Anvil (Afina)

[Anastasia]

Afina discovers that it is a short sword+3, holy. Once per round as a free action when you deal damage with this sword, you can choose to halve the damage taken (after damage reduction and other mitigating factors). If you do, you heal the amount of damage this prevented. For example, if you would deal 50 damage to a foe and used this, you'd heal 25 points of damage and they'd take 25 damage.

Chance to react in case that impacts anything.

[Ebiris]

She'll put the sword in the armoury for now, we can decide who gets it once everyone's back and this is all done.

[Anastasia]

Noted.

Heading back to Aurora gets you to meet with Elena once in, "Gisfal's already back and seeing to the injured and the dead," she reports immediately, as troops march on in. "Moving close to Domiel helped, as several report being saved by his healing magic."

[Ebiris]

"Good to hear, thank you Elena," Afina says gratefully, going to stow the sword she just received in the armoury before she goes to confer with Gisfal and the other officers to find out the damage and arrange a break for those most in need of it.

[Anastasia]

Most of this is mundane and routine. Needed, essential but not the most interesting.

"Right now," Gisfal reports, "We have about 89% of our forces intact, after healing. This includes a few survivors with maladies resisting basic healing. Your strategy to take advantage of the healing was wise, though pressing the attack added some losses." Here he shakes his head, "Light numbers, when compared to the typical butcher's bill in the Blood War."

[Ebiris]

That's unfortunate, but if they hadn't pressed it just would have transferred the casualties over to Celestia's side. For all that the Crusade is paramount, such a cold calculus doesn't sit right with Afina. "We'll see who Jarl and Priest can bring back - I know the forces inside the rift have taken losses of their own. Those that are gone from us will be remembered."

[Anastasia]

A curt nod, "As for reinforcements, we have fair grounds to ask Celestia for more. That will help fill the holes left behind."

[Ebiris]

"We'll see," she nods, hoping their efforts here will help spread their name and draw more recruits from farther afield as well. "Do you want to go to the war room and monitor how Jaela and Ithea are doing? I can handle things out here."

[Anastasia]

"I will," Gisfal says, going to do that and leaving Afina to the courtyard.

Just going to be managing things?

[Ebiris]

Yeah, no meaningful business to attend to other than staying ready for any further attacks or hearing word from our victorious allies.

[Anastasia]

Afina settles back in to wait and lead her troops. Soon enough a messenger comes, a little lantern archon. He bobs and weaves in the air, having a distinctly masculine voice when you see him. "Hello! Hi!" He sounds energetic, "I bear a message that no further demonic hordes seem to be immediately coming. However, it is possible P-p-pale Night," The entire blob of fire and light shakes when it manages to say that name, "Could manage trickery to shield it from the eyes of diviners."

[Ebiris]

"Thank you for the information," Afina says to the archon."All of our diviners are committed within the rift but we'll move Aurora away again and keep an eye over our sector."

On that note she casts see invisibility so she'll have a chance if spotting anyone sneaking by outside the force dome.

[Anastasia]

Afina does so, now able to see clearly what lies unseen by man and pixie-kind. Fortunately, no one seems to be sneaking right now.

[Ebiris]

It would certainly be fortuitous if she had spotted anyone right at that very moment! Sending Dana off to navigate Aurora back to its prior position, she delegates the other officers (or at least those with good eyes) to spots around Aurora's perimeter to keep an eye out for any sneaky infiltrators trying to get by them after the all out assault failed.

[Anastasia]

So noted. Let me pause you for a bit since nothing's happening for you IC right this moment.