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⚔️ // the sword of the creator glowed like embers alight as byleth cut down one foe and plunged the sacred blade through the chest of another. they were GROTESQUE , monstrous creatures a mix of humanoid and twisting foliage. none of which quite acted or moved on their own. like PUPPETS on a string , the spriggan’s movements were jagged and erratic. easily defeated ... were it not for the sheer scale of their forces.
byleth dispatched of another creature and growled , frustrated , as another took its place. her footsteps danced backwards across the dilapidated castle floors , retreating towards her house leader , who was similarly occupied. in the distance , a LOOMING SHADOW wove between the ruined castle pillars. enemy commander. but as byleth turned her head to inform her ally , she found only him surrounded by the viney wraiths. one was closing in from behind , and the other ... the spriggan’s arm extended into a thorny mass of razor-sharp branches and clay. its body coiled. dimitri roared and raised his lance. it speared through dimitri’s chest first.
( a familiar COLD froze byleth’s veins. )
were time a tapestry , then it was the will of the goddess that tended the loom. and so , like so many times before , byleth reached out and unraveled the thread. ethereal flames engulfed her sword’s jagged edges , glowing amber and gold as the fight played out once more. she dodged the strike of an incoming attack. spun between the bodies and cast divine light upon their enemies. cried out as the monster coiled backwards to strike at her student once more , and cast forth the sublime rage of the heavens. this time , her sword struck first , striking the light of the creature’s pulsating heart. like the others , it crumpled to the ground with a clatter.
“pull back.” byleth ordered , ducking underneath the swing of dimitri’s lance only to knock back the second spriggan that dared to take target of the prince’s back. “they have a leader , but i’ve lost his position.” FOOTSTEPS THUNDERED , and byleth swung back around , positioning HERSELF between dimitri and the oncoming onslaught.
“we need to reorient ; find higher ground.”
@areadri / — DOWN YOU GO .
#⚔️ ic. / crest of flames.#⚔️ thread. / closed.#areadri#areadri / o5#event // down you go#(//sighs softly in 'set up makes things looonnnng')#(BUT i figured... right... they could have stumbled into an old castle and triggered an attack)#(figuuuured... since ch.14 deals w humans and not monsters)#(that the enemies could be an interesting mix of creepy plant monsters to fit the biome)#(but also if we wanted to... they could be likke... reanimated corpses or weir#- weird ghost-plant hybrids of old fallen soldiers or smthn)#(maybe the castle their in is an old battleground or sacred area...)#(we can - come up w specifics in dms ;;4;; but i wanted to leave it open ended to make them /creep/#(*/creepy/ and dangerous ... while fitting in w the biome + ch 14... and loose enough that if u wanted to push dimi's limits)#(you could choose to)#(but also they could also just be made of funky druid-magic plants too uvu)#(also don't bother matching length ... if i wasn't attempting to set up enemy + byleth's M.O. this would be leagues shorter)
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