Mesaraih was taking deep breaths in an attempt to steady his breathing and recover when a wall of ice rose up in between him and the darkspawn. He relaxed his tense muscles in relief as he dabbed at the wound in his chest. Wide, but not deep. Jagged.<br/><br/>"I'm gonna have so many scars by the time I get out of this," he muttered to himself as he started to get up. Ester joined him by the ice wall soon after. He nodded at her question, raising an eyebrow slightly when she thanked him. He nodded towards the ice wall.<br/><br/>"I'd say we're even," he said. He turned to face the oncoming darkspawn, an idea forming in his head. "Could you send a fireball when I shout at you?" he asked. "You'll know where to aim when you see the clump of darkspawn."<br/><br/>Without waiting for an answer, he started running onto the oncoming pack from its right flank, the deathroot extract still coating his daggers. He slashed at the first one, then the second, then pushed the third onto the fourth, then vaulted over to the fifth and stabbed it into the shoulder. Continuing his run, he made sure to topple or slash at every darkspawn in the group, one after the other in quick succession. None were hurt too badly, but the poison had visibly enraged them, and they all began to surround Mesaraih.<br/><br/>"Now!" he shouted, kicking one of the surrounding hurlocks in the face. It sent it tumbling backwards, and Mesaraih used the gap to quickly roll out of the way, then stabbed its heart before it could recover. He turned an eye back, hoping he wasn't close enough to be hurt by the fireball's blast radius.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Valehna snarled as the darkspawn turned their attention away from the captive Qunari to the nearest threat, herself. She kept her roots raised around her like a wolf's hackles, only hissing instead of growling. She sent a stonefist hammering into a line of rushing darkspawn, sending a group of them crashing back against the cave wall. The emissary was busy maintaining its spell against Tal, and she could tell its mana was quickly draining from its shaking limbs. She decided to take a risk.<br/><br/>More roots came up from the ground to impale a huge amount of darkspawn around her. She fell one knee from the exertion, but she quickly aimed her remaining energy at the emissary, attempting a spell she hadn't fully mastered yet. She saw the magic cage around Tal shimmer, then disappear as the emissary's mana drained from it to her. She felt invigorated all of a sudden, and her eyes flashed green as she grinned at Tal. Then, she summoned a thick root to ensnare the emissary in place. "All yours," she said to Tal.</span>