Lydia watched in pride as Shenyo tore the noble to shreds. She had fire ready in her hand to make his final destruction complete when the enraged man/beast taunted the bloody viscera to regenerate so he could have the satisfaction of inflicting this pain again. She wanted to shriek at him to move but she was frozen in place. One move of the finger was all it took for Vlad to summon his ruby Tiet.<br/><br/>Lydia’s eyes bugged out as she recognized the symbol from her book of shadows. The nobles had descended from a long line of this blood cult and this amulet would protect him. She thought of what her book had said about it,<br/><br/>The exact origin of this symbol is said to come from the hand of Isis. She created it to give her favored ones protection.It is often translated to mean welfare of life. The tiet is  often called "the knot of Isis" or "the blood of Isis." It seems to be called "the knot of Isis" because it resembles a knot used to bind her adorants to the altar before she consumed them with the promise to rise to eternal life.  The meaning of "the blood of Isis" is more obscured but it was often used as a funerary amulet made of a red stone or glass.  It seems to represent the ideas of resurrection and eternal life.<br/><br/>Blood, blood, everything about these creatures screamed blood and eternal life. Only fire could destroy them! She fumed internally.<br/><br/>When Vlad left in an inky blackness, she rushed to Shenyo, the orbs in her hands dying out with a sizzle.<br/><br/>“Are you hurt?” she asked, intently examining him. Which was stupid, she realized since he would heal momentarily.<br/><br/>Lydia was shaking and looked down realizing she was naked. The earth around her was broken up and the vegetation was injured. Every where was evidence of the fight that was only half won. Half won meant fully lost for Vlad would have much information to share about them. She turned to get her gown. The fight had only truly begun.<br/><br/>“We need to put distance between us and this place,” she said simply as she tied her belt.<br/><br/>