<em>The high priest casts a spell of dark blower, black lightning erupting from her hands, striking the man hard, quickly followed by one of the dagger wielders sliping a dagger under his defenses, though he manages to deflect all other strikes with his sword. He doesn't even bother dodging the firey missiles sent at him, however, letting them impact him, but he shrugs off all six of the hits as if they were nothing.<br/><br/>With a smirk of practiced confidence, he swings his blade thrice, slicing down one of the rogues before catching the other on the back swing, taking a step forward to close with the spiked-chain wielder. While he has sustained considerable damage, he doesn't appear worried.<br/><br/>Just then Mariska strikes out at the distracted (and wounded) rogue, nearly laying her low, and baffling her at the appearance of the man's apparent ally. She swears violently  at Mariska, hissing before moving away from her, trying to flank the swordsman and escape the spellsword.<br/></em><br/>OOC: She provokes an AoO.<br/><br/>