Somewhere in the scuffle, the remaining guards lost their handle on the dogs, and the mangy curs took up the steps, yelping their dissatisfaction with their current predicament. But the dogs were in heaven compared to the guards, or what was left of them.<br/><br/>What they were in was a world of shit, faced with those who had very little to lose and seemed to have been granted some measure of supernatural aid with which to extricate themselves from the prospect of certain demise. And that was before Sriani had found some sort of inner dragon, via the dragon's head shaped mask she was wearing, and unleashed fiery hell upon the few standing guards. One of them had already been injured and the flames were just too much, killing him instantly. One of the three remaining unhurt soldiers zigged when he should have zagged, dodging right into the flames which spelled his doom, as well.<br/><br/>The other two were a bit singed but still alive, having managed to skirt the worst of the dragonfire blast. Caitlyn's call on the powers of Bane seemed pretty effective as well, one of the now two remaining guards taking an invisible blow and not having the presence of mind to resist his punishment. He was still standing, even after that, but only just, and seemed to be fairly gravely wounded.