Luthien decided the last guy didn't get to run away. He had valuable information about the Arrows he might've imparted to those at the dam or those in Olant. Either way, his secrets would die with him.

The Regular was quick, but he was no match for a man with magically enhanced speed.

And he did not avoid Luthien's Axe, and he would join his friends in headlessness.

Only then did he return to the main team. Spells like this had very short durations, and he would do his best to make sure he didn't waste it.
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Lysander looks for any more enemies.

 The  Regular leader   blew on his whistle. one much like Kree's , save  it had a  lower tone. He smiled smugly

As he  notices  those  who stood  jus  outside the gates, he began to get perplexed, Kree Called out.Those you have sent   out to the flanks, as dead, or  dying.. if they are not Dead, by the  time  we reached the  end of  our conversation, I will make certain they are dead..., taking their  heads  to be put on the Palisades  for   those who dare violate  The Empire's lands.

 The  Regular officer  shouted  back...you do not have the manpower to threaten us!

 You are  correct... we do not  'have Man  power.' we are in short supply of that, But  we have women power...elf   power, Dwarf  power and Firbog power... where are  your  troops...

The Mayor  looked concerned , the Militia  who ran  to stand   by them looked around.

The  Major  pointed the thr smashed  body of Elron we killed one of your  spell casters!

     Kree  killed the  body of the  Militia leader who had lead the  charge to the gate,,,We  killed  more...we win...

 As the  two  Village leaders talked.. Kree called out once more...do not test me on this. I have warned you. my mood is not a happy one.. You take your Villiagers away from here... all your troops.. you may come back this time tomorrow.... I am letting the Villagers go, only because   I do not wish to treat them as hargenite treat our people...But, By all the gods... if you choose foolishly,  we will kill every single one of your people.. we will toss the children into the river , so their mothers  may  watch the serpents  feast... then we will slay the mothers... a wave of a Hand, If you  wish to be treated  , the way  you treat Empire  folks... Please... tarry for  3 more minutes...

 You Deni-folks  are nothing but  animals!

 ...My people  think Hargenites  aree less the  insects.... make your choice.. i have not had  my fill of hargenite blood!

 Th The Major growled  we will leave.. for  24 hours..should we meet you on the way back, we will attack you

 I hope the sister's  grant  me that share of  luck

 The  Two leaders   and the hand ful of Militai and a few  regulars  left the  gate.. heading  across the 'killing field ' to the  south, to where the Villagers   were huddled  against the cold.. They began to move  through the woods  to the Morth west...a  pair  of  archers  stood at the  tree line keeping an eye  on the  gates, to make  sure

 everyone . search  for  coin  and  items from the  dead... Take the  new  fellow's   body to the buring   wall and place him in the flames, so out enemies cannot  use him against us.

 Ivy... take Tyri  and Riven  , search the barracks for  arrows, and  rations, everyone else search the   homes  of the east side, see, what food  and drink is there.

Dala  asked, would you kill the Villiagers ?

  Kree shrugged,if my demands were not met. Hrgenites have had  free  rein in terror.. it  is  close to time, they feared us  for more then just fighting.

Lysander starts searching the bodies for booty.
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Luthien used what was left of his hasted speed to warn the civilians, with some graciousness, that they absolutely should not come back and test Kree's patience.

"Your families are more important than your Commander's ego. Just don't come back."

Mothers usually care enough about their children to take such advice. He hopes.
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Krwyn makes very sure all the regulars at his side of the field of carnage are dead. With his dagger he walks from one body to another, completing his job if necessary. Afterwards he searches the bodies, not only the regulars, but also some others, like the leader of the militia.
He is not interested in searching the village proper, as he wishes to keep the battle between him and opposing warriors, and not extending to civilians. He realises it is necessary to set an example for the Hargenites, but he leaves that for Kree.

Tyri heard the order and gave a nod, quickly falling into step with Ivyain, glad that the battle was over but also a little unnerved with the statements made. When they were a little ways away from the others she looked at Ivy. "He wouldn't...really kill all the women and children...right?" Her voice was low and unsure, that inner conflict clear in her eyes.

Riven followed a few steps behind the couple, observing her surroundings and making sure there were no surprises. Having endured what she had, the threat by Kree didn't seem to bother her as much as the young dancer though she had made it a point to never kill a child. Children were impressionable yes...but those evils instilled in them could also be corrected.

Luthien as it turned out searched the Mayor's House first.

He found 4 potions.

Upon reading the labels, he drank the yellow one immediately...it was a little disorienting to see the world in a newer light, but he knew it was more correct this way.

There were also green, red, and black potions he could save for another day.

He also found 20 silver.

He also found a silver bracelet with 2 green stones in it in another house.
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 Elandra said a Prayer of Peace for the fallen. she searched the food storage got some good veggies for a good stew, found two green potions as well.  Elandra also found some silver she would put into the group pot.

 Elandra would then check to see if anyone needed healing in their group as she looked around to see who was still with them.

When Krwyn searches the fallen on the fiels outside the gate, he finds some silver, 6 normal arrows, but also, more concerning, 14 elfen arrows.

Lysander's search is fairly successful.  He finds 8 silvers, 5 new brown cloaks, a potion of healing and a potion of flight.  He knew the healing could come in handy, but wasn't sure about putting his dwarven body into the air.

