The sword's swing did not hit the wolf but it did seem to realize it was alone and the only reason it wasn't dead was due to the fact that the last swing had missed. Gabrielle's attack alongside the fact that there were still so many people around the wolf seemed to give it a reason to feel intimidated. For all their earlier aggressiveness, the wolf seemed to realize just how this situation was turning out.<br/><br/>With a yelp it turned on the spot and started to run as fast as it could, still yelping and yiping as it ran, rushing to the bushes and to the distance, the noise of its passage growing distant fairly quickly, leaving the group to stand before the scene of the attack. The smell of blood in the air, the horses on the ground torn, but the arrows on the ground and in a nearby tree showing their upwards angles. Archers on both sides of the road perhaps, or up in trees, there was evidence of fire from several locations alongside the road.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reality is being far from pleasant, so I've gotten very late in my update schedule. To everyone here, I'm both sorry about the delay, and aware of the problem. I'll aim to post every other day if I cant manage to post every day, but I'll make it part of my schedule of things to prevent this kind of embarrassing delays in the future. <br/><br/>I've felt depressed with real life's situation, and its kept me from having inspiration for posting, but if I don't pull myself out of the funk nobody's going to do it for me either. So, I'm going to keep at it, and just hope you haven't lost all interest in my absence. I've also tried to work on a proper map with a few programs but its turning out horrible. I wanted that ready before posting the OOC, but obviously this is taking way too long. I've got a lot of other posts to make still, but I'll get an OOC post up before I post here in this thread the next time. </div></div>