The problem was that no one could see. Not really. Hazy figures killing, hazy figures dying. Fighting in these quarters was near impossible. Everyone was running somewhere with a weapon, so you had to just guess if the armed silhouette bearing down on you wanted to kill or save you. He could perhaps recognize the other mercenaries but no one else. Who all was involved in the raid wasn't clear, neither was who was targeted, although it could safely be assumed he and his were part of that group. Confusion requires illumination, and he could do that. He hardly even felt the mantle of warrior encase him in steel and finery but he certainly felt the blade in his hand resting on his shoulder. He hefted it to his other palm and concentrated. He let out a long sigh and drove the blade into the hard turf up to the lugs.
Sand, sand and heat is what he needed. The world swirled around him as a storm of loose dirt struck the wagon train. The earth quaked and raged as a finger of stone pushed it's way through turf and sod and lifted a crossection of earth into the sky, carrying the bonfire with it. Sand swirled up the pillar and poured into the intensifying flame swirling outward and spinning down into heavy discs of rough glass that wedged into the pillar around the base. Light filled the campsite followed soon by heat. Caro stared up at his impromptu lighthouse and wondered if it was worth the effort. Clear delineation was evident now. The archers in the tree line were targeting anything that moved, not sparing caravan staff or solders. Small fights between raiders on horseback and the three disparate groups with no clear leadership on the defenders side. A small lull in the fighting broke out as people stared up at the earth's angry middle finger. Something else had to be done.
The pillar starting angirly grinding and humming a high pitch tune before the glass discs embedded within spun free from their mooring and dove to the ground in singing arcs, cleaving horse and rider alike. “To the Pillar” he called out to anyone who could recognize his voice as globules of fresh forged molten glass started pouring forth in an arched eruption from the peak landing in a flaming circle just beyond the arc of the camp, Sweat dripped down Caro's brow. He could hardly keep this up as it was right now, let alone for a protracted fight, but sometimes the spectacle of fire and fury was enough to dissuade even the most seasoned predators.
Sand, sand and heat is what he needed. The world swirled around him as a storm of loose dirt struck the wagon train. The earth quaked and raged as a finger of stone pushed it's way through turf and sod and lifted a crossection of earth into the sky, carrying the bonfire with it. Sand swirled up the pillar and poured into the intensifying flame swirling outward and spinning down into heavy discs of rough glass that wedged into the pillar around the base. Light filled the campsite followed soon by heat. Caro stared up at his impromptu lighthouse and wondered if it was worth the effort. Clear delineation was evident now. The archers in the tree line were targeting anything that moved, not sparing caravan staff or solders. Small fights between raiders on horseback and the three disparate groups with no clear leadership on the defenders side. A small lull in the fighting broke out as people stared up at the earth's angry middle finger. Something else had to be done.
The pillar starting angirly grinding and humming a high pitch tune before the glass discs embedded within spun free from their mooring and dove to the ground in singing arcs, cleaving horse and rider alike. “To the Pillar” he called out to anyone who could recognize his voice as globules of fresh forged molten glass started pouring forth in an arched eruption from the peak landing in a flaming circle just beyond the arc of the camp, Sweat dripped down Caro's brow. He could hardly keep this up as it was right now, let alone for a protracted fight, but sometimes the spectacle of fire and fury was enough to dissuade even the most seasoned predators.
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