far from the landing it held some basic desks with pictures and other portraits on it, there were more thugs. To the right was an open room that probably entered to some other location font and center from the entrance was the stair case only a few feet from the front door. Up there Riu could spot probably half a dozen guards and even more thugs hacking and slashing at each other. Inside she spotted another three thugs to the left wielding similar.. As one guard went to protect himself Riu spotted the unmistakable symbol of a winged serpent on a black background tattooed on a thugs arm. 'Shit.' Riu thought, it was Zhentarim. She rushed forward bashing her mace into the back of one's skull he went down without a fight. The guard looked at her with appreciative eyes. She swung her mace around again to attack the second thug but it blindly missed.

"Not so fast, pretty!" The guy turned on his heel bringing his own mace at her. He was dressed in what seemed to be standard studded leather, his tree bark brown eyes gave her an ugly glare Riu wasn't about to be hit by some no life. She raised a gauntlet covered hand and batted the mace off to the side, the force still hit her arm pretty badly. She stepped back the man still swinging, one strike after another after another. She tried to dodge but one swing got a clean hit right into her side.

"ARGH!" Riu cried, she spun on her heel forming a semicircle around the guy trying to dance around his attacks. She brought up her mace clashing the morning stars against one another. "A little help?!" Riu yelled, as another thug moved into attack. The guard she had just saved rushed forward now allowing the two to fight on either side, double fronting the man. Riu kicked the first guy knocking him back long enough to speak. "Magicae cornu telum!" Riu yelled, holding up the holy symbol of Selune in her left hand. Instantly four pigeon white streams of magic carried by blue dove wings shootout racing at the man. The pin's impacted with an explosive force knocking him on his butt for good. The guard in front of her made a grunting noise before he stabbed his own blade down the second thug's throat, blood spurting everywhere the crimson liquid ran down the thug's leather armor, probably running it. Riu turned away quickly.