Clutching her crossbow in shaking hands, Lythia eyes the scene of death before her, whilst Anjie pulls her crushed arms, slick with drool, from the beast’s mouth, then drives her dagger in the creatures skull, ripping it open with a practiced twist, confirming the creature is dead. Nevertheless, the two villagers hurry up to repeatedly drive their pitchforks into the corpses, mangling the flesh into a mix of slug, mixing with pus and sickly green juices. By the injured man, the women is silent, engrossed in the tasks of healing him to the best of her meagre abilities, and a young girl who had been hiding behind a house wanders out, drinking in the horrid sights before an adult can shoo her away.<br/><br/>Eldran'tyr however recalls the other shout, and moves to investigate, careful as he knows a surprise could soon prove fatal for him. He is not sure what korija are, but he doesn’t have to wonder for long, as soon the sight a new battle appears through a gap in two houses. Standing in the water, two naked humanoids, long hair sleek with marsh water dangling from their arms and chests, their legs bent, spines hunched. Their mouths are large and full of fangs, their heads covered in a shorter, spikier hair. With varying degrees of ferocity and speed, one wields a large branch as some greatclub, the other a solid dark object twice the size of a clenched fist, perhaps a chunk of wood, or rock?<br/><br/>Fighting them is the Lady Murn. Still in her farming clothes she clutching her spear in both hands, the retired adventurer shows she has not forgotten much from her more active days. One of the korija bleeds from multiple wounds across the chest, whilst she bears only a red to her left soldier. However at her age she cannot maintain this pace for long, and if she cannot overwhelm them soon she will surely falter.<br/><br/>OOC: New combat map - https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1ae7_cnckVp1sq4WZMd5xmZte4oXd626Trkuc3eJQ5og/edit?usp=sharing<br/>For the water, it looks only shin deep, but its murky and so hard to tell what could be under the surface. The wooden structure stores fish cages, its 5ft high and has a relatively flat roof.<br/>Only Eldran'tyr can see the combat, 40ft in front of him. Anjie is 80ft away and Lythia is 70. You need to be within 60ft to have line of sight. New combat, new initiative. Current combatants are:<br/><br/>Korija (sharpened stone) - 18 - Seriously injured<br/>Lady Murn - 14 - Slightly injured<br/>Korija (great club) - 13 - Uninjured<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Anjie</div><div class="spoiler_body">  Just checking you understand for future (it doesn't matters in this case, since the creature died ending the grab), you cannot escape and attack in the same round, as both take your action. Also, aren't you a bit low on skill proficiencies? You get intimidate from being a half-orc, 3 from a ranger and 2 from your background, but I can only 3 marked on your character sheet.</div></div>