<strong>Eshalu - in the twisted garden</strong><br/><br/>Now completely wreathed in a maddening curtain of black flapping wings and deafening cawing, Eshalu, for the first time she could remember, saw only darkness. These shadows were impenetrable and not the warm, nuanced shades of grey and blue she was used to seeing by night. This was blackness of a kind she wished she'd never known. She struggled to retain her concentration, her shortsword raised in a defensive stance, blade close to her face, forearms crossed to protect her eyes from the worst of the battering. Drawing desperately on her focus and resolve, Eshalu began to wheel slightly, taking a few steps back from the whirling heart of the flock.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: Eshalu rolled: 4d3, adding -4to the total<br/>Comment: Defense roll against murder of crows'' attempt to create advantage<br/>Result: 2, 3, 1, 1,<br/>Total: <strong>3</strong> - invoking the <em>Tranquil Moment</em> boost and expending <strong>1 fate point</strong>, for a total of <strong>+7</strong></div></div><br/>This may have been a retreat, but it was a defensive retreat. Having barely managed to compose her footing and her stance in the face of the onslaught of pitch-black feathers, she lashed out again with sharp, seeking cuts of her star-metal blade.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: Eshalu rolled: 4d3, adding -4to the total<br/>Comment: Attack roll against murder of crows<br/>Result: 3, 3, 2, 1,<br/>Total: <strong>5</strong>, again preemptively invoking <em>Killing Blow</em><br/></div></div>