A loud explosion snapped Frank back to reality. It only took a moment to realize the explosion came from the very direction they were headed, the square. He broke into a full sprint Nolan following quickly behind him started to chant.
“Spirits of wind hear my plea, give us haste”
Another loud crack split the silence in the night, the buildings were a blur now, Nolan’s spell was complete, they moved with the speed of the wind down the stone paved streets, the square just around the next corner. They were too late when they arrived it was already over. The square was home to a large stone fountain, a statue of Gaea goddess of nature and beauty stood at the center, water spilling from the large gourd slung on her back. Most days the square would be packed with people locals and foreigners alike all milling about admiring the fountain while emptying their coin purses at the various shops and stalls, vendors shouting all around trying to unload their wares. Now there was scorched stone everywhere, the statue of Gaea was blown to pieces and the fountain looked like a large pile of burnt coal; the water had spilled out of it putting out some of the surrounding flames. Fire Mages Frank thought to himself, powerful ones to be able to create flames strong enough to cause this kind of damage in this rain. Frank scanned the square, he noticed several armored sentries on the ground, scorch marks all over their armor and the smell of burning flesh filling the air. A banner bearing the sigil of a bear that was barely recognizable lay on the ground, but no sign of their companions anywhere. Had they escaped? Maybe they were captured.
“Nolan, find them.” Frank said in a firm commanding tone.
“Sir what about…” Frank shot him a piercing look sending chills down his spine “I understand, I will report back as soon as I find something” with that he faded back into the shadows.
Frank looked to the sky only one lone star was visible, it shone a brilliant shade of red. The time is almost upon us Frank thought and he headed back to the Mule.
(Author’s note: the spell chant is written in symbol text in micosoft word which gives it a cool magic text look and suggests a magical chant rather than the character actually saying those words but it doesn’t transfer correctly to this blog.)