Mage friend? Druan's words caused her head to tilt toward him and she started to open her mouth and dispute the observation, the human was barely an acquaintance let alone a friend, but the middle of combat wasn't precisely the best time to debate social semantics.  Speaking of Emrick well he seemed ok though she was sad to note that the elemental he'd summoned was already taken down, she had worked with the mages of her own kind often enough to know that such spells were costly and he would not be able to summon another any time soon.   Though she hated to admit it the warlock's blasts of shadow and fire were severely weakening their advisories and he had destroyed his first target with a brutal efficiency which was impressive, not that she would ever tell him so.  Though they had dished out a fair amount of damage to the things the battle was by no means over and she frowned heavily as he pointed out the arrival of yet more adversaries.<br/><br/>It was habit when confronted by so many enemies, she started to infuse the ground around them with divine energy, however, well aware of Duran's presence at her back she stopped and reversed the flow unsure if the consecrated area would harm him as well.   She wasn't certain she wanted to know what exactly the warlock was preparing, but at his question she merely nodded grimly and took a few steps forward away from him.  She could not force the creatures to run away or to stop attacking, but she could compel them to ignore her companions, at least for a few moments and attack only her. For a split second her tall armored body pulsed with an almost blinding brilliant light which seemed to enrage the creatures, and as a group they turned to surround her, for the time being leaving Emrick and Duran alone allowing them to regroup and act freely.  Against so many foes she had no hope of blocking or dodging all of their attacks, she could only hope that her companions managed to pull off something extraordinary to end the conflict before she fell under the hard punishing blows of the bog beasts.<br/><br/>Still taking her down would be no easy feat.  Her fingers brushed briefly against the sapphire amulet around her neck activating its latent magical energy which resonated with the gems worked into her armor strengthening the metal and lessening the chance the one of the creature's blows would penetrate to do her critical harm.  She didn't even make an attempt to strike them with her hammer, she was far too busy channeling holy energy and trying to dodge their blows.  With a grunt of exertion she fell to one knee as her shield took an over head hit from the bog beast in front of her even as she felt one of the new arrivals scored a sharp blow to her right shoulder, crumpling metal and sending it biting into her flesh, dark blue blood quickly welling and running down her arm to drip onto the wooden planks below the thick liquid making her grip on her mace slippery even if she could have lifted that arm to try and strike back.<br/><br/>With a soft snarl she unleashed a quick burst of energy, the shimmering form of a shield slamming into the enemy before her not only foiling his next blow but knocking him back a step or two to give her some breathing room.  Not stopping there the shield rebounded into the next beast, and then the one next to him before dissipating.  Though it did not fell any of the creatures the quick spell had served its purpose admirably and Mia regained her feet doing her best to keep the attention of the creatures which surrounded her.<br/><br/>She was not certain which of the things managed to score the blow to her head, but pain flared through her and she wavered on her feet her vision darkening.  A bright sigil flared above her as she once more tapped into the naaru's gift to her people, the first infusion of which helped clear the nausea and disorientation of taking such a heavy blow.<em>"Gentlemen I hate to rush you, but they will break soon..."</em>her voice was strained but clearly audible even over the din of the battle.