Tok stirred and bolted up hearing the bangs. With his stamina restored he went right outside for battle. They will never take his home!

"A nap," Astar joked, smiling dully as he stretched.

Olivia jerked her horse out of the way, but shouted to a nearby guard, "My name is Olivia Herondale, what can I do to help?!"

"Just let the professionals work, boy." The guard captain called over as he approached, one of his wings bandaged near his back and splinted closed. "The king is here with some of his more..." the captain spoke quieter at the next part. "Terrifying pets."

Mythera gave a slight smile as Astar did. "Is there anything you need of me before I step out for a while?" She asked.

One of the guards looked to Olivia, pushing a young boy to keep going. "Any chance you know anything about portals?" He shouted over. "Trolls are pouring out of one in the middle of town, the place is gone unless we can close it!"

"He should be in the lobby socializing. Shall I retrieve him?" Mythera asked.

"If you know your way around fighting massive creatures, come hold the line at the gate! Fire's raining down, so don't go into the city itself!" The guard replied quickly, turning back to make sure everyone was making their way out without issue.

Tok flinched seeing that and whispered "Captain?"

"What the hell was that?!" Tok said that getting his attention and fast.

"Hm?" The captain looked back. "Probably one of the pets I talked about. He brought some monstrous looking people, all blinded, along with his knights. The blind ones are out there with him, killing the trolls."

As Mythera made her way to the lobby, an older elven man with black hair slicked back into a pony tail, silvery hairs scattered about it, talked with a guard. Astar's uncle, Micht'lain Galuchin, resembled Astar's father in many ways. From the modest jawline to the sharp, clever eyes and craftsman's frame, what set him apart was his slightly larger nose and constant confident smile. He wore robes rather often, today wearing a purple robe lined with a darker purple. As he noticed Astar and his gnoll advisor enter the lobby, he gave a parting word to the knight.

The nearest troll was a few hundred feet away, which wasn't a difficult shot from the vantage point. Due to their height, the trolls were very visible. Around the portal was a troll with some sort of shamanistic headdress on. massive bones and plants sticking out and about the wooden basket-like hat. It seemed to dance around with a staff in hand, a red orb sitting at its peak. As the orb glowed, smaller tears formed to throw fire about the town.

Tok whispered "That is so cool" He shook his head and stood to attention bowing his head slighlty "Captain, may I ask you something?"

Astar’s gaze followed Mythera as she left and rather than respond to his uncle, he called. “Good day to you, Mythera!” He turned back to his uncle. “Sorry, what did you say?”

Olivia aimes and fired for the other eye, and the troll’s head in general with three quick shots. “I think that shaman is controlling the portal,” Alice whispered and Olivia looked over. “Seems like it. You go on ahead and see if you can spook it, I’ll...try and follow,” Olivia said, scanning the roofs for any stability.”

"We'd be glad to have you kid, but we'll iron out the details later." Goldheart replied. He looked back to Tok. "We'll be busy figuring this whole mess out first, we can worry about the paperwork when we can go back to keeping this place safe without the king's intervention. So, don't expect to be sitting around too much for a while."

"Good day to you as well!" Mythera called back, though she didn't fully leave until she was confident the location was free of danger.

"I asked how you're feeling today, young king." Micht'lain restated. 

The nearest roof to Olivia was still on fire, and none of the houses near the wall seemed built close enough for a normal person to jump on. Likely to prevent any enemies scaling the wall in the night from doing just that. 

Tok asked "I'm guessing that's an invitation to help fight back the trolls?"