The Crowd

I whirled and spun and kept my shield up.

Or maybe I'm getting ahead of myself? I was in what was technically a jacket and trousers of leather, minus a few critical pieces. And the boots were just never going to fit right without some shapeshifting that I just wasn't (yet) able to do. <1 >

"Get him! Kill the [Censored]!" one of the citizens shouted, trying to poke me with a short and blunt chunk of metal. I mean, seriously. If you're going to try killing someone with near a dozen of your friends, at least take the time to properly care for your weapons.

And... MAYBE... bring someone with two or three levels in a "kills-people" type class.

"Keep near me!" Bigni shouted.

"No!" I replied. "Learn to watch your backswing first."

"Your loss." he said, smashing his shield into one of the human's mouths.