<em>The mage felt the necrotic magic run through him as his right hand tries to atrophy and age he held his eyes upon it before he began to restore the youth within him by asserting his will to live upon himself. He merely grimaced dourly and smiled despite how stricken with nausea he had upon his appearance. His men began to assault the adventurers, surging forward across the bridge, counting upon the mage's spell holding up. Everything seems to happen in the blink of an eye for the heroes. The two bandits began to attack Aten missing horribly, providing they didn't have the luxury of a paralyzed opponent. <br/><br/>The archers took aim at their opponents from the riverside and sought to take aim at the cleric seeking to shield the mage. The arrows fly and both miss their target. Suddenly a third arrows comes out and goes so wide and strikes the mage square in the heart and downs him much to the shock of the two standing at the plateau. They look around widely to see where the third arrow came from as they were confused as to whom shot the mage. Despite the cunning methods of Matsumi being well hidden, but the sunlight gleams through just enough to cast his shadow from beyond the thick oak tree he was hiding in. The one with the sword shouts <strong>"They have another one down here!!!"</strong> and turns to face the lone rogue. <br/><br/>Rieta in the meantime began to shoulder in front of Elerra to prevent her from being attacked by the two bandits engaging Aten. Hopefully this would make the odds a bit even. Her attack strikes one of the bandits soundly but does not down the man. The bandit at the back of the bridge took aim with his arrow and tries to thread the needle and hit Rieta. Meanwhile the one that spotted Matsumi approached and tried to strike the rogue. Neither can strike through the armor nor find the quick in either of the heroes. <br/><br/>Their hostage Vin was tethered down at a tree by a collar and wearing a slaves attire. She was between Matsumi and the three bandits he is now having to deal with. Yet she had a lot of slack, able to move about twenty feet in any direction.</em><br/><br/>-Initiative Order-<br/><br/>Bandit Mage: 22<br/>Aron: 17<br/>Vin: 15<br/>Aten: 14<br/>Bandit Pair A: 14<br/>Elerra: 13<br/>Bandit Pair B: 13<br/>Masumi: 12<br/>Bandit Pair C: 12<br/>Rita: 8<br/>Bandit Pair D: 8