The scouts ranging ahead of the princess' caravan don't notice the damage to the bridge, which allows the whole thing to get right up to the riverbank, before it gives way, taking out the first wagon, and cutting off a sizable portion of their forces. At that, Ivy launches her own attack, empowered with a haste spell from the sylph's head sorceress.<br/><br/>The elves were focused on the lost wagon, so not as many looked at the nymph as she might have hoped, before the warning cry went out, but a decent number of them were blinded, and taken out of the fight. The attacking Vishkanya quickly locked down most of the elven soldiers, leaving Finexia free to fight her choice of the captain of the guard, or the head mage with the company.