[Thava]:<br/>*Recognizing the dangers of crossfire, Thava holds this position for a while, the blazing trees forcing goblins to attack from one direction, cutting off their ability to effectively flank her unite, they also draw so much attention that the Airship would take notice, and with the host of rangers at her back, there was virtually zero chance any forces could strike from behind. Rather than rush the tents, Thava would wait for support from their airship, and for the Rangers to fully secure their positions. But she wouldn't wait forever, the next good opportunity she saw, she'd charge the tents, for now she held position firing crossbow bolts into any orc she saw to keep them soft and off balance.*<br/><br/>*Thava was down to five bolts from the even twenty she'd brought at this point though, she'd restock later, she'd brought spare bundles of gnomish bolts from Spindlethorp. On swords she would only wield Ironclaw steel, no substitutes, but even she, proud dragonborn she was, acknowledged the might of any ranged strike, arrow, bolt, fireball or otherwise. There was a reason she traded her shield for a crossbow, though after this battle, she swore to put her father's shield to better use than a room decoration. Not because it increased her raw defensive capabilities, but because it cloaked her from view. The Ironguard had been using their shields to deceive their foes, their tactics brilliant and cunning. They made Thava wish to join them, as a link in the shield wall, she would figure out a way to keep her gauntlet mounted crossbow. Perhapse an underslung, clockwork design to keep the mechanism out of the way.* (Lol assassins creed anyone)<br/><br/>*But that was later, as proud as she was of the Ironguard, Thava needed to keep her head in the game. She flung the blood from her blade and sheathed it, before lifting a goblin spear up and hurling it like a javelin into an oncoming orcs shield, before charging him down. The spear weighing the shield down as the princess aimed to sunder his shield-side ribs by out maneuvering him and exposing his flank.*