<i>So when exactly did this happen?</i><br/><br/>That's what Lyle's only thought was when he found himself apparently leading.  Well, at least that's what all of the other archers and villagers atop of the rooftop seemed to look to him for.  This was certainly not what Lyle signed up for to say the least.  He liked hunting, he hunted a lot of animals thus it made him good with a bow.  That didn't make him a stalwart defender of some village nonetheless someone to actually lead said defense!  Just a man that was at the wrong place at the very wrong time.<br/><br/>Fortunately, it seemed that he was saved from a leadership role that he most definitely did not want.  Next to him, Aure gave the orders that he didn't think he could give even though they sounded simple enough.  She jumped from rooftop to rooftop, cleared out any bandits that were on top, and they were to provide what support they could with their bows and arrows.  Shoot straight and make sure that the target stayed down; Lyle liked things that were that simple and he could certainly provide for the elf.<br/><br/>"Sounds easy enough," he voiced aloud, showing his agreement since it seemed like everyone was not only looking to Aura but him as well.  Stepping forward, he took some arrows from one of the village archers that looked as if he couldn't stop shaking. "I think I can use these better then you can."<br/><br/>He pointed to a good third of their number and waved them towards the edges of their roof. "Keep an eye out; discourage anyone that may want to keep trying to get us.  I'll say when to pull out."<br/><br/>Lyle nocked an arrow as soon as Aure was jumping from their rooftop and sailing towards the next one.  By the time he had pulled back the bowstring and had his eyes looking down the shaft of his arrow, the elf was leaping towards the next rooftop.  This one wasn't empty and and the archer let go of the arrow as soon as he locked onto a target, the projectile flying through the air and sinking into the sweet spot in a second; right in the center of a bandit's chest.  As Aura slashed with her blades, Lyle loaded and fired another arrow to strike down another bandit.  Around him, other village archers were doing the same as they launched a volley.  Soon the roof was relatively clear, enough for Aure to move on anyway and that was enough for Lyle.<br/><br/>"Come on!" Lyle ordered. waving his hand towards the cleared rooftops.  Leading by example, he was the first to run and jump to the rooftop.  He only halted for a moment, enough to look back and make sure that the other villagers were right behind him, and then he was running towards the next roof which was where they had cleared out the bandits.<br/><br/>A sudden, ear-splitting roar caused Lyle to stop just as he was about to jump, nearly causing him to slip and topple over the edge.  Looking to where it came from, he was just in time to see a giant form of a man drop down onto a bunch of bandits, swinging a similarly-giant weapon.  Lyle had no idea where that man came from but he was pretty sure he wasn't from around here; he was sure that he would've noticed someone like that.  But hey, he seemed to be on their side and with that Lyle worried about jumping over to the next roof.<br/><br/><span style="color: Magenta">“...I don't think they will be able to keep up if they see me.”</span><br/><br/>Lyle barely heard the shout when he crossed the next rooftop that had had a bandit on it before he put an arrow in him.  With the roof secure, Lyle was able to finally take note of a hole in it.  Thinking that the voice - Aure's voice - had come from there, Lyle looked down through in time to see the elf leaving the room that she had apparently fallen into.<br/><br/>"Wait!" Lyle cried after her but he soon realized that he had a more immediate problem as bandits jumped onto the roof.  Cursing, the archer turned, hastily nocking an arrow, but realizing that he wouldn't have time to kill even one bandit in time before he got killed-<br/><br/>A sudden volley of arrows fixed his problem as the charging bandits were struck down by the sudden assistance.  One bandit still stood, only having an arrow in his arm, but Lyle fixed that problem quickly enough.  Having dropped his longbow, Lyle unholstered his crossbow pistol and, at near point-blank range, he fired the loaded bolt directly into the bandit's throat.<br/><br/>Apparently his help had come from the villagers that had continued to follow him.  Speaking out his thanks, Lyle loaded a bolt into his crossbow pistol and reholstered it at the small of his back.  Retrieving his longbow, Lyle waved onwards. "Let's go!  We still got to make it back to the Chantry!"<br/><br/>While the rest of the villagers followed his command, Lyle took a moment to look to the nearby alleys, trying to locate Aure.  Though only having known the elf for a day, the archer certainly didn't want to see her dead and while he followed the rest of the villagers across the rooftops, he kept an eye out for her just in case she ran into some trouble along the way.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>