Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20190920211413/@comment-17114085-20191231003420

"I'll lead the way, if you don't mind Shield-Sister." Jofrodr noted.

"Go ahead, we will be requiring you to cast your spell to scout anyways." Elisiv said.

"Tannr can also help with keeping watch for enemies. His senses are better than any of ours." Jof replied.

The scout party departed from the Atmoran fleet and headed eastward following the river. They walked until the longships were out of sight.

"No sign of any elves nearby, just animals." Jofrodr noted, casting his spell every few minutes whenever his magicka recovered.

The land was heavy with forests. Most of them of birch, maple and ashwood who's leaves were turning hues of orange and red due to the start of the autumn season.

As they continued upriver they could just barely see something strange reflecting in the water far up ahead.

Harald and the Tongues heard the Dovahzul sentence and obviously the subsequent shout, which tore through the sounds of battle around them.

"A Tongue?! The Elves had a tongue?! Impossible!" The priests argued briefly after hearing the shout.

Harald recognized the shout at once, having heard it multiple times before during his fight with the dragon Jermulgraag.

"Gauldur! Wards now! Protect the Tongues!" Harald yelled at the mages.

The sky above the fortress grew dark within moments and began sending down lightning bolts into the vanguard.

Gauldur and his mages held their hands up high and formed wards to protect the warrior-priests of Kyne, who were the primary targets of the shout due to their proximity to its epicenter.

The Arch-Mage's own ward protected the Jarl when a bolt came right for him only moments after the storm began.

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"What the?! What foul trickery is this?!" Jarl Ivar questioned aloud. "Did one of the elves just use the thu'um?!"

"They may have captured a Tongue before the battle." Thane Egil suggested. They weren't able to see Karyor, only having heard his shout looming over the clearing, so they had no idea who was responsible for the Storm Call.

The flanks were too far away to be endangered by the shout, so the vanguard was taking the entirety of its effects.