Accompanying: [member="Srina Talon"] [member="Spencer Jacobs"]
Facing: [member="Aedan Miles"]
Allies: CIS + Eshan
Barely had the masked warrior and his cohort set foot off their ship when the battle was brought to them, he supposed that was to be expected - as though the Mandalorians knew their intent, they would not make their passage to the throne easy. The warrior watched as other Echani and Dauntless warriors spread out from the ship, engaging Mandalorian troops and their droids elsewhere while the primary group continued onward. As [member="Darth Metus"] split off to face down the Butcher of Eshan, and [member="Darth Tacitus"] soon moved onward himself to face down other combatants, he stuck closer to [member="Spencer Jacobs"], not daring to allow anyone near enough to harm the queen.
Of course, she would prove herself more than capable of shielding herself with or without the assistance of the masked warrior. The dull thuds of the strafing bullets approaching them, he flew on instinct ahead of the woman as she took hold of [member="Srina Talon"], intended to use himself, and his own tutaminis to limit the damage. Though his armour was not made to deal with kinetic weapons, he was able to mitigate the damage, feeling only the dull thud of rounds as they either glanced off or grazed through parts of his armour. The warm feeling of blood ran along his sides, followed by the piercing feeling of his Valkyrie system treating the damage, but adrenaline flowed through him, easily overpowering the pain.
His eyes were drawn upwards momentarily, towards the sight of the falling gas which had been deployed over them. It offered little concern to the Warrior himself, his mask would filter out whatever toxins were within it, instead his concerns went to his charge and Srina, though he saw both had been quickly tended to and offered rebreathers of their own.
When his gaze was cast back down ahead of them, past the figure of [member="Elessar Talon"] who had now joined them with his own warriors, he focused instead upon the challenger ahead of them - [member="Aedan Miles"]. As the man spoke, the warrior observed him - felt the force surging from him and his weaponry. The ring in particular drew the Warrior's attention as its aura threatened to poison the thoughts of those around it, to poison his own thoughts. Yet, he saw past that and felt something more within the ring, connection, the kind of connection he drew on often, the kind he fed on. Behind the black visage of his twisted mask, the warrior's lips curled upward in a smile, a kind of exhilaration flowing through him as a power untapped for some time now seemed to be calling to be drawn forth.
It would not be denied.
"Mime tar, theime indóme vamme lare-tye síme." (My Queen, they will not stop you here.) A deep voice carried through the mask's voice modulator, clear in the Echani tongue as he turned and bowed his head towards both [member="Spencer Jacobs"] and [member="Srina Talon"]. "Ni indóme care-tanca sina ulundo vamme lare-tye." (I will ensure this filth does not hinder you.) Though he had been charged first and foremost with the defense of the Queen, he knew full well that she was capable of her own defense, and with the Dread Queen of the Confederacy at her side and the new warriors brought by [member="Elessar Talon"], the warrior was more than confident they would see their way to the palace without his help.
Instead, he would face down the dragon rider and be assured that they continued along without delay to their final objective. Undaunted, he turned away from them to face [member="Aedan Miles"] once more, silent footfalls taking him closer to the crossroads where the man and his dragon waited. Still he did not draw his weapon, for now he focused on the force within him - the force which had been caged and refused purchase for so long. It began to radiate from him, the air around him seeming to darken and ethereal tendrils seeming to flow from the man as it fed on the flowing force around him, and even more-so upon the energies of those force-imbued artifacts across the battlefield.
Only two across the battlefield truly knew what power he was drawing upon, upon what darkness the warrior was seeing fit to release, but what concerns or fears they had about him indulging in such a power, he need not know at that moment. He had a greater concern ahead of him - the utter annihilation of this dragon-rider.
Weapons
2x Silver Vibroblades [Sheathed Across Back]
1x HG-34 "Vora" Class Verpine Hand Cannon [Holstered at Hip]
10x Shiva Knives [Around Bracers]
Armor
Ghost Stealth Armour
2x Silver Vibroblades [Sheathed Across Back]
1x HG-34 "Vora" Class Verpine Hand Cannon [Holstered at Hip]
10x Shiva Knives [Around Bracers]
Armor
Ghost Stealth Armour