Dragons and Thrones: Rising Tensions – Healing the Breach

Chapter 36 of my crossover story, enjoy.

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Anders

Upon entering the city Anders ducked under an attempted attack and blasted his assailant with a quick burst of flame.

'This isn't going to be easy, many little places for people to hide and ambush.' He noted. 'Still, Hawke is adamant we advance and he is already well on the way to doing that.'

Anders knew, as he was sure they all did, that their sudden attack and efforts to break the wall down had bought them a window of opportunity. However that window wouldn't remain open forever and once the enemy recovered, they'd have a massive struggle on their hands.

He readied himself. 'Time is of the essence, we must go, now.'

So, nodding to Blackwall he was fighting alongside him, they directed their troops and began to make their way down a separate path from Hawke and the others and their troops.

"We must act quickly, before they regroup!" Blackwall yelled.

Anders nodded; firing off another spell. "I know, we need to find their commanders, before it's too late, defeat the commanders and break the enemies spirit."

They both attacked together, striking down several of Yunkai's own military force, panicking them.

The Mages, including himself and Hawke, Anders noted, were making the biggest impact. The Essos born warriors had never encountered real magic before after all, and those that had, had only seen it from their allies, the Venatori Mages who were no longer in the city. Being on the other end of a spell was much more terrifying than simply seeing one cast.

"Press our advantage, push them back, secure any who surrender!" Anders ordered.

There was a resounding cheer as they began to occupy and take over parts of the city.

Blackwall then called out. "Secure the buildings, don't let the enemy use them, act now, our time has just run out."

It was true, the surprise at the initial attack was wearing off. The enemy were starting to offer stronger resistance, however, late it might have been. Gritting his teeth Anders stepped back from the battle, while the fighting raged he turned to some of their wounded.

"Hold on!" He told them, focusing as much energy as he could. 'I need to remember I no longer have Justice, I am already tiring, I can't expend too much energy as I don't have his to fall back on.'

So, with great care, he gathered what he dared and cast his magic, healing the fighters of their wounds. Recovered they were instantly back on their feet and the fight continued.

It wasn't long before they had fully a quarter of the city under their control.

"Secure the prisoners, free any slaves you find. Make sure there aren't any enemies hiding waiting to ambush us." Blackwall began giving his orders as he worked.

They acted quickly, knowing they were still in the midst of battle, but they needed a secure place to set up, if things went wrong.

Anders shook his head as he too worked. 'I can only hope everything is going well...I wonder how Hawke is doing...'

But he had no time to think about that, he needed to be ready for the next fight, he also needed to recover swiftly. So he did what so many of the Mages were doing and used a Lyrium potion; grimacing at the taste as he always did.

Nevertheless he soon felt refreshed and ready to fight again. Before he could begin to move on however, a man approached him. The man was bald, with dark brown eyes and nut brown skin. His ragged clothing, under-fed look and lack of chains pointed to him being one of the just freed slaves.

"Please, master Mage, I need your help." He said desperately.

Anders bit his lip, feeling uneasy. "I…What do you need?"

The man pointed towards the part of the city that was in fact, their next destination.

"My daughter; she's been taken by those...foreigners, the men in charge of them. They, I fear what they plan to do with her."

Anders reacted at once. "Don't worry, I'll make sure we find her."

With that he hurried over to inform Blackwall before they advanced.

Blackwall shook his head as they cautiously made their way forwards.

"No more fighting slavers...We're up against, what do they call themselves, the Freemen of the Dales?"

Anders nodded. "Yes, former Orlesian army veterans, now deserters, led by a group of four, Hawke is already after two of them, we're after the other two."

Blackwall sighed. "Break them and we break the enemy's strength here...But they have a hostage."

"So it seems, we'll just have to be careful." Anders replied.

Blackwall grimly readied himself and they immediately broke into the attack, rounding a corner and finding the Freemen waiting for them. With neither side having the element of surprise, the advantage lay with Anders and his allies only due to them having Mages on their side.

It wasn't long into the struggle that Anders spotted them. Two large, muscular men, their appearances hidden by their clothing. One wore full silver plate armour with a helmet and carried a massive axe, the other was clad in blue and silver armour of finer make, again with a similar helmet and wielded a large Maul.

'That's them, the Freemen Commanders, that first man, Duhaime...a monstrous brute.' Anders realized. 'But the second, Auguste...he's a Chevalier; he'll be trouble.'

As Anders predicted, Duhaime charged into recklessly and soon began to attack. He managed to kill or wound several, Anders did his best to heal the wounded. Blackwall stood undaunted against the man until an opening presented itself and swiftly finished him off.

The main threat was Auguste. The man was cautious and attacked carefully, making sure no attacks got through.

But Anders was relieved to note he did have one weakness. The only thing stopping Anders from acting was the sight of a girl, no more than five and ten, undoubtedly the girl he had been asked, she was bound and helpless, just behind Auguste.

Luckily for Anders, Blackwall seemed to realize a possible opening and quickly rolled past Auguste, avoiding a heavy blow from the Maul in the process. He landed next to the girl and raised his shield protecting both of them.

"That's it!" Anders yelled.

Auguste turned to him but before he could attack, Anders launched his spell, raining fireballs down on top of Auguste, roasting the man within the armour. Anders did not stop until he was sure the man was dead however and when he was, it was like a ripple.

Before long they had secured the area, dealing with surrendered enemies and freeing the slaves. They sent a messenger to get word to Hawke about their victory and prayed he was victorious too. With a smile, Anders looked around, relieved that things had gone well, he watched as the girl reunited with her father.

'Well, I was supposed to work with Queen Daenerys for redemption...this...' He thought to himself. 'This is a good start.'

Still smiling he turned and began to get ready to help calm things down and secure Yunkai, as well as preparing to help with the rebuilding.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Well, this is Anders last chapter for this story, in addition, we're more than halfway through the story now, only 30 more chapters to go.