As his spell lanced out at the badly wounded bandit lord, who was cursing and swearing up a storm, the man was bringing his blade down towards Erin, the woman having had nowhere to position, out of his reach. However, his shot threw the Stag Lord off balance... and allowed Talia to dive in, and drive her blades straight into his ribcage, an intense spray of blood accompanying it. He staggered, swore one more time, and fell to the ground, very clearly dead.