Between Alyssa's wild swings, and the stabs of the two witches, the weapons the fierce women wielded were buried in the slimy, scale chests of the sahuagin, who then seemed to melt under the deadly moonbeam the druidess summoned and guided on them, leaving them with the one put to sleep by Thalya's spell.<br/><br/>The three that were fighting the sailors broke free of melee, the crew scattering to the sides, the uninjured pulling the bruised and bleeding back while trying to keep the monsters from them. They knew they couldn't affordany losses here! The three fishmen seeing their brothers slain turn toward the heroines, enraged. One throws its spear toward them, but the weapon goes flying over their heads and the railing, falling into the ocean somewhere outside. The two others close in to tear at the fierce defenders of the Esmeralda with their claws ans bites, their slimy, disgusting cold bodies looming over the women!<br/>Alyssa easily deflects the first attack, but the sharp teeth-filled mouth closes around her forearm, causing her to wince in pain and spot several point teeth stuck in her armor when she manages to tear her arm free from the jaws of her newest assailant.<br/>The third fishman is upon Thalya, its claws swinging and ripping her shirt, leaving it hanging from her as one shoulder is exposed fully, with painful red lines indicating the place where she was scratched, the lucky attack somehow bypassing her mage armor! With its follow-up attack, the disgusting creature claws at her chest, leaving more marks and ripping her top open, exposing her vulnerable flesh to the rain and further, blood-crazed attacks to come.<br/><br/>While Norton is trying to stay out of the worst of it, he hears yells from behind him, and as he turns he can see the sailor manning the ship use the wheel as a cover to try and keep away from a sahuagin that climbed up the back of the ship. He manages to trap the creature's spear in the wheel, and backs toward the main deck only to see the ongoing skirmish and Norton ready to lend a hand, and lend a blow at the creatures. Trying to bait the sahuagin towards where the rest of the fighting is, the sailor positions themselves, and as soon as the fishman catches scent of Norton's wounds he switches targets to him... But the paladin easily blocks any attack the  frenzied beast can throw at him, and delivers a punishing slash at its side, nearly gutting it in a blow!<br/>"Thanks for the save young sir!" the sailor yells as he hurries to get a fighting weapon and assist the lightbearer.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Combat</div><div class="spoiler_body">The two sahuagin die and melt between the girls attacks and spells. Out of the three that were busy with the crew, one throws his spear but misses, the other two move into melee with the fighter and the sorceress. <br/>Alyssa defends against the first attack but takes 3 damage from the second.<br/>Thalya is hit twice, taking 3 damage and 3 damage.<br/>One more, so far hidden sahuagin who was engaged with a sailor on the back of the ship tries to nom on the paladin with two attack he has advantage on, but still fails to overcome his armor class, and suffers the powerful retaliation hit from Norton.</div></div>