The Broken Treatise, Chapter 2

Lucas frowns a he watches the guads sitting at the tunnels entrance, looking to Tara he nods his head back to the others. The young woman slid away from her friends hiding spot and back to the others. Cela sat awake with Enialis, the others taking a much needed rest. Cela looked up from her ornate sabre as Tara sat next to Enialis.

"Looks like the Sariseans have already blocked of the caverns," Tara said as she poked at teh ground with a small stick.

"Figaro couldn't have fallen yet," Cela responded softly yet confidently.

"She's right," Saturos said as he sat up, "Edgar has alot of wards against invasion. Well Sabin has set up alot of wards against invasion."

"Yes Sabin was always prudent like that," Cela agreed.

"So how many o' them are there lass?" Durgan piped in as he sat down with an oomph and flipped open his spell book.

"Looks like they're at least fifty foot, another twenty a horse, a pair of casters and one Dragoon" Lucas said as he sat down next to Cela, "at least by my count."

"Sounds like a fair fight," Saturos remarked as he stood up and hefted his axe and shield and banged them together.

Durgan stood shortly after and the rest of the group followed suit, "so what's the plan?"

"I figure you and Cela can rain a couple fireballs down on them," Lucas responded as he stretched, "than we can take out whatever's left quicer than you can spit."

"Seems like the easiest way," Tara said as Enialis helped her to stand.

"What if there are more posst further into the cave system?" Saturos asked, "any untoward noise or light could alert them to our presence."

Lucas frowned, "guess we're getting out hands dirty eh?"

"Sorry Lucas, me boy," Durgan said as he clapped his friend on the shoulder as he passed.

The group gathered around Saturos as he outlined the plan, "Durgan, you and Enialis sit back, don't want you two getting into anything to bad. Cela, you and Lucas will flank off to the right and Tara and I will go around the left. Durgan you'll make a wall of force to block off the entrance of the camp and a wall of ice to seal off the cave. Than hit them with one of those ice storms. Tara, Lucas, You need to hit the casters as fast and hard as possible. After the storm subsides We'll wage in there and deal with whatever's left."

"I can help," Enialis said but only received a shake of Saturos' head in response.

"Nay lad, we be needin' you to get your uncle on our side," Durgan responded, "Don't ye worry lad Tara'll be in good hands."

"What happens after we get through the cavern?" Tara asked.

"We head to Narshe, where Durgan will rally the Dwarves, while Enialis and I head up to the Monastary." Saturos said. Cela, and Lucas will try to get word to Doma and Kohilingin, and what's left of the Bloody Brothers."

There in that clearing a dangerous sense of calm seemed to radiate the silence that followed. Each eye met and each glimmered with a determined resolve. They're home was being invaded they were left with no choice.

"Everyone know's what they need to do?"

Saturos needed no answer and his question was met only with silence. The half-elf hefted his axe over his shoulder, "good, we're at war and this is the rallying point. We have no course of action but to fight. This is our home."