<span style="font-style: italic">No no no no,</span>Dagnyr thought, gripping his blade apprehensively as he watched the priests trying  - and failing - to bring the portal under control. What came next only confirmed his worst fears, demons had somehow corrupted the ceremony  and come en masse to wreck havoc on the city! Where most would have felt overwhelming terror at the sight of the seething horde erupting from the portal, however, Dagnyr knew instead he had to<span style="font-style: italic">do something</span>, or otherwise the citizens in the square, and perhaps beyond would be slaughtered.<br/><br/>"Watchman Niberos, we need to-"<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>Three lances of arcane energy fly from the tieflings' hands, catching Alyssa in the shoulder and grazing Dagnyr's side. At least the two watchmen fare better than Botch- caught unawares, the blonde thief peeks out from behind Dagnyr just in time to take a blast straight to the cheek. He staggers backwards, cursing and clutching at his swollen jaw.</div></blockquote><br/><br/>"-ow!"<br/><br/>Dagnyr winces in pain at the grazing blow interrupting his train of thought. He quickly takes stock of the state of his companion and growls in anger, rounding on their attackers. Quickly he evaluated his options, he had scant few seconds to act and they were on the defensive already, with injuries sustained - and if Botch went down or fled due to being so injured, they'd be outnumbered as well..<br/><br/>He makes his decision quickly, resting the great sword on his shoulder as he holds up the Aurain holy symbol he wears around his neck. "Feel the renewing light of Aura!"<br/><br/>The symbol flashes and burns with light that rapidly expands to cover the area, them in the intense illumination. Pain fades from their injuries, flesh repairing itself with miraculous speed. As quickly as they had come, Dagnyr and Alyssa's injuries had faded away and the gnoll releases the swiftly dimming holy symbol, shifting his hand back to his greatsword. "You okay back there Botch?" he asks, glancing over his shoulder at the thief. "Because if you are, it'd be<span style="font-style: italic">much </span>appreciated if you could lend a helping hand here..."<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Dagnyr uses Channel Energy, healing all living things within 30 feet of himself (himself, Alyssa, Botch and the three (unharmed) tieflings):<br/><br/>Channel Energy (4d6): 2, 2, 4, 4 = 12 HP restored. <br/><br/>Dagnyr and Alyssa are brought back to full health (and maybe Botch too, depending on how much HP he lost)<br/><br/>Dagnyr has 6 uses of Channel Energy left today</div></div></div><br/><br/>He turns his attention back to the demonic trio, gesturing to them with his great sword. "And<span style="font-weight: bold">you</span>! I'll show you lot why it was a mistake to stick your horned heads out of that portal!"