She smiled into the wind, closing her eyes for a moment as she let the rushing air caress her skin, cooling her heated blood, and letting her focus on the tasks at hand. Below her, the compound lay like a blighted mushroom in the middle of the wilderness, nearby trees having been cut back and away from the walls as a measure of defense. Sighing to herself, she angled her large, leathery wings, gliding on the air currents as she slowly spiraled closer to the gray blister on the ground beneath her.<br/><br/>Trim and athletic, one would not expect one with her appearance to be of a non-human nature, if it were not for the blatant markers of Large, scaled wings, combined with small, but iron-hard scales covering much of her body, though her garments, long leather leggings and a light tunic, also made of leather, made it impossible to see exactly what was scaled, and to what extent. A brace of a half-dozen long knives was wrapped around her hips, each sheath looking slightly curved, following the arc of the blade within.<br/><br/>Leveling out only a few hundred feet from the ground, she slowed her flight by angling her body, until she stopped her forward momentum entirely, hovering in midair for several seconds before continuing along her path, circling above the Compound several times, looking for anything untoward, when she noticed that Several men were racing towards the gates, dragging a thick timber with them to barricade themselves. But, from what?<br/><br/>Shaking her head slightly at the idle thought, she again flew over the forest, looking for the telltale glint of silver that was moving through the thick wilderness, but, not seeing her self-imposed adversary, she again turned back towards the Compound, and, seeing that one section of the wall was devoid of defenders, she landed atop it, wings fluttering slightly as they relaxed after the long flight.<br/><br/>Crouching down to show a smaller profile, she brushed some loose strands of her hair away from her eyes, looking around the Compound from her new vantage point, and using her free hand to draw one of her knives, unsure if she would have to kill to get the treasure she sought.