Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29559990-20150109200212/@comment-12599067-20150111021219

(I'm here, but I get the sneaking suspicion things will turn bad the moment Mak jumps out with his sword in hand. So, here goes nothing!)

Makoru hung back a ways, looking over the opposition. Three bandits wasn't much to deal with, but he knew that more would come the moment one cried out, and he didn't want to be caught in the middle of a gang of bandits if he could avoid it. He was about to turn back and suggest something when suddenly, fighting broke out.

Talnarach lunged from atop a nearby tor without a sound, his spear in hand. He landed on the back of one bandit, driving him facefirst into the ground and breaking his nose in the process. The others barely had time to react when suddenly there was a spear in the chest of one attacker and Talnarach was moving with lightning speed towards the other. The bandit raised his hide shield in defense when Talnarach reached an iron-covered hand for the man's wrist, but he made a mistake in trying to counter with a quick swipe. Talnarach blocked the feeble blow with his other gauntlet and stepped in close, shifting past the hide shield and suddenly reaching one massive hand around the man's neck. The man let out a gurgled cry before Talnarach smashed his head into the stone wall, quite literally bashing his face into the rock until the man was most certainly dead.

When he was done, he turned back to the bandit who was still cradling his broken nose and whimpering, curled up on the ground in a ball. He hesitated, then approached the man. The marauder whimpered and tried to scoot away, but Talnarach firmly planted a boot on his ankle to stop him, then reached down and covered the man's mouth with one gauntleted hand before he could call for help. Then the Reachman placed his other palm on the man's left temple and twisted sharply to the right, then released him as the man slumped to the ground, put out of his misery.

With that business taken care of, Talnarach collected his spear and turned back to the others, the hollow eyes of his mask silently telling them to follow.