  Kree  called out to Farora , to  shut and bar the  South Gate. The Capatian went to the North gate, gragging   bodies out of the way. he pushed the  right hand  door    Shut.. then  stacked the  dead  bodies against the   door to prevent it from opening  easy.

The   left  door he  shut  only half  way and  did the same  with  the last few bodies..leavign  a 4  foot wide  area, if anyone  was to attack, they would have to come in, in a compact  Bunch...He laid  4 of the heads, with in easy view   from the inside, about 10 yards away from the gate

 walking  in h pointed to a smaller building  near some slightly bigger ones. on the east , I want a Fire  in the barrack's  stove and Fire place.... that small home there is where  we stay tonight. I walt  the  windows  covered, and  we can still use their stoves, since there is enough  smoke here to make a dragon envy us....if any are fool enough to come in here, i want them to think we are using the barracks... its a long way across this Village.

The barracks? That would make it easier.

Also it felt just a bit like home, though church barracks would've had more holy symbols.

Oh, sure, they set their stuff up a little differently, but it was still regimented and orderly, as commanders, no matter who they work for, never accept anything less.

Perhaps out of habit, he starts tidying the place up.

 Elandra gathered her things and then put them in the house the captain pointed out, then she went and began to set up a fire and cooking stuff in the barracks.

Tyri moved to help the priestess, truthfully glad that the fighting was over...for the moment. There was a subtle sway of her hip as she moved about the barracks, helping where she could, letting the music in her mind calm her nerves.

Riven had helped Kree with the moving of the bodies before heading towards the house that Kree indicated, intent on following out orders while Luthien, Elandra and Tyri took care of the barracks. She gave a look around once inside and proceeded to close the curtains or cover the windows as instructed. It was a strange feeling but she pushed those aside. Best to tune those out instead of letting them haunt her like all the other things that she kept locked away. Once the windows were covered, Riven let out a heavy sigh. It was something she dodged for too long but it needed to be addressed...

Taking a breath, Riven headed to where the dwarf was, stopping in front of him. “We need to talk...we can talk right here before everyone if you wish or in private...but this needs to be dealt with now.” Her voice was even though her gaze was intense. Confrontation was nothing new for her...but having to deal with emotions were and this was new territory for her.

  Kree watched the burning wall for a good  3 minutes, he decided that the fire would burn , long and hot enough, for them  not to worry about   enemies sneaking in there.

    As he watched the  Barricks come to life, Kree   moved to a few  buildings , leaving the  doors open  to  everyone that had been checked.  Ivy  entered   the  home they where using  foe the rest this  night, the  warmth of the  cook fire and  a  small fireplace, made the Building ,a welcome place.

  Kree   sat down  four Bottles of wine and a jug of mead. he  did  find   some  Round   loaves of bread.
he laced   2 potion bottles on a table..One  was greenish, and had elven markings for  healing. The other  was  a purple mix, again, the  label was elvish and told of it, being protection from evil

he added  26  Silvers to the party's  funds.

Luthien finished cleaning the barracks up as efficiently as military was trained to be.

"Should be ready Captain."

  Kree  nods to  Luthien as he looks at the lowering   sun..The  Barracks  are just   a blind. If any are foolish to come back., I am hoping they thing  we are there... if the  creep into the    Village  from the  north gate ..  we will see them from that Home  i have picked out... the  fire  from the  west wall will  also   illuminate them for where  we   rest.

 We need the rest.. but part of me hopes they come back, we can  finish  , that many more of the enemy....  people  need to rest. now.. Oh?  Luthien?  One more thing  set one of the Bodies  i have  not  tnrown into the   first  by the   ddor. sit  it , like it has  fallen asleep and leave the  door to the barracks open , an inch or  two ssoe the oil lmaps light  can be seen..then , Make certain you get rest.. i will start   cooking , again.  now

In that case, it's going to look Eerie when someone comes to get the bodies, because there won't be any physical mess to speak of, except the decaying bodies themselves. Should mess with someone's head.

"Understood."

These bodies are going to be decorating a now thoroughly cleaned up Barracks. Including the one at the door sleeping eternally.

 Once Elandra was done getting the Barracks ready with help luckily, Elandra would then say," Thank you everyone for your help, now we can go to the other house and we can do some cooking."

 Elandra smiled at Kree as she headed for the house to get it ready for everyone and get the food ready.

 The Home they had picked out  was comfortable  it  had  a  back door, that hasn't been used often...Ivy  found a crael sapce   in the   roof that  hide a  small window  to looks over the Village area..

 No one needs  to be  cold  tonight on  watch.. I'll go up  after  we eat...

 the   home  was  warm. the  blankets and   such that coved the   window  kept   out  any breezes  around the  window frames, and  Kept the heat in.

 Kree   was  Mixing the goodies they found into a stew. the  fastest  way  to cook  as much  food  for the party. I had  to send Devon off to alert   our people this village  is here... they many have other established... The Young Fool who joined us went rogue  during the  fight... he tried to help  as he  could, but int he end  he  died...lets us use  that as a teaching point, no matter  how  'great' you think you may be,  no one can beat  numbers
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"Ivy, you don't have to take watch the whole night. I'll take half of it, so you can snuggle with your friend and get some rest too," Advises Krwyn his friend.

Tyri couldn't help but giggle at Krwyn's words, a blush coming to her cheeks. While she wasn't opposed to snuggling...she definitely wanted more than that.