"That inconsiderate bastard!" Nogard would have screamed if it startling what scratched at the walls of the sledge outside were a good idea. What he could infer from the sounds and knowledge of the area, it was a silverback bluebear.

"Had Spark the "not so brave as Sir Galahad" did his job and alerted them of the bear this whole thing could be over." Nogard claimed, "What AM I saying it's over NOW!"

Nogard exploded out of his confinement. Those doors will have to be fixed later. Onyx not to be outdone, took her cousins initiative and clambered to the top of the sledge, where she could attack the best.

Icis and Naomi looked at each other stunned. This was the first time they had been left by anybody, still coherent, without acknowledgement. Though they were not about to be left out of the fun.

Nogard had charged a good 15 feet strait out before realizing he should turn and attack there. The bear turned to face him; it was direly skinny and enraged bye sores on its red clumpy back. Putting this concern out of his mind for a new one, his life, Nogard made his way at it swinging.

Onyx not even completely up was notching her arrow, taking aim when she got to a kneel, and hitting the meager creature with easy before she stood.

Icis ran recklessly into the bear, the tip of her blade was the group's first "hello".

Naomi never really having had to fight before flaunted her spear around as you would a sword, and with grace as though it were a sword-nosed buzzard.

Naturally, being stabbed in the side enraged the beast, it stood clumsily on its hind and swung ferociously at Icis, whom ducked the first paw only to be surprised by the next that caught her shoulder and flung her against the sledge, making one door fall aside.

Nogard, though had many mind lapses at times, never missed an opportunity in battle. A swing upwards at the menace's neck came close enough to sway the fur but not good enough for Nogard, who, swung down as best he could, landing a blow of the shoulder of the bear, crippling its paw. Nogard's first swing turned the head of silverback in his direction, which had made Onyx's first arrow miss it and luckily Nogard, though not by much. "Damn him" she thought while a new flight began, this time hitting the beaten back. It drew more attention than she had expected for hitting the thickest part of the skin and fur. Catching on, sort-of, Naomi ran to the bluebear and attacked like she had a hammer, missing compactly and losing her spear found itself under the bear. Icis in too much shock to get up grabbed the only thing she could think of easily; a delicate bottle of perfume, and hopped Nogard could finish the thing off.

The bear lumbered toward Nogard, who not used to parrying charging bears could only put his sword across himself, only to have the bear take hold of his arm securely in the molars. Having gotten its prey the bear flopped its head around with the hulk of Nogard attached.

With her grace as an Elvin archer, Onyx landed two more arrows next to her previous in the scar tissue. The bear reacted with a downward thrust of Nogard. Nogard did the only thing he could do, punched it in the face, and the bear let him go. Naomi ran to catch up, grabbing her spear as she went, and trusted it without thinking, into the rear of the beast.

Now bears don't usually get things trusted up their behinds, this bear no exception, did what came natural and sat in the snow to numb the pain. When the spear was logged into the bear, it couldn't be seen. The increased pain made the bear roll onto its back and thrash toward the direction of insertion without any clue what was there.

As a terrified Naomi scrambled back as the bear came toward her Nogard ran up beside the bear and cracked its skull open, releasing the bear from the pain of its life.

Rooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr

"Wait I just killed the... oh no not again"

Icis seeing the new threat before Nogard could turn, threw her perfume with great strength and horrendous pain. The potency that was just shattered up the nose of the bear had stopped it in its tracks. Onyx took the opportunity to lay siege to the new silverback.

Shhh Shhh SHhh poooooshhhggga

Naomi later described that this was the sound of a leaping ball of fire, that came out of nowhere slam its flaming mass at the bear, ignighting the perfume and setting most of the creature ablaze. Had everybody not been in awe, the fire-haired elf that ran strait at the bear and grabbed its flaming head making it moan on last time before its charred heap could fall.

Both the bear and the elf collapsed.