The bearded man had turned just in time to see the purple haired elf kill one of his men, screaming in rage to others close by “Kill that one!” Men charged at the new arrival, some tossing away burning torches they had been using to raze the buildings around them Ilistria dodged and weaved in some strange dance as the men charged her, her blades and body twisting first one way then another, each blade finding its target, slicing deep into exposed flesh, spraying crimson blood into the air around her. More men came as bodies fell limp around her, but the elf seemed unfazed, and continued her dance of death. Each man coming against her blades like waves crashing to the shore. The bearded man screamed abuse at his men, pushing them forward “KILL HER, KILL HER NOW!” a man off to his side raised a crossbow aiming it at the purple haired kaldorei Ilistria felt a sudden impact in her side, pushing her backwards, causing her dance to falter slightly, looking down to see what had caused it, her eyes met with the wooden bolt embedded deep into her upper left arm, she heard herself scream, not a scream of pain, not of fear, but one of pure animal rage, her eyes moved back, fixing on the wielder of the bow that had shot her, charging forward like a beast possessed as the man fumbled to reload the device, but to late for as he slipped the bolt into position, the elfs foot slammed between his legs causing him to fall back sprawling in the dirt the crossbow dropping to the ground. Ilistria grabbed it, and without hesitation pulled the trigger, the bolt imbedding itself through the mans hands which he was holding before his groin from the impact of the kick…”That’s for shooting me!” the elf screamed, before twisting her body away as another blade hissed past her, raising her left sword to block the second blow, although her arm was now almost numb, rolling back to gain distance the elf regained her footing, keeping her left hand low now, her right blade poised to strike as the bearded man advanced “You may have killed my men elf, but I`ll kill you, and feed you to the crows for what you have done this day” Ilistria tossed back her head slightly a laugh coming from her lips “Pah…all talk, but come give us a kiss if you want my dear” The man charged, his blade coming down again and again, Ilistria`s parrying his own moves, but he held his own, countering the night elves now one blade for her left arm hung almost useless at her side. “Your dead elf” the man screamed as he pushed Ilistria backwards The clash of steel upon steel rained out, blade countering blade, then the elf stumbled tumbling backwards over some debris, loosing her grip to the sword in her hand, The bearded man taking advantage. Moving forward, his face wide in his victory grin, lifting his blade to ram down into the fallen elf, to finish her. The sword came down, plunging into the ground inches from Ilistrias face, the bearded man slumping forward on top of her, blood frothing from his mouth, his eyes saying the unspoken words “How?” then glazing as he drifted into blackness and death. Ilistria paused a moment under the body on top of her, then rolled it off, regaining her footing and bending to retrieve the small metal throwing star imbedded in the mans neck “And this is for landing on me!” she screamed in anger as her foot kicked hard into the corpse before her.