All around her, Elli could hear that the group of creatures have dropped all pretensions of being silent, clearly relying more on the pitch black darkness to cover their movements. The first of creatures entered Elli's island of light only to have the paladin's readied attack strike it, cutting deep into its shoulder. It and its companions that were now closing in on the paladin were all dressed in dark cloaks that covered most of their faces. They stood at what had to be about four feet tall and what little Elli could see of the flesh of their hands it was stark white. The clothing they wore appeared the be nothing more than layers and layers of dark cloth rags. They smelled of a pungent odor of sweat and spoiled food, only made all the more obvious as they surrounded the knight.<br/><br/>While Elli's attack inflict a grave wound on small creature, it did not perturb its attack as its companions closed in. The four that attempted to attack the knight however, would find themselves unable to hit her; Elli would be able to parry, counter, or dodge three of  the attacks easy, a fourth one would get past her defenses but not even leave a dent in her armor. Further in the darkness, Elli could hear more of the harsh language being spoken and more movement in the darkness.