The Darga and the grey soldiers had been pushed back, almost to the temple district by the combined forces of the Maramyrian and Kandaran soldiers along with the Aghlar warriors and a number of pirates who had left their ships to join the fray at the request of the goddess of the sea. The mage, Zachary was fearsome to behold as he blazed his way through the streets with blasts of fire, while Ariana and her blood handed soldiers spread through the parts of the city that had been cleared, rescuing the people of Maramyr, who appeared to have come to their senses, after the spell at the temple had been released, but many of them were sickly and barely had the strength to flee the city. Lexi found Ariana, coordinating the rescue efforts, giving out orders to her blood soldiers, and she was with the elven woman, Keira, as well as Borrican, Storm and the other dragons, as well as the mages, Stavros and Cathas, and the goddess, Ehlena, who Lexi noticed looked worse than before and she could sense that the shadow had grown stronger around her.
