Shassara' whip left a heavy dent in the side of the scorpion, which immediately dropped the healer's leg and turned to defend against this threat. The blow was a telling one as, though it had survived the strike, it had not faired well. The fire muffled many of the sounds from outside, though there were high pitched yips and cries from outside the courtyard. The clatter of wood on wood and smoke seemed to be billowing up from afar.<br/><br/>Whirling and flailing the largest scorpion lashed out, two claws at the elf, attempted to club the tiefling with its tail in its spin. The first strike against the elf slid off his magics no purchase, but the second caught the elf square in the claw as it lifted him from the ground. The bad news, he was caught securely as the scorpion positioned his tail to strike the captured offender, the good news, neither the snakes, nor the smaller scorpion could hit him up here. The agile tiefling was able to avoid the striking tail.<br/><br/>Livia, leaped to her feet, her eyes scanning about at the chaos and fire. She backed over a snake, though the reptile could not curl enough to bite her. Shassara was being threatened by the scorpion, she had come to help her and now was the target. Drawing her dagger, Livia prepared to jump attack the little scorpion.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">((OOC))The crush of the pincer does 7 dmg to Alomar and he is grappled.</div></div>