The first battle

Shalashaska

The breathless sighs of her companions all around her reassured Ixero, but only slightly The fact she could hear their breathing around her meant they were most definitely not dead, which was, at that moment, the only thing she cared about. The brown harpy sucked in a deep breath and pulled herself up from her knees, wincing slightly at a shallow cut on her left thigh, but ignored it. One of the many problems she faced as a Harpy, especially at this time of War and revolt, was her struggle between fully protecting herself and keeping herself aerodynamic and able to move quickly. She usually settled herself with a chestplate, thigh guards and small plates for talons on her feet, but since the attack that morning has come so quickly, she never got chance to don her thigh and talon guards.

The battle had been a small and quick one, but it was one Ixero and her companions were unprepared for. And being unprepared was not something Ixero planned to be often. She took another deep breath and turned to a few of her companions, checking them all over once for any major injuries. Satisfied that no one had been seriously hurt, she whistled sharply to catch everyones attention and gather them all into her. All of her companions breathing had began to return to normal, so she allowed herself a little bit of relief at their win, at least. She sucked in a breath and spoke, not raising her voice too much for fear of it carrying across the forest.

“Thank you for that, everyone. We were not prepared, and yet you all fought valiantly and we were able to procure another win for the rebellion on this day. No matter how small, each win for us e step means we are one step closer to bringing justice to the throne.” She paused and ruffled her wings slightly, feeling a slight twinge from her back as she did so. I must get Effe to take a look at that for me later… She mused to herself, hoping she hadn’t done any damage to her wings. That could be fatal. She swapped her attention back to her group, “We were not prepared due to my own miscalculations. As your leader, this is something I would like to pride myself to be able to say will not happen again. Gladly, due to all your efforts, none but our enemies were killed or injured. I would like to keep it that way."



More soon, once I decide how I'm gonna keep her story short