Chapter One: The Path of Discovery

One second the older bandit is yelling to attack, the next he is crumpled on the floor. Tomas you react quick enough to divert your shots to different targets.

[Two bursts of fire stream from Tomas's hand and crash into two more bandits. Both stagger back, alive, but both very worse for wear, and all are beginning to seem to see they have bitten off more than they can chew.

The one in front of Hyun visibly gulps as he looks at his unconscious friend on the floor. 'Look, we, I mean no hard felling right, it;s just we ain't exactly got much o' a...

What are you useless fools doing? A loud commanding voice echoes out as a figure suddenly materialises next to the wagon. Tall and slender, wearing armour decorated in leaves and thorns. A large pair of antlers extend from their helmet. 'I, the great bandit lord Aurilandür take you under my wing, and you can't even take on some caravan guards?

The remaining bandits look nervously among each other, and move in. The 3 sneaking up manage to get into place, but there time doubting themselves means they don't get a chance to swing. The young one gives Honey an apologetic look before making a halfhearted swing.

As the young bandit goes to attack Honey steps in to make her own strike. He manages to get out of the way, but it cause his own to be easily deflected by the blade.

Grontha, you are unsure. The amour is definitively fey inspired, but there could be anything under there. Grontha axe collides with the bandit lords shoulder, but they just laugh, not badly harmed.

Tomas you start to see there is indeed magic in the area, but you will need to focus a bit longer to start identifying and locating it.

Ruus the bandits look at each other and start to consider your words. The young bandit, and the bandit next to Ruus step back, hands up. The other two go to attack, one swing and catching Grontha on the arm, the other driving his sword into Tomas's shoulder.

'How dare you. I am no coward, perhaps your friend is just not strong enough to harm me.' As the bandit speaks the image stops moving, going static, before suddenly two rays of fire bursts from their chest. While unexpected it seems that in their anger one of their shots goes wide, flying over everyone's head. The second however finds its mark, slamming into Ruus.

Everyone is not sure, but it seems like there is movement behind the chest of the now static illusion.

Grontha, you are aware of the illusion so can see through it slightly, and again you see movement behind it. Charging into the illusion you swing even as you get your first look at the real culprit. A 7 inch tall green skinned creature with dragon fly like wings, holding a very small rod, and wearing a crown decorated with minuture swords.

You weren't expecting the size, and so your attack does not hit as well as you hoped, but the blade still catches her as she tries to dart out of the way.

'Oi you bloody rude...' Even as she speaks her voice comes out as the loud booming voice you had been hearing earlier, not what you'd expect from such a creature. One of the swords on the crown glows, and suddenly a phantasmal long sword appears next to Grontha, and strikes back, catching her on the cheek.

Ruus you swing at the bandit next to you, but he ducks out of the way.

With Grontha stepping through the illusion it now disappears for everyone, and you all can see the self-proclaimed bandit-lords true form.

Hyun has been keeping up a defensive stance through out the fight, as different elements reveal themselves.

All the bandits look at the small fairy in surprise, clearly not expecting it.

'Get them idiots, or do I need to demonstrate again?' The fairy hisses, before carefully moving away from Grontha's axe. The crown glows as the spiritual longsword takes another swing at Grontha, but misses. Then suddenly the fae glows and dissapears similar to Tomas.

The bandits look dumbfound for a second, before the two is the fight just share a look, and start the attack again. Bandit 5 steps up to Hyun and swings but the blow is deflected by her stance. While bandit 4 goes for Ruus, but swings wide.

Again, Tomas sees there is magic in the area, though not exact. His knowledge with magic and spells however, leads him to realise she must still be very close to where she dissapeared, as she would not have had much chance to move yet.