"What is this? Énien yelled over at Turthôl. "dont give me that look! I know you know something!" she lowered her bow. "Murderer, i am none, yet these mortals call us by that term!" Énien spat.
"I dont understand" Rave said handing Melliant's reigns back to the elf. Melliant was prancing. "Niro lim!" she called to him and galloped to the back of the company. "Rangar im going to get to the bottom of this!" and off she rode towards the outer few attackers. "Die wretched creature!" a man yelled throwing his daggar towards her, missing.
Énien knocked the man from his horse. "Dont kill me! have mercy!" he cowered below Mellaints hooves. The elf dragged the man up on her horse, with a knife pressed to his back, rode away to a huge gallop. Énien stopped only when she reached her comapny, behind them she put the man down. Tareth had his sword ready. "Have mercy" he said again.
"You called me a creature, tell me do wretched creatures have mercy?"
"What are you doing Énien!" Rave said standing beside the rampant elf, who helf up her hand to silence the shieldmaiden. "Why have you attacked us? Why do you call murder? Do you know what you attack? This company could take out all these men in one go."
"Énien. You will not kill him he is of my land" Rave was now weary. "Im not going to kill him!" said Énien turning. "Oh thankyou!" the man began. "Shutup, perhaps my other friend will do the honours for me. Now, who sent you!"
"They is saying, you is dangerous, you elves, you is going to put a spell on me if i get too close, beware the elvens they says. But no, lady, they is saying you is killed a boy!"
Rave spoke up now, "We have done no such thing!"
"Tell them to step back! TELL THEM TO RETREAT!" Énien yelled pushing the man foward. "They will not listen to me, they will think i am spelled!"
Énien was now very angry. "I will 'spell' you if you dont tell them to retreat!"
"Énien" this was said hardly, by Calimir who had stopped firing arrows for a minute. "No threat of violence will make him say anything. Now, there is another way we can get infomation from him." The she-elf nodded. Kneeling infront of the man who was on the ground she said.
"Please, tell me, why do you think that is is us who killed this child? and please tell them to pull back so none of them have to die, many of these people have killed before." Énien raised an eyebrow.
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"Athena, stepping up behind him, visible to no one but Achillies, gripped his red-gold hair. Startled he made a half turn, and he knew her upon the instant for Athena." ~The Iliad~
~My lord, Éomer~
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