[pnpgm] Update #53: Raddok attacks

[Bessie Hadley]

Raddok, waiting for the ships to close, draws his sword, resting the point on the deck in front of him, & happens to catch sight of the ring he now wears on his right hand - the one Arawn gifted him a few days before. He looks at it, startled that he's forgotten about it, and immediately begins to plan the most effective use for it. He smiles slowly, grimly - not yet, but very soon - when those ships are closer - a not-so-lovely surprise for the pirates, indeed - if someone else doesn't beat him to the punch, he grins fiercely. He reviews in his mind the trigger word, & begins to judge distances. 

Suddenly several strange men appear, coming aboard on both sides of the ship. Pirates? They yell something that he doesn't understand & he looks quickly about, not sure if he should attack or not. Seeing Unali attack the man nearest to her, Raddok draws his great sword and charges to the man on the opposite side of the ship from Unali. He approaches swiftly, with a fierce yell, and prepares to swing the blade from his right flank across the body, at an upward angle, of the closest 'pirate,' also preparing to change his swing to block the man's sword if necessary, but hoping to kill or totally disable the man, so he can then attack the other. He keeps his target between himself and the 2nd man on this ship's rail.



Bess L. Hadley