**Listening to - Breaking Benjamin, My Chemical Romance and AFI**

Moon Priestess Liana stood on cliff with her companions Captain James Selvan and Griffon Rider Gyran Wildhammer. Gyran had spotted a small Horde party no more than an hour ago. Since then the three had watched the trolls, patiently trying to figure out their intentions. The recent slaughter of travelers and hunting parties in Ashenvale and Dustwallow had everyone feeling uneasy. In fact it was the murders that had sent them on a mission to Darnasses. The trip had been uneventful in travel but very good for the objective, obtaining reinforcements for the roads and the exchange of investigative reports. Liana was not fully convinced it was the Horde, thankfully some of her people also thought as she.

The killings were like nothing Liana had heard of before, yes she had knew of and had even seen slaughter due to war and land battles, something most people around her had gotten used to, but these seemed different, something cold and sinister was at hand. In fact she had found Captain Selvan's strict rules and cold manner to be unnerving. Yet he had safely gotten her to Darnassus and were now within a weeks ride of Theramore and her long time home with the mage's there.

The wind picked up for a moment blowing loose strands of hair from Liana's braid. She turned her face toward the breeze, her gaze falling on the horde once again. One troll stood out among the group literally. He was taller than the other trolls and the orc, he seemed comparable in height to the tauren with them. His skin was light in color, but his hair was a brilliant blue and his tusks appeared to be smaller, She wished to get a closer look but knew better than to try. The troll lead the raptor as he talked and laughed with the party surrounding him. Gyran cleared his throat gaining Liana's attention and nodded his head int he direction of the Captain.

Selvan paced now mumbling to himself, Liana had never seen him like this. The Captain was always so calm even when he was annoyed at her for being slower than he liked, he seemed to hold great stock i being stoic. He also seemed a most humorless man, rarely did he have more than a Good Morning or Good Evening in front of his men, though he did have several late eve conversations with Liana that made her think he was normal. For him to lose his composure in front of his men this must be most troubling.

"Captain is everything alright?" Liana asked

"We must dispose of them" Selvan said aloud to no one in particular.

"I do not think they mean us harm Captain!"Liana's voice rose with alarm.

Selvan's Anger seemed to grow at Liana's raised voice. He took a few steps closer to Liana, opened his mouth to say something, thought better of it and turned back to his men.

Gyran placed a hand on Liana's arm and addressed the Captain"I agree with the Lassie, Selvan. They are no here for us." Having noticed the raptor pulled cart he pointed out "Look they have a load of skins and are headed in the opposite direction."

"I don't care what they are doing they have strayed too close. Move out boys kill them all lest they sneak in and kill us in our sleep." Selvan commanded to the small contingent of soldiers behind him.

Liana shaking with anger, grabbed Selvan's arm to stop him "You can not! That is a hunting party, it is obvious they are not here for us. Why would you kill them needlessly?"

Selvan turned raising a brow at her "My first priority is your safety Moon Priestess, Lady Jaina trusts me to keep you from harm on the mission." With that he pulled his arm free and rode off to join his men.

Something was not right, she could not figure out what exactly but it just did not feel right. "we have to stop them!"

"Come Priestess" Gyran reached out pulling her to his bird. "I do not like this, we need to try to stop them before this becomes a war."

Liana and Gyran landed just as the heavily armed soldiers reached the party but the battle was over as it began. The unsuspecting Horde were taken off guard, only one, the troll, putting up a good fight. It was taking 2 or 3 men to keep up with his skill. Liana watched his arms move swiftly, his body dodge and spin as blade after blade came down upon him, Liana was sure the troll could kill all 15 of the men without exerting much effort. She could see several wounds dripping with fresh blood along his arms but still he fought, bruises were sure to appear across his back and chest once this fighting stopped. Captain Selvan had reached them now, swore violently that one was still alive, without dismounting he pulled sword from scabbard, arcing the blade toward the troll.

Liana did not think, just reacted placing her body between the troll and Selvans blade. Shouts rose from the men but fell on deaf ears, Selvan was intent on killing the troll. A blinding light burst forth from Liana as she stilled herself to take the blow. The blind hatred coloring the Captain's face dissipated as his horse stopped short, Selvan watched as his sword dropped to the ground. It took a moment for the group to realize the danger was over and the Priestess was safe. Gyran offered her his hand as the realization of what she had done and what almost happened dawned on her. She looked around, several knights were removing their helms some were kneeling on the ground, even Selvan was trying to gain composure.

"I think ye scared them lass." Amusement was high in Gyrans voice, nothing ever seemed to rattle the dwarf.

The cold visage was back in place as Captain selvan spoke "No need to bury such filth, move them off the road and bring the cart with us

The men jumped to work moving the bodies of the hunting party into the brush alongside the road, even the raptor was shoved atop the bodies once he was cut from the cart. Liana's eyes stung with unshed tears, she leaned against Gyran helplessly watching. The troll sat on his haunches now breathing heavily, Liana placed her hand on his shoulder only to have it shrugged off. Blood began to pool at their feet from a gash on the side of his head and deep purple bruises splotched across the trolls chest. "What do you plan to do with him?" Liana Asked

Selvan dismounted, reached for his sword and spit on the troll "Do bring the stubborn one here with us. I may need to question him further. " With that he mounted and rode off.

Liana looked first to Selvan's retreating form then to the troll laying in a pool of blood at her feet. What if he does not survive... "Captain I need to tend his wounds, if you want him fit enough to talk."

Selvan stopped cold look in his eyes made Liana shiver "In the grand scheme of things it really does not matter if he lives or dies."